4A The Statesman. Salem, Oro Sunday, May 17. 1953
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Pictorial Festival Toiniic Mror Gardleinieirs
By LILLXE L. MADSEN
Garden Editor, The Statesman
If you have seen anyone
around Salem this past week out
digging furiously, morning, noon
and night, rain or shine in her
or his garden, pulling weeds
from grass, straightening edges
on flower beds, removing dead
material from shrubs, trees or
carden. it's a pretty safe bet they
have just returned from the Vic
toria Garden Festival.
That's the effect Victoria gar
dens have upon one, and the fes
tival isrnot a flower show; it's
viewing scores of private gardens
sot open to the public at any
other time.
Much of Victoria is built on
rugged rocks. Instead of trying
to dig out the rocks which
would indeed be a hopeless; task
there the gardeners in Victoria
have made the best of them. And
it is amazing what that best can
be.
Tiny rock plants of gold,
nurole. lavender, red, rose made
whole acres of rocks colorful
While primroses were past their
best, we did see a number of very
fine ones still in bloom. The pink
flowered pulverulenta were still
Jovelv growing unusually well
in the Victoria sea breezes. Some
of the deeper rose Candelabra
were also very good yet Here
and there in shaded spots we
found a few of the polyanthus in
the various shades, particularly
in the copper and rusts, yet in
bloom.
One of the finest gardens view
ed was that of Mr. and Mrs. R. H.
Edgell. Most of the garden lay to
the back of the house on a slop
ing hillside from which a tangle
of brush had been removed and
fine trees and shrubs substituted.
The pink clematis Montana was
in bloom across the full length
of the house. There were flower
ing cherry and crab trees, and as
one wandered in and out over the
rock gardens, one came across
one after another of rare and
beautiful azaleas and rhododen
drons. A bell-shaped deep red rhodo
' dendron was Cinnabarlnum Oreo-
triphes. We liked Jean Marie dej
Montague, not unfamiliar to us
from Salem gardens. This has
dull green foliage which is orna
mental in itself, and is rounded
trusses of bright crimson flowers
proved very attractive. There
was the pale pink Fragansissma
and the yellow-belled Coneatl
At the J. G. Worth home we
found a series of natural rock
terraces extending to the sea
shore. Here were a great variety
of conifers, rhododendrons and
rare shrubs.
The . largest collection of prim
roses was viewed in the garden
of V. W. Abier 2,000. we were
told, growing with rock and al
pine plants, rhododendrons and
azaleas in a natural woodland
setting.
Many of the gardens had their
own' private little cove beach.
More stretched down toward the
sound or ocean, giving magnifi
cent views. The Royal Roads Ca
nadian Services College, not al
ways open to the public, was one
of the attractive spots.
Among the trees which fasci
nated me were the huge deodar
cedars and a maple they called
"griseum," one of the most beau
tiful I have seen.
And if you think of wallflowers
simply as a yellow or brown vel
vetly thing you should see those
growing in the Victorian gardens
rose pale yellow white
deep mahogany red.
One of the things that bothered
me most was that too frequently
for comfort, the . owners of the
garden did most of their own
" in -"-1-111 - wiweh-
Trees, shrubs and neat stretches of green lawn play a big part in the Victoria, B. C gardens. This
is a section of the R. H. Edgell gardens there which were such a favorite with the Victoria Garden
Festival goers that it was thrown open throughout the week to the visitors. First plans called for
only one-day showing of the garden.
Garden
Caleri
Residents of Victoria have taken every advantage of their natural "rock piles". If it were not for
the intensive planting and care, much of the island would have remained barren and unattractive.
The garden above was a natural rock jutting which daring the festival was a mass of gold, bine, and
rose colors from rock plants. In the center of the picture is a rose lattice which will soon rapport
a mass of rM bloom. Native oaks and planted trees help out this bank of rocks, planted with alplno
plants. (Statesman Farm Photo).
gardening. Some were retired
folk, but more were working folk
like the rest of us. And we think
we are too busy! .
