Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983, April 13, 1952, Image 39

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Newspaper Page TextLISTEN .:. LADIES! Would Von Like To flece,ve Soras Beautllul iTiTr K IV PTTirnminnr, M A. RUcno . -i w oil, v r,n vv AKti Made and Guaranteed by Oneida, Ltd. Absolutely FREE - - - Or at Small Cost ? you Can By Saving uur Business Cards Contact Us For Further Information BUFFER'S PLUMBING 1st Ave. Dial 4-5731 Eugene 3565 Hwy. 99 South REMODELING -BUILDING TIME NOW IN STOCK! LARGE VARIETY OF CEILING TILE and WALL PLANK In All Sizes FIVE BEAUTIFUL COLORS Must Be Seen To Be Appreciated! RUSSELLS MATERIALS Dial 4-9181 Eugene Most Can Be Used. But Old Seed Needs Testing Rv HPVRV nnrr Most back-yard vegetable gar- not only give away much of their "" aiso purchase each spring more seed than is needed. FortUnntMv .M . that left from last season may be wiiii success this year. It IS WKP hnup.n. i t i :x fore sowing. Poor seeds cause iauurcs and it Is better to discard What VOU havrt rntkn U- . - limn idne a chance on untested seed. SOME KINDS of seed germinate well after hninn Wnl ....i Dut others such as pepper, onion, corn, lose their visability after two years. Testing seed is easily done by placing a given number, say 10, between two strips of blotting or soft white paper and inserting in a pan or flat dish of moist sand. If the sand is kept moist and warm for several days, possibly a week, the best of the seeds will sprout. By counting the number of sprouted seeds the gardener can determine the percentage of ger mination. WITH MOST vegetables, seven SAUCER GLASS TUMBLER BLOTTING PAPER uwww 1 - -tn i ttV y THIS IS a simple, easy and fairly accurate way to tell what percentage of your last year's seeds are still good, out of each 10 seeds Is a splendid average and indicates that your seed may be sown with safety. A very simple method is to place a wet blotting paper in a saucer, place the 10 seeds on it and cover by inverting a glass tumber. This tumber conserves moisture and in three or four days the fertile seeds will sprout. By this method one can watch the seeds as they burst open and show signs of life. Seed testing must be done in a warm room where the temperature is more or less regular. WHILE SOME seeds, under spe cialized conditions, will hold their germinating qualities for many years, the average period is rather short. Wheat seed has been known to retain its viability for 30 years, but the stories that seeds removed from Egyptian tombs retained their power to germinate are not true. Seeds of lettuce, peas, onion, beet, early cabbage and a couple of other vegetables may be sown as soon as the soil in the garden is ready, since they will germi nate when the thermometer stands at 50 degrees. Tomato, pepper, corn, beans, melon and similar seed, however, will rot in the ground if sown be fore the earth and the air have really warmed up. Register-Guard, Eugene, Ore,, Sun,, Apr. 13, 1952 Pag 39 !L HOME and GARDEN By HELEN LONG ft Test for Dampness If you plan to paint a base ment floor but there is a question in your mind about dampness, a practical test is to lay a piece of linoleum or carpet on the con crete floor for a few days. A dark "snnt shnwinu when vmi lift th covering means that moisture 6 rises through the floor and eva- f porates. Under such circumstances it is not possible to obtain an entire ly satisfactory paint job. Ml 3 Cool Oil!- Here IS good news for the heat-stifled family! A scien tifically designed Evapora tive Air Cooler! Supply It with water connect it to the house electrical current. That's all! Then just en joy the home's COOLed air! Built to work, efficiently and inexpensively. Get the COOL facts! CAMdPTIIIEIItS SHEET METAL HEATING 1820 W. 7th Ave. Phone 5-6251 HI Exclusive Manufacturer of life-Ware HAYDITE .Church! I School! No matter what type of building . . . HAYDITE Expanded SHALE BLOCKS offer you the best in economy, strength, light weight, heat and sound insulation and enduring beauty the things most desired in any building. For complete informa tion, phone, coll or write to CONCRETE PRODUCTS CO. EUGENE 828 Paclfie Hwy. 99 N. iiiMil I Phone I 5-4359 Grow Roses For Greater Garden Color Each year many, many home planters enjoy fine roses in their gardens. The rose is one of our most universal plants. Anyone, by observing a few simple cultural rules, can have success with them. Roses for cut flowers, climbers for fences and walls, tree roses for accent, roses in beds and singly, roses for trellises, pergolas, arbors, garden arches and as screens and flowering hedges there is hardly a place where the rose will not fit on the home grounds. There are roses' which flower singly and those which bloom in large clusters of brilliant bios. soms. There are even small speci mens for the rock garden; minia ture roses to wear in a man's lapel, or standard sizes for the corsage. POSSIBLY THESE are the reasons that roses are so popular. On top of their loveliness, they can be used to advantage in many I ways. i Here are a few simple rules to help give you success with roses: 1. Buy good two-year plants from a nurseryman you know. 1 Don't try to pick up "bargains" unless you know with whom you're dealing. The difference be tween the best and the cheapest ' is very little. 2. Select the site for a rose gar den carefully. Roses are sun lov ers. They like a site with good I air drainage, but protection from constant strong winds. Water at the roots, preferably. ; 3. Roses will thrive in most soils, light or heavy. If the soil is I very light, humus can be added. Good drainage is important. Roses will not thrive in wet, soggy soils. 