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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1931)
Garden if Chip Meeti it: JLectures bib liutldd:; NEWER DAFFODILS TO BE AVAILABLE A PICTURESQUE ENGLISH COTTAGE X NATURE LIVES IN, HER ART-WORK IS BRieillffi UP Permits for Week 'Aggregate ' $8014, Nearly Double " Previous Period j a 0 flow's Time to Prepare for x Growing own Supply of Food Next Summer Quarantine .Puts Gardeners of U. S. Behind; now . i Able to Advance 11 Urr I- U MMUU mil mm i IIIUM TIES , ' ' ' - ' - , . ,J I ! 1 -j ' ' 1 --r- -', , O I.VI i T - m .W 1 ssMili Mill I I --,JTr- V7? JV "S IsT ,'S'.V Times of financial depression teach how much - the individual can do for himself if put to It and providing food at almost no ex pense Is one or tne tnings n can do. -Even a small vegetable gar : den can go a lone way to Increas ing the food supply both In the summer season and for winter by providing roots to store and ma terial for canning so "that there will be little necessity tor buying vegetables during winter. Vege table seeds are the cheapest com modities sold and yield tto great- -" , est return.:1 j H Now is the time to get ready to grow a good supply of vegetables for next year by preparing ; the ' soil in the garden. The 'prepara tion of the soil means stTgood or had crop as the soil Is well or poorly prepared for the seed and growing crop. j ' ! ! ' If there is no fertilizer at hand to add to the soil, it can be spaded well and In "temperature when the toil of spading is least irksome. Turning the soil so it will be aerated will be a great help. It is not necessary, or advisable to break it up and pulverize. Leave ' it in lumps and clods so-that; air and moisture will getrinto it. ( In the spring It rill be easily work ed and pulverized to the required , tilth for the best germination! of seeds and growth of plants. I Starting, a vegetable garden this fall finds a new gardener un prepared with a compost heap, which is the j cheapest form of manure that can be obtained the " heap being started merely by pil ing up autumn leaves and other vegetable refuse, wetting it down occasionally and allowing It to de cay to be spaded in. There are chemical preparations on sale to speeft this process so that the com post heap will be synthetic stable manure by spring but letting na ture ,take its course will start the work. -i ! i Spread ashes from bonfires on the garden so that the fertility of the autumn leaves may not be all lost if there is no good place to start a compost heap. The easiest and most practical way to start a . compost heap is to make a rough bin of any lumber at hand, open (1 " at the top, into which tne leaves may be piled, i The great difficul ty with getting a compost iheap started is that the leaves will blow away and muss up the yard after ft has been carefully raked. I . By making la bin or pen; into which they can be poured from baskets or tossed 'from wheelbar rows, this disadvantage is over : come. The bins, may be I made of : chicken wire and serve the same i purpose if there is a supply han dy. In this manner the heap can be made of even thickness all over and the process of decomposition i will be more even if chemicals are i used to hasten' it. .y .:. y..t . .; SLUMP; CONTINUES SEATTLE A total of ! 343 mills reporting to the West Coast : Lumbermen's association for the week ending Setpember 26, op erated 34.1 per cent of capacity, as compared to 35.1 per cent of : tapacity'for the preceding week, and 48.0 per cent for the same week last year. J"or the first 38 weeks of ; 131 these mills have operated at 40.7 per cent of ca pacity as compared to 57.6 per .cent for the same period of 1930. 'During the week ended Septeni ber 19, 188 of these plants (were reported as down and 155 aj op erating. ; Those operating report- i ed production as 59.5 per cent of their group capacity, j j I Current new business reported ' - by 224 Identical mills was 4.1 per cent -under production and ship i taents for the week were 11. 5 per cent! over production, jdew ex- ' port ! business received during the week was about 3,700,000 ! feet less than the volume reported for ; the previous week:. New domestic : cargo orders were under the pre- i vioas week by 3.200,000 feet, . while 'the new rail business and - local trade stayed approximately the same as the previous week's business. During the 38 weeks of 1931 orders for 224 mills have ; averaged 0.2 per cent over I pro duction. ; 1 O HEADS CLUBS Mrs. William A. Lockwood. pres ident of the Garden else of America. Mrs. . Lockwood r. Is prominent la social circles ' m well as being b tndmtrions LUMBER BUSINESS . x " .. 