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Fr best resalta in sowinr annual seeds, mix small seed with sand to
spread tbem evenly (left), and sift porous soil U cover seeds
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Preparation of
Seed Beds Is
All-Important
By Lillle L. Madsea
Garden Editor. The Statesman
Those of you who have not
, yet sown annual seeds" in flats
for planting out, can still have
a flower garden of annuals this
summer.
' Most annual flowers can be
sown directly in the garden, and
will produce flowers in a few
weeks. When sown here they
are to stay the season through,
they mature in a shorter time
than when plants which have
been started earlier under pro
tection, then moved to the garden.
Prepare Seed Bed Well
Some annuals are much more
vigorous if they do not have to
be transplanted. But in sowing
directly, your seed bed' must be
prepared better. Vpu may have
noticed how the, farmer who
seeds spring crops, goes over and
over his soil, working it to a fine
point That is, what we should
do when we sow annual seeds
in the place they are to grow.
The soil should be prepared to
i depth of at least four inches,
and plant food raked into the
Surface pf spaded under.
$fx fine seed with sand- to
make ft easy to spread, broadcast
it over the area to be covered,
then lift fine porous soil tq coyer
it lightly. Uark the place where
seed hat been sown and keep the
top toll moist using a fine spray
until the feeds have germinated
and the little plants begin to
grow vigorously. .Thin out excess
lants and move them to other
ocations. .
Three to Each Plant
Seeds large enough to handle
can be placed precisely where .
plants are wanted, but at least
three seeds should be sown for
each plant desired.
Quick germinating and fast
growing varieties (flowering in'
30 to 40 days) include: Clarkia,
marigolds, annual poppies, lin
aria,. candytuft, alyssum, zinnias,
ageratum, centureas (bachelor
buttons), annual phlox, China
Pinks, annual larkspur, stocks,
and salpigtossis.
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Hybrid Field Corn
Trials dro Hold
The 1949: hybrid field corn
trials for the Willamette valley
were made at Corvallis on fer
tile river bottom soil of the Che
halls series and' a green manure
crop of rye was plowed under.
Approximately 200 pounds of
ammonium sulphate was applied
as a side dressing when the
corn was about 8 inches high.
The field was irrigated twice
with a sprinkler irrigation sys
tem. The only hybrid to exceed
Oregon 525, one of the standard
hybrids for the Willamette val
ley, in . yield by a significant
amount was Wisconsin 412 A.
The yield of Oregon 355 was
below Oregon 8J5 in 1949, al
though it was above Oregon 525
in two of the past three years.
Oregon 525 is somewhat later in
maturity than Oregon 355 and
apparently the 1949 season fav
ored the later maturing hybrid.
The yeld trials with "com
mercial corn hybrids and varie--ties
hgve been conducted an
nually for some years at the
Oregon Agricultural experiment
station and branch stations sit
uated in the corn-growing areas
of the state. The purpose of the'
trials is to make available Jn-
" formation on the relative per
formance pf available cornliy
brids when grown under iden
tical conditions.
Question Can you tell' me
where I can get a bush of Tom
Thumb, the tiny little deep crim
so rose? Also the little dark pink
miniature which has such a good
fragrance? S. S. J.
AnswerSend a self -addressed,
stampel envelope, and I will
send you the name of a place
where they may be obtained. You
are probably refering (in ques
tion 2) to Sweet Fairy. If you
are interested in miniature roses
have you seen the Oakington
Ruby or are you acquainted with
Pixie? " -
Question Are there any lilies
which do not mind lime? I have a
space where lots of lime has
been used in former years. I
planned to plant some lilies there
but was told they'd die if there
had been lime in the soil?
Answer This might depend
upon what you meant by "lots."
The candidum, the eleganz, the
hansoni and the tigrinum dont
seem to mind some lime in the
soil. But they ean get toe much.
Garden ...
Calendar...
May tl Final day of Men's
Garden club of Portland spring
flower show. Portland Auditor-'
ium.
May 25 Mill City Garden
club, Mrs. Charles Dolezal presi- ,
dent.
May 25 Labish Garden club.
Hostess: Gertrude Senger. Topic,
"My Pressed Flower Pictures."
Speaker: Ora Gregg.
June 1, Begonia Society,
j YMCA 8 p. m.
Jane 5 Salem Garden club.
Woman's club building, 2 p. m.
'Speaker': Edgar Klines Topic:
, "Lilies : for the Garden."
Jane 5 Sweet Home Garden
club.
Jane 6Riverside Garden club,
Scio. Mrs. David Sprague, presi
dent. Jane 8-9 Portland Rose show.
