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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1929)
ThaNew C3EC0N STATESHATT. Galea. OreroavSunday UaniSa. April T. 1S23L vf. 66 Up HEDGE PLAIffi AS REAL ASSET t .; , Forma! Garden Impossible Without One; Little Care Needed ' HEDGES ARE USEFUL AND BEAUT1KUI Too often the hedge Is thought of only as a barrier a tiring substitute for a fence. Bat while a hedge serves for tills purpose so admirably, its usefulness as an element In design and an orna mental addition In the' planting scheme- is not fully appreciated. Most every home grounds present opportunity for the use of hedge planting which will increase- the beauty and effectiveness of the planting scheme. Ordinarily we think and speak of a hedge as being a row of plants closely together to effect a solid mass of foliage. In the form al hedge, the plants are trained In geometric outline by periodic trimming. The informal bed go Is trimmed to gain compactness, bat the plant is allowed to develop more or less naturally. Formal Hedge Xeeded In landscape design, the formal h?dge Is almost indispensible. Its uses are legion. That Is why moat every home grounds can use hedge treatments to advantage. Tha formal hedge can be used to bound and screen the architect ural garden. It can be developed higher than one's head or, by us ing certain plants. It can be kept less than a foot high. Within the formal garden one often finds these low hedpes bounding the flower beds and garden paths. In the most simple garden, hedges' may be used p e?tablrsji the ljnes and pattern 6Mhe design. Where there is a formal ter race adjacent to the house, a hedae planted along the edge of thU terrace will greatly enhance the appearance of this terrace. .Qt$a in the case of small houses, a terrace with hedge planting is all that is needed to tie the house to the grounds. Regardless of how the hedge U used it can fulfill, its mission to the utmost only when it is properly maintained. The beauty It presents is directly proportion al to the care given it. The hedge does not require great work to be grown properly, but rather a lit tle attention at the proper time. Variations Many The hedge which serves In place of a wall may be trained to a line similar to a wall. It may have buttresses, may vary in thickness and height, and take on all sorts of Interesting forms If propWf trained. All that is necessary to accomplish this Is systematic pruning of the hedge during the growing season. The results are well worth the effort. There are many plants avail able for hedge purposes, both de ciduous and evergreen. The plants should be chosen according to the type of hedge to be developed, its o and location. Let us help you with your hedge problems.. Don Old Togs and Get Busy Owners Told Bring forth the tools and sound the call for sturdy gardeners one and all to stretch their limbs and tak the air, for there is soil to prepare. Of course, from history we know that now and then there comes a snow as late as April, but who cares? Fortune smiles on him who dares. So cock a know fag weather eye. and when you se a sunny sky and feel a soft itM in the air. with mellow soil everywhere, then take your spade and plant some rows of ' every early thing that grows. This month is not a bit too soon to plant some things and spray and prnne, and if you've .not yr planning- done my good Bess! yon had better run and get the Job done right away before you've lost another day. There's no denying that you ought to hare yonr garden seeds all bought and orders in for shrubs and trees, to do the season'awork with ease. This spring song is one of our own and not the work of Mendels sohn, but we just hope that it will do the main thing that we want II to that is to give a warning clear that the too brief spring season's pear, and you had better start to move if you have home grounds to Improre. . your copy y mhd How to Make Lawn Perfect . Told in Succinct Article; War on Weeds is Outlined Take Out Weeds With Long-Bladed Knife and Fill Hole in Lawn With Soft Dirt, Then Plant New Grass Seed - Editor's KaU: Yrrd Blake wit aVritea tti nJ several other article on today's garden paf. is a Salem young man who is known throughout the city as an aipert landscape artist. His advice on lawn improvement is timely and authentic. There'are several requirements necessary for producing a perfect lawn. How to keep it thrifty and free from weeds is the desire of all home lovers. Even the amateur is now able to have a weedless lawn simply by following a few rules and by using a little elbow grease. Some lawns have large patches of weeds, while others have only a scattering weed here and there. In the latter condition, the method used is the more simple. There are two ways in which a gardener may remove the weeds. He may dig them out with a long-bladed knife, taking great care to remove the whole of the root. If a portion of the root is left, some weeds will send up new heads in greater numbers than the original. The small hole left in the lawn as a result of