Show I THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE JUNE SUNDAY MORNING 1937 6 By Maude THROUGH THE GARDEN GATE They Can Be Groivn Here 145 Varieties Of Veronicas Gin Be Found Among the veronicas we have Some of the loveliest flowers for any number of places in Most of them have the garden flowers of an entrancing heavenly blue but there are also white pur shades pies and many Since I have avidly sought for blue flowers for my own garden for many years I thought I knew quite a bit about the veronicas but when I consulted Bailey’s Cyclopedia of Horticulture I found that I was practically a babe unborn with respect to the many varietiea He lists no less than 145 varieties! There is an interesting religious legend connected with the veronicas which are all named for St Vero' nica the Jewish maid who gave her scarf to Jesus to wipe away the blood and perspiration from His face as He boft His cross toward Calvary and afterward found the inv pression of the divine countenance upon "the piece of cloth Tradition says that her name formerly Sera' phia became after this miraculous event Veronica from the words -“vera iconicaT— meaning— “true pos-nbl- Image" It is Reason for Name quite clear why these not plants are named after the saint unless some resemblance to the holy face may be traced in one of the blooms but it is certain that just as Veronica's veil was believed to have curative properties so mem- bers of the plant -- family to which the veronicas belong that of scro' phularlaceae were a sure remedy for many sicknesses and especially those of scrofulous origin Every single member of the veronica group except one lone one is native to New Zealand The exception veronica ‘llllptlca which is a shrub or small tree growing as much 'as 18 feet in its wild state with numerous sweet smelling white flowers comes from South America There are veronicas for every spot around the garden from those which are entirely prostrate and so are preeminently suited to growing in the rock garden to the tall stately veronica longifolia subsessilis excellent for the perennial border They give us some of the richest blues we have One of the loveliest of all is veronica incana with silvery gray foliage growing close to the ground which alone would make it worth growing and with blue blooms sunny spot deep 12-in- spikes of It demands a A Splendid Perennial Veronica splcata is a splendid perennial for the front or middle of the border growing from 18 inches to two feet with spikes of dense blue small flowers commencing to appear in June and keeping up the show of color for at least two months taller is veronica longifolia with spires of a paler blue than the foregoing but with just as long a This comes very flowering period Still easily from seed now Two fine shrub roses each with yellow flowers more commonly grown in western gar deni On thina from northern China and Agnes a Canadian-develope- d 'be By Dr F B WANN There are several charming dwarf tural college requesting Information on the fleshy fungi (mushrooms) indicates that this fascinating group of plants continues to attract the attention and interest of & considerable number of people in all walks for sowing ell perennials ‘ Housing Companies Public utility housing companies Sre being diacussed as a device for large scale operation in the moderate and housing fields Buch companies would be organized much as other public utilities are low-co- st Use Peat Moss Still May Be Sown Outdoors m ii is now in almost Although June Is here annual every local garden These shown In the photograph are Zanthina and plants may still bs sown out of Agnes doors in where they are Zanthina was found growing wild to bloom positions if you haven’t been able in northern China It has double to get at this work before It is true flowers rather small— or as big as a that you will not have flowers until dollar — of a lovely primrose color in the season than you would later with foliage which is very fine and have if you had sown the seeds in flowZanthina has a longer pretty the house or cold frame but it’s bet' ering period than Hugonis tee late than never "'Agnes is the only yellow rugosa Such quick germinating things As flowers rose Its are twice the size zinnias cosmos California poppies of Zanthina’s very fragrant and it four o'clocks marigolds stocks extaller makes a shrub It is sweet sultan and salpiglossis all1 of tremely hardy and should by all which sprout in five days if kept means be more universally grown moist 'in warm weather will give It was developed in Canada and sheets and sheets of