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Selection of Trees, Shrubs<br />
For Easy Upkeep, Is Advised<br />
When planting shade trees on<br />
the lawn this Spring, choose those<br />
which have a long life, whose<br />
tranches do not break easily,<br />
•whose roots are deep end whose<br />
form is attractive and a thing<br />
of beauty.<br />
Visualize, suggests Dr. Rueh P.<br />
Marshall, director of the Bartlett<br />
Tree Research Laboratories, how<br />
the tree will look when mature,<br />
say fifty years from now. Then<br />
plant it where it has ample room<br />
to grow toward the sun, where its<br />
roots have epace to stretch—not<br />
too close to a house, not crowding<br />
other trees.<br />
Avoid planting fast growing<br />
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trees like poplars, willows, silver<br />
maples. Their branches are brittle.<br />
They are short-lived. The roots of<br />
the poplars clog drains.<br />
Norway maple and London<br />
plane make fine street trees, but<br />
they have been overplanted as<br />
lawn tr-ees, s&ys Dr. Marshall. Furthermore,<br />
their shallow roots rob<br />
the surface soil making it difficult<br />
to maintain lawns. The denee<br />
shade of the Norway maple also<br />
adds to the difficulty. Silver maples<br />
are too brittle. Horse chestnuts<br />
are beautiful and their flowera<br />
attractive, but much work is<br />
required to keep the grounds<br />
clean. Beeches and lindens need<br />
room to develop and their<br />
branches often sweep low to the<br />
ground.<br />
For best results, Dr, Marshall<br />
recommends:'<br />
Oaks, not enough of which are<br />
being used as lawn trees. White<br />
oak and scarlet oak are best bets.<br />
Maples—sugar or rock maple<br />
and the red maple.<br />
Elms—American elm and the<br />
Chinese elm (ulmus parvifolia).<br />
Avoid the brittle unsatisfactory<br />
so-called Siberian elm (ulmus<br />
f umila).<br />
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Colors Excel<br />
Dwarf White Centaurea Cyanus<br />
Few flowers have as many names<br />
as Centaurea Cyanus. Cornflower,<br />
bachelor's button, bluet, ragged<br />
sailor, French pink are some of<br />
them. It Ls grown e.11 over tlie<br />
world and popular everywhere, for<br />
its clear, bright colors, and its<br />
ability to thrive wherever it gets<br />
half a chance.<br />
Men wear cornflowers In their<br />
lapels more than any other flower,<br />
and while most of them lik-e the<br />
double 1 cornflower blue, the d&rk<br />
maroon variety is popular. There<br />
ere also a light blue, a lovely true<br />
pink, a glowing red, and a white.<br />
Seeds should be sown direct in the<br />
garden; they germinate in eight<br />
days, and flower in 8 weeks. Many<br />
stems grow from the base and<br />
terminate in clusters of flowers. A<br />
strain of dwarf habit, growing only<br />
a foot tall, has just been introduced,<br />
including all colors.<br />
Unless one has need for many<br />
cut flowers, it can b e grown for<br />
border effect, and will easily spare<br />
all the cut/-- flowers that may be<br />
taken. In fact, when the firat crop<br />
of blooms begins to fade, the<br />
growth should be cut back heavily,<br />
and new growth will develop to<br />
bear a second, and a third crop of<br />
blooms.<br />
Centaurea cyanua has many<br />
cousins, there being 500 species<br />
scattered around the world, with<br />
only one native in America, a perennial<br />
mountain flower. The cornflower<br />
is so hardy that it nearly<br />
always self-seeds, and these seedlings<br />
have a tendency to revert<br />
to single flowers. The doubles are<br />
so superior that new seed should<br />
be started each year, and the volunteers<br />
pulled up.<br />
Garden Clubs<br />
To Start Road<br />
Survey May 1<br />
Encouraged by public cooperation<br />
for more attractive roadsides,<br />
the 'New Jersey Garden Club will<br />
begin next Monday, May 1, the<br />
merit award, survey of establishments<br />
on state routes.<br />
Termed the Highway Beautificaion<br />
contest the members of the<br />
organization will continue their<br />
tour until May 15 to select locaions<br />
deemed worthy of special<br />
e cognition.<br />
The various industrial plants and<br />
:he smaller business establishments<br />
will be viewed and those<br />
gaining the merit rating will obtain<br />
the certificates for permanent<br />
display es a tok-en of civic integrity.<br />
During the last three years the<br />
arden Club has designated 156<br />
films and individuals that complied<br />
with requirements for commendation.<br />
Due to awakened interest to. the<br />
distinction that is gained by approvals<br />
the expectation is that the<br />
approaching studies will bring a<br />
