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The OREGON STATESMAN, Safem. Oregon, Sunday Morning, October 26, 1930 PAGE SEVEN r State Organizer AcJdresses Meeting of Hubbard Woman's Club BEFORE AND AFTER DREAMING ! O Hubbard "How we look to our neighbors" was an item stressed by Mrs. W. E. Anderson of Salem, state organizer of par den clubs, in her talk on garden ing at the Wednesday afternoon meeting of the Hubbard woman's club at the home of Mrs. Waldo F. Brown. Mrs. Anderson pointed out that our grounds are an index to our homes and that carefully planned flower gardens and neatly kept lawns are suggestive of orderly homemakers. According to Mrs."" 'Anderson now Is the time to plan the gar dens and to plant the shrubs and bulbs. She suggested that the gardens, "Be not a mere patch work but effective and attractive, "with an avoidness of a big varie ty." She suggested that in plant ing the gardens, space be left for depth, width and perspective. Col or combinations with a continuity of blooms was also mentioned by the speaker and many kinds of flowers named to carry out a color scheme the year round. Kinds of flowers effective tor backgrounds and borders were named also. The speaker quoted a Holland gardener, who is familiar with conditions here, as saying that Oregon is Ideal for raising bulbs and also his opinions that bulbs should be treated here as in Hol land namely that they be put" in the dark after planting and that they be left there six weeks and thetl brought to light. Mrs. An derson said that she expects to try his method for planting bulbs this year. Mrs. Anderson, a flower gard ener of much experience, is a past president of the state federation of garden clubs and an honorary president of federated fcarden clubs. Mrs. Merle Stewart sang "Com ing Home," and "In the Garden of Tomorrow," accompanied by Mrs. Neva McKenrie at the piano. Miss Betty Brown entertained with the piano solo, "Edelweiss Glide," re sponding to encore with "Twilight Idyl." At roll call many garden hints were given In response. Dahlias, Zinnias and autumn leaves made a colorful decora tion for the rooms, and the love ly flower gardens and porchboxes of the hostess were an ideal set ting for the study theme, "Gar dens." Mrs. Brown assisted by Mrs. Audrew Well and Mrs. Ethel Johnson served attractive re freshments. Guest were Mrs. W. E. Ander- 0 1 1; if 4 m 9 Am t ,r i, i 't v. -1 C - i5 V fW Hit r'-Ym 'J x. .". - Mm. - -'""'j'w Photo by W. C. Conner, Statesman staff photographer In the above cat yon behold the foundation of a dream and then you see preto mange tne Oream Itself In material form. Mr. and Mrs. James It. Humphrey are the proud owners who materialized the dream. The house is situated at 1740 Ftdrmount street. "Castle in Air" Becomes Attractive; CbWM&t Hi Home; Efforts Rewarded By OLIVE M. DOAK "Castles in the air" are delights of warm summer days with the drowsey hum of bees overhead mingled with soft brushing of leaves- against each other that is the history and origin of most castles, but there "is always the excep tion that proves the rule. For months each time they called on their friends the rred Stumps. Mr. and Mrs.O TELLS HOW TO STOBEBULBS Creator of new Champoeg Dahlia Explains Winter Care of Plants James R. Humphreys eyed the small, very ordinary bungalow which, eat on the lot to the north of the Stump home on Washing ton street, Fairmount Hill. There was a well shaped, attractive tree in the corner of the front yard; there were many shrubs in good ; son, Mrs. James Stewart, mother of Ivan Stewart, Mrs. Louis Tarp ley, Mrs. Vera Mclntire, all of Sa lem, Mrs Earl Reinhart and little Tresa McMannis, both of Hubbard. condition; there was a back yard that had been terraced midway of Its stretch to the alley into a luxurious rockery; in the back yard there were also many trees and any number of roses. The lower level of back lawn stretch ing from the rockery would form a perfect place for a rose garden; and the house itself did it not hold some possibilities? As people will do if they play with an idea long enough Mr. and Mrs. Humphreys finally capitulated to the lure of "what (Continued on page 9) By MRS. GEORGE CRITES (Editor's not: Mrs. Crltes not only sent dahlias, feur varieties to b spe cific, to New York City for th Madi son Square Garden flower show Stp tember 16, 17, and 18, but she scored very high and received such publicity on "Champoeg," a dahlia developed by herself at her Newberg farm.) I have been assed by tbe gar den editor, to write an article about flowers, and as I am es pecially interested in dahlias I will take this opportunity to tell my friends. how to care for their bulbs during winter. Those of you who are successful in keeping your bulbs may not be interested but there are a number of peo ple who lose their bulbs every winter and this article is written in the hope that it may help them to keep their bulbs. After the frost hag killed the dahlias, leave them in the ground at least a week, to cure or ripen the bulbs. In digging push the spade down deep on all sides of the 'clump to loosen it about a foot from the stalk is about right far enough away so as not to cut the bulbs. Lift carefully so as not to break the necks of the long tubers as that spoils them, causing the eyes to dry out and die. Shake off the loose earth. Cut off all the green stalk leav ing, only that part of the stalk that grew beneath the ground. The green stalk is the first to mould In storage. Put the clumps into a box or barrel lined with paper arid tflU in all arduous with peat misilfand or Ati i i44rth. This will WeWp the bulbs ! from drying out if stored in a dry place and also keeps them dry if setor din a damp place. Above all be sure to store them in a frost proof place. Some Hill Bulbs I know of one party that has no basement