color In the has been on the market for 30 years you In late summer and autumn or more yet is still seldom seen lo- garden A good plan is to scatter a few cally seeds of one of these annuals which especially appeals to you close to such early blooming perennials as columbines and irises peonies bleeding hearts then the annuals will give interest to that part of the border which would be bare of all except foliage after June Always remember that seeds need those particular forms are harmless to 'be only covered with earth to and edible but if the services of a about four times their thickness doctor or undertaker are required which means that seldom is mors quite the opposite conclusion must than a quarter inch of covering necbe drawn Naturally anyone who essary Many people actually bury deslrea may experiment with this their seeds and they might just a trial and error system but it should well hold funeral services at the be borne in mind that most of the same time for few of them will ever "errors’ of the past are now burled show signs of life The only safe rule to follow in the Lovers of blue flowers should reuse of mushrooms m food is to eat member that dainty azure annual or nigella This only those which can be positively identified and which are known to grows about 15 Inches tallT with be harmless 'There are a number double flowers of real sky blue and of common forms which are edible fine feathery foliage It is an exand wjiich can be distinguished tremely useful plant both because readily by their specific characteri- of Its charming form and color and stics just as various flowers or because once sown It will renew trees or individual people are dis- itself year after year from volunteer tinguished The amateur should seedlings These are easily moved therefore at first learn to distin- to where you want them if they guish a few of these relying for his pop up in inconvenient places information on those only who are Seeds of nigella are aromatic competent to Instruct him These and much use ef them is mads by forms he can relish and leave all cooks of oriental countries who put others to the bold experimenters them in various dishes They are Gradually he can increase the num- used in India just as we use mothber he can positively Identify both balls of the edible and poisonous types but in call cases the authority of someone who knows should be con- Closets Storage Mushrooms and Toadstools and if you plant Veronicas which will give blue in many shades to the rock garden Veronica repens for instance grows in matlike form and is covered with light blue flowers in early summer It has a white flowering variety alio This thrives best if you give it plenty of water Then there is veronica prostrata with flowers of rich deep blue and veronica ten crlum quite similar except that it grows about eight or ten inches tall If you don’t know these veronicas —they are also called speedwells— do try some of them this year Plante may be purchased but the cheapest way to get a good stock is by seeds and June is a good time hybrid How to Distinguish Between you will have fine strong Utah State Agricultural College plants by late fall which will be all LOGAN— A number of inquiries ready to move to permanent places received by the Utah State Agriculready to bloom next summer seeds which should left Zan- the which Hugonis of life This interest should be encouraged and stimulated for a number of reasons The great diversity of form color and texture exhibited by this group is an attractive study in itself thgaearch for specimens usually entails an invigorating hike in open country or canyon apd the collection or destruction of such specimens is of slight consequence as compared with the indiscriminate “collection” of flowers which has resulted in the complete eradication of some of our most interesting plants As a “hobby" for the amateur naturalist therefore a study of is heartily Indorsed mushrooms ’ What Is Difference f The question most frequently asked concerning this group of sulted House Essential plants Is “What Is the difference Plannu toadmushroom-and a between a Playroom Houses built for a family of four stool?” or “How can one distinguish An informal living: room or playr- or five persons should have a a tor of between these two types fungi?” oom for the adults or young people age closet containing built-i- n draw' To the botanist the terms “mush- in the family adds much to the era boot racks hat compartments room” and “toadstool" are entirely pleasure of living and greatly de- hangers for coats and containers for