The Victorians love gardening
they must to havethe gardens
that they do.
To get back to our own gar
dens, many of which are most
lovely, too: Open house will be
observed at tho Cooley Iris Gar
dens, Silverton, starting today. If
the weather is good today there
will be the usual beautiful flower
show in tho iris house. Through
out this coming week, there will
be irises in bloom in the gardens
and visitors will be welcome,
Rhoiln and Pauline Cooley said
Friday.
While we've had no word of a
special open house at Schreiner's
Gardens at Qulnaby (Route 2,
Salem) the irises there are lovely
now and will continue to be for
another week or ten days.
A new iris garden will .be open
at 4055 Back Ave., Salem, (in the
Four Corners area) to thi public
on May 23 and 24. This will be
known as Effio Maye's Garden,
and more than. 150 varieties will
be on display .Included will be
such as Ballerina, Confetti, Moon
light Sonata. Extravaganza Ef-
fie Maye, whose social name is
Mrs. Edward C. White, has been
better. " known for her African
Violets than she has for iris,
which are a new venture. A few
African Violets will be on display
during the "open house" days,
however.
And if you have time drive
through East Moreland in Port
land in the very near future to
see the huge collections of rho
dodendrons and azaleas. While
thi gardens here are not open
to the public they make awfully
good seeing from the street
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OPEN FRIDAY EVETIIIIGS
May 17 Iris. timo at Cooley's
Gardens at Silverton and Schrei
ner's Gardens at Quinaby-( north
of Salem.) -;, .i
May 18 Annual meeting of the
Salem Nut Growers Cooperative,
7:43 p. m. at Veterans of Foreign
Wars halL
May 23-24 Spring Flower
Show, .Seattle Masonic Temple.
May SO Fleet of Flowers ob
servance at Depoe Bay. "
May1 30-31 Azalea .Garden
club annual show, Brookings.
Jane 11-12 Oregon F e d e r a
tion of Garden Clubs, Linfield
College, McMinnville.
Jane 11-12 Portland Rose
Show.
Jane 13-14 Salem Rose Soci
ety Show, Izaak Walton Building.
June 26-27 Victoria Rose
Show, Victoria, B. C.
August 1-2 Annual Gladioli
Society show. Journal Lobby and
auditorium, Portland.
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eh Questions
Question What spray to use of sick and I know last year there
Let the lawn clippings fall
where they may. Unless there' is
an extremely heavy growth of
grass, it is better plant food and
humus economy to let the lawn
clippings lie.
Are dandelions, plantain and
buckhorn putting in their ap
pearance? Spray them now with
a selective lawn weed killer ao
that desirable grasses can quick
ly fill in the spots they vacate.
Brush out and oil the plant
food spreader before you put it
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for leaf spot bn iris?. How to save
young white Ulaethe two thirds
top buds not leafing xxit and now
the buds seem to die? KJ1.C '
Answer Leaf spot on iris
is most freqneintly caused ' by
crowded - and shadedv, conditions
in. wet weather. The disease is
considered more serious when
soils are deficient in lime. '
Control can usually be had by
removing and burning all old
leaves it the end of the summer.
Sometimes, shearing back spotted
leaves in - midsummer - is advis
able. When the disease is serious,
spraying with bordeaux mixture
to which a good s locker is added,
may be profitable.
Control for the lilac blight is
also a spray with bordeaux; mix
ture. One should, avoid planting
lilac and rhododendrons close ton
gether. Prune out the lilac each
year f,or air circulation and ra
move and burn ; all dead twigs.
You should ' spray before the
leaves come but land again after
wards before the blooms show
color. One grower told me that as
soon ' as his bush had finished
blooming, he cut off the withered
flowers and then sprayed 'with
bordeaux, but I have not heard
the results of this spray.
