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PAGE TWELVE Tha OREGON STATESMAN. .Sakau Oreron, Scnday Morula?. December 7, 1933 hits , , s URGE OUTLET HOLLOW WALLS HAVE A PECULIAR APPEAU . V TO EAST MART ; English , Variety Grown In - .This State; Methods of , . Culture Outlined . ByP, L RICKER. Sarins the pre-CkrUtmu sea. son of ltJ4 an Inresti ration for the Garden elnb ot America " showed that 11.S7 cases of bollr were shipped from the '- Delaware-Maryland - peninsula by ens railroad with nrohahlv an ." equal quantity by water and ' track. Takinr 'this am - a stand ard for measure -It is safe to ee- umate that t the number of : pounds used by Christmas - trade orer the United States runs far : Into the millions. - , . " - Northwestern ' cultivated En . Hah holly is being shipped into every state each year in increas ing amounts, well graded and in , attractive cartons. The attrae - tire dark green glossy leaves and berries of much greater abun- ' ' dlBM. mil mnA K-ttr mIav than' ' much of the eastern native holly a , " . .. J . - . ". . TV.- i . srsvr rt m i . a rm .a j-- i ' .. mn . , r Bam " " ' ' ' ' ":,r " n 4.:;.. n -v -' - How Does Your Garden Grow? By LILLIE Il MADSEN ' ! meets with a rftaiW mla at fincv 'prices In fhe markets.- The best .prays at about 60 eents a 'pound ... ' The English holly Is almost exclusively grown in Oregon and Washington . for the Christmas s-market and, is being extensively '. "hlppe4 east. ? A method of rooting holly i ; -from: cuttings in about slaty days . . xdayibe -at Jntrest.)rbnU 'tfo1 fonr Inch rnttinra tnoaflM-nn " female trees Should be taken ' from October to December And leave all but the two or three of the lowest leaves on. A propa gating box about twelve by twenty-four Inches and six lnehea deep had a one Inch Jayer of sphagnum moss to aid in holding moisture and a three inch layer of fine sand. Plant the cuttings ' to a depth of about one and one half inches and in an upright po sition (a slanting position Is not necessary). Saturate, the bed with water, cover the box with glass and tor best results place preferably In a greenhouse with slight bottom heat. The best day temperature is from 70 de : trees to 75 degrees and night temperature should not go below 0 degrees T. Good results may, however, be obtained by placing the box in a window at home but full sunlight should be avoided. A good watering of the box two or three times a week is ordinar ily sufficient and a single drying out of the sand will be fatal to all ot the cuttings. With these conditions observed, the cuttings should be well callanand in a a 'days and hare. roots one-half to one inch long in CO days. ' While the cuttings . may be u-aasBiamea to two In eh pots ct once 16 is better to wait until the roots "are about two Inches long and use three: inch . pots. The plants should , be set in the ground out doors soon after dan ger of frost Is over. Planting two feet .apart in each direction would rive 10.8 CI iter acre; Aft er two or tnree years, to avoid transDlantlna- costs and to berth obtaining an income . from the ebpv tie gradual removal of all plants in, .iiirf. later every other plant in the re maininc rows ran h atarted. leaving the trees placed 4x4 feet or abont 711 to the atre. Small, potted , holly plants will una a reaay Christmas sale for home decoration. Many will buy them for home plantings and others can be sold to those wish ing to start small aurserv slant. Ings. As soon as this sale source is well developed by advertising and personal solicitation, new plantings should be made each year to furnish a constant supply ot these small plants, but not be tween the rows of growing trees as these need all the root space available. Crowding the rows with this or other crops will in jure the Holly growth and yield. Other rows should be removed tor ornamental planting or wreaths as room is needed for tree growths ' until trees are spaced at least twenty-five feet! apart each ; way which would leave COl trees per acre. Non-bemr bearinr follara nal for wreaths can be supplied with artificial berries. Lage plants intended for, ornamental planting should have the roots balled by digging a narrow trench around the trees in , the fall - a year or two ahead of time and deen LMNG-QOCM- T iwwr Here la a bricV homa nlam. Bricks are not so practical te rainy sections such as Oregon, ac cording to many Deonle. but them is at type of brick constrnctioa which can be successfully sed in the most moist of Oicn wtntM and still give warns, dry, comfort able rooms, The plans for this brick .home have several Interest tag points. For Instance, the cesf tral hall which allows entrance to every room without . disturbing any other room m the hotue. The arrangement of the bath and the closets also make for 'great con venience la a small boose. sniEr.i n EES EL' ME ILUISTRATEO Brick Magazine Shows Pi tures of ourlnewi -SaH lent Homes V", tit Salem homes are. . pictured along with an article In 'Build ing Economy", the monthly mag azine of the Common Brick man ufacturers' association of Amer ica, a nation-wide organisation. Four brick residences are used to Illustrate the beauty of 8alem architecture and the adaptability of common brick for building purposes. The houses which are shown are: O. T. Johnson. IIS W. Lincoln; the residence built by Kd Vlesco on Lafelle street: ut. w. b. uott, corner High and Rural; and the house on King- wood Heights erected by Biddy Bisnop. Being a "brick" magazine the article notes a. growing, use ot brick after the early construc tion of homes , here which was all of native lumber. The article praises the charm of Salem In the following paragraphs: "Commercial and . public eon- enonah to cnt off 'all main mntm The trench should be immediate ly filled again.' For a two-inch trunk the trench should be eight inches from the trees and tor -a four-inch Jtrunk eighteen inches xrom tne tree. (To be continued next Sunday.) fraiifficnoHul !l PR E MI a I - GREATER GltMORE QRCUS x SATURDAYS- : J KPO Son Frondtco - Si'w Angeles KOW- . rorHond KOMO. . . Seotrie"- : ond rCOAYS ": Tx: 9 D.RU le 945 o.au ' V KNX - Kolywood LMORE BLUgCRE E W NE PIONEERED UM QUALITY ; Calling a gasoline "Premium" doesn't make it so. .To date only four types of premium quality gasoline have been offered on the Pacific. Coast. Three still sell at a premium price. Gilmore Blu-Green is the" only premium gasoline that now costs no more than recognized adver tised brands of ordinary white or colored gasolines. Don't be misled by false claims of premium quality insist on Gilmore Blu-Green--trie real premiurTTgarat no . extra cost it is guaranteed to remove carbon. During the past few 'weeks I number ' of ' reuuesta . for nelly material. Perhaps it is. the near- lng of.. Christmas. Nothing, w bare always - said, looks . more like Christmas, than . holly,' and this has been' so .since tne an- elent days -of . the . Roman Satur nalia, 'and , has been carried on down to us through the days when the Druids ' used holly Jn their. TnleUde f estlvltles and the eld Teutons' hung it about their rooms : aa.; a . refuge for sylvan spirits from winter storms. ' ' Some of my 'letters carry com nlalnU .that- the writer's holly won't bear." Others write ask ing "what kind of holly . to plant...:; A , Jarge number - have written asking for the address ef commercial holly growers. The latter Question can only be ans wered . by mail : and I appreciate that a number, have sent self- addressed stamped entelopee. Ail who have done so have received or will receive. replies from 'me. Few of us realize that commer cial holly raising is -a growing Business in Oregon? a business that gives promise of quite a fu ture because there are so few places In these United States of ours where holly can be crown as a -successful commercial Ten- berrlesf 4fcntnakeita hniiv 1uranjh- - sell, - the holly' 'trees need tne eool, damp springs that only western .Washington and western Oregon can supdIt so aausiactoruy here on the coast. ' . A motor trip out to a holly orchard at this time of the year will prove a. delightful and en- structlon In : Salem has ; always largely . favored masonry types. The , business district compares favorably, in this respect, to most other cities of her site. But In ojher respects the .city is dif ferent. Salem, for instance, has no slums. Neither are there, any distinctive and exclusive wealthy residence sections. A modest bungalow may be found next door to a mansion of wealth. And. the democratic spirit ot the city Is in keeping. It Is more than anything else a I friendly eity. r s . JThe founders laid It out with wide streets that : traverse Its length ' and breadth and which hare grown beautiful as It built up land expanded. They are lined with - sturdy ' trees, many more than half a century old, and deep, well-kept lawns! - r lightening ' experience. I made such . a trip last year and ; was surprised to find . the harvest of the holly crop s earrled on in : a very businesslike manner. ' '- This begins the first part of December, v as florists and .busi ness houses .'demand holly ' for their ! pre-Christmaa decorating. All cutting Is done by hand. And cutting, we , are ' led -. to under stand Is in itself an art. Gather ing the' crop means pruning the orchard." . .Wrong : cutting .. may mean! no berries the next' sea son. -When the -. branches' are cut off ' . at - Christmas f time. ' new shoots grow ; out the following spring, but these : will not bear until the second year. If pruning Is done correctly , there will be a good crop each year, I was told. The branches . cut vary from six inches to 10 Inches In length. One man, if he is a good cutter, can .manage 100. pounds a day. As he cuts the branches from the trees, he places r them in - paper Mrtmi ar aa canvasses. ' Care must be taken not to bruise -the berries' or they will turn black. If eutting .is .done In: a 'tog . or mist the . branches are spread out on trays to dry la the holly shacks, but at no time must they be exposed to heat. Many of us send boxes of holly branenes each year, to eastern relatives, and it would be well to take some of these precautions that the commercial shipper takes. The holly grower whom I vis ited, told me that only , about 50 per cent of the holly planted by seed bears fruit, and unless the cuttings- of -plants are from cer tified '-. self-bearing indlvidnala, one cannot be sure that they will bear after they are established on-the lawn. Not all holly trees, he said, were self-fertile. Most ot the commercial grow ers, It seems, set out their orch ards In October or early . Novem ber. . However. . I .. was . Informed that a holly tree would do well it planted on any " mild day .dur ing winter or early spring if I took care that the roots did, not dry out during the planting pro cess.'.;.. :' '-. '.. ' , ' , . ... The -. commercial growers or at least the one. I -visited, fer tilise their orchard heavily with barnyard . manure . every - other year and cultivate them Just as one does another fruit orchard. fertilisation and .cultivation, I Was; told, greatly , increases the crop of berries and give both-the berries and the leaves a richer coloring and more lustrous fin ish. A few growers report that they have had trouble with San Jose scale, and then they spray their holly orchards Just as they spray their apple orchards. As to varieties of holly I was indeed surprised to discover how many there . were. One hundred and seventy species - listed, the grower told me. The Ilex aqni folim, 1 was informed, was the common .English holly grown in the orchard I visited. Thar i. laurifolla which bears no fruit. but whose riowers are very frag, rant. There are some with white berries, and some with t!i . berries. and . even some with black berries. -- There are some ' classed as golden-leaved, and some as silver-leaved; - SERIOUSLY ILL SILVERTON. Dec. 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