Show I i S SI I Seasonal daily bUy advice and suggestions mues- mues S on preparation of soil loll planning plan plan- YO YOUR UR nine ning planting and flower culture by byone one of the foremost floriculturists in S t addressed Salt Lake City Questions to this column will be answered GARDEN GA promptly when accompanied by byname name and address both of which g gS S will wID be omitted upon request S I S 1 ORIENTAL POPPIES It has well been said that the blood of all the poppIes runs rich In red that all the colors In the sunshine are are Incarnate that all are harmonious ous ous all ap appealing ling but among the family as ns a whole there is none so regal as the oriental poppy In the type the flowers of the oriental poppy are red with a large black splotch at the base of each eath petaL Upon seeing them in bloom for the first time one can cm hardly resist their charms Surely no flower can draw more Instant attention and leave lea a more lasting and pleasing impression on the mind of a visitor than a bed of carefully selected oriental poppies Either singly or in mass they give a touch of barbaric splendor offered by no other flower Among themselves them selves there Is very little clashing o of colors A solid mass of one color and a well selected mixture seem m to be equally equall effective Varying from irom red to orange salmon to pink mulberry mulberry mul mul- berry to white they offer otter a wide range of colors are free from disease fairly hardy and easy casy to transplant Some persons say they cannot grow oriental poppies but Ignorance for forthe forthe forthe the plants' plants habits 18 la the only reasonable reasonable reason able excuse for failure They bloom bloomIn In the spring carrying be beyond ond the daffodils and tulips a warm glow of color and bridging the tile gap gnp between the passing of German iris and the coming of the peonies From the tufts of course long deeply cut leaves clothed with stilt stiff white hairs there arise in May great heavy flower stalks crowned cro with heavy buds that Increase In size till tm some bright morning the thick green chalices open and fall and the great crumpled fluffy petals shake themselves them selves free This oriental poppy has not blended blend ed well with other varieties except popover tum The latt latter r is a closely allied species showing no distinct dis splotch and having leafy bracts supporting its buds Its petals are often united From this plant as well as from others found later have come many different and pleasing colors now available The proper planting season for poppies poppies pop pop- pies Is during August and September The roots are planted at this time In deep rich loam if the they are expected to do their best althou although h the they grow In nearly any kind of soil soU Give th them m water occasionally during dry spells To be continued QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Editor Your Garden Will you please tell me what causes the blossom and a part of the stem of ot the tomato and cucumber plant to drop ot off and bear no tomatoes or cucumbers I would appreciate it very much BERNARD E E. CHRISTENSEN Mohrland Utah Box 44 ANS Several ANS-Several Several things might be the cause Last year It was known that there was a n blight on tomato plants which causes them to die Both cucumber and tomato plants will suffer sutter If it they have been dried by the hot deather or If 11 infested with spider The life lile Is taken right out of the plant causing this condition If It cucumber and tomato plants are watered overhead the pollen Is destroyed destroyed de and also the fertility hence no flowers Certain varieties of cucumber plants produce a great man many flowers before bearing any fruit Sometimes the ground In which they grow is poor and too dry This con condition can be remedied by applying fertilizer cultivating more and by irrigating Instead of or watering overhead d. d I If It tomato vines ines are planted In too rich soil soU they might have havea a tendency to turn yellow ellow and die In Inthis this condition condi condl tion the plants might also produce too much wood If the plants are arc Ina in ina ina a shady situation the sun is unable to ripen the vines and the production of or fruit Is prevented Cucumber and tomato plants need a great deal of ot sunshine |