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Compost Season is Here; Gardeners are Coll eeting weaves wise 9 S I i - I.-,; CEOTII TO BLOOM Ffowers Already Formed at f Planting Time, Pointed Out; Aids Planning ;, ; Br ANNA KLAMPE - JEFFERSON Bttlb gardens contain wonderful opportunities because of tbelr certainty ' 'Of bloom. When bulbs are planted la the fall, the flower are already formed within them, simply wait las for the sunshine and- warmth f spring to' make them blossom.' Bulbs are classified j,today ' that succession plan tins and. compan - ion plantings may be made with little danger, of a slip up.": i'"" ' A garden of spring bulbs tits the needs of many home owners who long for. color early fa the; . season bat spend much of the uimer wy i(om bqiho. waere color, is wanted throaghout the summer and fall, as well as ' spring annual plants may be set among the bulbs without Jharm to them. Seeds of ? the delightful Shirley poppies might be scatter ed here and there, for . though their blooms are short lived they are gorgeous while they last. Host all bulbs need good drain age to establish themselves right and the time to make sure of drainage is before the bulbs are -planted. By digging , down two or three, feet you can tell ; the make np of the soli and subsoil. If the spot has a clay subsoil or a hard pan layer, you must rem edy such conditions. -When natur al drainage is not present, the bed should be dug out to a depth of two feet and' a layer of stone. - gravel or some coarse material, placed in the bottom. j I find that bulbs do best in a loam soil with some humus. . -'. ' , Madonna IiUies ; ; Need Deep Soil - Madonna .-lilies (L. candidum) need a soil that Is cool and deep with plenty, of leaf mold in It. They should, be planted, but an inch or two below the surface, somewhat upon. lheli sides and "surrounded by a one Inch layer of coarse or fine gravel. . If planted -right, they will stay .with you tor -years. Do. not cultivate around them as their roots are right at -the surface; a light mulch is more to their Hking. - As a companion, try planting for - get -.me - nots, which- will provide color before and during the lily blooming sea son, and act as a -ground cover fer the base of - the . Illy stalks. - English .daisies, : Violas, . pansies, i Aubretia, phlox and a .score of 'others offer possibilities for com binations. - - -' - Many of the choice varieties' of tulips, are delightful : . when so combined. " The- chrome-yellow tulip Avis Kennicott is , effective . near Iris kochl or among forget-me-nots; the Darwin tulip Flam ingo Is . delightful among Bleed- i ingheart. The : Lily-flowered Sirene Is charming with Phlox - divaricata. '" :;.v .'V ' ' t" -. Narcissus Plays y'' -Important Role The narcissus, plays no small part in a spring garden of which ' there : are different - kinds and : types which vary in their season . of bloom to extend their yellow color display over two months or more." Then too, there are the Hyacinths and the many varieties -of Iris which are delightful for a "long" season ot. "bloom. - - Gardening has been said to be t one of the greatest of oat door , sports, bat it law more than that. Gardening is an important 'cre : attve art 'with equal opportunity for all. -: .-x --'; . .. . v The Glory of the Garden Oar England is a surden that is full of stately views, Of bordersome beds and shrnbberies and lawns, and avenues, ; With statues on the terraces and peacocks strutting by; ' But th glory of the garden lies in more than meeta the" eye. i . - i . r For where the thick laurels grow, along the thin red wall, i You find the toofand pitting-sheds which are the heart of all ; , The cold-frames and the hot houses, the dungpits and the ' - tanks, - i , . j l The rollers, carts and drain-pipes, with the barrows and the planks. i--I ; i And. there youTl see the gardeners, the men and the 'prentice i boys- . . - - , ; Told off to do' as they are bid and do it without noise; For, except the seeds are planted, and, we shout to scare the birds. . , : '$ : X""""- l''" 7 ""'''. f' l " ' :"'- f -I'- ' : I " i And some can pot begonieas and some can bud a rose; . ? And jsome are hardly fit to trust with. anything that grows; r But they 'can rollamd trim the lawns and sift the sands and ; v loam, -v.';l -fV-IV:- i:-:V:'-Hf ;U For the glory of the garden occupieth all who come: - ; . i t- . - Our England is a garden, and such gardens are not made ; By singing: 'Oh, how. beautiful V: and, sitting in the shade, While better men than we go out and start their working v lives, i ' . At grubbing weeds from gravelpaths with broken dinner , knives. ' -' " There's not a pair of legs so thin, there's not a head so thick. . ' There's not a hand so weak' : sick, , - 1 ' s But it can