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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 />

BE ON THE<br />

SAFE SIDE!<br />

with<br />

[JON'T trust to luck—lack of adequate<br />

FENCE protection invites<br />

trespassing, encourages property<br />

destruction and endangers children's<br />

lives.<br />

A PROPERTYGUARD FENCE, of<br />

rust-resisting steel for the home,<br />

estate and garden insures privacy,<br />

safety and durability. Have our<br />

representative call with estimates<br />

and literature. No obligation.<br />

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A Fence For Any Purpose<br />

Erected Anywhere<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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i SHRUBS • EVERGREENS • PERENNIAL<br />

• ANNUALS AND VEGETABLE PLANTS<br />

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Centaurea<br />

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 />

rfaybe Sent Through<br />

Military Channels<br />

Try as he will, Gen. Omar N.<br />

radley often finds it difficult to<br />

)ury hie rich Missouri sense oi<br />

homor.<br />

He received an invitation to<br />

peak at the Patriots' Day celebra-<br />

:ion in Concord, Mass., on, Apr. 19<br />

The letter was signed "Ralp-h<br />

Waldo Emerson."'<br />

To his assistant, Lit. Col. Chester<br />

V. Clifton, Bradley forwarded<br />

the invitation to which he had<br />

attached his acceptance and a<br />

stern reminder to Clifton:<br />

"Hereafter, Colonel, pay closer<br />

attention to our mail orderlies!<br />

The attached was inexcusably deaye<br />

d."<br />

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-By Alexander Forb«s •<br />

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 />

their growth without any check<br />

and will bloom spl»naidly the first<br />

year.<br />

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Jersey grown rose bushes in varieties<br />

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and climate. They are better, and cost less.<br />

Also J. & P. Patent roses.<br />

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Native Bloom<br />

With Ambition<br />

Is the Cosmos<br />

Sensation Strain of Cosmos<br />

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 />

gardens from' July until Irost,<br />

were so late that plants were often<br />

frozen before they bloomed.<br />

Only in the deep South could the<br />

yellow cosmos be flowered.<br />

Now we have the varieties Orange<br />

Flare and Yellow Flare which<br />

bloom in midsummer, and the<br />

Sensation strain with giant blooms<br />

of pink, rose, white and crimson,<br />

flowering in midsummer from seed<br />

sown in the spring, and increasing<br />

in abundance until winter kills<br />

the plants.<br />

Cosmos is a background plant.<br />

It develops as a loose bush, growing<br />

up to four feet tall, with its<br />

lovely single flowers terminating<br />

stems and branches. The foliage<br />

of the Sensation strain is fern-like.<br />

In the rear of the border it forms<br />

a misty screen of lovely coloring<br />

which daste no shadows, and allows<br />

free passage for sunshine and<br />

fresh air.<br />

Flowers of this strain ere excellent<br />

for cutting, lasting in good<br />

condition for 10 days. It is H. tropical<br />

flower, from Mexico, but it<br />

is. no more demanding as to soil<br />

and temperature than the good<br />

natured marigolds. The seeds<br />

germinate in eight days' and the<br />

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Piece of Mind<br />

(Continued fi-om Page 1)<br />

pletion of dinner." In other cities,<br />

however, up to 32 per cent of the<br />

children reported upon were found<br />

to have had their eating habits adversely<br />

affected. The survey of<br />

the United Parents Associations<br />

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was evidenced by the throwing of<br />

tantrums when the seta were shut<br />

off to permit the children to have<br />

dinner, or their insistence that<br />

they eat dinner at places where<br />

they could view the television<br />

sets."<br />

TERMITES<br />

are flying again. Watch for<br />

"Swarms" of "F i y 1 n g Ants"<br />

which come with Spring, shea<br />

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These wood destroying insects<br />

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Buildings not protected during<br />

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plant<br />

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Come and see them. Over 340 fine varieties<br />

to choose from, including many for halfshaded<br />

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Not to be compared with small plants, these<br />

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may easily be set out in your garden, piecemeal<br />

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normal bloom this year and the years ahead.<br />

If you buy plants, dug up for your use,<br />

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roots in the digging and must be<br />

planted at once. If you buy small<br />

plants in small plant bands you have<br />

to wait until next year to get normal<br />

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shown in accurate natural color. $1.50 ond Up<br />

Asparagus, Horseradish and Rhubarb Roots<br />

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

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