and he keeps his bulbs by placing them in a hole under the bouse and covering them about a foot deep with the dry soil. Another man keeps his bulbs nicely by using the old method of hilling them up like potatoes. This is the way he does: Place some straw on the ground, put the clumps of dahlias on the straw, cover with straw, and on top of this put at least a foot of dirt. Cover with boards to keep out as much rain as pos sible. I shall try this way of keeping bulbs this winter as an experiment. You may be interested in hear ing how I sent dahlia blooms to the recent dahlia show at Madi son Square Garden, New York City. The blooms were cut on How Does Your Garden Grow? By LILLIE L. MADSEN to roar collection this autumn. don't forget the Deotitas. of which there are around 300 var ieties. Deutzias do exceptionally well In this country and the small-flowered branches are love ly for baskets of cut flowers. As a whole they are a rapid grow ing shrub and thus permit cut ting rather well. Two of the best known, and very satisfac tory they are, are the Pride of Rochester with its pink-white blooms and the Lemoinei, a pure white. By LILLIE L. MADSEN O UTrtsr nf tta inmmnnlT knnvn telling spiraeas prefer the deep, rich soil that holds moisture well. I like to get nearly all my shrubs In as early in the fall as possible for I find they set root and make a greater advance the next spring. Also quite frequently, if one gets old enough bushes, they will then bloom the first year they are planted something very important if you are as im patient as I am to see your grow ing things in flower. However, some growers advise planting shrubs In February and March so that they will not winter kill. I do not find that many of the ordinary shrubs winter kill here in the valley even when planted in the fall. Usually I mulch autumn-planted shrubs and roses rather heavily with Etraw or peat moss. It seems that I'm always re peating that variety depends up on conditions, but readers ask me to tell them what vartety of this or that to plant without Monday morning early and stems placed In scalding water for a few seconds. They were then packed in a box such as is used by florists for shipping flowers the box was lined with several thicknesses of waxed paper. We tied the stems to the back of the box to keep them from being jostled around in handling. This box was closed, then put Inside another heavier box. Addressed and mailed at Newberg about 18:30 in the morning. It was about 4 o'clock in the 'afternoon before it left Portland by air mall and it arrived at New York City some time Tuesday night. The flowers were placed on exhibit at Madison Square Garden Wednesday merning. Al together it was 48 hours from the time they were cut until they were put in water, after a trip across the continent. They were on "exhibit two days. And they say dahlias do not keep when cut! GO TO PORTLAND SCIO, Oct. 25 Mr. and Mrs. M. C. McClain of Portland came down Tuesday afternoon and took Mrs. J. I. Shelton hack with them to be with Mrs. Shelton's son-in-law, Ed Forsch who was to be operated on Wednesday morn ing. No word has been received to date. Mr. Forsch was In a very dangerous condition. me what location they want planted. It is self-evident that no one would want me to advise the 8-foot S. Reeves! Flora Plena if it is a rock garden that is to be planted, nor would someone want to find that he had planted the tiny Spiraea Decumbens, only a few inches tall, in a shrubbery border. Yet both are beautiful shrubs in their proper places. The first is a bautiful thing, bearing clouds of double white flowers during a large part of the summer. The Decumbens bars white flowers. Another fine little rock garden spiraea is the Crispifolla which grows about a foot high and bears rosy flowers. Perhaps the grandest of all spiraeas is the Van Houtte. It is an early bloomer and the white blooms al most completely cover the fol iage. Spiraea Thunbergi is one of the best known of the early flowering sorts. It also has white flowers. A crimson spir aea la the Anthony Watrer. A native spiraea coming into use is the Billardi Rosea, a pink-flowering shrub which one often sees in bloom along the roadsides in May and June. Another lovely, and well known shrub is the Syringa, the native of which is often called (Mock Orange). The semi-double, pure white Boquet Blanc is not as well known as it deserves to be but It is a fine addition to any shrubbery collection. Both the Grandiflorus and the Coro narius are better known than the first mentioned one. They are all sweet-scented and all pure white. It is well to remember that the Syringa's like plenty of moisture and do not mind shade. Bulb man Talks To Garden Club At Independence INDEPENDENCE. Oct. IS. -The Garden club met Monday ning at 7:30 o'clock in the trail ing school auditorium. After a short business session the speaker of the evening. Mr. Weeks of Salem, gave a talk on "Bulbs," which was very instrui : ive. The next meeting will be beM in November. When you are adding shrubs A. M. I think the yellow rockery flower you refer to must be an Alyssum. There are sev eral forms of the Perennial Alyssums, all of those with which I am acquainted having yellow flowers. The Saxatlles of which there usually are three listed in our western catalogues, are -most commonly found. The Alyssum Moellendortiannm is considered by many the very best Alyssum for rockeries. It forms a dense cushion measuring about a fot across. It grows about four inches high and blooms for the first time in the season in June and July. If flower heads are cut off as they fade almost any of the Alyssums will bloom again in autumn. My Alyssum Saxa tlles have bloomed three times during the past season. BOARD IS CHOSEN INDEPENDENCE. Oct. 2 5 . 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