removing the weed will soon fill with soil from either rain or irrigating water. The gardener may use-a standard weed puller to advantage where the weed is large and deep roofed. The soil must be soft if one expects to pull out the whole root. The weed puller will leave a small hole which should be filled with rich soil and a few seeds of grass sown at a favorable season in case the lawn has large patches of weeds, they may be re moved in large clumps with a long bladed knife or hoe. care be ing used in digging the whole root out. New rich soil is then placel in the holes and smoothed down. A good variety of grass seed should be sown evenly when warm weather comes, and in a few months the lawn will be smooth and weedless. New weeds that sprout must be continually ?.nd promptly cut out with a small knife and the lawn must be fed regularly, with a good fertilizer. if , . T Fci titLeers Vary JThe kind of fertilizers vary with the type of grass seed. And the amount to use and the methods of applying vary with the kind of fertilizer. Some grasses thrive in an acid soil and therefore must have an acid-reacting fertilizer. In this class are the Bents and Fescues. Most popular is the Creeping Bent which eventually produces a heavy thick carpet and is the easiest to keep weedless because of its na ture. Bent grasses thrive best in an acid soil while weeds become weakened. If a bent grass is fer tilized with, an acid-reacting fer tilizer, the weeds will be crowded out by a thick, healthy, thriving mat of grass. There are a number of concerns who manufacture this type of fertilizer, the same rules for using applying to all makes. The feretilizer should be sown very evenly and thinly over the entire area to be fertilized and then soaked in thoroughly. And don't forgeUthe soaking, as your lawn will be burned up unless a large amount of water is used. Other grasses thrive best In a sweet soil. Blue grass and white clover are the most popular -grasses that thrive in a sweet, or alka line soil. Where soils are natur ally acid or where a weak stand of these grasses occur, an applica tion of garden lime should be sprinkled evenly over the lawn. It is a little more difficult to have a weedless lawn with these seeds but by persistently building up the lawn, weeds will be gradually crowded out. - lime Removal Schemed la trying to rid a lawn of win In trying to rid a lawn of moss, many people use methods that actually encourage its exist-l ence. A few years ago it was a common occurrence even for ex perienced gardeners to apply lime upon the moss to kill it. But to day it has been proven by maay agricultural experiment atations that lime does not rid the lawn of moss. In fact, it la said that in th8 lime-stone, quarries of the South, moss thrives. This alone indiaates that moss thrives upon lime instead of being destroyed by its application. The first step In ridding the lawn of moss is to rake it out thoroughly with- an Iron rake and haul it off. Then a good fertilizer, What to use instead of lime has been considered and many fer tilizers tried to great satisfaction. Because moss thrives in a sweet soil, it is necessary to produce aa acid condition of the soil. And so an acid-reacting fertiliser should be evenly applied after the moss is raked out. Such a fer tilizer will kill moss when applied dry before raking, but more satis factory results are obtained by first raking out, then applying tha fertilizer and soaking it in. Ia real damp lawns, moss sometimes forms each winter. Continued building up of a lawn by the use of fertilizers will ia time eradicate the moss. Graceful Walks Problem fa secure ra Spanish -English Cblomal'French' Norman 'Dutch Colonial and other types: of . architecture areittustrciedin homes of various OMES m How to have graceful walks In the lawn without destroying its beauty is the concern of many a home lover. Whether the walk Is for the front lawn or for the rear garden, whether it is for service or beauty, a great deal of planning must be given to obtain the perfect effect. The ordinary small front home with the usual cement walk will not be discussed here. That is all very simple. But consideration must be given to the home set back a considerable distance from the street. Unless the home and thfe gardening effect . be strictly foj-mal, a cjoxyed walk should be used. Aud every curve must have a reason for existing. From the street, only a small portion of the walk should be seen at any point. Such a variety of ornamental tree and shrubbery planting should be made to cause this effect. A walk of this kind is strongly preferred at one side, thereby keeping away from a cut-up effect of the lawn. I lawn . Walks in the rear of the home are sometimes merely ornamental and should be considered some-' what as the above described front walk, care being used to harmon ize with the various back garden plantings. Various types of flag stone walks or stepping stones may be substituted for concrete or gravel. For the combined ornamental and service walk, a straight path paved with ordinary