Show Provo it noted for its beautiful landscaped gardens This pride in beautification has been fostered for years by the Provo Garden Club which maintains a barge municipal rose garden It sponsors regular meetings and invites outstanding authorities on gardening as speakers Garden tours and flower shows are other features on the club's agenda Club officers are Mrs Alex Hedquist president A L Taylor first vice president Mrs Frank J Earl second vice president Mrs Joyce Harmon third vice president Mrs Orpha Kling secretary and Mrs Denzil Brown treasurer Provo Takes Pride In Its Flowers With the Green Thumbers by Gtnetete H Fotsom Trifcc Gr4fl E41tw - V " " V- k 4s f csrek y V “Air v j jgFT M 4 jnm 0 jF v w C s v 4r C' W Jv V fc 4 ' c J w V ’V ' tf V'l r tr wr (CfVcf1! p jv k :t k Ruf-en- 7 !’ Rufus Ray and Mrs Rettah Scott garden authorities spoke recently at a meeting of the Pleasant Grove Garden Club in the high school senw" Inary building Mr Ray discussed “Fall Planting and Flower Care for Winter" Mrs Scott spoke on “Flower Show Practice” and demonstrated- - art - flown1 - Members of the Prove Gardea Club which helps Provo to be “the Garden City” are Mrs Sharp Gillespie left Mrs Alei Hed-quiMrs Joyce Harmon Mrs B Grimm IN YOUR CARDEN have some lovely "passion flower” plants They have made a wonderful growth but there are no blossoms What Is the cause of this and will this plant live here in Utah? I will appreciate any information you can give me— Mrs G F W Brigham City Utah A- - The true Japanese iris is iris kaempferL It is beardless They are late bloomers usually blooming in late June or early July They are easily grown from seed Other cultural practices require a careful pulling apart of the when dividing them Do not allow the many fine roots to dry out but replant in their new location as boon as possible They are heavier feeders than the bearded iris and can stand plenty of manure as a fertilizer or mulch They - also thrive with some nitrogen feeding Transplanting is best done in the early spring but ean also be done after flowering if the new beds are kept watered well Fall transplanting is also practiced by some "people and very successfully Others have experienced severe losses and it is not genId most erally recommended areas plants should be divided every five or six years It is best not to make the divisions any smaller than your fist rhi-aom- twidaf) November Some growers have experienced little orno bloom the first season after division This is not the rule however Passion flowers are tropical or nearly so and will not survive our winters unless taken indoors They are a climbing vine and if taken indoors will need much room Most all of them have strikingly beautiful flowers I am unable to state the reason why your plants failed to bloom Q I enjoy your section in The Tribune very much An area Of my Ipwn has a growth It resembling a toadstool raises the grass up and upon examination has a round surface Underneath the surface mass that seems is a jelly-lik- e to have a tap root lt kills the grass where it comes up K spray for dandelions turned the top brown but did not seem to kill it Could you suggest a way in which 1 could rid my lawn of it? R McK Pocatello Ida A This sounds like one of the - many - fungus growths known as wood rots Try digging down into the subsoil of your lawn and see if you do not have an old stump or large piece of wood buried there if you find such either remove it or sterilize it with any of the soil disinfectants or pour Cbatinwed ea Page ll CoL L 14 1952 st - spoke on tulips E A Parsons -- Magnificent Blooms Easy To Grow With PWs PEONIES and TULIPS r Mrs Helen Wexels Tooele Awards of nfbrit went to Mrs R Kletting Martha King Mrs H Hausknecht Carl Bury Mrs Erwin N Motakus Mr and Mrs R C Sloan Mrs J M Blumer Mrs Roy Dunn Mildred Asay Mrs Dan Davis Mrs V R Hutchens First prizes were awarded Mrs Hausknecht Ruth Fletcher Mrs R Klettini Mrs Murdock Martha King Clair Johnson E Johnson ’ ‘ discussed winter care of gladiolus and dahlias W C Dunham Winners are announced for the beautiful chrysanthemum show held recently ' at the State Capitol by the Salt Lake Flower Gardenvlub Receiving top honors were Mrs Ray Dunn Tooele Mrs H Hausknecht Copperton Mrs R C Sloan Salt Lake City Carl Bury ‘J Henry Ehlers Mary B Callister Mrs Dan E Davis Jesse Clark Mrs Erwin N Motakus Mrs R A Paul Walter Earl Mr and Mrs Robert Sloan Mrs F C Fuller Mrs J M Blumer Mrs Alvin WardeL Mrs George Hiramatsu Mildred Asay Mrs Roy Dunn Mrs E C Hanson Mrs Helen Wexels Dr T M Aldous Mr and Mrs R C Evans Mrs John Evans Mrs Karl J Hawkins Andrie Visser V’ rangemenls and Christmas decorations Club’ members brought' flowers and foliage vases and frogs to the meeting After the speeches they were assisted in making their own tiring president Speakers at the meeting included Douglas Walton who List Winners In Fall Show Questions and Answers 1 er Board members include Mrs Walter C Hurd director Mrs F C Fuller director Jess Clark holdover director and George Hess re- w iLdUjCJt t--- Pleasant Grove first vice president Mrs Roy Tate second vice president Mrs C J Dietz recording secretary Mrs Henry corresponding secretary I J Strong treasurer and Mrs Dan E Davis historian -- 1 Dinner Planned president Mrs J Giacomo is if n The Utah Rose Society is planning a smorgasbord Nov 20 at 7 p m It will be held at Andy’s Cafe and Smorgasbord 3793 So state C R Walter and Jesse Clark are In charge of plans for the event L W Hillam is club president New officers were elected recently by the Salt Lake Flower Garden Club at a meeting in the City and County Building J Henry Ehlers was named ‘ t ‘ vs ft f Davidson - i? X the Flora Culture Gardea Club to be held Nov 17 at 1 pm in the Newhou Hotel A display of Christmas and Thanksgiving arrange m t n t s by members will also be fe lured This will include table settings Mrs Gilbert O Herrick will be in charge of the meeting Hostess chairman Is Mrs A J Davidson Decorations will be in charge of Mrs O P Hesser and the table of the month will be arranged by Mrs AJ ' New Officers Selected t N k V George Owen of George’s Flowers Inc will give a dem- ©nstration of Christmas arrangements at 'a meeting of Members of the Flora Dell Garden Club of Bountiful are sponsoring a lecture on cancer Nov 19 at 8 pm in the Stoker School Colored slides will be shown Speakers will be announced later The public is invited 7 v Holiday Decorations Public Lecture Slated c 1 whose subject was tuberous rooted begonias and L It Hilt am general gardening A Christmas party la planned December (Dugs V WTll froftont Up pint SUVtSSA— JCSnVA MAXIMA— MOMS WMlt-wM- aiiawgi meilmgt i Wits lllf— ilUty pinlu $100 each 3 of one kind for $270 OAw CMm VwMm GIANT MAYFLOWERING PASWINS aoU UlY HOWCSED DOUBLE fARROT HYSIIDS-trnr- ma MHwtin ond Kt TUMTS-Th- rac TULIPS populcv kmdt bidding flowo fhr colors TUI If $ —Exotic form In brill iont flora TUUrS-WoM- Plant Now-Befo- ’tha Ground freezes re ' ’ t&otffi© (I 3£ncm£nim too Coofrvtllo Utah SIS Fortor' —orf c a iSO BoH If lobe Ml toot City Utah 4)11 MU or |