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Wednesday, February 21. 1954 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, Salem. Oregon Tase 11. Questions Answered By MARK M. TAYLOR Q. Are holly seedlings any food to raise for trees? Will they bear berries? I have two growing nicely. I enjoy your page very much Mrs. A.K. Ant. Holly seedlings will produce good trees. After all, seeding is Nature's own way of propagation. As to their bear ing berries, that depends upon the sex of the tree. Grafting a seedling with a berry-bearing branch from another tree often assures fruiting. If you have two seedlings fairly close to gether there is a good' chance their proximity will insure pol lination without grafting. Only time will tell, however. Q. When should begonia tubers be started? Mrs. A.J. Ans. Some local gardeners start begonias in March in flats or pots placed in a warm, pro tected place. Water slightly un til the shoots start from the tuber. As sprouting begins .place in a flat or pot in a mix ture of peatmoss, leafmold and (and, or peatmoss alone. Set the tubers about a half inch be low surface and keep in a warm (but not hot) location where there is light and keep watered until desired size is reached, then set out in garden in a spot that does not get direct sun light, filtered light being pre ferable. Soil must contain plenty of humus. Set plants with points of leaves pointing in the direc tion you wish blooms to face, fertilizing occasionally with fish meal or a liquid fish fertilizer is most beneficial. In watering, sprinkle the foliage occasionally, too. Q. When should perennials be fertilized? Mrs. W. M. Ans. Just before growth starts in Spring use a balanced fertilizer for best results. q. what pruning should be done on blackberries and rasp perries? H.H. Ans. Cut out old canes, re duce the number of new areas and remove suckers. Q. Can Amaryllis be start ed in pots now? Mrs. G. J. Ans. Yes, but do not delay. The usual starting time is in January indoors or in a green house. Q. What temperature is necessary to germinate the seeds of gloxinias and tuberous be gonias? Mrs. W.W. Ans. A temperature of 70 degrees is generally recom mended. Q. I would like some fol iage plants suitable for an of fice waiting room to be in a box one ft. wide, one ft. deep and about six feet long. There is no sunlight in the room and the lighting is flourescent 1 Mrs. R.S. " Ans. You can choose from rhilodendron, Ficus, Tradoscan tia, Dichorisandra and Espicias. For the Best in FUEL OIL GEORGE CADWELL OIL COMPANY 25th and State SI. Phone 2-7431 For frrfdnm from the ur Hrudrrrv Of thdtv. insist nn HAM II. I ON . , , the tritmtl and the ftstnt uto mine clnincs dryer, with o?rr 12 tears of proven afetv and icmce. Eaiy on clothes, tasy for you! Propane Gas & Appliance 3367 N. Portland Rd. Ph. 35098 '"and 1HE CLEAN FUEL Sgr tften ffimr gofe CAPITOL LUMBER CO. PHONE 3-8862 & ' It it. i ill iAtOicLtMbmttio cA BUILDING CLOTHES DRYER iSgfe ... r. . , igpg; Modernizing te-Tf" i 1 feSfi Install New vl PI: M lip3 MIRACLE II ! ELECTRIGLAS vQlv i RAD,ANTHEAT Li RggA J 1 Unconditional Guarantee $19950 H-. LADY OF SONG h 0 i Jerry Wahl, singer, who will be one of the featured en tertainers in the musical com edy show which will be pres ented free at the 1954 Portland international home show and remodeling exposition, Feb. 26 March 7 at Swan Island. Fea tured at the spoctaclc-cxtrava-ganza will be over 180 sepa-' rate exhibits showing the new est innovations in home build ing and furnishing. Doors will be open at 5 p.m., week days and at noon Saturdays and Sun days. All will do well under such con ditions and be most attractive. Gloxinias will give beautiful flowers, too. Flourescent light ing helps. Q. Can you recommend some plants that can be used in an office that is an inside room lighting is flourescent. R.B. Ans. See answer, above. These plants can also be grown in pots. Q. Do petunias come true from seed? Mrs. L.W. Ans. Certain strains that have been inbred for genera tions do; others may not. Con sult your dealer when buying. Q. Are the Indica Azaleas hardy to this area? Mrs. C.N. Ans. Yes, I know of a num ber of specimens in the Wil lamette Valley that have sur vived for years. Q. Will azaleas stand full sun? If so, what kinds do you recommend? Mrs. A. R. . Ans. While traditionally a shade-loving plant, any azalea must have light in order to bloom. I have a bed of Kaemp firi Azaleas in a Western ex posure and they have outdone themselves in blooming. Filter ed sunlight is best for most of them, however. t Q. Can begonia tubers be divided? Mrs. H. R. Ans. Yes, divide no each part has a sprout. Dust the cut parts with sulphur. Q. How can I rejuvenate a camellia that has been sickly and has produced very few blooms? Airs. H. A. Ans. Feed with cottonseed meal, fish meal or a liquid fish fertilizer when growth starts. Do not neglect watering during hot weather tnd syringing the fol age. Your trouble may be from moles undermining the shrub. If so, tamp dewn the runs and keep moles away. Planting in galvanized wire baskets is a good idea for this problem. Or 40 I no fuss no muss no bother no dirt Im unDenevaoie