4. WHEN PLANTING, I dig the hole deep enough so that ihe base of the branches is even with, or an inch or so below the soil sur face. The bud should be barely covered with soil when the rose bed is leveled. Spread the roots evenly, slanting them downward. Press the soil firmly about the roots. After planting, a mulch of well-rotted manure, peat moss or decomposed leaves will help con serve moisture. 5. If purchased from an up-to-date nurseryman, newly planted roses will need little pruning. Normally there should be 2 or 3 strong canes left on the plant, cut back to 8 or IS inches. 6. Feed about a month or six weeks after planting with a re liable rose food in accordance with directions. SELECT your varieties for color, vigor of growth and abund ance of bloom. If you like frag rance in a rose, look for that also. There are some old standbys that have been flourishing in American gardens for years and are perpetually popular, as well as new varieties that have been tested in gardens all over the country before placed on the market. Marigold Becomes Popular By HENRY PREE I Written far NEA Service The marigold has become one of. the three most popular annual flowers in American and Euro pean gardens. Should a poll be taken I think the marigold would lead its rivals, petunias and zin nias, by a wide margin. The name marigold is common ly applied to several different kinds of plants. The one referred to by folks from the old world is the pot marigold, or the Calendula of today's garden. Another is the marsh marigold, known botanical- ly as caltha palustris. The subject of this article, Ta getes, which includes the French and African marigolds, is neither French nor African but a group of plants native from New Mexico to the Argentine. MARIGOLDS ARE best suit. ed to the open border, where the sun brings out their lovely shades of yellow and gold. All marigolds are good for cutting, the flowers keeping in fine condition for a long time. They are easily grown in ordi nary garden loam, but give the best results in a fairly rich medi um one. The large, flowered tall growing chrysanthemum and car nation-flowered varieties want about two feet of space, while the Naughty Marietta are best planted a foot apart. The tiny edging, tagetes signata pumila, should be spaced eight in ches apart. Incidentally this dwarf plant does well in partial shade. Dorothy Jenkins in her book on Annual Flowers writes "When it comes to ordering seeds for the garden, the first decision rests be tween odorless African marigolds and those with the old pungency. "Then the choice narrows down to color and we roam at will among the types to find the vari eties that sound most pleasing. I have learned to avoid the light- toned ones with odorless foliage, for thev nrove irresistible to' Japanese beetles? And so . Buff Beauty, a frilled, delicately color ed blossom, which is one of my fa vorites, must wait until the beetles are under better control. "CROWN OF GOLD;" the first odorless variety with brilliant orange blossoms, and Burpee Gold Improved are far safer choices. For those who like exotic flowers, the brilliant Honeycomb is un usual, and for size the mixture of Gigantea Sunset Giants is out standing. "Yellow Supreme is still a charming marigold, perhaps love liest of all. The pale lemon yellow blossoms, as full as any green house carnation, are unsurpassed for cutting. And the color is as pleasing with other flowers in a vase as in the border. With cle- ome Fink Queen in the back ground or the forget-me-not blue of cynoglossum in front, Yel low Supreme is a garden picture worth planting year after year. It holds it's own with perennials, even the summer flowering phlox." NEW FOR 1952, is Rusty Red, a dwarf French type with large rusty red, fully double flowers two inches and more across. The plants are in bloom from early July until frost hits them. My favorite among the taller marigolds is Glitters, an All-America winner in 1951. The large fluffy chrysanthemum-like, canary-yellow flowers three inch es across are freely produced on long stems. The plants are erect and three feet in height, making them ideal for the back of the border. Marigolds just grow. Routine digging and fertilizing of the soil starts them off well and the brist ly seeds may be neatly planted in rows or scattered broadcast, ac cording to the 'effect desired, Thinning and adequate space are their chief requirements. CYCLAMEN requires intel ligent winter care so find a spot where the temperature will remain between 50 and 60 degrees. Convert Old Oil Can Into Useful Equipment Here's a good way to convert a worn-out oilcan into a useful piece of equipment. Cut out the bottom of the oilcan and you have a handy-sized funnel to use in the most confined places. The spout can be shortened with a hack saw if that's the way you want it. The bottom can be cut out with tin snips or a can opener. GUARDS SURFACE A thin film of wax on a coated surface not only protects it but also gives a lustre that is pleasing to many people. If the wax is re newed before the underlying coating is harmed, the latter will endure indefinitely. r TILE ROOFS Cost Lest Than You Think For Estimate Without Oblipation Call 4-7151 or 4-4762 General Purpose PUMPS s FOR IRRIGATION Aan ' 7 odaP,able these pumps feature lop per S i a Wlde vario,y of applications. Before you Pump be sure to compare these advantages 1. Efficient 2. Dependable 3. Low Cost you think of pumps, ,hink.. Write or oall today "BERKELEY" FpiICk,Ore. 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