6 (See. 1) Statesman, Sola,
News of
Garden Gabbing
i By 1ILUE L. MADSEN
Garden Editor, The Statesman
' OLD ROSE WANTED Does anyone have a Marcia Neil rose?
This is an old-fashioned rose, known mostly to history. However,
someone might own one and if so JI. McKeown, who lives at 1843
' Chemeketa St, Salem, would like to hear about it,
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s FIRST GREEN THUMB Who had it? That's a question M. L.
Mullay of Columbus, Ohio, would like to know. Says he has looked
through everything he knows of and can find no "origin, to the
Green Thumb . . . "All I have succeeded in learning is that every
one knows the significance of the Green Thumb but no one seems
to know where it originated . . . Horticultural authorities just
scratch their heads to offer widely different explanations. Ordinary
people say they've heard their parents and grandparents use
the term. Many think it goes back hundreds of yean. Yet the
-earliest mention of the Green Thumb that I have found dates
tack only to 1925." ; '
Mullay also wants to know the author of this familiar little
verse: - -
"Denied are the secrets of soil, seed and weather,
To thousand tcho struggle to put them together.
But, rertai as morning success seems to come
To those chosen people who have a green thumb."
Can anyone help me out? We don't want to let Ohio down,
do we?
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if ALWAYS PRUNING TIME Climbing roses and spring
flowering shrubs are not alone about needing pruning at
tention during summer. Some of the shade trees also need
pruning. Either on the property or along the sidewalk, some
may have branches hanging to low that even when not wet
like they have been muck of this late spring and early sum
A, (like they have been much of this late tpring and early sum
mer) they hit passers-by, or yourself when you mow the lawn
i beneath them. In other trees there nay be dead limbs which
show up better in summer than in winter when all the
- branches are leafless. It does no harm to saw off such limbs '
; providing the cut is flush with the trunk and is covered at once j
- with tree-wound paint. .
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SUMMER FRAGRANCE The
in the' garden during the summer, and there are no better ones,
to my way of thinking, than the heliotrope. There are so many
little greenhouses around on home property, now, and as heliotrope
plants are becoming more and more difficult to find, some en
couragement to growing cuttings of these should be given.
Cuttings taken in August or late July root easily and the small
plants may be kept in the greenhouse (or even indoors, for that
natter) until next spring. Growing a few heliotrope plants from
seed is1 also interesting. Helitropes bloom freely all summer and
into autumn or until frost hits them.
ing in my garden just for the fragrance of them especially toward
night of a warm "day. They take quite a bit of sun throughout
the day.
. While heli trope has remained
verbial far-off "Grandmother's Day," there is a newer variety now,
Purple Prince, with . unusually dark purple blooms. This is also
listed as a very tree bloomer. . . . i ' i
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IVY GERANIUM This is one plant that seems to thrive
best on lack of attention. Too much attention may make it
. pouty, and refuse to perform properly.
Also there's a good range of color to work with. Ivy ge
ranium is usually available in flats in. colors from red and
pink through lavender, purple and white. It is wise to keep
' your ivy geranium trimmed regularly to induce short bushy
. plants and new flowering wood. . ;
ON FUCHSIAS Are you watching yours this summer? It's
been pretty good fuchsias weather, anyway, so far. They are
plant for the half shade. If situated in a full shade area, they
tend to become leggy.
' If planted in the full- sun, they become bronzed, stunted and
produce a profusion of small flowers.
An ideal situation, of course,
where they will receive morning sun.
There are many new ones and at a recent meeting of the
Oregon Fuchsia society members,
ductions were named to include:
' Alice, a single ancle blossom
York's introductions. It's an entirely different fuchsia in that
it is a small pot plant Never grows
Pink Fairy, a Waltz hybrid,
double pink blooms, said to be a
lor exhibition. r
Slue Waves, a tall grower in
Pink ' Jlairy, a Waltz hybrid, in a medium with large
Avalanche, hybridized by SchnabeL is a white double semi
trailer which is whiter in warm
Sleigh Bells, another Schnable product, is a . medium height,
shade lover, single white. The corolla forms into perfect bells.
Boudoir, a Reiter hybrid, in a pale blue and cream double, a
low-growth bush type.
Tumbling Waters, also a Reites, is a double large purple and
red with the comma in a miry
type trailer.
