SHORT HILLS - Millburn Public Library

MAY 18. 1950
Well-Kept Lawn
Pays in Beauty
Perhaps you've made a vow
really. to have a fine lawj, and
take good care of it this summer.
You've gone down to the hardware
store and bought yourself a
garden hose and a lawnmower
that really -works. You're going
to keep that stand of grass mowed,
clipped and watered every day.
Watered every day? Wait a
minute. In addition to wasting
water, many authorities believe
that's one of the quickest ways to
ruin a good lawn. Here are some
pointers, generally agreed upon by
most experts, that will help you
keep the lawn the way that it
ahould'be kept.
First, it's an error to water too
early in the spring—in case you're
trying to have the first green lawn
in the block. Hold up on that irrigation
until the lawn begins to
suffer a little. This will force the
grass roots down into new feeding
zones in the soil.
Second, please don't make the
mistake of sprinkling it lightly
every day "just to cool things off."
These two mistakes—watering too
. early and sprinkling every day
encourage shallow root systems
and help that much maligned crabgrass
more than they do the bluegrass.
A good general rule to follow
in handling a lawn is: Soak the
ground thoroughly at infrequent
intervals and water it just often
enough to keep the other plants
alive.
You can start mowing the lawn
as soon aa there is enough top
growth to cut with the mower set
at the proper height.
In case you don't know how to
set the mower—end many homeowners
go through life never becoming
acquainted with this little
detail—here's how to do it: Place
the mower on a flat surface, like
a concrete walk or garage floor.
Loosen the side brackets at each
end of the roller. As you extend
the roller bracket downward, the
roller itself is lowered, and the
bedknife in front is tilted upward.
The bedknife is actually what you
are setting,
, For bluegrass, measure one and
& half to two inches from the
floor to the cutting edge of the
bedknife and then tighten the
bracket bolts again to hold the
knife in that position. You might
Siossibly find that your mower
cannot be *et that high. If so,
aak your hardware dealer about
obtaining longer roller brackets.
A good, healthy lawn is one of
the finest sights in the land, and
it ought to make a perfect setting
for your home. To keep it in the
proper condition, make sure that
the grass is at least an inch and
a. half high after mowing. Two
Inches is even better.
Mow it ofteji enough so that
the clippings are short and can
be left lying on the lawn where
they are needed. Don't delay
mowing until the blades of the
grass bend over and become matted,
because right at that point
your lawn is in danger of deterioration.
Mow the lawn when
it needs it, not just because it's
Saturday. Keep the mower sharp
and properly adjusted and you'll
have half the battle won before
it's begun.
Suburban Garden
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gracefully reflexed petals curving
backwards on four to five-foot
plants in August and September.
Among the dwarfer lilies Tenuifolium,
the coral lily, has small
coral-red, nodding flowers on
eighteen-inch plants; Thunbergianum
Mahogany carries upright
red-brown flowers in June on
plants only a foot high; and the
TJmbeHatums, Golden Fleece with
tan spotted yellow flowers and
Orange Triumph with orange-red
lilies, both upright in umbels on
two-foot plants in June.
How to Plant Lilies
Of the above, Candidum, Martagon,
Pardalinum and Shuksan are
base-rooting and should have only
two or three inches of soil above
the bulbs. The rest are stemrooting
end must be planted deeper
with at least six inches of soil
above the bulb. When planting
dig out the soil to a greater depth
than required and mix sand
liberally through the bottom soil
to provide drainage. Set the pots
on top of an inch or two of pure
sand and cover to the required
depth. Avoid the use of any lime
and manure.
Lilies thrive in well enriched
soil and like lots of water When
in active growth. Frequent shallow
cultivation and mulching with
peat mosa will conserve the soil
moisture. Space the taller varieties
from twelve to fifteen inches
apart, preferably in groups. Give
top feeding with bone meal in
early spring and avoid windexposed
locations. Mulch the beds
each winter after the ground is
frozen hard with coarse leaves or
salt hay.
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21' Club Boss Collects Books for Rutgers
Unofficial Curator
Is an Alumnus of
State University
Many a best-selling author, contentedly
lunching in the rarified
air of New York's fashionable "21"
Club, has been pleasantly flattered
hy a request for an autograph on
the flyleaf of his latest work—
the request coming, no less, from
one of the owners of the worldfamed
eating place.
"Make the inscription out to the
Rutgers University Library," is
the unexpected request of "21's"
boss, I. Robert Kriendler, a 1936
graduate of New Jersey's State
University.
Through its unofficial curator
stationed at this strategic crossroad
the Rutgers Library has accumulated
an enviable collection
of signed, inscribed- and dedicated
copies of contemporary works.
Kriendler, who shared 21's responsibility
with his brother Jack
before the latter's untimely death,
established the collection as a
memorial to his brother.
Another unusual Jack Kriendler
memorial at Rutgers is a collection
of reproductions of famous
paintings available to students for
room display.
The Jack Kriendler Memorial
Collection in the Rutgers Library
includes still more unusual contemporary
material — typescripts,
printers' gallery proofs and even
manuscripts from the ^authors
whose books went on to become
best-sellers.
The volumes are authored by an
awesome group. The list contains
most of the names that have
graced best-seller lists through the
past few years.
One shelf finds Gen. Dwight
Eisenhower's dedicated volume
nestling alongside one by Lucius
Beebe and another by Jim Farley.
Elliott Roosevelt rubs elbows
with Drew Pearson and Bob Sherwood
with Bob Considine.