tconomy Low Initial Cost I We Make Our Own Installations I For Further Information or Free Estimate j j II Address Ill RICHES ELECTRIC CO. I ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS j 0,i & S'mP" Phone 2-4156 j Capital HOME Delphinium Stately Plant That Flourishes Well in This Area By MARK One of our most stately and attractive bcrder perennials is the delphinium, often called per ennial larkspur. Actually it is a short-lived plant not able to stand excessive heat, hence it fluuiishes well in this area. Perhaps the best known strain of delphinium is the Pacific strain, created by the veteran hybridizer, Frank Reinelt of Ca pitola, Calif. . Seed of delphinium may be sown as soon as fresh seed can be secured, using a cold frame, flat or controlled and protected seed bed area. - When the seed lings make their first leaves they should be transplanted four to six inches apart in a similar area and grown there for six weeks when they should be large enough to transplant to garden conditions. The follow ing Spring move the seedlings into the perennial border. Soil requirements are a rich, deeply cultivated soil slightly on the alkaline side. Some gardeners prefer to sow their seed in January or Febru ary in the greenhouse or in pots in a sunny window. Upon ger mination they are given as much air as possible at the same time protecting them from the cold. Later they are transplanted to flats or pots and in May, may be transplanted individually to the perennial border. Bloom will probably appear right after June. Delphiniums will pro bably form large clumps which may winter over out of doors if water is prevented from standing in the crown. These clumps may be divided in early Spring to increase desired plants. DDT will control most insect pests bothering delphinium, as Bordeaux mixture will control most fungus diseases. Actual ly, these impressive flowers are not as susceptible to insect pests or to disease as many other plants, hence their added value in the garden. One big advan tage of having delphiniums in the planting is that the rarest color in flowers is blue and, in them, that color is represented at its best. There are light blue, medium blue and darker blue to purple shades available some with white or black bees that make a pleasing contrast. Mildew is one of the primary enemies of delphinium and is noticeably present when they arc planted close to a wall or too close together. Mildew is most likely to he noticed in the Fall season, although it may at tack plants at any time when moisture is prevalent. Dusting with sulphur is the recommend ed preventative. Green Flower is a disease noticed only West of the Rocky Mountains and close to ocean areas. Plants showing signs of this disease should he destroyed to prevent spread of the infection. V hen the first crop of blooms on delphiniums has faded, cut the flower spikes off above the foliage and keep the plants on the dry side for two or three Journal PACE M. TAYLOR weeks until new shoots begin to appear, then cut the rest of the stock off. A spoonful of am monium phosphate sprinkled around the plant and well wa tered in will aid in developing the new shoots which will grow into flower spikes. An attractive border or back ground planting of delphinium never fails to arouse comment I recall one garden with the property line boundary marked by a single row of delphiniums. To say this was striking is to put it but mildiy. The tall stalks carrying a large shaft of flowers in a variety of colors . the stalks being nearly eight feet tall, the upper three feet of which were covered with blos soms in varying colors were gor geous. This plan . provided a splendid background for other perennial plants in the fore ground and added a stately dig nity to an otherwise informal border. Easily grown and cared for, truly the delphinium is the answer to the "lazy man's gar den." Your Garden Notebook By MARK M. TAYLOR DO YOU KNOW? That Delphinium originally came to us from Siberia? That Chinese Sacred Bamboo Nandina) is really a member of the Barberry family? Cenby Pachistina is an ever green ground cover to twelve inches high and is' a native of the Pacific Northwest? That many of the mock or anges are native to the South cartern United States? Poncirus Trifoliata, or Hardy Orange, is frequently used as a hedge in the South because of its dense growth? The term "hose in hose" ap plied to azalea blooms means actually that one flower corolla is superimposed upon another? That tuberous begonias may be had in forms similar to ca mellias, roses, carnations or in dividual novelties such as ruf fled types and singles? That bamboos are members of the grass family? Blooming now arc, jasmine, Daphne, . pussywillow, primroses, saxifraga and periwinkle? " Now is a good time to plant shrubs or trees? Wheelchair Homes For Veterans More than 29 million dollars has been granted by the Veterans Administration for specially equipped homes for disabled vet erans, including those of the Korean war. New "wheelchair" homes total 2,fi62 and remodeled homes for seriously incapacitat ed veterans number 207. Congress authorized the VA in 1948 to defray 50 per cent of the