Wood Preservative Advised
Oregonians need to use wood
preservatives even in building
snail buildings, porches, trellises,
outdoor benches. Why? Because
preservatives do three important
things: Seals pores, thus keeping
Things to Do
Water as infrequently as pos
sible so that roots drive down deep
to keep the plants supplied with
moisture. Soak a lawn or trees
and plants to a 12-inch depth
certainly no less than eight inches,
or they'll die out while you're on
vacation. ,. . , .
Do not water-right .around the
trunk of a tree or stem of a plant
You encourage rot and disease this
way.' There are no roots to water.
Instead flood the area six inches
to a foot from the trunk or stem
(depending on the size of the
plant) on out just, beyond the end
of the branches. -
Watch your gladioli for thrip.
Dusts and sprays on the market
wul give excellent control. -
Keep withering pansies picked
off to induce further bloom. The
same, holds true for sweet peas
Watch your, roses carefully, cut
1 ting off dying bloom. Make it a
light summer pruning by cutting
back six to eight inches, depend
ing on the type. YouH get better
fall bloom this way. ,
Don't irrigate roses after 4 p.m.
or you'll be encouraging black spot
and mildew.
The United States had a record
291,000 marriages in 1948.
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Farm, Home and
air is filled with good smells
Every year I have some grow
much the same since the pro
is the east side of a building
some of the better 1954 intro
Dink and lieht Dink, one of Mrs.
over one foot high."-
in a medium height with large
very snowy pot plant, valuable
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deep double violet-and-rose.
weather.
purple puff. It s a true cascade
out moisture; keeps fungus growth,
which causes decay from growing
and saturates wood with a chemi
cal mat aoesn t appeal to sow
bugs or termites.
Where color and odor make no
difference, creosote is still one of
the best preservatives, and cost is
around f 1 a gallon.
Among the new preservatives
which are colorless and odorless,
or green In color, include Copper
Naphenate and PentachlorophenoL
The former is green in color and
imparts that color to the treated
wood.
Some lumber now on the market
is treated with a 'preservative be
fore put out for sale. Usually this
bears a marking to that effect
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Actress Dorothy Martinson, recently ; voted "Miss Most Beautiful
Legs in Hollywood" poses in
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BILL BAKER
: Garniture Designer
Ah, this is the life. "Nothing
anyone can say will bother me.
I'm too relaxed and too content
to let the cares of the world dis
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That speech was made by a
famous motion picture star when
be first settled into a custom-built
contour lawn chair that I designed
at his, request
And youll make a speech some-
think like it, too, when you build
tins chair for yourself and try it
out, for I am making the design
available to you in my extra-sim
ple pattern number 123.
This contour lounge chair 'has
borne features that you won t find
m any readyrnake garden chair.
First the chair follows the con
tours of the body. No matter if
you are short or tall, you'll find
that this chair is right for you.
Using the typical contour mafces
it ideal for ell. 1
Smoothly rounded dates from
the seating area. They are scien
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to move it from one position to
another with little effort
Sturdy arms add to the sleek
lines. The chair is solid. You won't
have to worry about sag which is
Garden Calendar . I .
July 24-ZS National Gladiolus
Society1 Show, U. S. Botanic Gar
den, Washington, D. C.
July 24-23 Fifth annual Garden
by the Sea Show, Nehalem Bay
Garden Club. Open Saturday 2 to
8 p.m.: .Sunday 12 noon to 5 p.m.
July 29-31 Vancouver, B. C.,
Horticulture Society Begonia Show,
Hudson Bay Company Auditorium,
9:30 ajn. to 9:30 pjn. j .
July 21-Aug. 1 Annual mid-summer
shade plant show, sponsored
by California Fuchsia Society,
South Inglewood, Calif. 2 "
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Them! All
Short, Tali (no everline)
Bill Baker's new make-it-yourself
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f unshed product The construe
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Lots of Lilies Grow in Our Valley
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CThe lily bulb industry is widespread In Oregon now and many
sight during the summer. A
lily convention in Seattle this
Answers to Garden
Question What makes geranium
eaves have round spots on leaves
and then turn yellow, wither and
fall off? Have had two geranium
plants in porch box act that way.
D.D.
Answer Leaf spot Pick off and
burn infected leaves. Give plants
plenty of air circulation. Crowd
ing brings on the disease. Don't
overwater, particularly on cloudy
and damp days.. Dust with bor
deaux, digging just a little into the
soil around the plant. .
Questions What is wrong with
enclosed rose leaves. Lots of yel
low ones like this on bush. Bush
was wedding anniversary gift and
don't want to loose. New subscrib
er to your paper so if you answer
ed this before, we missed it: Hope
you won't mind repeating. Don't
intend to miss any of answers in
future. F. W.
