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Statesman, Salem, Ore., Sun., Feb. 23, '58 (Sec. IV)-21
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THERE ARE EIGHT ROOMS, including three bedrooms and I roomi than bouses of comparable size.
ltt baths, In this one-story ranch house. It hai two more
Good Design
Responsible
For Addition
By JOHN O. B. WALLACE
MERE'S A HOUSE with a
bonus of two rooms. The extra
living space comes at no extra
coat because the eight rooms, in
cluding three bedrooms, have
been designed into the same
area usually required for a six
room house.
This "dividend" house was
baaed on a study of many homes
of approximately 1300 square
feet a size that falls into the
category of a small, economy
priced dwelling.
All homes of 1,300 square
feet reviewed by the architect
responsible for this House of
the Week plan, designated HW
83, invariably contained no
more than six rooms.
t Extra Rooms
How to get two extra rooms
Into the same area, the architect
asked himself. Good design and
imaginative use of space pro
vided the answer. The success
ful plan thus incorporates as
many useful rooms as possible
into a one-story, in-line ranch
house of the mod eat, 1,300-square-foot
size.
In addition to the eight rooms
being cleverly shoe-horned into
1.300 square feet the house also
boasts a 40 square foot front
foyer a luxury not usually af
forded in a house of this size.
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STUDY THIS FLOOR PLAN and you will see that excellent circulation is provided. No
single room must be usea as a passageway.
Architect Rudolph A. Matern.
who created this bonus borne af
ter long study, points out:
"The room that usually suf
fers in size, in a minimum house,
is the bath. It is brought on the
drafting board to the minimum
size of S bv 7 feet, or 35 square
feet and the tub is placed un
der the window.
'There is a marked trend to
day, however, for larger, more
luxurious baths and this design
follows this trend. The bath is
0 by 7 feet, or 63 square feet."
Oversized Bath .
The bath in HW 93 thus falls
only 7 square feet short of be
ing twice the size of a minimum
size bath.
The bath has a vanity, a dou
ble lavatory, a towel cabinet and
a screen in front of the water
'closet. And the tub is on the
side wall, where it belongs.
"Circulation in this home is
excellent," Matern adds. "Noth
ing suffers from its compactness.
No room must be used as a passageway."
There is a full basement ex
cept under the area occupied by
the garage.- With the exterior
basement door, the architect ex
plains, the cellar apace becomes
a wonderful area to finish later
as a rumpus or recreation room.
The 40 square foot front foyer
has a guest closet below the
height of the ceiling. This ar
rangement creates a platform
above for plants. The family
room has a folding screen par
tition which permits the foyer to
be closed off or opened to pro
vide a 20 foot view to the slid
ing glass doors and beyond to
the rear terrace.
Brick veneer has been used
as exterior material around the
entire house except at the front
entrance. Wood finish has been
used to flank the front entrance
and flush boards have been used
at the left with flower pots and
brackets hanging from them.
THE
HOUSE
of the
WEEK
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Quality Plan
Selected
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AP Newafeatiires
Stnd this coupon for your
STUDY PLAN
YOU CAN GET a study plan (or The House of
The Week by filling in the coupon and sending
it with 33 cent to this newspaper.
This study plan shows each floor together with
each of the tour elevations, front rear and sides
of the iiouse. It is scaled at Vi-incb per foot
It includes a guide on "How to Get Your House
Built"
You can take this study plan to your bank or
other mortgage lender and to your builder and
get rough estimates on cost
With this information you will know whether
you want to proceed with construction by order
ing working blueprints direct from the architect
and asking for bids. '
The Oregon Statesman
Salem, Oregon
Building Editor
Enclosed is 35 cents. Please send me a copy
of the study plan for The House of the Week,
Design HW-93
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Answers to Garden Questions
Questioa We have a small
patch of blackcaps in our back
garden and they did not do at
all well last year although it was
only the third year for them. I
recall my parents had blackcap
bushes 10-12 years old which
were much better than these.
Someone told us they had leaf
spot or something. What should
we do? T.D.
Answer The recommended
program is to remove the old
canes first. This should have
been done in the fall for best dis
ease control. However, if they
have not yet been removed, cut
out immediately. Then spray
with lime sulphur. For a small
patch use about one pint of lime
aulphur to one gallon of water.
Question What to do with
leaves that are covered with
aticky material, although loaded
with blossoms. Mrs. H.S.
Answer This seems to be a
very common problem this
spring. I'm wondering why, as
last year my own camellia bushes
suffered from this but this year
they are doing fine. The cure,
according to the experts, is to
spray with light-medium summer
oil emulsion. There are also
some trade-named spravs on the
market for this trouble. Any
garden store has them.