without meaning for all the fleshy creases the care of housekeeping It' rubbers galoshes etc growths of these plants whatever simplifies entertaining encouragei Attics If not too low may bs used their form size or color are essen- pleasant informal hospitality re- for storage space also Waterproofed tially fruiting bodies and these stricts recreational activities to a cellars If they-a- re ventilated by cannoL be classified naturally Into given area while preserving order one or two windows will serve for two types only but rather represent and system in ths remaining rooms storage space for trunks suitcases a considerable number of different of ths bouse etc types Thus All of these types may "toadcalled or "mushrooms” be stools” as desired The popular usage of these terms howsver usually associates them with the edible or poisonous char Hu are xnon Latin names with English Albocinctua — white- acterlstics of the fruiting body It mtinlngi: erowned Advenua — Newly arrived advintlve should be emphasized In this connecAlboapicne— White eplked Albue— White tion that there is positively no cerEmulaUv Alcicomla— Elkhorned imitating bronae colored tain rule by which a poisonous form Aeneua— Brawn— Pert Alepplcue— at nine to th qulnox to the Aequlnoct ialia Alllaceue—Oarllclika belonging can be distinguished from an edible allium a e one The “silver tarnish test” is Rutty Aloidee— Aerugulnoau— — Aeitlivaiia-- eummtr A peat ria — Alpine — entirely faulty the feeding of inAettivua—“Summrv Alpinu -- Alplnd African Ethiopian sects on the fungus is no guide beAethloplcua— Aitaicue— Of the Altai mountains -Afflnit— FUltted to Another apocita Alternant-Alternating cause insects infect both poisonous Afrlcanu— African Alternue— Alternating Aaavotdee and edible forms and the notion that Altlfrtme— Tall fronded tall herbaged t Agratum-JlkAgeratotdee— AltiiaUnue— Very taiL talleau — Amteate cluitcrtd soaking in salt water renders a poiAggrtcatae Altue — Tall Agrarlue— Of tne fltMa sonous mushroom harmless has no A mabilie— LoVely A arrit l— Ptrtainlnjr to the laid Amarue— Bitter n“ an avergreeu or Unacloua foundation tn fact Aizoldei i -doubtful plant Ambtguue— Ambliriioiif Safe Rule to Follow Alatua— Wlngpd" Amelioldee— Ameilua-iik— :Whitlh 6r becoming Amencamis — American hlte Our information concerning the Albwen® Whttlih Alblcana Amethvatinui — Violet colored amethyat While itemmed Alblcaulie Amoenue— Charming pleating poisonous forms has been obtained A Albidlia — fhlte mphibiue— Growing both lit water and the method of and trial largely by on lend Alhlflorue —White flowered — Alblfrone white-follow A meal error If no AmplexIcauH— fronted Ampllaaimue— Very ample of fleshy fungi it is obvious that Amplue— Ample Albiaplnu— for for ' It breaks up and renders fertile poor and heavy soils Feed Your Plants with “Vigoro” Learn Their Meanings —the balanced plant food fo? first Mrs J- - K Cummins has one obtained 43 years ago —we supply Wbita-firdle- d the remedy I Aequlpaialua-Equal-pettal- ed d Dahlias and Bedding Plants Still Available -- Anvt-Hk- PORTER WALTON CO Aloe-ltk- e v “ e g at her home 3496 Thirteenth East street Salt Lake- - With th husky children and aU of them bend under their weight of snowballs in May snowballs 43 One hears of houses hidden by It by means of layering or putting but seldom are they hidden branch down along the ground in by snowballs Mrs J K Cummins July and covering it with soil to trees a of 3948 Thirteenth East street Salt Lake City started 42 years ago with one snowball bush and now has 43 all of the height of trees' They quite surround her hodse This shrub one of the viburnums — opulus sterile to be exact— is so very popular at Decoration day because of its loads of snowy rounded flower heads which give it its fit- ting common name Mrs Cummins found that the original bush did exceptionally well in her garden and she tried starting new shrubs from encourage it to form roots Exceptional success followed and the new starts by the third year 8 began to bloom Others have been layered each year until now there is a veritable forest of snowballs The mother shrub is 20 feet tall Some of the Individual blooms measure seven inches across and since seven or eight are in a cluster a single twig makes a huge bouquet The row of viburnums shown In the photograph is ten years old Mrs Cummins states — Elaborate plans BOUNTIFUL have been made for the flower shower of the Flora Dell club which opened Saturday and will continue through Sunday according to Mrs Gladys H Burnham in charge of publicity The show is at the