1 V v - f A - '- C 2-.-. v - jf jS-:? sjja stAsv fy r By R. CJ HUNTER, Editor's Note: A "Portfolio of 101 Small Homes," by R. C. Hunter, architect. Is offered to read- efs for $2.50, Send check or money order. The planning and building of email homes presents many in teresting and (diversified prob lems. The variations in design and plan that thesej small units pre sent is limited bnly by one's im agination, which of course must be held within the bounds of prac ticability. So mjuch can be done j : LJrW DOES YOUR 1 IV VV r.ARFlPN r.ROWi By LILLIE L. MADSEN The controversy group con tains five units, the palm house with its 150 species Including such commer- daily Impor tant forms as date, cocoanut, sugar, panama hat, and rattan palms. Other exotic tropical plants of inter est are t he forms of bam boo, traveler's tree, screw pine, oil palm ) in- t Ullis MsdMa i and thatch palm. The Economic House hich contains a varied collec tion of tropical and subtropical plants of special economic Impor tance such as those producing rubber, oils, perfumes, fiber, spi ces, ; drugs, wooas, ayes, coiiee. tea, pepper, guava, lpquat. Jas mine, ginger. ,The cycad house is arranged in Japanese style and serves admirably as .a display house for the representatives of all ; known genera of cycads among them the interesting Kafjr bread, Araucaria, hekea, eucalyp tus,: taxodium. The arrangement in the Succulent House repre sents desert conditions under which so many plants grow to perfection. It contains the cen tury plants, aloes, euphorbias. yuccas, cacti and other closely related plants. " The cacti collec tion in this is of particular Inter est whether or not cacti is a fa vorite of the sightseers. The Fern House, the last' unit of the con servatory. contains a little stream upon whose banks are grown nu merous species of ferns and theiT allies. From the bridge which arches the ravine a good view of the entire collection may be ob talned. and passing underneath this through a ; grotto is a path which enables tone to see the plants at closer range. In the main greenhouse range are also five units. The floral display house which is devoted to series of floral : displays ac cording to the seasons of the year. We were told that the or chid and the chrysanthemum shows were among the most pop ular although I the primroses, roses, calceolarias and dahlias were also quite popular. Leading down a flight of stairs from the display house is the arold house, an artistically, arrange! conserv atory, accommodating a collection of epiphytes and terrestrial arold plants. We were not there In the orchid show season so this house also contained a number of in teresting orchids in bloom. Indian ginger, rattlesnake plant and dumb-cane are grouped around a waterfall and its cools and nana-' Ing over the pools are numerous pitcher plants. The tropical house contains citrus fruit, papaw, mango, : mangosteen, persimmon and many other sorts of fruiting plants and trees from the warmer climes. The pineapple and its relatives comprise the 'chief dis play In the bromellad house? The forced fruit house completes this group. The only greenhouse re maining which ( was built during Mr. Shaw s lifetime is the Lin oean house, which has been con verted into an --ericaceous and coniferous house. 1 Along the banks of the dell are planted aza leas, camellias, ericas, kalmias rnoaoaenarons ana nu m e r o u s with the small house that there is absolutely no excuse tor repeti tion, one of. the great evils in small house construction that has been practiced in almost every community. With a great many Ideas and designs to choose from; the home-builder can invariably select a house that meets his; re quirements and bespeaks his own personality. The house illustrated is of mod ified English design. The principle exterior features are bold In char acter and the whole composition' has been studied for balance rath er than symmetry. The house contains six T.lcn that the camelia show is so mar velous in the months of February and March. The outdoor collections Is di vided into nine different -gardens. The water gardens contain three pools filled with hybrid water lilies which were, fortunately for us, in bloom while we were there. Night and day bloomers' as well as the giant water platters (Vic toria) were represented. The rose garden which holds no thrill for an Oregonian and the Iris garden, which must have been lovely in its season, we passed lightly over. The formal garden was particularly lovely j situated as it is in a quadrangle formed by the palm house, the cycad house, the succulent house and the pergola. A geometrical de sign of beds is outlined by a low pivet hedge and these beds are filled with many Interesting plants.