Volumes by H. L. Mencken and
Ely Culbertson share space with
books by William L. Shirer, John
Steinbeck, Oscar Levant, Morris
Ernst, John Hersey, John Gunther
and F. Van Wyck Mason.
Carlos Romulo, Philip Wylie and
THE MANUSCRIPT of "A Rage to Live," John O'Hara's best-seller,
is presented to Rutgers University Librarian Donald F. Cameron
(center) by the author (right). I. Robert Kriendler (left), Rutgers
alumnus, bibliophile, and host, of New York's famed '21 Club, arranged
the presentation, one of a large collection he is gathering for
the library as a memorial to his brother, the late Jack Kriendler.
John O'Hara nestle comfortably
side by side, as do Kathleen Winsor,
Louis Bromfleld, Rebecca
West, Biily Rose and Ludwig
Bemelmans.
Hollywood hasn't been forgotten,
as books by George Jesse! and
Louella Parsons testify, but General
Lewis Brereton is probably
surprised to find his -book in with
theirs and Saloon Editor Earl Wilson's
to boot.
George Jean Nathan and Step-hen
Longstreet head the stage delegation,
with Ward Morehouse,
Deems Taylor and Norman Bel
Geddes also on the team.
Kriendler is a former pupil of Librarian
Donald F. Cameron, then
an English professor and now director
of the seven-unit library
system which serves the State
University.
Kriendler's interests in Rutgers
doesn't end with the library. Like
most alumni, he can shout himself
happily hoarse when Rutgers bags
a traditional victory in football.
But he's the only alumnus who can
bag a Rutgers triumph of sorts all
by himself—the author, the pen,
the request for an autograph, and
the inevitable "inscribe it to the
Rutgers Library, will you please?"
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A continuing storm of protest
from Missouri educators descended
on the head of Dizzy Dean all
during his umgrammatical baseball
broadcasts from Sportsman's
Park, St. Louie, last year-
Last week Missouri pedagogues
breathed a sigh of relief. Dean
had moved 1 to New York, where
he will >be television interviewer
at Yankee stadium this season.
Now nearly a million new school
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jiome," "the players 'returned to
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the fence."
THE WESTERLY
Astronomy for the Amateur
By JAMES PICKERING
We have devoted considerable
time, in the last few columns, to
the constellations which lie to the
north of us this spring. It is true
that they are far more spectacular
than the more southern aggregations
of stars, but later on, when
the summer section of the Milky
Way swings over us, and we get a
chance to look to the south at the
real hub of our universe, the
southern skies will bear more
watching.
Right now, below the eastern end
of Leo and the western part of
Virgo, there are two constellations
along our southern horizon that
are strangely similar in outline.
The first and more western of the
two is Crather, The Bowl. Crater
is made up of four faint stars
which make an irregular foursided
figure lying just below the
brightest star in Leo — and, as it
happens, south of the bright object
which is our sister planet
Saturn.
East of Crater, and' having almost
the same outline, but placed
end for end, is Corvus, The Raven.
3orvus is shaped very much like
:he traditional mainsail of a
schooner, and is sometimes known
as Spica's Spanker. Spica, which
iea just above and a little to the
east of Corvus, is the brightest star
Virgo. The four main stars
which mark the angles of Corvus
are slightly brighter than those
n Crater, but neither constellation
is exciting.
Now let us take a tremendous
jump far to the north again. Our
old familiar, the Great Bear, with
its rear half taking the form of the
Big Dipper, is just about crossing
:he meridian — that imaginary
ine which contains all the points
over the head of man from pole to
pole. To the north of the Dipper
lies the tail of a most tortuous and
twisted constellation, Draco, the
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of the Big ipper, and begins
a curve to the east which T
ries it in a great swoop '"cTan
around the Small Dipper, which a"
this season seems — ~ -v U.4KJ LU litLTl hangK
w 1 c
pended from Polaris, the North
Star. After making this great
curve, Draco swings suddenly
southeast again and ends in a very
definite figure of four star,, Vhtch
-re known as Draco's Head.
Best Known Star
The best known star in Draco Is
a rather faint one which lies near
the end of its tail, just above the
middle star in the handle of the
Blg Dipper. This star is Thuban
which is an Arabic word_meaninr
Dragon. Thuhan is the Alpha of
Draco, but it is far from being the
brightest star in the constellation
It has been given the primary
designation because, from 3700 to
1500 B.C. it was the brightest star
nearest the north pole. A little
known but nevertheless important
movement of the earth called the
Precession of the Equinoxes has
swung the earth in a great, slow
circle, similar to the motion of a
spinning top just be-fore It stops
spinning, so that a line drawn outward
from the north pole describes
a tremendous circle against
"- i stars. Some 500 years ago, this
ick of the extension of our north
pole was slowly passing near Thuban,
which was the North Star of
its day.
The slow circling—wabble would
be a better word—is caused by the i
'act that the diameter of the earth
s iust a little larger through its
iquator than it is through the
poles. The attractive force of the
iun and Moon, not to mention that
of other, more distant bodies, thus
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works with more strength on the
equator of the earth than anywhere
else, and swings it so that
the poles describe these vast circles.
One complete revolution of
the Precession of the Equinoxes
takes about 26,000 years. Outpresent
North Star, Polaris, will
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be nearer to the actual extension
of the north pole in 150 years than
it is now, and will, after that,
gradually move away. In time—a
long, long time—other stars will
have the honor of marking the
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