find some job that's crying to be done, ! For the "glory of the garden glorifieth every oner ' ' Then seek your job with thankfulness and work till further " " : orders, . - r- ?' ? ' !y::: : ': If it'5 only netting strawberncs, or killing slugs' on borders; ; And when your back stops aching and your hands begin to " harden, r : - ' ' ' ' . - . '; You will find yourself a partner in the glory of the garden. - Oh, Adara waa a gardener, and God who made him sees, , - That half a proper gardener's work is done upon his knees, .So when your -work is finished, you : can wash your hands and pray- . i ' ; ' f : For the glory of the garden, 4hat it may not pass away, - And the glory of the garden it o- I A HOUSE ' . By R. C. HUNTER. Architect, New York i Editor's Note: ' A "Portfolio of 101 Small Homes" by R. C. Hunter. Architect.' is offered to read- ers for $2.50. Send check or money order. In our small homes there must be something that attracts and holds our Interest This is not only true of the drawing but of the- house when actually con structed. To accomplish these ends the house must be, primar ily well designed and propor tioned, the materials used must be interesting in texture, color and method of application. Oft-times- we hear , the house which has- been successfully executed ' l ' '''' ; ' " - EaHy Fall Time to Get Busy in Garden; Soil is Riffhtf or I By W. C; FRANRXIN -i , , --f When the autumn leaves begin to turn to their brilliant colors and every one has to get up early in the morning to gather falling walnuts to keep the children and other .'passers-by from .getting them first we are reminded there is work to do -in the garden, I think a great many, make a very senlous mistake by leaving this work till too. late. By too late I mean after the fall rains set in and the soil becomes too wet to work up properly. , To get ." the best success from the garden the following season this work should be done - before this - takes place. We may think it is too bad : to take up oar bed of tinnlas or bor der, of. merrigolds and ' the other annuals we may have but at the longest It "will be but a short time before they will be rained by the and white, nor yet a heart soi snau never pass away. udyaxd , Kipling, POSSESSING DOMESTICrCHARM called the "fortunate house", but how often do we see the "unfor tunate house" which has been spoiled through the choice of a wrong material or color, even though the house may be well designed. : This is as true of the interior as the exterior. :. In creating the design shown here, few; and simpbv materials have been employed In an appro priate manner. j- r . The front wall is of native stone and j the rest : of the first floor walla are of stucco in a color-to harmonize with the tone work. The second story walls are covered with hand rived shingles. The root is of wooden shingles stained in variegated shades ofj gray. and black. The sningies on the eaves being much i darker frost or heavy rains If the roses and other plants and shrubs are spaded around be fore the soil , becomes heavy with too much rain the rains of the winter will not pack the soil near ly so hard daring the .winter. Then too if the spading is done when the soil Is in good condition, when the rains do come the. soil is well alriated and ' the ' water going down in the soil take's . more ' of the nitrogen down with it, stor ing it down where the plants or bulbs can use it the following year.. ..'; . : .. j , This also Is time to plant the spring - flowering- j bulbs such as tulips, narcissus, scilla, Dutch and Spanish- ' iris, hyacinths, crocus, and all other bulbs! that bloom In the. spring. There is also another reason why these bulbs should be? planted before" the. rains. -'After the flower is gone from the tulip and the daffodil the bulb gets Its growth from that time on. Then after the - bulb reaehes maturity the flower, bud begins to develop in the bulb for the next year's flower.;; . , J '1 t . . i f -, This period is generally called the dormant period, but really it is probably as active i time as any like period in the: Tear. : When this flower bud is developed to a certain stage the bulb should be planted. 1 think I that time is when the; flower-bud ; extends about two-thirds the! way up the bulb, i . . . i i i- : T If you take a tulip er daffodil bulb and' cut It through the center from the top to the! base if yon are . careful . you .; can take the flower-hud out and opea It and see the whole i f lower.iT It I the planting Is so late that the' flower begins to. come or to sprout as we call it the bulb is weakened to that extent. If planting is done 10m etime before ., this condition exists the bulb has; time to get a good root system' well established before the top growth sets ln. A good strong flower with a normal propagation of bulbs Is" assured. Otherwise a. weak ' short, stemed flower' will result with no jpropa gotlon of bulbs that will give good flowers the following; year, t - One of -the bulbs j that is not grown in the garden! as much as It will be when it becomes better known is the Dutch' iris. ' This bulb -is not expensive, comes at a time .when ; other: flowers are scarce, is a yery fine cut flower, comes in a wide range of colors and is good for border or i bed planting., also , good to plant in groups throughout tb,e garden. 