brick, with or without mortar, bordered with blooming annuals and perennials, is very satisfactory. Plan Early, Advice It is well to plan ahead for tha new lawn as the best is none too good. Everyone wants to point with pride at a perfect weedless lawn and be able to say it is his. Preparing -the soil should begin early. If the lawn is to be plowed be fore seeding fresh manure should be turned under and left to rot for a while before final working. When the lawn is already graded and only a disking or light spad ing Is to be employed, a thick sowing of commercial fertilizer should be used at the rate of one hundred pounds to the ordinary city lot. Fertilizer put on early gets the benefit of the early spring rains and greatly enriches the soil. Grass seed will sprout much moro Juickly on soil that has been heav y fertilized before seeding. An other necessary precaution is the draining of the land. Damp, sog gy soils should be tiled to drain the surplus water away as such soils produce a weak stand of grass. If possible, enough good soil to sufficiently raise the lawn to natural drainage, should be hauled in. NEW WAR TACTICS Just think what fun the bellig erent nations will have In the next war la interfering with the radio programs of the enemy. JBaadea Western World. Make Your Garden Pay PLANT dependable seeds. In the loot: run the seed you put in is the least expensive part of jour garden. Poor seed that fails to germinate or gfre the best results is dear at any price. We call your attention to our new stocks of the, well known Lilly's Tested Seeds. 'Ira Seeds have got a good same by growing good crops here for 20 years and more. These seeds are nnted to condition in this vicinity and are, in every retpect, the best obtainable. Let us supply your seeds and other garden requirements. We guarantee you good service and good vafues. Wt carry tcryuaax la ptriea seeds. CHAS. R. ARCHERD lm$em Telephone 173 Sob e Spray of Nicotine and Use of Sulphur Will Keep Pests Away If you are a garden enthusiast, you will this month Attend to all belated pruning. All shrubs and fruit trees should be pruned right now before the sap starts flowing heavily. In pruning, always remember to thin out all unnecessary branches so that the tree will have sufficient air. Attend to your lawn and see that it has all the necessary care, early. If there Is moss in the lawn, now is the time to raka H out and apply the fertilizer. Also weed the lawn while It Is still soft and moist. If the lawn is rough, roll it with a heavy lawn roller, and If there are bare spots, cover with rich soil and scatter a few seeds of a good variety of grass. For details concerning the care of your lawn, refer to the following article on. "The Makings of a Perfect Lawn." Start Vegetable Garden Start your own vegetable gar den. A little planning now will be compensated later 3y fresh vegetables from your own back yard. Watch your roses. Very few people realize that an ounce of prevention is worth more than a pomd of cure, as applied to the prevention of aphis, mildew, and other pests. A good spray of nico tine (Black Leaf 40) sprayed on your roses at regular Intervals of two weeks will keep those unsight ly and otherwise disagreeable pests away. To prevent mildew, dust your roses regularly with sul phur. Spraying and dusting should never take place on a windy day, as 'this condition pre vents an even covering of the ma terials. "I Want To Know 3r ffr 4 This is a feature which The Statesman introduces into its garden page this week. A question box will be main tained by this department. All questions pertaining to gardening will be answered in this column each week, when mailed to the GARDEN EDITOR, The NEW OREGON STATESMAN. - Q. I havt a fine larg potted fern that i$ turning brown and ap pear to 04 dyvng. How can I save xtlMrt. U. O. Probably it has had too much heat. Ferns like a damp, cool temperature. Cut off all stalks that show an unhealthy appear ance, then place the plant out of doors where it will get the bene fit of rains or irrigation. Q. Ik there anything that will kill the common wild morning glory f t . H. There is a weed killer named K. G. M. which kills morning glo ry, and also thistles, dandelions and other weeds. This is a spray that ia applied directly to the weed. This morning glory vine must not be chopped up as the spray penetrates through the top foliage. Keep the spray away from plants and shrubs that are in the beds. This spray material may be obtained at the seed stores. Q. My climbing roeet mildewed badly last summer. Is there any thing I can do early to prevent it wis yean Mrs. tr. a. Prevention is the only thing In this case. A good sulphur dust is the best known remedy. A small hand duster may be pur chased for a small sum of money from any seed dealer. Beginning early in the spring, dust all roses subject to mildew with sulphur about every two weeks. If they are real bad, dust every week for a month or two. Prevention of aphis and worms should begin at this same time of the year. Use Black leaf 40 for aphis and arsen ate of lead for worms. 