Question Last fall at the
State Fair garden show I took
down the name of three clema
tises and now I want to get the
blue one. I failed to mark the
color and cannot find any of
these In the catalogs I have. Here
are the names: Edward Foss, Ra
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mona. and Duchess of Edinboro.
Could you help me? W.C.
Answer The Edward Foss is
a clear blue, the Ramona a light
er blue and Duchess of Edin
boro a double white you made
some excellent selections of the
numerous on display. Do you re
call the Nelly Mosier. a beauti
ful pink-orchid colored one?
Question Some time ago you
wrote a little story of an all
American selection of a camellia.
I clipped the piece and now I
can't find it although I know I
have it someplace. I asked one
of our Salem nurserymen, who I
thought ought to know, but he
didn't. Can you by chance re
member what it is? I hate to
bother you again, but as a hob
by rve been getting the top se
lection for the past few years.
Last year you wrote a story
about the 1957 Rose Guide and
we boueht all our roses accord
ingly. Will vou run the 1958
guide? Please? F.G.H.
Answer I probably wouldn't
have remembered the name of
the camellia either but I tiled
it away. I knew someone would
ask me. The 1958 Ail-American
: selection ts Buddha, a pink sin
gle. All nurserymen who carry
camellias should also file the
jname where they can find it. Seei
story on this page for 1958 Rose
Guide.
Question When do we graft
grapes? K.B.
Answer Late winter, using
last year's wood. Tie in position
and cover with an asphalt emul
sion. Takes about six weeks to.
"take."
Questioa Have been told
about an encyclopedia of Oregon
history which came out recently.
Have asked at the bookstore but
no one seems to know about it.
Am sure I read about it some
place, and heard someone talk
about it Do you know of any
such book and who wrote it?
L.P.W.
Answer Could you be mean
ing the "Dictionary of Oregon
History." edited by Howard Mc
Kinley Corning? This was pub
lished in 1 9 5 by Binfords &
Morts, Portland and is a very
useful book. So far I have Jieard
no criticism of its accuracy. I
believe it sells for $6.
OuMtlonW mrm taavlnff far
Southern California in early
March. We want to go into Mexi
co for a couple of days, but don't
have time to go way down. Seems
some place once in your travels
wnicn was not too tar down and
wnere t n e r e was a nice hotel.
That wm vent uant lt Pan vaii
tell us where this was? T.H.O.
Answer This w nrnhahlv
Fnsenaria in I.nwr rli(nmiB.
Ensenada is some 80 to 83 miles
below Tijuana and has a popu
lation Of 1A 1471 Thar a ,r. .
number of comparatively good
places to stay. We chose Hotel
Riviera Parificn rlcrhl
beach. Good motels are Cadillac
Motet, wuintas Papagayo and Vil
la Marina. The Ouin i. ..
two miles north and is quite
nicely furnished. All the motels
have some cottages equipped for
houselcaanins Th. VIII.
Cadlllae hava mffaa
nected and of course the hotel
uinmn rooms are good.
"Wheat Pit" in Minneapolis is one
of the world's lartrMt oa.k
markets.
The Garden
Calendar
Feb. M-24 Cherry Grafting dem
onstration. Polk County Fair.
ground? 10 a.m.
March 1-t Annual Camellia
Show, La Canada, Calif., Los An
geles Camellia Council. Held in
Descanso Gardens.
March (-7 Antique show and
sale. First Presbyterian Church,
Salem, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
March MS Massachusetts Hor
ticulture Society annual show, Bos
ton, Mass.
March IMS-Philadelphia Flow
er Show, Commercial Museum,
Philadelphia. Pa.
March It Mt. Angel Garden
Club meeting, City Hall. Mt. An
gel, 8 p.m. v
March 14-23 International Flow
er Show. Inglewood, Calif.
March IS-IS International
Sportsarama, St. Petersburg. Fla.
March 14. Spring Home and
Garden Festival New Orleans, La.
March K-30 Washington D. C.
Cherry Blossom Festival.'
April 7-11 Puyallup-Tacoma
Daffodil Festival.
April IMS Salem Garden Coun
cil Spring Flower Show, Izaak
Walton League Clubhouse.
April 13 Mt. Angel Primrose
Show, Legion Memorial Hall. I to
8 p.m., Chairman, Mrs. Victor
Hoffer.
Aaril lS-May lS-Tulip Time in
Netherlands, between The Hague
and Haarlem.