1 Narcissus Bulb i .ri" Replanting Now ' ; On; is Reported . ;V'i f-' BRUSH CREEK. Oct 17 MUs Alice ; Jensen has been' busy this autaxnn replanting- her aarcisaas bulbs. Miss Jensen has close to 25.090 divided among twelve va rieties. Among these are Barli Conspicuous. Golden Phoenix, Sir Watklna, Van Zton. Sol de Orr. Henry Irving, Pheasant Eye. Ool . den Spur, Victoria and Paper Whites.' '....'.. Ills- Jensen " started - growing '.these for her pleasure a few years Working 7t than those at the ridge. The shutters and blinds .are ' painted gray green. The wrought iron railings either side of the door add a note of Interest to the com position.. . A study of the plans , reveal seven nice rooms and an at tached garage. There Is good attic space with a stairway lead ing, to It. v A cellar extends under the en tire house and contains the laun dry, heating plant and such. 'This house contains , 26.S00 cubic feet and would cost iapprox imately $7500 to construct. Complete - working plans and specif icationa may be obtained for a nominal sum from the Building Editor. Refer to House. A.-Z9X. : , . . , ago and each autumn digs, them, up- ana repianis : mem. Lax. spring in blooming season she had several of an exceptionally large size, due undoubtedly to the care they receive.; ED . RICKEY, Oct, 19 Among the dahlias exhibited at the recent Salem Garden club flower show were - several dahlias, originated by Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Magee of this cemmunity. While there are a number of beautiful colors that have come true for three years, the time requested to establish a variety. - Mr. and Mrs.. Magee are. es pecially pleased with one that they think has outstanding char acteristics. This flower is laven der pink in color, and shades. to a yellow in the center. It has large blossoms, on Ion stiff stems and has bloomed continually all sea son without Irrigation. This dahlia has been named by the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mageet Gussie .Dee - for their grandparents, the late Agusta and D. A. Harris. 5,000 Tons Of Cannery WOODBCRN. OeL 17 When the last payroll checks for the sea son were distributed at the Ray- Brown cannery Thursday, . a six- week's record of 133.300 in; wages was made. The 129.900 in checks passed around Thursday marked the biggest pay day in the his tory of the cannery, i Two weeks previous, 126,800 was distributed, and, September 17. 127,500 , was paid out to employes," ; ' . The cannery made a' monstrous pack, of pears this; year, putting up 5,000 tons,- a record 1)00 tons greater than the' previous ' high mark final .canning was' done Monday. Most of the season two shifts were used, with 1100 work ers drawing wages during the pear season. . ; - ; . ... ' The cannery opened May 20 on gooseberries . and .. strawberries'. Both strawberry and loganberry packs were good, but not record breaking, v Ho apples - were han dled this year,' and with opening of the new cannery at Yakima there la .possibility that "no more apples will be handled here. , - WHaNom1 Putting in Heavy y Planting Onions HAYE3VILLH. Octllf R. Hartley , is busy , planting" 1909. sacks of onions on the Janxen plae aad is working hard to get thaci- In while the - weather - is good. .'l.- Last ' year Mr. Hartley planted 71 'sacks, . getting nine sacks of seed. : . This .Is considered . fair DAHLIAS PRODUO returns, as the sacks weigh 199 pouads. The contract price was SS -cents Jt pound, . -j. c SEGRET OF PARK'S -GilUS REVEALED Little ' Fertilizer Used bu ; 7 Cultivation; v is . ot Best ; ; 1 ? :- Caretaker states ' Have-you ever said to yourself, "If I had as good fertilizer to use as is used on the gardens of Will son park; t. too, might have a fine garden"? It so don't " repeat" the excuse to yourself or anyone else again tor there is no fertiliser used on these gardens, according to the gardener himself. f v - 't:: -? That is, there is very little used, and if any is used It is tha.com bob old "barnyard fertiliser whteh 14 f ine if it can be,obUined, said ther gardener. ":;-,-r i t How are such ; fine .results' - ob-' tained? First there is the cultlva-. tlon. The- ground- is worked, and worked until It is very fine and off ers. a soft, protecting covering far .the plant .roots or seed. Any one can do this much for his solL That- just takes time- and real la bor, ;and if he Is willing to give it took at the results! . Then plants are rotated. In the beds. This gives the soil a chance to equalise-the outgo and Intake of elements and It keeps a well balanced seed bed ready for tho plants. ; ' ... .