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Pots Provide
Protection for
Choice Plants
By L.IIXIE L MADSEN
Garden Editor, The Statesman
You can sink your potted
tuberous begonias, pot and all,
right into the garden, if the pots
are large enough, Dale Herigstad
told) us this week as , we stopped
to chat a bit with him at his
newly-established Middle Grove
Nursery. I knew Dale when he
was a youngster at Silverton be
fore he went to Oregon State
College from which he was grad
vated in 1948 in the school of
horticulture. Dale is one person
who intends to follow his school.
&o often young ; men seem to
graduate in horticulture and
then go out and buy a grocery
store or service station. But to
get back to the tuberous be
gonias . Too many people. Dale said,
leave them in pots that are too
mall to furnish ample food for
the growing season. It is better,
then, to take them out and set
them directly into the garden.
But if there are a lot of moles,
sometimes the pots furnish added
protection.
Every year I get a number of
inquiries as to the identification
ef the tree on the south side of
the Salem Postoffice lawn. Usu
ally the inquirers wait until the
tree is in bloom, but this year
some one has become infatuated
(so they, said) with the shape
and foliage of the tree even be
fore it is in bloom.
This tree is (as it has been in
so many previous years) Albizzia
4nlifmeein Tt MmmAn flam
silk tree, but one seldom hears
this. Most folk seem to refer to
it as Albizzia. The name comes
from an Italian naturalist
The silk tree oes so well in
the WUlamette Valley that I'm
surprised not more of them are
grown here. Every year we at
The Statesman office get numer
ous inquiries about the tree
you'd think there'd be forests of
it around by this time.
Worth Extra Cost
The tree runs a bit more cost
ly than mar ornamental trees,
but it is well worth the few dol
lars it costs.
The tree is of medium-sized
growth, seldom getting over 30
feet tall, and most of the time
remains much Smaller than this.
It , grows a broad spreading
crown. The i pink flowers appear
later and add much to the beauty
of the tree.
Although it doesn't look it, Al
bizzia is quite hardy the variety
we have here. I ha"e had one
for eight years, and while it is
very slow growing, it has given
ine much pleasure. It has come
through some rather severe win
ters during that time and at no
time have I given it any special
protection. I'm quite sure the
same holds true of th one on the
Salem Postoffice lawn.
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While we are on the subject
of Salem and its plantings, let's
move over to the Capitol grounds.
Anyone who likes trees and
shrubs certainly has a lot to ad
mire here but just recently I've
been getting complaints of the
lack of color around the buildings.
Why, say visitors, aren't any
bright annual flowers used. Then
'they go ahead and name some
other states where annual flowers
brighten things up like the gov
ernment building in Victoria,
B. C, the state house grounds in
California, and other state build
ings here and there where sal
via, zi-nias, marigolds,! petunias
are used. '
' It seems no good to remind
them that no one has prettier
grounds than we do when the
rhododendrons and azaleas are
in bloom. It seems that all of
our visitors can't get here at
that time.
. A few masses of bright flower
ing annuals planted in front of
Also Vegetables. Fruits, Julcos. Seafoods, Poultry, Luncheon Moats. A. Complete List of Our Froson Foods with.
Prices will bo Mailed on Request Conronlont Credit May bo Arrangod. Nothing Down A Full Year to Pay.
Federally Graded - State Inspected. Special Fresh Froson P 'r : ' per caso of 24 Picas.
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This colorful hanging basket is made from Oregon clay, fashioned
into a title with one tide open to permit planting of flowers.
Wooden pieces fill the ends from which the chain is attached.
The clay for the tile baskets is "mined" at Needy, east of
Silverton. The baskets are formed and baked at a family kiln
near MolaUa and are sold in garden stores throughout the valley.
(Farm Photo for The Statesman)
Medicine Chests .
Become Larger
It was only a few years back
when about all a hobby garden
er had to stock in his plant medi
cine chest was bordeaux mixture,
nicotine sulphate and lead arsen
ate. A modest working knowl
edge of the eating habits of
chewing and sucking pests was
sufficient. But those glorious old
days when the most effective con
trol of the occasional bug or
worm was the thumb and index
finger used to drop each one in
to a container of kerosene, are
gone.
We are producing much better
fruit and crops and flowers and
vegetables, but we are doing
much more about it, too.
There are almost endless vari
eties of chemical controls, some
specifically aimed at certain prob
lems, and others proclaimed as
all-purpose. Some even have add
ed plant food to the formulae.
the shrubbery would give a
cheerful look during the sum
mer, wouldn't they?
On our way into Portland
stockyards the other day going
over the Cascade Highway we
noted a little wayside stand in
the MolaUa area. It was manned
by three youngsters and they
were selling tile hanging baskets
which their parents formed at
spare moments and baked in a
kiln a, the place. The young
sters could tell us all about the
business, too. s
The clay was dug at Needy
where tile clay has been dug since
pioneer times and fashioned at
Mollalla and sold mostly through
Salem and Oregon City garden
stores.