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By GARDEN GABBEB
MORE ON POINSETTIAS This week I had two poinsettia
letters. One of the writers told me she had tried to keep hers
over but failed every time. The other one was from Mrs. Claire
H. Ifolcomb.
She writes: "We were given a plant four years ago and have
been quite successful in bringing it into bloom each year. 1 set it
out in the shade only morning sun as soon as it is safe for
tuberous begonias to go out. Hava even slipped it and this year
had four plants all from the original, totaling 13 blooms from
late November with some still in bloom. No special treatment,
but plenty of water sometimes twice on sunny days."
Thanks. We like so much to hear about these things.
. SOMETHING NEW Rodger Seeds of EI Menu, Calif,
comes sul with s new cosmos this year called Mandarin. This
is an almost double variety (note p let are on this page), with
same af the bleems carrying as many .as 4e petals r more.
The large number of petals In their brilliant orange color
gives added pranineaee la the hleom la the garden and makes
them most attractive as cat flowers. Another advantage
claimed for Mandarin b Ha dense foliage. Cosmos foliage has
always been attractive only it has been rather sparse en some
plants. Maadarta avercMies this defect aieely.
WHILE WE ARE ON THE SUBJECT of new plants, there's
a new member to an old flower family. The family is Gomph
rena (or Globe Amaranth), and the new variety is a very dwarf
ittle fellow for edging called Cissy. Cissy is the white flowered
companion to Buddy, which came out some time ago and has
bright purple flowers. The plants grow about inches tall, are
rounded, and very long-blooming. Each clover-like bloom lasts
for weeks and they dry nicely.
IF YOU'RE A ZINNIA FAN-You ll be interested to know
that there is a new giant cactus flowered variety called Pride of
Dieldrin. This introduction has four to five inch blooms with
twisted and pointed petals that are bicolored, with golden orange
in the outer portion and vivid scarlet flame in the center.
THE PETUNIA AGAIN Among the good new petunia hy
brids are Pink Satin and Peach Satin to go along with Red Satin
which you saw for the first time last year. These are refined
dwarf globe-shaped plants which, keep neat all season long and
produce many 2 to 2Vi inch flowers. In the larger and fancier
flowered petunias look especially for Blue Luster (early, pro
lifoc, deep violet-blue) and the All-America Selections winner
for 1958, Maytime (light salmon-pink).
ANOTHER MEETING If you are interested in a lot of the
new things in horticulture, you might be interested in the North
Willamette Valley Horticultural Society of Gresham on Feb.
27-28. Talks are scheduled on marketing, plant growth regula
tors and weed control at the opening sessions of two-day meet.
In the final day you'll hear talks on labor-saving equipment, in
sect control and vegetable diseasea.
HOW-TO-DO-IT We ran across a little booklet the ether
day, called "Rose Growers". It gives considerable information
not found in many of the handbooks . . for instance, there
are a couple of pages devoted to how to teO the different class
es of roses. There's a list of hew-te's in rose crafts sack as
making perfume, rose hip Jelly, rose heads, old-fashioned rose
Jar, rose sachet and even rose tea . . .
There are a couple of pages on how to grow roses and an
other couple on how to arrange roses.
The booklet Is published by Howards of Hemet, California.
AND WE FOUND .IT Those of you who read last week's
"Garden Gabbing" and who have plowed through it so far this
week, may be interested to know about our Tree of Heaven (ail
lanthus) which we were hollering about not being able to find.
Well, Verl Holden of the H. L. Pearcy Nursery gave us a ring
aiul sure enough there they were quite a number of them.
Verl is carrying on out there in the nursery with which
Harry PearcjTdid such a nice job until he died a year and a half
ago. And Verl is doing a nice Job. He's a graduate of Oregon
Slate College in horticulture but has a much deeper back
ground than four years or is it five now of bookwork could
give. Verl worked under Harry for many years prior to college
and following. The college and the practical work augment each
other until it is quite surprising how much one young man can
know he must be, as we say in such cases, "a naturaL"
THIS IS AIT Yea many wonder why little trees cost so
sawch. WeJL while ear ailianthns was getting eat of the ground
and into its very proper wrappings for moving, we watched two
women in a vision, af the greenhonses, catting np little two
Inch twigs of spruce and varieas ether evergreens, slipping each
m of them m a root heraaaaa and gettimg them grsamsd tor
rooting beds. In the greenhoase section next to the place
where this work was being carried on, we saw lM,eto little cat
lings neing rootes cjicn ei inese naa neen nanaiea inaivian
aUy ... no precision machine has yet been Invented to do
these Jobs successfully . . . After a few weeks of rooting,
then each one must he planted iadividually In a little tsse
Inch pot another year, a larger pet and finally Into the
soil . . .