210 State PiPEB CARE OF buses on April Garden tools fertilizers. Clean up your garden tools. nothing takes the joy out of gar dening more quickly than dirty or rusty tools. Rust should be re moved by a thorough scouring and they will remain clean and shiny if a few drops of oil is smeared over the surface every time they are put away. Never wash tools unless you wipe them dry each time. e Every amateur gardener should be equipped, with a few standard tools. A small-sized round shovel is the most serviceable for the all- around home. A stralght-edger to keep the flower beds neat and trim, a strong garden rake, a hoe. a trowel, all are as necessary to the garden as tha cooking pans are to the kitchen. And. don t for STREET CUT SUM ' When a street has been cut through, there sometimes results a deep undesirable bank which mars the beauty of the home. Where a very deep cut is made in the lawn, concrete or stone should be used as a retaining wall. This is sometimes unsightly in itself, bleak and barren, but may be rem edied by planting vines that will droop over the wall. NWhenever the bank can be rounded off and a lawn sown, much of the unsight ly can 'be done away with. The best vines for covering such a wall are either English or Boston Ivy. Where a steep hillside is retained in preference to the wall or lawn. a very attractive covering may be obtained by planting large areas to annual seeds. This will produce a brilliant ' mass effect of spring and summer color. Or If a com plete greenery is desired for the hillside, one might plant a cover ing of Hall's honeysuckle, mat rimony vine, trailing and rambler roses. In heavily shaded slopes which are hard to cover, the old r fashioned myrtle will prove sat isfactory. Space Required for Complete Fruit Garden The extent of ground required will be about ten or twelve square rods for the different summer fruits, and an acre and a half or two acres for all the others ex cept the winter apples. The early or summer apples might be placed in between the winter apples as fillers, as these are less perman ent trees. M TO HOP Landscape Your Homo On Oar MoatMy Pay tncntPlan Special Golden-bells, spirea (4 kinds), honeysuckle, deutzia, white hydrangea and other Afip flowering shrubs at, each- tUC Camelias azaleas (4 kinds), daphnes..... $1.25 to $3.00 Closing out the following shade trees at 75c Mt. Ash Locust Sycamore Kirn Golden-Chain Purple Ijeaf Pkun Maple Weeping WUlow Flowering Crab ALL ROSES 35c and 50c The most complete line of shrubbery in Salem Visit our centrally located salesyard PEARCY BROS. NURSERY 240 N. Liberty between Court and Chemeketa St. Qrows beautiful lawns and flowers! Success for all with Vigoro! Users find that this ideal plantfbod gives a quick vig orous start---rnore velvety green grass, better flowers crisp succulent vegetables. Vigoro is odorless! So dean you sow by hand like grass seed! Plants get a bal anced ration throughout the season.. Enough concentrated Endorsed by Leading Landscape Gatdenersfic. Nurserymen DAe White SEEDSMEN Slogan' for get the bamboo rake for the lawn. This little rake picks up the small est leaf and keeps the lawn tidy in every way. Stable manure is the best fertil izer for vegetable gardens when more manure is needed. How ever this may ' be supplemented with commercial fertilizers. Never attempt to place a commercial fer tilizer on your garden without the advice of someone who knows, as there Is now a different fertil izer for every requirement. Every different fertilizer is a different remedy, and the wrong application might prove harmful. -e Right now is the time to fertil ise your lawn, your flower beds, and your kitchen garden. RAILROAD WILL DISPLAY PRODCCTS FROM ORKGOX The first of a series of displays of Oregon-grown and manufactur ed articles left the state last week for St. Paul, Minnesota, which will be placed in the Northern Pacific railway building where thousands of people will Inspect them. This first display was sent by the North Pacific Nut Growers cooperative under the direction of W. H. Bentley, manager. It con sisted of samples of the Oregon grade mammoth size Franquette and soft shell walnuts. Four boxes of Oregon Sweetarts, a candied fruit product which has been made during the past four years at Dundee, were also sent. Later on sample boxea of fancy packs of prunes will be forwarded ' Salem will soon send a compre hensive display of flax and pro ducts made in Oregon from flax, according to C. E. Wilson, secre tary of the chamber of commerce, who has the exhibit almost ready for shipment. Many people in the east are unaware of the fact that Oregon produces flax which com pares favorably with any grown in the world. A very fine wool display has been collected by Dan C. Freeman, manager of the Oregon Manufac turers association, which will tell the story of this Oregon Industry from the raw wool to Its manu facture into a number of products which local manufacturing con cerns have supplied. Plant crooked and many branched trees in your children's