They vere very attractive bas
kets and make good planting
Yes, I had to bring one home.
The tile are fitted with painted
wooden ends and the baskets
hang from chains. They are very
nice dangling beneath trees and
are well suited to fuchias, petu
nias and vine-geraniums.
I've had a number of inquiries
in recent weeks for a tree book,
particularly a "good one on
eve. greens." There are numer
ous fine books on all sorts of
trees. A good general one for
identification is Emerson's "Our
Trees, How to Know Them."
A very fine conifer book is
L. H. Bailey's -The Cultivated
Conifers." Neither of these is
recent, but both are very fine.
Bailey's, I believe, was reprinted
in 1949. Another very fine book
is Donald Wyman's "Trees for
American Gardens." The Bailey
book is around $10 and the Wy
man around $7., I do not recall
the price of the Emerson. But
likely you can borrow these from
your public library and look them
over before you make up your
mind which one you want to buy.
Garden
Calendar...
July 9 Labish Meadow Gar
deners annual picnic. Home of
Mrs. Jack Bartlett
July 18-19 Pacific Internation
al Gladiolus show, municipal au
ditorium, Sacramento, Calif.
July 24-25 National Gladiolus
Society Show, U. S. Botanical gar
dens, Washington, D.C.
July 25-26 Fuchsia and Shade
Plant Show, Inglewood, Calif.
July 30-Aag. 2 Vancouver B.C.
Begonia Show.
July 31 Salem Garden Club
tour and tea. . .
Ang. 1-2 Gladiolus show, Port
land Journal lobby and auditori
um. Ang. 5-7 Victoria Gladiolus
Show, Victoria, B.C.
Aug. t-7 Vancouver Gladiolus
Show, Cullingswood, B.C.
Ang. t Silverton Jay-C-Ettes
Summer Flower show, Eugene
Field Auditorium.
Aug. 8-r-Eastern Oregon Gladi
olus Show, LaGrande.
Aug. 12-13 Oregon State Glad
iolus shor, Grants Pass.
Ang. 13-14 Major Gladiolus
Show, Vancouver, B.C.
Sept 5-12 Oregon State Flow
er Show, Salem.
Sept 18-19-Victoria Fall Show,
Chrystal Gardens, Victoria, B.C.
Sept 28-27 Oregon Early Eng
lish Chrysanthemum Society
show, Mount Scott Community
hall, Portland.
Control Methods
Of Potato Pests
Recommended
To prevent potatoes from be
coming infested by flea beetle
larvae, the vines must be dusted
during the growing season.
Dusting should , begin soon aft
er the plants are up and contin
ued at 2 to 3 week intervals
during the growing season. Con
trol is had by dusting with 3
per cent DDT. This treatment
will also control the western spot
ted cucumber beetle, a common
pest of potatoes.
The use of. aldrin in -the soil
at the time of planting potatoes
eliminates the need of applica
tions during the growing sea.
son. Soil treatments of aldrin will
also control wireworms.
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Questions -
: Question What is the ever
green tree close to the northside
of the Bradfield Lumber Co.
building ' on Fairgrounds road,
across from Mayflower building.
Reminds me of Torrey Pines in
Southern California, but having
seen them once can't be sure.:
CX.T. "
Answer This is a Cedar of
Lebanon (Cedrus libanitica) one
of our; very finest evergreen trees.
It does exceedingly well in cul
tivation and there are some in
teresting horticultural forms.
There's a dwarf (comparatively
speaking) variety with compact,
shorter, thinner leaves. The vari
ety is known as Nana or Rehder.
But any Cedar of Lebanon is an
addition to one's place if there
is room. The Torrey pine is beau
tiful too, but I do not believe
it will thrive here in the Valley.
It's at its best in San Diego Coun
ty (Southern California) along
the sea and on Santa Rosa Island.
Question We burned a lot of
pitchy fir in our fireplace and
are wondering how we can get
it "unburned." It's full of soot
We know this isn t strictly a
garden question but then our
fireplace is in the garden and
we would like to know how to
get the soot out M.S.
Answer There are some chem
icals which are made for this
purpose, but they burn quite rap
idly and create quite a little
blaze. Many stores carry them.
Can't you get up on the fire
place and clean it out from the
top? Tire chains are very good
for this. Lower the chain and
swing it about to loosen the
soot
Question Can you identify the
tree from which this leaf was
taken? The leaves are all this
way just as if the end of it
had been cut off. Every once in
a while I run across one of these
trees. They are all ' so perfectly
shaped. The other day I saw one
with flowers on it They didn't
look like they belonged. They al
mostfook like water lilies in a
small size. When the trees first
come out in the spring they
seen to be a yellowish green
and then turn darker. I'd sure
like to have one, but don't know
what to ask for. D.T.
Answer This is a tulip tree.
It is a beautiful tree and native
in the Great Lake states. How
ever, many of our nurserymen
carry it here. It does'nt ' bloom
until it's four or five years old.
Question-Isn't there something
we can do about nurserymen
sending us the wrong thing when
we pay good money for something
else? You wrote not long ago
about seed being labeled wrong.
