JO The States man, Salem, Oregon, Sunday. March 8, 1949
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By LOU L. HadMi
Gardes Editor, The Statesman
Usually, in Willamette valley
winters, there are enough nice
days to keep the chore-work up
to date. This has
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not been so this I
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ut j
up
rear and the
first days o
are all taken
In chores.
In raking and
leaning up win-jX.
ter debris, care re
must be taken I
not to break off
. k a . 4 t ' a.
me smau snoois
or. Duios, Dieea-
Ing hearts, peon
les and the like.
They have been uiu mumi
If
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slow in coming, but, if you have
Investigated, tou will note they
are now corainc rapidly. A little
balanced fertilizer, scattered
around them, being careful not to
burn the new shoots, may help to
make ud for lost time. If it does
n't rain shortly after. It may be
avell to water It down, odd as that
seems this year.
Some gardeners are reporting
lama of calls lilies. Don't be too
hasty in making this decision.
They may Just look lost There
may be two reasons for this: the
top have frozen down ranner
than usual: slugs have eaten
deeper below the soil,
flags Mast Be Baited
Slugs are one of the number one
problems this spring. Tney niDer
nated beautifully and are coming
eat in droves. Poison bait should
be placed for them at .once. How
ever, be sure this is covered by pa-
Crs, pinned down, or other mater
l tovprotect birds and pets.
Some of the small azaleas, re
ceived as house plants and plant
ed outdoors have not withstood the
winter. But the other azaleas and
rhododendrons and the camellias,
came through nicely. A few cam
Ilia buds are dropping, but chief
ly on bushes in les favorably
planted locations. Where the
mulch was heavy around the
plants 8nd where the shrubs did
n t s'3nd out in the open, unpro
tected by other shrub and build
In, few losses have been re
ported. rune Rosea
It is time to prune roses which
means not only completely remov
ing dead and undesirable wood,
but shortening the remaining
, shoots so that the flowers produ
ced are larger and better. If
bruised or Injured patches or
anker spots are found on a cane,
slut cane, young or old should be
cut to the ground. Leave only the
clean straight growth of lat year.
The base should be clear of stubs
nd decayed ends of shoots which
were removed in previous years.
One mistake many growers make
Is Jo cut the strong bushes back
awtd leave the weaker ones alone.
The tall, robust growing bushes
should never be pruned as heav-
' lly as the weak, straggly growers.
If perfection in the single bloom
Is what you are after, then prune
weak and moderately growing
roies hard v (removing all except
three or four canes and cutting
these back to three eyes from the
Eound), and very vigorous grow
I types should be pruned mod
erately (leaving five to seven
eanes and six or seven eyes to
the cane.) If you want an abun
dance of bloom, prune weak grow
ers hard, moderate growers mod
erately and very vigorous growers
Bhtly.
Burn Debris
tered over. If your plants are
still dormant, spray witn a aor
mant bordeaux mixture, seeing to
it that all parts 6f the bush and
the soil beneath it are reached. A
fair feeding of balanced commer
cial fertilizer Willi be appreciated,
if you do not mulch with the de
cayed fertilizer from cow barns.
Success has been reached with
one spading in the spring, working
the ground down smoothly and
covering with a mulch.
If you used sawdust mulch last
year and have to spade this spring,
give the plants a little extra nit
rogen to take care, of the sawdust
decomposition. However, it may
not be necessary k to turn under
the mulch but it might be wise to
scrape it aside, sprinkle the bal
anced fertilizer over the soil be
neath the roses and replace the
mulch.
Garden Calendar ;
March 7 Salem Garden elub,
Woman's club building.
March 8 Woodburn Oarden
club.
March 0 Mt. Angel Oarden
elub.
March 10 Salem Men's Oarden
club. '-.
March 10 Little Oarden elub
of Salem Heights. ;
March 10 Brooks Oarden elub.
March 1 1 Jordan Oarden olub.
March 1 4 Sweet Home Garden
club, Timberllne Manor.
March 14 Dayton Garden club,
March 16 Bulb Growers meet.
Gresham Masonic hall, 10 a. m.
March 18 Stayton Oarden
club.
Questions and Answers
Ques.: Does African Violet get
too large for pot? How to repot?
C. L. D.
Ans.: Yes, after a year or so it
is too large foe pot. Lift out, repot
in larger pot or wash soil off, and
divide into several, pot separate
ly in soil mixture of equal parts
of good loam and leaf mold, with
half its bulk of good sand and
well-decayed manure. Keep in
dim light for a few days after pot
ting and then place back near east
window. Avoid strong sun. Those
of you who live in town can us
ually purchase dried manures at
the seed stores.
Ques.: Q. E F. asks what iron
to use as rhododendron feed.
