| Show Gab from the garden Harvest Yule Ideas Prom Flover Shows by Genevieve T HE HOLIDAY season is a beautiful and busy time This is especially true of the green thumbers Somehow their love of beauty in the garden is expressed during the holiday season Their homes are always decked out in unusual and gay trimmings Many times the material for these displays is collected from the garden and roadside Tree branches seed pods and weeds take on a touch of magic with the application of a little paint and glitter Green thumbers like others need inspiration for such art Ready to assist in supplying ideas are the many garden clubs Some sponsor Christmas shows where the other green thumbers can gamer ideas for their own holiday decorations So if you enjoy making your home gay for the important Christmas holiday plan a visit to a Christmas show “THE FESTIVE SEASON” is the title of the flower show to be presented by members of the BonneView Garden Club on December 7 in the Community Church 100 No 400 East in Bountiful It will be open from 12:30 pm to 7 pm If you would like to enter exhibits in the show they will be received Saturday Dec 7 from 7 am to 11 am Here are some of the interesting classifications in the artistic division Try your skill at arranging and enter the show The theme “The Festive Season” calls for an arrangement o f fruits nuts or vegetables A figurine may be used “Round Virgin Mother and Child” requires fresh material and figurine “Deck the Hall” features a large arrangement for the hall The “Lamplighter” uses a lamp or chimney as part of the design “Away in a Manger” calls for use of all or part of the Nativity figurines Another classification 1 s “Christmas from mountains desert or fields” “A Highway shall be Here” features road side materials wood H Folsom with rocks or SHOW CHAIRMAN is Jeanne Straub She will be assisted by Mrs C M Reynolds club president Barrie Berryman Ruth Uckerman Jean Call Gloria Miriam Mann Mitchell William Kellersberger Tribold Harold Stewart Verda Bickmore Ruth Moss Marie Newlin Naomi Stanbridge Adeline Parker Margie Norgren Nina Hatch Lenore W a r d 1 e Marietta Black Ada Stewart and Ivy Eckman La-Ve- A NUMBER of Utah gardenthe 20th annual meeting and show of the National Chrysanthemum Society held recently in San Francisco Attending the sessions were Mr Mrs Theodore Burnham and Mrs C F Squires Bountiful Mrs V R Hutchens Mr and Mrs Everett Headman Mr and Mrs Orson Allen Mr and Mrs Glen Baughman all of Salt Lake City Mr and Mrs LaVar Hooley Orem Mrs Martin Hardle Mrs Harold Rushton Mrs T Christensen Mrs Mildred Osguthorpe Mrs N o 1 a Armyon and Mrs Sue Gantner were also present They are all from Salt Lake City Mrs Burnham was elected a three-yea- r director of the National Chrysanthemum Society Judging the show were Mr Burnham and Mrs Orson Allen Our members also won some top awards Mrs Louise Baughman received the National Chrysanthemum Society’s Edith Roberts perpetual award and the S o c i e t y’s Max Meier Perpetual award for the disbudded incurved mum Mrs Burnham received nine blue ribbons and four red ribbons Mrs Squires four blues and five red ribbons JMrsAUen two blue ribbons in the artistic- - section The Beehive Chrysanthemum’s Club display received second place An outstanding entry in the show was Mrs Burnham’s entry of 10 blooms of a large yellow spider type mum ers attended best Mrs Charles F Black left Mrs C M Reynolds annd Mrs Dean C Straub show some Christmas arrangements such as will be displayed at annual Christmas show sponsored by Bonneview Garden Club Advice from the Garden Doctor by Dr Arvil L Stark Harvest Bulbs Before Freeze Tuberous ias gladiolus y V begonias dahi- - and some other spring planted bulbs and roots will not survive freezing winter temperatures and therefore must be lifted in late autumn for winter storage inside Common practice is to delay digging until after the foliage has been nipped by the first light frost of autumn Some gardeners allow the plants to dry out for better maturity of the underground parts before digging If you are one of these be sure to soak the area a day before harvest so that removal from the soil is facilitated Gladiolus corms are the easiest to handle because all that is required is to pry them loose with a digging fork and clip off the tops tight against the corn Spread the corms out in the sun one layer deep for the rest of the day and leave them to 3G hours before putting away in storage Ventilation is 24 very essential to best storage of gladiolus corms Flat open containers with