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- Answers
We ordered a tree from a catalog
which described the tree in very
flowing words. We thought it was
a rare tree. I copied the name off
the tag and it was Quercus Alba.
Now when the leaves have come
out it is nothing but acommon
old oak .like we got in the pas
ture., Isnt there a law against
that giving things fancy names ?
L.E.T. Answer But Quercus Alba is
an oak. a white oak. Some of the
white oaks are very beautiful and!
a ' lot of poetry has been writ
ten about them. There's noth
ing fraudulent about using the
botanical name for a tree or
plant
, Question Can you settle a dis
pute for us? How many times
has the rose "Peace" won the
sweepstakes in the Portland Rose
Show? H.B.
Answer Once in the past 10
years. Saturnia and McGredy's
Ivory are the only two repeaters
in that time. Saturnia was win
ner three times and McGredy's
Ivory twice.
Question What's wrong with
enclosed little twig of fuchsia?
We have lost three small plants
which seemed to start all right
and then sort of shrivel up and
pretty soon all the leaves fell off
and the plant died. G.E.C.
Answer-The piece you sent me
is infested with whitefly. They
suckthe lifeblood right out of
your plant Spray with nicotine
sulfareind soap or dust with ro-
tenont, or nicotine.
Question What ails camellia
leaves (enclosed)? K.R.L.
Answer Sooty mold caused by
noneydew secretion of small scale
insect on underside of leaf. Spray
with light summer oil emulsion.
being careful to follpw instruc
tions on container.
Questlon-Am sendin vou a
frond of my house fern. All the
fern -is covered with these hard
mue brown things, along the
stems. The fern turn xnrt nf
p Drown. When the new 1mva
come , out thev are fine fnr a
little while and then they get this
ou auw uuu IOOK SICK, lOO.
Is it a disease? Y.S.
Answer This is not a disease
nut a fern scale, in reality in
ect. They are very destructive
io your plant Spray with
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Portland Rose
Festival Profit
Just on Paper
PORTLAND un The Portland
Rose Festival did not make money
this year, after all. What's more,
it never wilL said Festival Presi
dent George Henderson.' '
Previously, the festival associa
tion said there would be a profit
of a few ' thousand dollars from
this year's show.
Henderson said : Saturday that
the books will show a $9,000 profit,
but actually there was an operating
loss of $18,000. The apparent profit
comes from the fact that associate
members kicked in 827,000, ho
said. .
He added that losses from
previous ' yean demonstrate con
clusively that the show cannot
make moneyeven if the stadium
is filled for -the shows there.
That's, because there are 14 free
events besides the stadium shows.
He said the festival would be
continued, however, with contribu
tions making up for operating
losses.;. r J;
New, Handy Shrub-
Guide Published
Camping enthusiasts, fisher
men, tourists and others who turn
to by-paths for summer recrea
tion will find a handy guide to
native Shrubs of Western Oregon
in extension circular 554, just re
leased by Oregon State College.
The one-page picture leaflet
identifies 30 hrubs, including
common types of wild blackber
ries and" huckleberries. Charles
Ross, - extension ; farm forestry
specialist prepared the circular
especially for youth forestry
groups and other summer camp
organizations.
contact spray. Nicotine or white
oil, summer strength, sprays will
control. .
Question Something eating off
roots on my primroses. Got some
fine new ones this year. Looked
sick. Pulled up one and little
white grubs all over what roots
are left Do I have to pull up all
of them to kill grubs? J.L
Answer-This is larvae of straw
berry root weaviL A solution
of lindane or chlordane poured
around plant is usually good con
trol Question Cobwebs coming all
over my cotoneaster, the variety
that sprawls along ground.
Thought there might be some
caterpillars but couldn't see any.
F.D. Answer Probably web-worm.
Spray or dust with lead arsenate
or some other stomach-poison
spray.
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Bill to Settle
Q&C Dispute
WASHINGTON Ul Legislation
to end the . long-standing contro
versy over jurisdiction and admin
istration of a , portion of Western
Oregon's O St C , Lands was intro
duced Friday by Sen. Cordon and
Rep. Ellsworth, Oregon Republi
cans.' K : vi
The bills directly concern some
460.000 acres of timber claimed
jointly by the, Forest Service and
the Department of Interior, and
another half million acres in which
the two agencies have inter-mingled
holdings, r
At stake is about seven million
dollars of : past timber sale re
ceipts and the distribution of fu
ture revenues. As. O k C Lands
under the Interior Department, . 18
Oregon counties would get 75 per
cent of the receipts. As Forest
Service lands, the counties would
get only 25 per cent" -
Under Friday's compromise 'pro
posal, the disputed lands would be
administered by the Forest Serv.
ice but receipts would be distrib
uted under 'the O t- C formula.
The bill also would provide for
an exchange of holdings between
the two agencies to do away with
the uterminling of jurisdiction.:
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May 18, subject to 'the condition
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gene, protested this was not actual
divestment ' j
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the bearing.
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