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Show Rose is queen of June garden Among the beauties of the garden, June is rose time, and the rose stands alone for beauty, fragrance, perfection and color. New hybrids, with exquisitely mixed coloring, vie with the old-fashioned old-fashioned favorites. Climbers are refreshingly more carefree than other roses. Ramblers are small-flowered wild roses, blooming but once, while climbers are large-flowered repeat-blooming hybrids. Single hybrids are repeat performers per-formers until the heat of summer slows blooming. As cool weather arrives, they again bloom in full glory, but with fewer blooms and longer stems. Colors are even more vivid, and blooming continues until the frost hits. Make use of the rose petals. Gather and dry and enjoy the wonderful fragrance of potpourri long after the summer of your rose garden has disappeared. GREAT-GRANDMOTHER'S POTPOURRI Remove rose petals from open flowers, add small rose buds andor petals from other fragrant flowers; small daisies, violets, mint leaves, rose geranium leaves, fem leaf, lavender, lav-ender, honeysuckle, mock orange blossom, add dried crushed orange peel if you like. Spread out on screen of cheesecloth, paper or paper towels in sun is the best, or keep in warm and dry place for a few days until mixture is dried and reduced in volume, but not in color. They also can be dried in a slow oven. Layer the petals in a jar and sprinkle with about cne-half cup bay salt (uniodized), if available. Let mixture set for a week or ten days. This removes all moisture. After the above step, when petals are completely dry, mix with the following herbs and spices, rose oil, geranium oil, etc. A few drops of cologne can also be used. Add two tablespoons orris root, one tablespoon mixed ginger, ground cloves, allspice, mace and cinnamon. Mix the above together and alternate alter-nate with layers of dried flowers. It can be stored in tightly-covered fruit jars. Shake or stir occasionally. This sets the mixture. Orris root is a fixative, harmonizing harmoniz-ing the varying fragrances of plants and oils used in blending. It is extremely ex-tremely hard and absorbs moisture like a sponge, so that when completely com-pletely absorbed, the orris root creates a long-lasting fragrance for your potpourri. Wood shavings can be added as a filler, also pine needles can be added add-ed at the Christmas season for an added holiday spice. South Davis Garden Club installed install-ed new officers at the May meeting: Geraldine Burwell, president; Janice Ariotti, vice president; Donna Gibson, secretary and Suzanne Wright, treasurer. The June meeting of the club will be held June 20, at 1 p.m. at the home of Geraldine Burwell, 205 S. 200 E., Farmington, for a garden tour. The tour will then continue to the John and Elizabeth Green home, 303 S. 200 E., and then on to the patio of the Mel and Ernestine Held home, 112 N. 200 E., for a sack lunch. Bring your own sandwich, club will provide drinks and dessert New friends and members are welcome. For further information call G. Burwell 451-2766 or J. Ariotti 295-5304. |