The OREGON STATESMAN, Safem. Oregon, Sunday Morning, October 26, 1930
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State Organizer AcJdresses
Meeting of Hubbard
Woman's Club
BEFORE AND AFTER DREAMING
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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-
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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
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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 .
The city election board for Ni
vember 4 was appointed as i' -lows:
J. S. Boharinan, Jan-.s
Simington. judges; Mrs. J. K.
Hubbard, Mrs. T. W. Hart, .Mrs.
J. N. Jones, clerks.
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