Answer Black spot, one of our
worst rose troubles here. You don't
say what variety of rose. Some
types are much worse than others.
Some lose all their foliage, and
then put out another set, but this
weakens bushes. While sanitation
in picking up and burning the
leaves affected, is helpful, it does
not take the place of routine spray
ing or dusting, a ;
As there are hundreds of com
bination sprays and dusts on the
market under trade names, it is
just as well to get one of these and
control all diseases and insects at
the same time. One of the better
sprays includes ammoniacal cop
per, fermate, lead arseante pyre-
thrum and rotenone. This one is a
little more efficient than some and
does not disfigure blooms. How
ever, the old Massey dust of dust-
mg sulphur and lead arsenate will
also do the work.
, Question Have some grape hy
acinths that must be moved. Will
I kill them if I move them now?
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Would like to get some more. Are
there, any pink ones? N.O.T.
Answer They should be mov
ed after 'their foliage has died
down, but you won't kill them by
moving them now. Could you just
lift them and set them down in
another part of the garden to
ripen off before dividing them? I
don't know of any pink one, but
there are whites ones and various
shades of blue from a light forget-me-not
to a real deep blue. Azure
Hyacinth come early, and Heaven
ly Blue, late. j
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Question Need something to
plant in a north facing. It doesn't
have to bloom all the time, but
would like a little bloom in the
spring. Green plants are all right
for summer. House is new. But
this little stretch worries me.
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Answer You don't say how big
a spot Are rhododendrons and
azaleas too large? How about
ferns? Lily-of-the-valley?. Bleed
ing-heart? Kerria? Calla lilies?
Pansies? There is quite a variety
ox things to use in this location.
Work the soil loose, and keep it
from packing. Incorporate consid
erable leaf mold.
. Qaection Bark on my red bud
and on my flowering : plum tree
has split up and down. Some of tne
inner wood is exposed. What
cause? Y.M.
Answer This may be due to a
disease. Also, it may be due to a
weather condition. Sometimes if
trees are kept growing too late In
fan by heavy watering and late
fertilizing, this splitting wll result
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Questions
during winter. Lack of phosphorus
and potash could be a contributing
factor. Trim edges of bark and
paint wood with a good tree seat
Question These little artificial
flowers that run like windmills in
the wind are supposed to keep
away moles. Can you tell me if this
is so? My neighbor said she had
two or three of them in her garden
and they worked. Do you know
anything about them from real ex
perience? S.E.A.
Answer Sorry, but I haven't
tried them myself. However, a lot
of folks say that the little wind
mills, whether in the shape of flow
ers or some other design, do a fine
job of chasing away moles. If your
garden is heavily infested with
moles, and you aren't a good trap
per, almost anything is worth
try.
Question What's wrong with
foliage ' of fuchsia enclosed? All
the leaves are getting curly like
this. W. B. . '
Answer Aphids are making
the trouble. Wash off with a fine
spray or use nicotine sulphate1,
one teaspoon in a gallon of water.
You have to hit the aphids with
this to kill thera.
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Fumigating cherries to kill.
cherry fruit fly-larvae and pupae
may open a new market fop Oregon-grown
Bing and Lambert
cherries. .
That's the nrediction of S. C.
Jones, Oregon State College ento
mologist '
Cherries for the fresh mark!
cannot be shinned into chprrv fniit
fly-free states such as California.
Jones figured that if his fumigat- .
ing tests showed that all of the
fruit fly's larvae and pupae were
suiea, commercial interests might
ship the popular cherries to the
untapped California fresh market
In fumigating tests last year, he
killed 100 ner cent of the flv lar.
vae and pupae. The entomologist
louna mat ethylene dibromide gas
about M pound of liquid fumi-
gant per 1,000 cubic feet killed
all, of the pupae and larvae. He
fumigated for two hours. -Taste
tests of fumi sated chrri
showed there was a slight flavor
change four days after fumieatinn.
but the tests also indicated flavor
chanees lessened each dav after
fumigation. ,
This year Jones is testine th
fumigant's killing power on fruit
ny eggs, and probably will carry
out more complete taste tests.
Practical refrigerator-car fumi
gating methods on a commercial
scale have yet to be worked out,
Jones reports. When thev are: h
predicts a new market for Oregon-
grown resn cherries.
GRAIN INVESTIGATION ON
Investigators for the Depart
ment v of Agriculture are quietly
moving into the major grain mar
kets to check on companies sus
pected of . attempting to manipu
late prices to their own advan
tage, say extension agents. Audi
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