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It is a brilliant orange In color. Also the foliage is more
profuse than most cosmos plants carry. This should be
procurable at seed stores this year.
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Tom Tom, one of the new floribondas originated by Howards of HemeL This Is deep
crimson pink but one of the most unusual features or this rose, Is that we stems remain
oxblood red all season. The foliage is a dark green. The bushes are good hloraiert,
and those trying them out this past year report that they were covered almost con
stantly with bloom during the summer.
Rose Buying Guide Gives
Tips on Planting Success
By ULLIE L. MADSEN
Garden Editor, The State Sana
A year ago I wrote a story on
the "1957 Guide, for Buying
Roses," issued by the American
Rose Society to iU members. Evi
Hantlv h Guide nroved success
ful for already we have received
any number ol requests ior some
thing on the 1958 guide.
Acinillv the mide is free to
anyone who sends a request post
card to the American nose so
ciety.
This year's edition lists over
Ann mm which have been intro
duced in recent years. Ratings on
overall garden performance, rela
tive height, color and fragrance
are compiled irom re pons suo
mitted from hundreds of'ama-
tanra thrniishniit th rnuntrv who
test the roses in their own gardens.
Vnn mav recall earlier this
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year we published a story on a
guide formulated from reports of
rose growers in the Salem area.
George Ailing of Salem was re
sponsible for this.
Net Much Trouble
So many people do not grow
roses because they think it is
too much bother to prepare the
beds and too much care to look
after them after they have been
planted.
AS tne American Kose society
says: Bear urn in mma; a rose
bed may be prepared In as simple
or as complicated a way as you
wish. If the sou is fertile and
productive you don't need to
worry about any special prepara
tion. If it is poor, work in organic
material such as compost, well
rotted manure, peat moss or the
like. Be sure to obtain good qual
ity stock and plant the bushes
carefully by spreading out the
roots snd packing the soil firmly
around them and watering well.
If you start growing roses with
a dozen or a half dozen, the only
care necesary during the season
is a few minutes once a week or
cww every-aetber week to culti
vate the bed and to dust the
bushes for pests and disease.
In choosing roses to plant this
coming week or ih early March,
it is well to pay some attention
to rating. The national rating of
10 is perfect; from 9 to 10 sre
the outstanding varieties; from
8 to 8.9 are excellent roses; from
7 to 7.9 are good; from 6 to 6.9
are fair and from 5 to 5.9 are of
questionable value, snd below 5
are poor.
Top Ones Listed
Because of lack of space. 111
list only some of those receiving
high ratings in the 1958 Guide.
If you have a special rose you'd
like to know about and if it is
listed in the rating I'll be glad to
answer questions. Or you may
send for your own Guide.
I was interested to know that
Charlotte Armstrong, a red.
Crimson Glory, a deeper red, and
Peace, a yellow-blend, all Hybrid
Teas, have rated in the top cate
gory1 since they were introuced.
Peace, with a rating of 9.6, has
the highest of any in the Guide
this year. Crimson Glory ran
second in the Hybrid Teas with
9.1, and Charlotte Armstrong, 9.
Betty Prior, a pink Floribunda,
rates 9, and Paul's Scarlet Climb
er, rates 9.1.
Other Hybrid Teas which rate
8 or over are: Red Chrysler
Imperial, Tally bo, Rubiayat,
Christopher Stone, Grande Duch
esse Charlotte, Nocturne, New
Yorker.
Pink Dainty Bess, Rose Marie
Reid ( a new rose), First Love,
Picture, Pink Favorite.
Yellow Golden Wings (new),
Burnaby (new), and Eclipse.
Blends Tiffany (new), Helen
Traubel, Confidence, Good News,
Mme. Henri Guillot, Saturnia,
Sutter's Gold. Tip Toes, Lafter.
FLORIBUNDAS: Red Spar
tan, Bed Pinoccbio, Wildfire,
Corcorico, Eutin. Fraashant
lady Ann Kid wed, Donald Prior,
Floradora, Independence, Per
manent Wave .and World's Fair.
Pink The Fairy, Pink Bountiful,
Rosenelf, White Dagmar Spath.
Blends Fashion, Vogue.
CLIMBERS: Red Chevy
Chase. Etoile de Hollande, Crim
son Glory, Christopher Stone,
Blaze, Gladiator (new). Pink
New Dawn, Dr. W. VanFleet, San
ta Anita, Cecil B runner, Picture,
Blossomtime. Pinkie, Panda,
Coral Dawn (new). Yellow --
Paul's Lemon Pillar. White
City of York, Glenn Dale, Silver
Moon. Blends Mrs. Sam Me
Gredy. "'
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