- The Knolls is a large tract informally arranged! and planted with a varied collection Cold Frame Makes Blooms Available at all Seasons; Snowdrops First to Appear With the aid of a cold, frame it is a simple matter to have bloom every month in the year. , Some times this- is possible in cold cli mates without a frame but a cold frame sheltering pansies and violas which will bloom off and on all winter makes it a certainty. The little bulbs take up the pro cession, starting in February, and carry it along until spring breaks. First of all to appear, often dur ing a thaw in February and regu larly In March, are the snowdrops, the daintiest of all the little bulbs. It requires at least a hundred to make a conspicuous showing bat even one or two bulbs i hanging out their snowy three-pet ailed bells are given enthusiastic wel come. . ! r-; The finest snowdrop for gen eral planting is the giant form. Galanthus Elwesii, double the Size of the common snowdrop, Galan thus nivalis. It usually appears a few days earlier than the common type."- I: I Plant snowdrops for earliest display In a situation In full sun and preferably on a south slope if one is available. Another choice position for them and which will bring them into bloom Is under neath a south window i near the foundation of the house where they are protected and there is the added delight of being able to look out of the window on raw days in March and admire the dainty snow-white bells with their green trimmings. This method of LADD & BUSH, BANKERS 1 Salem, Oregon Established 1868 i Commercial and Savings Department rooms, two baths, a toilet room, and attached garage. The plan ar rangement Is unique and compact. The house measures 38 feet six Inches across the front Including the garage, which Is entered from the front. The garage doors are protected In a pleasing manner by the overhanging cornice. ! The house could be built on a plot having a frontage of as little as 56 feet. It contains 2 7,7 00 cu bic feet and the approximate ost of construction wonld be $7700. Complete working plans and specifications may be obtained for a nominal sum from the Build ing editor. Refer to house A-290. of trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals. The economic garden is devoted to terraces of farm crops, savory herbs, bee plants and various grasses. Another ierrace is occupied by four model backyard gardens. Along the main walk are apple trees 'trained upon trellis. The medical garden includes 72 families and over 200 species of plants i to be found mentioned in the pharmacopaeia. The North American tract con tains trees and shrubs indigen ous to North America and hardy in St. Louis., The test garden contains a number of novelties offered by growers both here and abroad. GRESHAM Old rags have been put to new uses, -creating real money value, by women in the home economics club of the Russelville grange,! according to Mrs. P. Avont, president. From old rags they have made nine rugs, or an average of 54.5 square feet of hooked material. Valued at approximately 111 apiece, this work represents a saving of about 1101. The project was directed by Frances Clinton, county home demonstration"agent. - planting will give the most en joyment of this beautiful little bulb. Following after the snowdrop come the crocuses with their cheery yellow balloons, which are the first varieties to appear, and then come the purples and the whites. ' . Before the crocuses have gone the squills, scillas, and glory of the snow, chionodoxa, appear in blue and. blue purple, and close upon .their hels come the grape hyacinths, which carry the garden into the daffodil and tulip season. The Siberian squill, seilla slberlca, gives the ' most vivid patches of blue of early spring and. Is worthy of planting by the thousand. A group of one hundred will make a beautiful display. As these bulbs are small they can be dibbled in broadcast all over the garden and give a flash of color before the perennials are above ground. , Crocuses are often planted in the grass and give a beautiful ef fect used in this manner but as 'the grass must be mown before they can mature their leaves they are short lived and need frequent replacing. They are cheap enough, however, so that this can be done. In the garden where they can ri pen their foliage, an essential to the permanence of a bulb, they are permanent investments. . Glory