Jane 8 Labish Garden club.
Informal Rose show. Talk: Mar
guerite Lowery. Topic: "Cor
sages from your own Roses." 1
Jane 9 Jordan Garden club.
Hostess: Euna Darby. Program:
Round table discussion. Election
of officers. Arrangements for the
day: "Betty Westenhouse, Agnes
Sandnerr and Hilda Maertx.
Jane IS Woodburn Garden
club, Mrs. H. Butteffield. Host
esses. Mrs. A. Murphy, Mrs.
Ralph Seely, Mrs. Mabel Livesay.
Jon It Dayton Garden club.
President, Mrs. Cora McFarlane.
Jane 12Sclo Garden club.
.Mrs. Bessie Philippi president.
' Jane IS Swegle Road Garden
.club. Hostess: Mrs. Floyd King.
Speakers: Mrs. Byron Garrison,
"Fertilizers"; Mrs. Don Stauffer,
"Hybrid Seeds."
Jane 14 Mount Anger Garden
club. City hall, 7:30 p. m. Mrs.
Joseph Brockhaus, president.
Flowor of
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The bleeding heart, known
formally as dicentra spect4bilis, ,
is one of the choicest memories
of old-fashioned gardens. It is
also the most widely cultivated
of all the plants of this order.
A third point very much in its
favor is that it is one of the
most easily cultivated:
X H. Bailey, on of garden
Question -Answer Box
Question I have some old
sawdust which I had Intended to
use as a mulch for my ataltas.
Now I am told it will wreck them.
Is that correct? -
Answer No, sawdust makes t
good mulch for azaleas, particu
larly old and partially decayed
sawdust. Sawdust decays slowly
and in so doing removes much of
the nitrogen from the soil. A
well-known commercial , grower
at Eugene grows all. of his rho
dodendrons and azaleas with a
sawdust mulch. He scatters com
mercial fertilizer high in nitro
gen,! over the mulching in early
spring, and this, he says, removes
all danger of harm to the plants
Question When we make big
cuts on our trees or shrubs, like
we have had to this year, what
is a good material to use to cover
cuts, or will the air heal better
than anything else? B. C. H.
Answer It is well to us bor
deaux -mixture or lone of "the
combination insecticides, and
fungicides prepared under vari
ous trade names.
Question What is wrong with
inclosed rhododendron foliage?
E. S.
Answer A fungus disease,
known as leaf -spot Spray with
bordeaux mixture 4-4-50. Dont
let diseased foliage drop. Remove
and burn.
Question Was given a beauti
ful red amaryllis during the win
ter. It has finished blooming. Can
it be held over to next fall for
another season of bloom? W. A.
W.
Answer As soon as the wea
ther is safe from all night frost,
plunge pot in open ground out
side and keep growing during
the summer. In September bring
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ers' top authorities, reports that
the bleeding heart , was not in
troduced to western cultivation
from Japan until the late forties
of last century. Robert Fortune
saw it on the Island of Chusan4'
where he also got the Chusan
daisy, the parent of pompon
chrysanthemums. ? r
The first Hve plants seen in
England flowered la May, 1847.
Bleeding
' inside and gradually reduce
water. It is not netessary to re-
. pot unless it is root bound. Take
off a little of the top soil, add
new garden loam and a little '
well-rotted manure. Start wat
ering when flower buds begin to
show and water more freely
when leaves develop. There is
' little difficulty in producing good
amaryllis if these simple direc
tion are followed.
Question We have a new
place. The lawn is in but not one
flower. Wont have much time to
fuss with flowers that need extra
care but do want something for
color and something that will
bloom repeatedly. Something that
doesn't need to be sprayed ev
ery time. I turn around. For next
year we will plan a real flower
garden but just want color, this
year. C. B. .
Answer There are a number
of plants you could buy which
would fit in with what you want.
Geraniums, petunias (nothing
could give more color with less
' care) marigolds, rust-resistant
snapdragons (dont try to grow '
these from seed for this year's
bloom), zinnias, red salvia .
these are just a few. Local green
houses and florists carry a great
wealth of material.
Good feeding provides the
kind of nutrients that enable
ducks to live and grow to the
limit of their bred-in ability.,
A pig creep is an arrangement
that will permit the feeding of
special feeds to the pigs and ex
clude the sow.
File are carriers of turkey
diseases.
Heart
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Its popularity spread rapidly,
and soon the plant was found
in almost every garden culti
vated. If given room and moisture
the plahts will continue to grow
throughout the summer, fur
nishing attractive foliage during
warm weather.
It is propagated most readily
by division in very early sprixc