Quesdon Have a chestnut
tree many of whose limbs con
tinue to die back. Sometimes
huge limbs suddenly wilt and
pretty soon arei dead. Want to
save tree. Is there anything we
can do? rxWJ
Answer There doesn't seem
to be much of a sure cure for
this. If the tree l is kept growing
vigorously it does help. The soil
should be well-drained and fer
tile. Prune out, diseased portion
several inches below affected area
as it dies. Paint cut with a tree
disinfectant.
Question " Once you wrote
something about controlling bor
ers in dogwood, trees. It seems to
me it was by- some form of feed
ing. Is there something you can
give a tree to make it distasteful
to the borers?. My dogwood is sort
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were little .sawdust piles at the
trunk like you described for bor
ers. I have tried the regular
pastes but the tree doesn't seem
to recover. I have a plum tree
growing nearby which is also sick.
Answer The fact that your
trees are "sick is likely the
cause zor ine ., Dorers. vaaiy
enough this pest attacks only the
sick trees as a rule. A real
healthy tree . seldom is bothered
with them. And that Is likely what
I have written about. There is no
definite food that makes a tree
distasteful to borers so far as I
know, but if you keep your, trees
growing well, you are on the right
road. Is the drainage good? If
you havent fed them, give them
a good feeding between now and
mid-June. Perhaps one of the new
booster materials designed for
trees and shrubs would Mo. An
old' reliable is 1 composed of :
Ammonium sulphate or nitrate of
soda, 50 pounds; superphosphate.
30 pounds; muriate of potash, 12
pounds. In figuring out the dos
age, add the -height of tree in
feet to branch spread in feet te
trunk circumference in inches.
Result is number of pounds of
fertilizer to give a tree. I picked
up this formula once while visit
ing in the Shaw Botanical gardens
in St Louis, Mo. An old gardener
there told me he gave his lawn"
trees this every spring between
April 10 and June 10. And bis
trees were certainly lovely.
Question Peach tree on lawn
badly infected with leaf curL
Have soraved during dormant
season but leaves are still badly
deformed. Same was true last
year. What to do? P.T.
Answer Thorough spraying
with the correct materials should
control this. Usually one thor
ough dormant spray applied at
any time before buds start to
swell -will do the trick. Many
growers spray in fall and that
does it It's too late now for a
eood control. But next season use
lime sulfur at a 1 to 15 dilution
or a 10-10-100 bordeaux mixture.
Be sure that every bud is sprayed -aa
well as all of the terminals to
the tips. Fermate and Elgetol art
also said to be good controls.
Question Will you kindly
Identify this truss of rhododen
dron? X bought it from a Salen
dealer and lost the name tag. D S
Answer I'm sorry, but canl
be sure. It resembles Mars, but
dont take my word for it. Take a '
truss back to the dealer from
whom you purchased the plant
and he'U tell you. . i
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Question Can you tell m
how to spray grassy strawberry '
bed so as to kill the grass and
not the berries? Will you give -me
the exact name of this spray?
How can I rid the Jawn and
fence line of crabgrass? How to
rid gooseberries of worms? Will
the bug dust we use on the gar
den do any food? Mrs. CD. ,
. Answer Your: favorite gar- -den
stores should carry both the
grass killer and the crab grass
eradicator. However, these should
have been used earlier in the
spring. Be very careful to us
them as directed, and also in ask
ing for them be sure you get the
ones that will not kill all vege
tation. There are numerous kinds.
About two weks ago or so, I ran
an article about spraying currants
and gooseberries for the currant
worm. This should have been
done theh. However, if you spray
with lead arsenate now you will
be able .to get some control.
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Question - There's a little
greenish worm on the foliage of
my currant bushes and it works
rapidly . eating whole - leaves. I
tried" picking them off but they
come back quicker than I can get
them off, it seems. Soon1 my
bushes will be completely skel
etonized. What will control these?
O.L.H.
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with rotenone or ; spray with a
heaping tablespoonful of lead
arsenate - diluted in four gallons
of water.
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