of the snow with Its blue stars striped with white la one of the showiest of; the small bulbs and soon makes big colonies. American gardeners will have opportunity; this fall to obtain some of the newer daffodils, for their gardens. While these tine daffodils, the 'finest of . the nan clssus family, have had wide dls tributlon abroad; the r federal quarantine whlctfv several years ago barred further' importation of daffodils . except tor the purpose of commercial propagation - set gardeners of the United States that many years behind the time In daffodils. They are far finer than the old familiar types ' and we have ' had glimpses of some of them at the flower shows during the past two years, sufficient to know that in size, form and coloring they are revelations compared - with the older types. They are still expen sive owing to limited supply but some of them have been propa gated in sufficient quantity to be obtainable at fairly' reasonable prices. : The average gardener isn't pay ing anywhere from $5 to $100 for a single daffodil bulb at which some of the new ones are quoted in lists of daffodil specialists but bulbs of some of the newer ones can be obtained at prices within reach and the natural increase of a single bulb will in two or three years provide sufficient bulbs for a substantial planting. Some of the newer daffodils umuiBieiy uuuuu 10 suppiani old timers because they: are' Of similar coloring but larger and finer In eVery way. However, that time is distant and the main plantings can be made with the older varieties which In large masses -will give as fine effect as the new "and. expensive beauties. Order new daffodils early as the supply is limited. i The finest types in the modern daffodils are found in the cupped varieties known as incomparable, Barril and Leedsii types. There are huge new trumpets of surpris ing size but not differing greatly In color from the older ? types. Pink toned trumpets have been attained through the skill of for eign daffodil breeders but they are still very scarce and high priced and are something to look forward to in the future. White, perianths and brilliant red cups are typical of some of the new forms while in the all white Leedsii class some of the new ones have trumpets that makes it difficult to tell ' them from the true .trumpet daffodils. Lord Kitchener Is one of these that Is now at modest priee com pared with some of the new ones. As the entire supply of any named daffodil comes from one original bulb only through off sets, it can readily be seen why new bulbs are high priced and that It takes a number of years to obtain a sufficiently large stock to permit them to be sold at low prices. A new variety originates from seed and six years are re quired to bring a seedling into bloom. ST. HELENS 7-Columbia coun ty homeraakera. have saved more than $850 as a result of meetings on "New Clothes for Old" super vised by Mrs. Sarah Case, county home demonstration agent. Old dresses worth little or nothing were rescued from the rag bag and others hopelessly out-of-date were brought out from trunk or closet. Altogether 170 dresses were remodeled, . representing an estimated net saving of 1851.92 for the family budgets. . f 'SPAULPINGS . . OFFICE FO S77ATS BEFORE YOU OUt LP 9 If money could actually talk it would say, 11 never really knew what I could accomplish until I Tisited Spaulding's." -Says Practical Cal. ' ' '; y; v :. 4 ! Millwork, Lumber, Cedar Shingles, i... Roof Coating, Paint and Building: Materials of All Kinds. 1 " Dial 4116 (has KSpaulding Iogging & Tfawfcerf Vfoodburn Douglas C , . .. V f , i;,-V;.,-:t-: fee '-::?,'. '..- ' i: : r I : 1 ly kv , -f . 1 1 - -w-f J 1 ! , V i ri- y : , y" . - --fi' 1 - i. . k : A . -f i " t . v i : ..:. ..y. x 1 Sirs. Emm Pack, who for 20 years supervised the schools of lUmtt county, Colorado, has a hobby which has' grown out of her artis- tic temperament and her love for nature. She makes picture from bits 'of moss, bark, thistledown!, foliage, shale, stone and calls the result "nature In Imitation of art." The result resembles vivid Oil painting. It's an Idea fer one -who Is artistic and wishes to "pre serve' tiielr garden. - MUCH POPULARITY Largest House Plant, Held Surest to Bloom - and Easiest to Tend By ANNA KLAMPE JEFFERSON One of the most popular house plants is the amar yllis, and of all bulbs which the beginner may grow; indoors sucr cessfully, the amaryllis is the lar gest, surest to bloom, and most easily cared ' for. The Ipy-like flowers run to large size, with broad recurving petals, and range In- color from a pure white through