Ans.: Sulfate of iron is fre
quently used. Scatter In circle on
ground a little ways from trunk.
Scratch very lightly being careful
to avoid injury to surface feeder
roots. English gardeners apply it
in solution. Yellow color on leaves
indicate need of feeding and a
fair-sized bush can use an ounce.
Free now as hew growth starts,
if you didn't feed last year. If
fed last year, then do so as blooms
fade.
Ques.: Can trill lums be moved?
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Everyone says not to move them
in bloom; but can't find them at
other times.
Ans.: They can be, moved even
in Dioom. But you must dig en
ough soil up to keep the roots from
drying out. Their roots go deeply
and should not be disturbed. Plant
them in a shady spot. Water Well,
and keep them mulched. Tnl
Hums do exceptionally well in
gardens under proper conditions,
getting much larger and multi
plying more' rapidly than in na
tive haunts.
W. T. F. asks if violas will thrive
in sun or shade.
Ans.: Although they grow best
in moist, half-shaded locations,
they will flower and even thrive
where pansies wilt. After the first
splurge of May bloom, the tops
of the plants can be sheared off
and a new crop of buds will soon
show up.
Have you seen the pure white
Avalanche, the Arkwright Ruby,
a dark red; Puck, a bi-color pur
ple and yellow, the pale blue,
Maggie Mott, the new blue, Cath
erine Sharp with a yellow eye, or
the beautiful apricot Chantrey-iand?
to a friend who nir ba hard. of.
! Clean up and burn all old canes bearing.
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Thomas, Jr.
The Thomases are to present
a moving picture and a lecture on
world travels at 8:30 o'clock. The
doors open at 7:30. Mr. and Mrs.
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of Mayor and Mrs. Robert Elf
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Valley
Obituaries
John Wilson 8ellars
ALBANY, March 5 John Wil
son (Jack) Sellars, 80, died in the
Southern Pacific hospital at San
Francisco, Calif., Friday night fol
lowing a lengthy illness, it was
learned here Saturday.
Sellars had been a railroad con
ductor for over 45 years prior to
his retirement in 1939. He was well
known on the Mill City and main
line runs.
Funeral services will be Tues
day at 2:30 p.m. at the Elks temple
here under direction of Fischer
Funeral home. The Rev. Edward
Terry will officiate and interment
will be at Willamette Memorial
park.
Sellars was born Aug. 22, 1869,
in Cerluke, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
He came to America with his par
ents in 1879. He lived in Streeter,
111., and Valentine, Neb., before
moving to Albany in 1894.
He was married to May Ackiey
at Valentine, Feb. 22, 1891. She
died here in 1947.
He is survived by one brother,
Robert Sellars of Albany: two sis
ters. Mrs. Euphena Berry of Leb
anon and Mrs. Mary Jang or Al
bany; two nieces, Mrs. Caroline
Schrunk of Scio and Gladys Miller
of Albany, and a nephew, William
Lang of Albany. He was a member
of the Elks and of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen.
Musgrave Realty Office
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WEST SALEM, March 8 The
Walter Musgrave realty office was
moved this week to a new location
at 1211 Edgewater st., next door
to its site for the past 31 years.
The rest of the building s main
floor, formerly occupied by Mc
Donald's grocery, is leased by Dr.
H. Stewart, physician.
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At Salem Schools
By James Cooke
Statesman School Correspondent
ENGLEWOOD SCHOOL
During radio broadcast time at Englewood Friday
Louise Rawson's sixth grade class presented an
original plajrentitled "Mystery of Grape Arbor."
The play was written by Danell Hamilton, Beverly
Hamman, Jimmy Hardie and Pat Gilmore.
The principal characters were Vern Lentz, Lor
raine Bagley, 'Jackie Hafner and Howard Clemings.
The announcer was Billy Drake
ley and narrator, Pat Gilmore.
Mrs. Ellen Foster's third grade
students presented "Briar Rose" at
a school assembly Thursday at
Englewood. They plan to give the
play over KOCO sometime this
month.
Craig McEwin was a art winner
on a recent KOAC "Land of Make
Believe" contest.
HIGHLAND SCHOOL
Fourth grade students of Mrs.
Annie Wolcott featured important
birthdays in February as a theme
for a program they presented last
week at a Highland assembly.
Each student did research on the
person he chose, and .then pre
pared a talk on the person and
presented the material in the form
of a play.
Characters of the- play were:
Ann Randolph played by Donna
Livingston; Lord Cornwallis by
Roger Barry; and soldiers: Mich
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Merle Chrisman and Bruce Coome.
A minuet dance in costume was
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"The Coming of Spring" was
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A movie "Builders of the Broad
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