- ,-' j.--v;"'a And . then there is the matter of proper watering. " This is done earefully and gently by the gar deners, and combining all .three treatments of the Wlllson park gardens, you have the delightful and , splendid gardens- seen there Sl V A In a short time the geraniums will be thrown away. It is f not worth while trying to keep them over the winter, according to the gardener. - It might be that some interested- ones could get : them selves a geranium tor inside beau 17 tnis winter n tney would see the gardener and ask him politely. HALF DF SAWMILLS SEATTLE -A total of 345 mills reoortinsr to the .West -Coast Lnm barmen's association for the week1 ending October . 3. operated at 31.5 per cent of capacity, as com pared to 34.1 per cent of capacity for the preceding week, and 45.5 per cent ifor the same week last year. For the first 39 weeks of 1931 these mills have operated at 40.3 per cent of capacity as com pared to 57.1 per cent for the same- period of 1930. During the week ended September 26; 189 of these plants were reported as down and 154 as operating. Those operating reported production as s 7.7 per cent ot their-group ca pacity.- ..v.? '--, . i . Current new business reported by 325 Identical mills was 12.9 over production and shipments for the week, were 23.9 per cent over production. ' r New export business received during the week was,- about iw.ooo.ooo , teet more than the volume reported for the previous week. New 'domestic cargo orders were under the pre vious week by 7,750090 feet, new rail business stayed approximate ly the same, while the local trade gained about 2,300,000 feet over the previous . week's business. During the. 39 .weeks. of .1931 or ders for .225 mills have averaged 0.3 per cent, oyer production. - F COMPOST HEAP HEEDED MOW It seems useless to suggest that the compost heap is In need of careful attention .if you desire the best results from your soil this next growing year. . But it Is so much easier to.burn the leaves and "get rid? ot them right now than to make the com-' post heap or hole or whit ever you use in which, to make this valuable material. -J j i : The leaves ' are plentiful and need to be kept raked from the lawn and; Streets. -. Especially do they need to be kept, from the Streets for with the rain they be come an actual menace in their slippery softness. ' By keeping at the fraklng pro cess" there: will not get accumu lated a Dile of leaves hard to ga ther, and by having a hole dug for their reception you will not find the work, hard and with the spring you will find one of the prime ."soil replenlshers" right at hand waiting to be distributed . -. MOT OPERATING 0 regoii Piilp and Paper Company vi. .. , .. .... j Manufacturers of f ... . BOND LEDGER GLASSINE GREASEPROOF. TISSUE - .V'--it : Support Oresron Prodacta Specify "Salen tlade" Paper for Tour .,- , .. I ' ; " - ... : . - . ' . ' . ...... v r- Office Stationery HOW ' By LILL1E LJ MADSEN ' 'Last .week at . the state fair man was demonstrating tig. trees. Do they really grow successfully here;, in ;. Ore gon?' t thought they ? would only; grow In Calif ornla?" So reads a por tion of a' letter 1 Just received. I had, planned to tell about t h e tuberous begonias todaj but I chaaged my mind. We a . a U Jfmi simpiy - cannot let Calirorhla ; have all this credit when Jigs do grow so well here la Qregon.-X'r; 'i;' .'.y" ':-J .Fig trse are being; used; more and more about the lawns and gardens here la the Willamette valley They , are both useful" and ornamental. There Is a pretty lit tle fig tree thriving at the home of Mr. and' Mrs. P. VI' Brown at Silverton. It bore fruit the first year, Mrs. Brpwn told me. I can think of many fig trees quite old trees growing and: bearing in Oregon gardens.; The oldest one I know of is at Roseburg and is said to be 39 years old. . Ij ' n But it you want real proof of 1 Oregon's ability to grow fig trees successfully ' visit the Willamette ilg - gardens at 355 Willamette boulevard in east Portland. : Here over 50 varieties are thriving ex traordinarily welL - it There is a bit of history! con nected with these gardens that is quite Interesting. B. R Amend, now president and manager of the fig gardens, was with the KJ ham Stationery and Printing com pany for 24 years. But his even ings and holidays were devoted to the study and actual, experiment ing With horticulture. At first his hobby time was spent with" dahl ia culture and at that time his dahlias were pretty well known in the Willamette valley. In fact. Mr. and Mrs. Amend were among the first commercial growers- in Portland. I In 1905, Mr. Amend planted his first fig tree. From then on he was a fig enthusiast. For the next eight years he spent his spare time experimenting . with L figs. working- both with the govern ment and alone. All the varieties he could obtain he budded onto his one tree. Seventeen years ago he branched -out into more, trees. Now there are 50 varieties on the old Amend home place. The com pany also has four acres of ' fig trees near; Newberg, two near Beaverton and six acres east of Portland. - ; ' . " i .'