Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-05-15 | Page 14 | Dry Blooms to Supplant Paper Ones

Dry Blooms To Supplant Paper Ones OnesBy By MAUD l T Telegram legran Garden Editor I am no lover of paper artificial artificia flowers but there aro are severa several annuals annuals an an- which may b be sown in th the garden now to be dried later for us use useIn useIn In winter which take the place o of paper ones for those thOc who like such suck bouquets They at least have the thc virtue of once having lived One of the prettiest of these everlasting everlasting ever Clever lasting flowers is tho the us usually all called the straw flower It II grows Vcr very easily from seed and a e single packet will make enough winer win win- ter er bouquets u for you Seeds may b be soWn so just where you ou wish the plants to o flower and it will not be very long before the seedlings appear after which they should be be- thinned out If they have come up too thickly so 80 that strong symmetrical plants will result instead of weak leggy one ones Tho The flowers liko double daisies appear in midsummer in many lovey love love- ly jy y colors but perhaps with more yellows and orange shades than any other ither Cut these blooms when they have lave just fully opened if it you wish to o dry them for winter use and hang them hem head downward in a shady place ilace tied loosely into bunches They hey retain their charming colors if they are gathered before they hey have been opened too long The perennial baby's breath gyp gyp- sophila is often dried f for or r the same purpose as is th the d delicate lavender perennial per per- which is called caned sea lavender Each one of these should be treated as the being cut when at its prime and suspended head downward to dry another everlasting lower flower and an annual is not at allwell all allwell well known yet it makes excellent material for dried bouquets It has heads of ot bloom reminiscent of f red clover dover In many shades of yellow oran orange e red p purple r rose e and andin in n white Gather these as a. soon as ashey they hey have fully opened and dry them themas as directed for the Th rh he plant Is sometimes listed in cata cata- as globe amaranth Jt lIt is a native of Australia AustraHa and well worth I growing in any garden In thinking of winter decorations we e must not forget that most hand hand- omo somo of all lunaria which has so many quaint common commo names names such as ss Peters Peter's shillings moonflower mcney money plant and which and which I like best bestif of if f all all honest honesty Instead of being the he flowers of this plant which we wese wese use se for winter however it is the seed eed pod When the outer covering coverings is s peeled off there remains an Inner division of the seed vessel which is semitransparent with all all' the colors of f mother of Lunaria is a biennial Seeds sown now ow now will wilt not produce flowers until next next ext May Mayor or June and the seeds eeds will ripen later the same year ear so that hat the lovely lovey sprays of silvery pearl earl will be available for that wIntel wIn wIn- tel er They last for years and years yeatS The he flowers themselves are quite pretty retty a of a good lively purple there theres is s also a a. white variety seldom seen I and nd md very lovely Old English herbalists believed I that hat growing honesty in the garden kept away away all evil l I