playground. $550 Lad wig Piano, f ITS Fine tone. Walnut case . ST monthly GEO. O. WILL, 482 State. St. nourishment in a 100 lb. sack for lawn of garden 50 z 50 to 50 s 100 feet. Only 2 to 4 lbs. per 100 square feet, and not at all costly! Full directions for apply ing Vigoro in every bag. In paper-lined bags of 100, 50, 25 lbs., and 5 lb. packages. Order Vigof o today lor all - the things you grow. A Swift & Company Product G0K0 laUItes better Immmu gardens, jlowers, srecs &Sons bibo in wm Most Exquisite Hues-Known Seen in Profusion in Spring Harmony Terhaps it'a because spring Is the Resurrection of plant life, and wo are eager to enjoy and admire flowers bnt anyway, the spring flowers always seem most beauti ful. One feels that the spring flowers have the most delicate hues, the most exquisite fashion ing. Pale pinks, blues and lav. enders, with a great array of chaste white flowers, are the col ors of spring. Here and there a clear yellow note to emphasize the brightening of the sun; and a piquant flicker of red just now and then. Carpets of wild flowers In woodlands. Beds and borders of tulips, crocus, narcissi and hya cinths. Golden bell, Japanese quince, duettias and white gar landed spiraeas with honey suckles, lilacs and weigelas close behind. Various spring phlox, columbines, and the fairy-wrought iris. The lily of Easter, soon followed by Its peers, the chaste Madonna lily and the majestic re gal lily of ever-increasing vogue. We could wish that a generous number of the spring flowers might bo saved for other seasons when flowers are not known In such abundance. But then spring would be different. Spring is a time when Dame Nature exercises her feminine prerogative of pro digality in clothes, and dons a complete new outfit for Easter. How to Preserve Rose Petals Is Told Housewiie The sweet scent of the rose can be kept throughout the year after the flowers have bloomed In the spring by preserving the pet als in a rose jar. An article in the Brighten up your yard with Flowers Inspect our large Selection of Bedding Plants and Porch Box Flowers Best Quality Plants at Bargain Prices HIGH GRADE CHICKS OF THE POPULAR BREED BRED TO LAY "Something New Every Day" The Flake Petland 273 State St. 5 Acre English Walnut Tracts for 1625 each! At the age of 6 years. Only $300 down and $200 annually with 6 interest. You will have to act quick, as over half is sold. . -Read Every Detail of This Remarkable Offer This is the beat investment ever offered. An acre walnut orchard' will bear from 1000 to 3000 lbs. a year ; price 25c to 30c a lb. English walnut trees live to-over 100 years, bearing; nuts. No D angel of Over prod uction In 1926 the United States imported 48,000,000 lbs. of shelled and unshelled "walnuts, valued at $9, 000,000. California raised 97 of all walnuts grown in the U. S. Oregon will raise a better walnut than Cali fornia.. 80 acres of the Twin-Maple fruit and poultry farm, 8 miles east of Salem is divided into 5 acre tracts and the entire tract is now planted to English (Fran quette) walnuts. For SIX YEAES the planting .will be cared for and . a cover crop put in annually. At the end of six years, the purchaser takes entire possession of the tract and receives the bearing or chard. O. S. C. authorities find good soil on the tract, assuring favorable conditions for an orchard. Trees planted were grown by McClure, who has the best English walnut, Franquette variety, nursery stock in the valley, ' , ;"; Will go out Sunday at 1 P. M. and show the prop erty if an appointment is made. ' - , -, REALTOR 219 North High Street April isno of "'Successful Farm- lng" explains the method to fol- -j low in preparing a rose bowl. "Gather the rose petals early la ths morning. Pluck them light ly apart and let them Ho oa a table until the dew hat dried from them. Then place them In a jar. sprinkling a thin layer of salt over each half inch layer of petals. Add new petals each day. in this manner, until the jar la almost filled. Mix together an ounce each of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves, and a handful of dried lavender flowers. Fill the rose jar with alternate. layers of the rose petals and mixed spices. Add a tew drops of geranium oil and of almond oil as the layers are arranged. Open the Jar for a little while each day to perfume the rooms, keeping It carefully I covered other times. A good wash to keep rabbits from gnawing fruit trees is a mix ture of lime, carbolic acid and copperas. To one gallon of water use one-quarter pound of copepr as. 10 per cent by volume of car bolic acid, and enough Urns 'to give the mixture a consistency like patnt. . FRUIT LAND NURSERY offering Big Reductions on FRUIT TREES Mazzard cherries, seedlings 5c and Up each Sales Yard East side of Armory Office at gas station. Will trade fruit trees for wood A. J. MATHIS Over 20 years in business. Phone 330 or 1773M Telephone 656 MM M Telephone 865 -I i. Ji vt :T. ..i't ?r ,1 t t 91" rf 'i o-tii m sr. I? J; b ?T ,i-V ""V" - . - Vki2 ri.V,' . ' . . ' ' ' ' ;f ' , " 251 State St. Phone 160 - PI J-Jt