cost of "wheelchair" homes for eligible veterans up to $10, 000. These grants can be used to buy a lot, to remodel a house, or to apply against a mortgage of a suitable house already oc cupied. New Process for Starting Seeds A new product developed and popularized in England during the past two years is offered for the first time in America to as sist gardeners in giving their seeds a fine start under ideal growing conditions. Known as FERTL-Cubes these one-inch cubes of plant food in a vermi eullte b.isc contain and protect the germainnting seeds in a cup . shaped depression, isolate them ; from plant diseases, particularly the fungi which cause damping olf, and insrre that the growing ! plant is well nourished through out its life. As every gardener knows ver miculitc provides excellent bed ding for germinating seeds. It is porous, holds moisture, contains no insect eggs nr larvale or plant diseases. Vrrmirulite is inert and docs not feed the plant. 7 terraces and how to build them You can extend youf living space and make your home more attractive at the same time with a distinctive terrace. And now'i the time to start building it, for plenty of pleant outdoor living this spring and summer. In the March issue of Belter Homes Gardens there s an article that shows you how to build 7 different terraces. One that jvit suits you and your familv. Get March Better Homes A Gardens on your new sstand today. ACCENT COLOR v 3 jjf ; "" "r'p Use of a small area of bright color fn planning a color scheme for .the exterior of a house is advised by professional color de signers. This eye-catching color, called "accept color", con trasts to colors selected for roof, sidcwalls and trim. For the house sketched above, accent color, printed in heavy black, was used on the door and on the trim of the narrow horizontal . panel of windows. The roof color remains the basic exterior color. It is chosen from the great variety of solid and blended colors available in asphalt shingles and the weather and fire resistant roofing material. Colors for walls and trim harmonizes with the roof. On the House By DAVID G. BAREUTIIER AP Real Estate Editor Air conditioning is changing the style of houses, sizes and shapes of homcsites, landscaping, roofs, placement of windows, the direction in which a house may face and many other features. The result is that anyone plan ning to build a new house might be prudent to consider these factors, whether air conditioning is planned in the equipment or not. To own a house that could be converted economically for air conditioning might prove to be a better investment than a house calling for major altera tions. The reason such details are becoming so important is that they can save the homeowner money. "A flat roof is harder to cool than an attic house," say the ex Flowering Crabs Popular Trees By MARK M, TAYLOR Among the flowering trees dodu. lar to home gardeners, especially in the Willamette Valley, are the flowering crab apples, many of which are valued for their beau tiful flowers as well as their serv iceable fruits. Probably the most popular and most widely grown is Bechtel's Crab (Malus loensis), a variety of the native prairie crab known as Iowa Crab. It blooms in May and June, often so densely cov ered with its double pink blooms as tff resemble a huge bouquet. ihli. h iTnZ V V "2- 1'0,i"' ,r"s- Planting, ga- wmte the flowers have a pro- - ih. 7' nouncefl wild-flower sort of trJlJL inh T, . th? rnm. (hat ic . . ii f a shading job for rooms that their charm. The tree may grow to a height of 15 or 20 feet when fully developed and have a fruit of a waxy green color. Another most popular crab is the Floribunda Crab, which may teach 20 feet. The buds, held on nar row stems thickly along the branches arc red, turning to light pink when they open giving an interesting vari-colored effect. It is a very dense bloomer and also lias small ornamental yellow fruit about the size of a pea which re mains on through most of the win ter. The Scheidecker Crab is often rated as one ol the best crabs, being compactly formed having large double flowers of a light rose color, with a pronounced fra grance, the blooms staying on the tree for quite some time. The Red vein Crab (Malus Niedz wetskyana) is one of our most popular flowering trees. The flow ers are a deep rose color, single and are followed by fruit of dark red and good size. This variety of crab apple makes a splendid jelly of a good red color. Sargent's Crab is a Spring shruh six feet high with clusters of pure white flowers and red fruit. This is the only crab apple small enough to be considered a shrub, it may grow twice as broad as it does high (so give it room!). It blooms in mid-May. The fruit is small for crabapples but remains on well into the Fall, thus main taining a colorful spot in the gar den. The fruit also atttrncts birds. For an accent spot in the home garden, for color and for fruit lor home made jellies, one can't go wrung in planting selected vari eties nf the flower crab apples. For specimen planting, or tor a focal mint in a landscape plan, the dowering crabapple should not he overlooked. Shrubs -Trees Camillias 200 up