. ;' . The oldest trees on the home lot are 12 years - old, and that they can-stand ' an Oregon -winter Was quite conclusively ; proved two years ago when not even the tips of the trees were frozen dur Ing the. cold spelUV- : -: Mr; X Amend's experimenting has proved that six' varieties are particularly well . suited' to the Oregon -climate. Of these four are black' and two are white. The Lat tarula, the Asiatic honey fig, is one of the best known. Mr. .Am end has - Lattarula trees at his home with a spread of 22 feet. The other varieties recommended for this climate are the-Granada, the black Persian fig; the Gil lette, ' a yellow ' variety from YOUR plana wUl be properly " taken care of if it is stored by us, in a room that is rightly tempera tured. . And we move - . pianos carefully under a license that protects jrou: U " 1 - 1 f "':.V- t -mm i J T" " I DOES YOUR GARDEN.GROW? France; the" Negronne, "a black one from Spain, and the most de licious St. Constantino from Pal estine.:.' ' ".. "There are many pleasant things about a tig tree. For one thing it needs no spraying. Also it v needs very I little culUvation. , 'The ear liest J are-ripe, the latter part of June! or first -of July and the latest are harvested in October. Many varieties have two trope a season and the trees never take a lay-off there Is a crop every year. V- V;-,--.m. A number of short or an-aay drives are available over good roads for motorists today, accord ing to reports of thf Oregon State Motor association. . ; .For an afternoon's trip the mo torist may choose the Silver Creek f alia loop, whieh is now in good condition, or he may elect to drive to Dallas and over a good gravel road to Wiilamlna, returning over the main highway from the coast to the West Side Pacific highway and thence southward to Rlckre all. .1 A shorte; drive noted In the re port Is the river road to Albany, by way of. Wheatland ferry, re turning over either the East . pr th3 west side. Pacific highway. The road to Breitenbush springs BEAUTIFUL DRIVES ; AVAILABLE TO D AY i from Detroit is passable but callsrougb. Will Give Vou Satisfaction, We Know & SUPPLY CO. 610 No. Capitol l ? . V TeL S191 LADD & BUSH, - BANKERS r : Salem, Oregon '' - ' Established 1868 Commercial and' Savings Department Ww. vlrA4TiaA4 VtAie I TOVVAi - ppr AM OUT - OEAL.V 4 PRACTY CAL SAYS: j 1 "Children leant as mnch from the fund of common knowledge as they do from schools. Getting to know that a concern is fair and above-hoard helps you spend wisely." , , m i ....... ' . , Cedar shingles can be applied right over your old roof ven though It is damp front early fall rain. Don't put the job off until it's too late. Let us tell yon how it can be done most efficiently and at I a very reason able cost to yon. . - Call us tor all kinds of building methods. Dial 41 CGJSIIH . TO ATTACK PESTS r Its th early riser who eatches tne bug and worms' 'according to J. Dj Baxter, grower of fine dahlia bulbs, and who addressed the Salem Garden elua Tuesday evening on the subject of dahlias. He reterred to the "pursulf -ot earwigs and small bugs which at tack with aviricious appetite the dahlia as well as many another lovely flower. Instead of the dark and a flashlight for the equip ment used in hunting "night crawlers," Mr. Baxter advised the early morning light at which time the sought-tor are a bit stiff from cold and still dated from sleep. . Gently shake the flower."- said , Mr. Baxter -'over a cup ot kero-; sens or gasoline and you- will be rewarded with many an unsus pecting marauder." Another way developed by Mrs. Baxter, accord ing to her husband whieh will protect the plant is to sift lime through a flour selve all around the plant and over It as well, i But whatever you? do it yoa flght;agalnst these pests do it ear ly In the morning If yon want re sults for careful driving, according to the reports. .- J Coast roads are unchanged. The Salmon Hirer cutoff is rough at either end. - Motorists are warned not to take the McKeniie pass road for ttleasure. 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