Stout Motor company next door to the postoffice Besides the regular type of flower exhibit there Is a replica of work done by the CCC camp in Farming ton canyon and the Centerville flood district' with a pool and rock garden "a display of concrete for use in tho garden as well as fur niture for outdoors and sui array of new and unusual tools On Sunday evening a motion picDaffodils and hyacinths may be ture will be shown relative to gar- moved now if you think that they den making The show will remain need this attention It isn’t nece9 until m open p these bulbs each ssary to take Frank Larsen is floor manager year of courseupbut in rearranging Zara Sabin and Sylvia Argyle are the garden or for some other reain charge of receiving and Emil son you may wish to dig the bulbs Lund is identification chairman It should never be done before tho SALT LAKE — C Stuart Bagley leaves are turning yellow Such bulbs are always great mulof the forest service will be the and where you originally speaker at the regular meeting of tipliers the Salt Lake Garden club Mon- put a single one you will find quite if a few years' time day at 8 p irv- - in the Newhouse ahaslittle colony elapsed since the original planthotel Mr Bagley will discuss na tlon&l forestry work and will 11 ing Many of the smaller bulbs will lustrate hts tallc with lantern slides not bloom next year and some will and moving pictures James B be still another year before they arrive at flowering Size but there Lewis will preside will he plenty of large ones all ready OGDEN— Members of the Ogden to send up blossonqlng stems the Garden club made final arrange- following spring ments for the annual convention It is well to have a small nursery of the Utah Associated Garden in some corner for these tiny bulbs clubs which is to be in Ogden where they may be planted at omje Sunday at their meeting Thursday and left until they are ready to in the auditorium of the Utah Power flower and to be moved and Light company Edwin Howes conspicuous places in the garden of Roy was the guest speaker and I never like to leave the bulbs out Mrs C H Cole presided of the ground for long because I believe that they give finer results THE UTAH ROSE SOCIETY-T- he wheri they have been all summer in second annual rose show of this the soil which after all is their I always replant group will be held Sunday June 13 natural medium open to the public from 10 a m to any bulbs which I have taken up 10 p m Members are vying for a for division immediately year’s possession of the Eleanor The sign that your daffodil bulbs You Can Now Move Your Daffodils and Hyacinths re a T Park trophy silver cup which is to be awarded the queen rose of ths entire show and for silver and bronze medals of the American Rose society as well as for ribbons and prises of rose bushes perennial plants boxes of annuals bulbs and other garden suSjuncts Miss Mil show chairman dred Bancroft and is assisted By Mrs James H Mahoney R 0 Kirkland Mrs Marguerite Williams Mrs J W Bug- den Mrs R ML Williams Mrs ’Muir Maud Chegwidden Fred Augsburger Judges of the show are Frank Walton of Centerville and Mrs Chegwidden is MURRAY— Rufus shade tree warden D of will address the Murray club Monday at 8 p m in hall Johnson Salt Lake Garden the City Choose Flower Boxes To Create Harmony i Bring Your Pest — T roubles - to - Us - had unusual success growing a parent she has developed Annual Plants rugosa rose Shrub roses are being used more and more in gardens as people see them in other gardens and become enamored of their tall growth their good foliage and their beautiful flowers which are often followed by showy fruits Yellow flowered shrub roses are few compared to the many reds and pinks and of ' course white Most gardeners are familiar with the old Harrison’s yellow or the Persian yellow which were often in our grandmother's gardens but these had poor foliage and their scent was never anything to brag about— sometimes quite the contrary! We have two choice yellow shrub roses however not counting the Snowballs by the Thousands on These Bushes Sandy Soil Is Best for Portulacas Portulaca is a delightful little annual plant which may be used in a great many places about the garden No place is too hot and sunny for this flower which always re fuses to germinate until the weather — and the ground— la warm Seeds take three weeks to germinate even at the best of times! Tbs portulaca’s common name of rose moss very aptly describes it for its flowers are like dainty little roses either single or double and ita foliage and habit are mosslike It creeps