great increase in the favorable<br />
competition. This result was predicted<br />
today by Mrs. Arthur J.<br />
Sullivan, of Clifton, president of<br />
;he Club.<br />
Selections are based on land-<br />
:caping, care, suitability and distinction<br />
of the various sites. Fac-<br />
;ors to be stressed are permanent<br />
andscaping, safe and adequate<br />
jarkjng, service area screening,<br />
appropriate signs and compliance<br />
with governmental regulations.<br />
The Garden Club will be assisted<br />
in its judging by the following<br />
State Departments: Conservation<br />
and Economic Development, Highway,<br />
Law and <strong>Public</strong> Safety, Mo-<br />
;or Vehicle, Health, Agriculture,<br />
Education and the New Jersey<br />
State Chamber of Commerce.<br />
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Perhaps the finest flower display<br />
you may have in your garden<br />
comes from a well planned perennial<br />
border. Perennial plants are<br />
those which live and bloom from<br />
year to year. Each has its awn<br />
special flowering season; some are<br />
very long-lived, others last only e,<br />
few years and certain varieties<br />
have definite likes and dislikes<br />
which must be recognized. But<br />
like most other garden efforts the<br />
success of your perennial borders<br />
depends upon the care and attention<br />
you give them. To properly<br />
locate the plants in an environment<br />
they enjoy is of the utmost<br />
importance. Many require an exposure<br />
to full sunlight, some like<br />
a half-ahaded location and others<br />
revel in deep shade. Perennials offer<br />
you a great variety of, colors<br />
and the plant habits range from<br />
the two or three-inch ground covers<br />
to stately plants like delphin-<br />
Remedies for<br />
Sticky Varnish;<br />
Screen Repair<br />
So often when a plain or garden<br />
variety home handyman undertakes<br />
the refinishing of a piece of<br />
furniture he winds up literally<br />
stuck with his work. That Is to<br />
say, the varnish remains sticky, or<br />
tacky, so that, if the article happens<br />
to be a chair, clothing will<br />
adhere to it whenever anyone sits<br />
down.<br />
By the time a guest or two has<br />
thus sat, and has arisen to the<br />
accompaniment of a sound that<br />
makes you believe the shirt is being<br />
ripped from his back, you will<br />
have decided to do something<br />
about this condition.<br />
Occasionally a wiping with cold<br />
water will take out the stickiness.<br />
At least the process is easy<br />
enough to be well worth a try<br />
before you go on to more difficult<br />
methods.<br />
By the same token, you may<br />
be able to eliminate the trouble by<br />
wiping with turpentine. If that<br />
does not do -the trick, you probably<br />
will have, to remove the offending<br />
varnish with a commercial<br />
varnish remover preparation<br />
which you can obtain at your<br />
hardware store.<br />
A word of caution. When you<br />
use varnish remover be very sure<br />
to clean every bit of it off with<br />
turpentine before applying another<br />
coat of varnish or you'll find yourself<br />
with a sticky finish again.<br />
Varnish remover usually contains<br />
a waxy or paraffine ingredient that<br />
will check the hardening of new<br />
varnish on a surface, leaving the<br />
finish tacky.<br />
There are, however, some newer<br />
types of varnish remover on the<br />
market which do not require a<br />
turpentine wash-off after use. Ask<br />
your hardware dealer about this in<br />
order to avoid any costly mistakes.<br />
Even a small hole in a window<br />
ir door screen means that you<br />
have virtually no screen at all, in<br />
terms of its effectiveness in keeping<br />
out flies and other insects.<br />
Probably, with screen-installing<br />
line only a few weeks away, you<br />
.lready have paid an inspection<br />
visit to the place where you have<br />
them stored. If so, you have rediscovered<br />
those few small holes<br />
:hat you had forgotten about<br />
since you put the screens away<br />
last fall.<br />
Although the best long range<br />
remedy here is to get new screening<br />
to replace the deteriorating<br />
sctions, there is a handy patching<br />
trick that will fix the small<br />
holes temporarily.<br />
From another piece of screen<br />
cut a patch a little larger than the<br />
hole to be mended. Now pull two<br />
strands from each of the four<br />
sides of the patch and bend the<br />
projecting wires at right angles to<br />
the patch. Place the patch over the<br />
hole, push the bent wire ends<br />
through the screen and fold them<br />
inwards to secure the patch.<br />
In order to make a tight seam<br />
all around, tap the wire folds<br />
lightly with a hammer, using a<br />