With Flower Buds Raspberry Plants $2.00 !' Hedge Laurel $200 dot. Hedge Privet $1.25 '- Crape Vines 50C ra. 15 Varieties 1 Bush Rose Bushes 89C S&H GREEN KNIGHT PEARCY NURSERY t salesvards open 7 riavs a week. City yard. 315 S. Liberty, f.l hlks. south of Slate) Ph. 3-3212. Country yard nn MK, 1 mile wiiith nf Brook. Phone 4-HS7. CATCHES EYE 5 1 ' perts. "A cathedral ceiling run ning up to the rafters is one of the hardest to cool. "A house in a treeless tract must handle about twice as big a neat load as the same house in the woods, "W h i t e paint is one of the cheapest ways to cut cooling costs. uiu fashioned shutters are hard to beat for shielding east and west windows. "A 'house in Minneapolis needs a much wider overhang on its southern side than a house in Dallas." . These are somo of the facts developed in research by the University of Illinois, the Na tional Warm Air and Air Condi' tioning Association and House & Home. Architects are making use of such information in designing nouses. An "Idea and Fact Book" pub lished by the Carrier Corp. for me use oi o.uuu architects, says: "In any residence there are five major sources of heat with direct radiation from the sun and heat from outside atmos phere accounting for three-quarters or more of the total heat load. "These factors will compen sate lor the sun: "1. Designing the proper over hang which will shield walls and windows from the sun's radia tion. Overhangs must be gauged for the section of the country in which the home is located, be cause of the angle of the sun at various distances from the equa- ,., "3. Windows should he so lo- cated whenever possible as to miss the direct rays of the sun. Usually larger windows should look to the north, or under an overhang to the south. "4. Venetian blinds can he used on windows that face into the sun. "5. Light colored houses with white roofs absorb less heat than j dark colors. This helps to reduce the heat load." A bedside screen can pro vide a handy table if one fits a triangular shelf ot plywood with angle brackets to slip into U-brackets formed from mending plates. Landscape Now Service Center 1055 2nd St. Ph. 4-3573 Complete I.awn and (iarden Service Berry Bushes Flowering Crab Apples 250 lo 1000 lnrliiding Hops , Red Silver Itnlga Kleyl Matthews Srhririrrkeri Arnold! Ilrrhtnld Floribundi 2-yr. Fruit Trees $2.00 - $2.50 Fig Trees $2.00 STAMPS.TOO Make Do I i FT" May Use Barn The Salem Parks Advisory Board Tuesday Vight recommend ed that the Salem Garden Council be permitted use of the barn near Bush House in Bush Pasture Park. The Garden Council has in mind an improvement of the barn at a cost of 110,000, and if the City Council approves the recommen dation will go ahead with the proj ect. The city would be asked by the Garden Council to put a founda tion under a garage near the barn and to provide storage for some park equipment now stored in the barn. Members of the Garden Council told about their plans at a meet ing in City Hall Tuesday afternoon attended by park board members, Mayor Al Loucks and other in terested agencies. The mayor said no special measure for park fi nancing is proposed for the May election ballot. Mark Astrup, chairman of the park board, said the present 2-mill tax is not ade quate. It raises about $70,000 a year. 2 Berry Growers' Groups Meet Here Programs for two berry grow er meetings in Salem have been completed by D. L. Rasmussen, county extension agent. The straw berry growers will meet at the Izaak Walton building, 500 South Cottage street at 1:30 p.m. Thurs day. Cane growers will assemble at the Dairy Co-op building, 2135 Fairgrounds road at 1:30 p.m. Fri day. Speakers for the strawberry con- ference will be Dr. Karl Baur. Portland: George Waldo and Uob-j ert W. Every, of Oregon State College. Soils, strawberry vari-! cties and insects will be discussed. I Dr. E. K. Vaughan,' plant path- ologist of OSC, will discuss disease j control problems in cancberries ! during tne caneberry growers meeting. Use of regulators in in crease berry size will be discussed by Quenlin Zielinski, also of OSC. How to build a beautiful lawn now Now is the time to repair your lawn or start building a new one. And you can have a thick velvety stand of grass from bor der to border this year. An illustrated article in the March issue of Better Homes & Gar dens show you stcpby-slcp everything you need to know about repairing and building a lawn. Read, "All you need to know about spring lawn care'.' in March Belter Homes St Car dens. On you newsstand now. Get it today! SPECIAL WALLPAPER SALE 200 Patterns to Choose From ALL FADE-PROOF WASHABLE . . LESS THAN HALF-PRICE Among this selection are many papers regularly sold for $1.75 per roll '. . , TO BE CLEARED at 'flu frtf GREEN STAMPS HUTCHE0N PAINT STORE 162 North Commercial n9 H I l tip ff Ml 1 hn, .KlIMWi MWM lotion A CAUSE OF humidity ; ; ; Approximately a pound of wa-': ter per day is evaporated into the air of a home merely by washing and drying dishes. Ven tilate your kitchen. . , Phone 4-1451 1 95 S. Commercial ORDER NOW AND SAVE! 10 Discount On All Awnings Ordered Before . 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