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Stayton club members write
that they have a very special
Christmas program arranged lor
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cember 13 when
the carden club
meets with Mr.
and Mrs. Raleigh
Harold. Mrs.
J. H. McDaniel
will assist.
Mrs. cru.io- jp'v
per of Indepen- j
dence will dem-
onstrate
mas decorations
in w
swags, rings and Ultta M4m
mantle arrangements, while Mrs.
W. A. Ingles, of their own club,
will show table arrangements.
Questions and answers:
Mrs. H. W.. Salem, writes she
has been having difficulty in
growing the rubber pl3nt (ficus
elastica). This common house
plant, after once started, is as a
rule not difficult to make grow.
It does best in a warm, moist
greenhouse, but it will stand a
surprising amount of abuse un
der ordinary home conditions. Do
not over-water during the winter,
and in summer plunge the pot
out-of-doors in a . sandy spot dur
ing the warmest weather. It likes
a porous, well-drained soil, ra
ther generous in humus.
B. T. M. asks which is the best
known botanical garden in the
United States. Something compar
able tc the Kew Gardens in Lon
don. Ans.: From the descriptions of
the Kew Gardens. I would think
the Missouri Botanical garden in
St. Louis would be somewhat
comparable. This was established
in 1860. However, the New York
Botanical garden, in Bronx Park
is much larger and more impor
tant. It is also a newer garden, not
having been established until
1398. There are a large number
of other gardens, many devoted
to special types of plant. The Uni
versity of Washington has a rath
er fine one in its arboretum. And
speaking of srboretums. there is
the well-known Arnold arboretum
L. M. C. sks which of the box
woods is the Victorian box. to
which she has seen a number of
references.
Ans. I believe this is the Pittos
porum Undulatum.
A. M. M. asks what is the dif
ference between the grapei hya
cinth and the muscari.
Ans.: These are the same. They
are natives of the Mediterranean
area and seme varieties are call
ed feather-hyacinth, starch hya
cinth and tassel hyacinth.
V. H R. asks if the common
heliotrope is really a house plant
or is it an outdoor annual.
Ans: Most houseplants are
merely tender perennials from
other climates. Many of the plants
we term t-nc'.er annuals are per
ennials in tneir native haunts.
Here, the heliotrope U grown most
frequently as a tender summer
annual. The first frosts of autumn
catch it In greenhouses it is long
er lived. I dc not know just how it
would grow vender ordinary home
conditions. It seems t thrive on
sun. ruh soil and moisture. For
years I have grown heliotropes
in my summer garden for their
fragrance. I usually select the
warmest plate, give the plant a
rich humus sc il and plenty of wa
ter. It does very well under those
conditions. In shadier places, the
plant grows larger but does not
produce quite so many blooms.
Not long apo. write Mr. C. J. J.
she saw a shrub with leaves "like
snowballs and the own&r called it
a snowball bush. But it had large
red berries about the size of one
of our seedi ng cherries. I d like
so much tc he one like this but
I havepever seen a snowball bush
with berries on it. I have a Japan
ese snowball tnd there is nothing
on it after it has bloomed."
Ans.: Your friend likely had a
tall-bush cranberry. It is a love
ly shrub both for its autumn col
oring in foiiEge and for i?s very
bright red berries. Both this and
the snowball belong to the vibur
nums, and the cranberry bush, in
foliage does resemble the snow
ball considerably. It is very easy
of culture and inexpensive to pur
chase. Definitely, it should be
used as a background shrub.
B. J. T. asks for the name of
the single chrysanthemums grown
so much in Willamette valley gar
dens. She writes she prefers
them to the larger ones.
Ans.: I expect she refers to the
Korean chrysanthemums, which,
indeed, are among our loveliest
garden chrysanthemums.
I know there are still a few
questions which have been mailed
to me which have not yet been
answered. I hope to pick them up,
and any others which may come
in. following vacation time which
is December 15 and 22. I plan' to
be back again on December 29,
and until then - - Merry Christmas.
Monmouth The Civic club
will meet Thursday, December
12. Louise Woodruff of OCE mu
sic staff will furnish student mu
sical numbers. Christmas decora -tinos
of flowers and greenery will
be described and demonstrated by
W. S. Jenks. Breithaupt Floral
company, Salem.
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