wooden block as a support.<br />
Remember, however, that once<br />
screen wire begins to break down,<br />
causing small holes in one or two<br />
places, you can expect the same<br />
thing to happen in other spots<br />
because the screen wire probably<br />
is old and th'e metal has become<br />
"fatigued."<br />
him or hollyhocks with a height<br />
of six and often seven feet.<br />
Perennials Hold Much Interest<br />
The growing of perennial flowers<br />
is extremely interesting. By<br />
working with them occasionally<br />
you will gradually come to know<br />
the plants better and to understand<br />
their individual needs. When<br />
these are' satisfied the result in<br />
growth and bloom bring joy and<br />
a great sense of achievement.<br />
Some plants, by their very names,<br />
give you a clue to their needs.<br />
Baby's-breath is botanically called<br />
gypsophila which comes from the<br />
Greek gypsos meaning chalk (gypsum)<br />
and philos meaning loving.<br />
From this you may assume that<br />
gypsophila means chalk or lime<br />
loving which is actually the case<br />
as this plant thrives in a heavily<br />
limed soil and will slowly" die if<br />
planted in acid soil. An occasional<br />
top dressing of lime will keep it<br />
growing luxuriously. There are<br />
many books and a few catalogs<br />
which show, in concise form, the<br />
essential likes of the different varieties.<br />
These will be very helpful<br />
to you. But the great majority of<br />
perennials are quite happy under<br />
ave'rage garden conditions.<br />
It is Fan to Plan Your Borders<br />
One of the quickest waya to<br />
learn the habits of perennial<br />
plants )s to plan your own border<br />
and this can be very interesting.<br />
You have four common variables,<br />
the color, the season of tajoom, the<br />
plant height, and the spacing between<br />
plants. If you make your<br />
border four feet or more from<br />
front to back it will give ample<br />
room to have low plants along the<br />
margin, plants of half-height in<br />
back of these, and taller plants in<br />
the rear. It will also give greater<br />
opportunity to have color showing<br />
from spring, through summer, and<br />
into the fall. To get the best effect,<br />
plant all except the wide growing<br />
perennials in groups of at least<br />
three. This gives larger groups of<br />
color, looks more natural and gives<br />
a more finished result. Of course,<br />
nice effects may be obtained in<br />
narrower borders if the longer<br />
blooming varieties are used.<br />
Start with Strong Plants<br />
Like all other garden items such<br />
as seeds, bulbs, etc., there are<br />
many qualities and grades of perennials<br />
being offered. As they cost<br />
much more than annual flowering<br />
plants, involve more work in the<br />
original planting, and are expected<br />
to live and thrive year after year,<br />
it is not only costly but foolish to<br />
buy any but the best. Plants which<br />
are dug up from the soil for your<br />
use are apt to suffer by having<br />
the important fine feeding roots<br />
destroyed in the digging. For this<br />
reason perennial plants which have<br />
been established in pots are best.<br />
Unfortunately many growers who<br />
offer pot grown plants sell only<br />
small plants in small pots. This<br />
means that you start your border<br />
with a handicap for these plants<br />
will not bloom profusely until the<br />
second year. It is best to use large,<br />
well-rooted perennials established<br />
in five or six-inch pots which provide<br />
a large soil-baU. If the pots<br />
are carefully removed when the<br />
soil is quite dry there is no likelihood<br />
of the soil-ball breaking.<br />
When these are set out in your<br />
perennial border they will continue<br />
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Cosrrfos, pronounced coz-muss,<br />
is an ambitious American flower,<br />
which has shown the will to improve<br />
under the guidance of<br />
American plant breeders. Thirty<br />
years ago the large 3 to 4-ijich<br />
flowers which now bLoom in northern<br />
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Only in the deep South could the<br />
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Flowers of this strain ere excellent<br />
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Piece of Mind<br />
(Continued fi-om Page 1)<br />
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Strawberry Plants, and Vegetable Plants<br />
FORBES<br />
SALES PARPEN<br />
R0Ufe 10 - Honove '. N. J. Whippanv 8-0375<br />
One Mile West of Livingston Traffic Circle<br />
Ten minutes drive from Chatham center<br />
Drive over for your garden needs<br />
Weekdays and Sundays-Open Evenings<br />
We Deliver Promptly