every Imaginable shade of red to deep crimson. . A bulb sometimes produces ; two flower stalks, each crowned with two .of three large flowers. i The American hybrid, called "giant amaryllis" In its brilliant colorings and flowers five to seven inches across, amazes one not familiar with it. The Honolulu hybrids originally came from the Hawaiian Islands and are claimed to be the largest, finest, and most richly colorrd strain grown. ,The body color is white: cut into by lines or streaks of tropical luxur iance of red or orange, or else domlnantly one vivid color. j i Amaryllis thrive best in a mixf ture of two thirds ' good garden loam and one third leaf mould, to which has. been added a little sand. The soil should be firmly pressed about the bulb when It is set, leaving the neck: exposed. A five-inch pot is large enough, for amaryllis do better when potr bound. .... y .' ! - j- i' A good way to Insure good drainage Is by turnisg a piece of broken pot over the. hole In the bottom of the pot, y hollow side down, or cinders to the depth of about an Inch. j I The bulb should f be : watered 7hr lumber fliiniviJa hdtpaadenM AMARYLLIS GAINS 1 i freely- at first to get it started and enough Water added; thereafter to keep the; roots moist dnring the growing season. ; The bulbs usual ly flower in March or April, and should be i kept, growing on until November.' In summer they may be I planted, pots and all, in the ground in the leaves partial shade. . When turn , yellow, stop wa- tering, and In early autumn be fore frost, remove the pots to a dark cool basement, and lay them on their sides. ' Keep cool and. do inot. water till thei first j flower stalks appear, which will be about February. Then allowj the plant some light, and thoroughly, wet ;the soil. As therstalks growmove to a warm-? er room, and keep well watered. When the stalks are four to five jjiches (highJ the pots may be set in the family livine room. Before the flowers 0pen, the size' and coior or tne blooms will, be Im proved If the bulbs! are given, a weak solution of -liquid y cow or sheep manure once or twice a week. I ' . ' y ' " - -, If you have never tried amar yllis. get a few bulbs and pot them in May. jjThis will give them the summer season's growth necessary and next winter or spring they will repay all. the effort in their behalf many J times over by their gorgeous and showy blooms. s IMPROVES HOUSE STAYTON,! Oct. 3 Harry Humphrey is having new porches and other Improvements made on his; house oppositei the school house, which has been occupied for! some time by the M.' Yoeman family. - t . ys 1 'Jiv Let us help you figure' AU Building Materials I & GUPPILY CO. : 610 No. Capitol Y' fem 9191 Qrpgon . Pulp apdl P a p e r ; C omp an y Mamafactortrs of y -s BOND LEDGER GLASSINE i 1 - I ' - -.5. . 1 : -H ': " -: - y . ' 5': v GREASEPROOF, TISSUE Specify nSalm Made' Paper for Your - Office The bulldlns; outlook during the past week was brighter, flg oes from the city building inspec tor's office show. Permits for new construction and repairs to talled $8014", as against the pre ylous week's mark of $4287. jy Erection of a dwelling account ed for the largest share of thei permit -sum. The house will be built at 464 Rural avenue for Frank Doollttle. Only two oth At iiaw nrolects were undertak en, the construction for garages costing $50 fpr William Rottltok, ( 53 North High gtreet, and West ern Building and Loan associa tion, 1127 Shipping street. - .Th smnnnt of reroofinr begun daring the week was doubled over that of the' previous period, fhe Jobs, for ' total of $599.60, were a follows: C. R. McCIellan, 652 North Front,1 $25; J. H. Arnold, 1830 North, 21st street, $178.6,0; Mrs. I M. Tompson, 816 North 16th street, $50; C. J.1Van Arery, 1$24 Lee street, $45;fSutter, 80 North Commercial street, $95; Edwin TV Baker, 215 East Lin- i aAAA tOAA ' cum Birvei., t&vv. il)aimlta 9rV ronfltn and altfefA- : X VS Ui'l aw v . tlons included: W. J. Nelson,' duelling," 665 Shipping street, $150; R. W. Wyatt, dwelling. I960 'South Church street, $4(10;. DeLong, dwelling, 1206 Cbeme keta street, - $50; Fred Myers, dwelling 962 Shipping street. $40; j John" U. . Planky dwelling. 2178 'Church street, $25, and U street, $200. ; EVERYBODY must p ' have heard of our f :j I" expertness. You need I to know us as you may be in need of our f ; I services at .any time. 1 f Phone, write or call, ti . o)-rs- Now is the time to build or remodel.' :. f Materials are -of the highesl qua 1 i t y and prices are very. low.. 8opport Orsoh Product - i .1 SUtioncry rarac cone-bearing trees. It Is here