corms no more than two layers deep are suitable when kept as cool as possible but above freezing tem- peratures TUBEROUS begonias are handled much the same as gladiolus so far as digging is concerned Wait until the tops are touched by a light frost and then break off the brittle stems at the point of attachment to the tuber be-fallowing them to dry in the shade for several days before washing off the attached soil Best storage temperatures for tuberous begonias are around 45 degrees or a bit warmer It is advisable to check the tubers every week or two for shrinking Should this occur it might be well to place the tubers in sand peat vermiculite or some other medium to slow down loss of moisture Dahlias may be dug along with tuberous begonias but they are treated somewhat differently in handling and storage Moist soil at the time of digging will help to prevent root breakage-Lif- t the clump carefully and clip the tops back to about a one-inc- h stub Wash out the soil with a hose and allow thorough drying for a few hours to heal all cuts and bruises STORAGE of dahlia tuber roots in a polyethylene bag after dusting with sulphur or soil and bulb dust to avoid rotting has been quite successful with some growers Others dip the roots in paraffin or store in sand Should shriveling begin to occur during storage add a bit of moist peat moss to the polyethylene bag or water to the sand Temperatures just above freezing in the 35 to range are best for dahlA cool dark basement ias cellar or garage is just the ticket for storage of summer bulbs Mums Experts Share Their Gardening Tips by Kim Bruce chrysanthemum shows were held in Salt Lake City this fall One was at the Cottonwood Mall sixinsored by those merchants and the Chrysanthemum Society of Utah The other was at the Prudential Federal Auditorium and was staged by the Beehive Chrysanthemum Society If you visited these two shows you w ill remember that the Queen of the Show of both exhibitions w'as won by Mr and Mrs S E Danger-fiel- d 1059 W 3id North Salt Lake City If you did not remember seeing their name in the past shows you would be correct for they only started growing chrysanthemums two years ago This year the Dangerfields walked away with honors over the outstanding expert growersof the area Mr and Mrs Dangerfield consider gardening a ’fascinating hobby which they both share They have one large chrysanthemum garden containing 200 plants of the disbud varieties and you can well imagine the sight when they are in full bloom There are fully 600 huge flowers blooming in this ode garden at a time WO 28 OUTSTANDING ‘ WE ASKED Mr Dangerfield to give us some hints on how he grows his prize winning chrysanthemums The main thing he finds is not to plant too deep He sets the small plants in the ground not more than three inches deep This depends upon the size of the plant Chrysanthemums are surface feeders and resent deep planting After the plant is well established he starts a feeding of fish emulsion using a tablespoon to a gallon of water This he applies around the plants at intervals This is done until the buds show color then he stops fertilizing ' Pinching out the plants is another important task Mr Dangerfield pointed out The first pinching should be made about June 15 a second on about July 1 and a third on July 15 He pinches out just the top part of the plant The slower growing varieties do not require the third pinching Study your plants and use good judgment Plants should be well watered Irrigate around the roots for best results For the large disbuds Mr uses a frame to cover them from August 1 to two-wee- k Dan-gerfie- This frame of dark cloth is placed over his k plants from about 7 pm to 7 am during this period 'jSept 15 six-wee- OTHER WINNERS at the Beehive Chrysanthemum exhibition were” Ellis Wilson Centerville Mr and Mrs Stanley B Holbrook Mr and Mrs Squires Mrs Theo Burnham Miss Debra Holbrook Bountiful John H Evans John Schneider Mrs Mildred Asay Mrs Don C Gee Mrs William Tipton Katherine Campbell Esther Swensen all of Salt Lake City Winners of the Chrysanthemum Society of Utah’s show were : Mr and Mrs Dangerfield Mrs Mark McMullin Bountiful Mrs C F Squires Mr and Mrs Stanley Holbrook Bountiful Mrs Glen Baughman Mrs Everett Headman Mrs John II Jones Lynn Young Mrs Rose Giacomo Mrs William Tipton Sue Gantner all of Salt Lake City Jean Allen Midvale Ann Wilson Bountiful Ellis Wilson Centerville Mrs Ernest Nott Mrs Rioh-ar- d Prince Green River Wyoming Lucille Hillman Pleasant Grove Society’s The Salt Lake Tribune Home Magazine ' |
