Spring Garden Edition of
Flower Gardens Get Attention During This Season
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Variety Found
In Larkspurs
Marigolds and ScaJiosa Are
Suggested Also For
-Fine Blooming
Right now the Immediate prob
lem of home gardeners la: "What
shall I plant this month to have a
beautiful flower garden blooming
In MsyJuno and July!" This
pansTinaals ndth-re--are
- many,' many lovely orifcslhTleedl
of which can be planted outdoors
this rery week.
The ' new - stock-flowered Lark
purs are wonderful and can hard-
ly be compared with the old Lark
spur. They more often resemble
the full rich Stocks hence the
name, "stock - flowered." They
came in dark and light blue, the
pale, delicate China blue, carmine,
rose, pink and white. Besides the
standard colors there are exquis
ite shades of lavender, rosy pink
: and purple, as well as a glistening
white
They bloom from early summer
till fall and, unlike the Stock, do
not need to be coddled. Plant
them on a neglected bit of soil and
they seem to flourish as well as
in good soil. They must hare full
sun and water, but what a harvest
of flowers you do have! There
' Isn't a nicer cut flower for the
house, either. - . ..
Marigolds Are Favorites
No one can fall with Marigolds.
' Start them right with trustwor
thy seeds and 'you cannot fall to
have a garden, of sunshiny color,
blooming all summer, and so pro
fusely that the more you cut the
more they bloom. You Just cannot
discourage them. The tall African
Marigolds grow two or three feet
high and make glorious golden
borders with a startling effect in
mass planting. Marigolds need full
sun, a fairly good soil and plenty
of water.
No garden, old - fashioned or
new, should be without the annual
Scabiosa It Js a hardy annual
wnicn gives quick as well as a
long period of bloom If planted In
a sunny border. With rich soil It
grows about three feet tall, but
can be pinched back to cause It to
bush out and thus produce more
blooming spikes. The large dou
ble-flowered Scabiosa comes In
mixed colors, clear blue, peach,
rose, red, maroon and yellow. The
maroon is one of the older shades
and was the color which gave Sca
biosa its, former name. Mourning
Bride. Even a small planting of
Tcndcrest Leaf Vegetables May Be
Grown in Home Garden, For Period
From Cronnd to Plate Is Quickest
A good home gardener can be
told by the quality of the leaf
salads on his table. Here hu can
excell In . crisp, tender edibles,
for he Is able to pick them from
the garden when they are at
months, leafy vegetables do not
do so well, and to utilize the
space at thU time, tomato plants
are suggested. These should be
started indoors in a flat or sued
box, transplanted two or three
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Better Grazing
Conditions Seert
COftVALMS. March Zi.-(A)-Oregon
State college specialists
Invlxioned better grazing condi
tions that ever before In the Co
lumbia basin as the result of the
planting of 25.000 acres of crest
ed wheat grass.
The grass was seeded last fall
to, replace vanished natural
growths of bunch grass. The new
cover is described as more palat
able than JhenaUve grassy seeds
moro heavily, Is more constant In
pr od q cilona n d -fitnrtr-f a rller"! n
fall rains.
It Is drought resistant, winter
hardy and will battle weeds, be
sides adaptable to widely varied
soil conditions, a bulletin describ
ing the experiment said..
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their best, and eat them within
the hour; while his neignbor
must be content 'with vegetables
which may, be days old.
. Methods of refrigeration have
Improved, as have 'the keeping
qualities of vegetables, but noth
ing has been devised to compete
with the garden fresh variety.
Leaf lettuce, which cannot he
kept fresh many hours, spinach
and Swiss chard, kale and en
dive, all are better when eaten
Immediately after picking.
A garden of leafy vegetables
is one of the easiest to make
and need not take up much space
a 10 foot square will produce
a great many salads. They ar
quick ' growing as compared to
root crops, ' and companion and
succession plantings can be ac
compf shed to make"a small bed
yield surprising amounts of pro
duce. Lettuce and spinach should be
in the first planting. They will
mature and be eaten before the
first of July, and can be succeed
ed by Swiss chard and cos let
tuce which were either planted
between the rows at a later date
or in the parts of the rows va
cated by the others as used.
For the early fall months,
kale, endive, corn salad and an
other crop of spinach are In or
der. During the hot mid-summer
Scabiosa will give a surprising
amount of cut flowers. Purebred,
tested, dated seeds of Larkspur,
Marigold, Scabiosa and other an
nuals suitable for planting now
are available at local dealers.
times until tbey are sturdy push
es, and set out ia the rows, or
between them, as fast as space Is
available.
Tire For Use on
Farm Is Devised
With its construction based on(
the widest possible variety of tests
during the last several years,
when the pneumatic tire for farm
usa has been going through Us
Introductory period, a new pneu
matic tire for farm service has
been developed by The B. F.
Goodrich company and is now
available for national distribu
tion, according to W. H. Zosel,
manager of Goodrich Sllverton
stores, 198 South Commercial
street.
The new tire, designated the
R-4 is believed the latest word in
tire equipment for farm service,
Incorporating all the latest fea
tures in design the company has
been able to discover after three
years of actual experience in
building tires for the farm field.
Specially designed for rear
wheel service, the new tire is
made in practically all sizes adapt
able for farm tractor wheels. De
sign of Goodrich tires for front
wheel service will not be changed.
The present circumferential
groove tread design Incorporating
the famous Goodrich "Skid-Ring"
tread will be retained.
Tips on Planting
Radishes Offered
For those who are planting Ear
ly Red, French Breakfast and
White Icicle Radishes in their
home gardens, E. F. Ross, man
ager of the, Superior Feed and
Seed store, suggests a. method
which would eliminate the neces
sity of having three separate
rows.' 'Tlant them all In the same
row," he says, but dig up the Ear
ly Reds when they are ready, then
the French Breakfast radishes
when they mature. Each operation
affords added. space, for maturing
of the later varieties."
Ross also recommends soaking
pea seeds in kerosene two minutes
prior to planting. This keeps
moles and gophers ' from eating
the seeds. "It Is also a good idea,"
be states, "to plant two rows of
pea seed six. inches apart leaving
18 Inches between each' double
row. ; .
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O Garden Seeds
O Flowers
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148 N. LIBERTY
With your shrubs for background tod
windows for frames, you can paint fra
grant, living pictures with flowers. And
what could be more appetizing than a
vista from your kitchen window of fresh,
green, growing vegetables. .
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PUREBRED in quality, TESTED for
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