seldom raising its flowery heads more than two or three Inches Colors of the from theground blooms may be white cream or yellow pink rose magenta acarlet or crimson— in fact there is every color you can think of except blue I particularly like portulaca as a helping out plant for the rock garden Unless you have planned exceptionally well most parts of ths rock garden will be quite innocent of bloom toward the end of the year and a few annuals of proper character will help out Immensely This is ons of those few annuals which really is suitable and looks natural among rocks For any difficult spot such as the strip of ground between the cement ribbons of the driveway where sun falls all day and where little moisture can be given ilant portulaca It will soon make a carpet of dark green small foliage which will in no time at all be gemmed with Its lovely brilliant blooms Sandy soil is best for portulacas which seldom thrive in clay It doesn't need to be rich either in fact some of the finest flowers I have -- ever seen came from seeds sown on poor thin soil which suffered from a continual drouth There are both single and double aorts but only about half the double seeds produce double flowers Chegwidden Why not flower boxes to harmonize with your furniture? Choose a box made entirely of mirror-glas- s for those lovely rooms done In with white and shades of the liberal use of crystal and glass the shops deep There are also tanks of pottery green or blue trimmed with that gilt which Is such a new and welcome note in decoration these days Or if like so many folk you have your flower boxes built to order or make them yourself try wooden not the regulation white boxes or green painted wood but the newest wrinkle maple or walnut stained to match exactly the done In-- these popular interiors in woods’ attention is when they haven’t flowered or have given but few and inferior flowers the past require spring Grape hyacinths are other spring bulbs which multiply amazingly If yours have given you some flowers accompanied by a perfect little forest of their grasslike foliage this year you may be sure that there are scads of tiny bulbs about ths size of large peas around the large flowering sized bulbs Take them up now replant the large ones in the rock garden or wherever you grow them and put the small fellows in a spot to themselves until they grow up Do you know that the size and quality of the flowers you will have next March and April from bulbs depends to the largest extent on how you treat those bulbs now? Water is needed so that the blooms may form within the bulbs and fertilizer will increase the size Bone meal is always good and so is stable manure provided it is not fresh Annuals which tiava been sown where they are to bloom must be thinned out or you will have poor weak spindly plants Sometimes it is possible to salvage those seedlings you pull out and to replant them in other vacant spots but usually it isn't worth the trouble Mrs T C SprlngvIUe writes: “I was entranced with your description of the William Mohr iris growing in Mrs Woolley’s garden I should like to buy a root Is this the best time to plant one? Do yon think she would sell me one? Does It need much attention? I enjoy your Sunday page and learn so much from it each week” Ans — Yes this is a good time to plant any iris William Mohr included Stamped envelope must always be sent for the sort of information you require Irises all need sun but apart from that little attention above what you ordinarily give the garden Mrs E C Price writes: “Can you tell me what is the matter with my hugonis rose leaf inclosed? it was a healthy plant until two weeks ago I enjoy your page eo much and shall look for an answer Sunday” Ans— Sorry I could not get your answer in last week’s Tribune It is rather difficult to diagnose your trouble without a soil analysis but I think lack of nitrogen in the soil is the trouble Get some ammonium sulphate from your nurseryman or automobile dealer and give one tablespoonful In a gallon of water to the shrub once a week This can do no possible harm and is bound to do good Shelves Between Rooms Sometimes shelves may be built in between two rooms If the walls of a house are fairly thick there is often room for shelves at either end of a double doorway leading from living to 'dining room THI PLANT DOCTOR SAYSi U S A C Nutrition Expert —Pioneers Baby FoodSfudies LOGAN-- Dr Reuben L Hill of the chemistry department at the Utah State Agricultural college and human nutritionist with the college experiment station after almost two decades of experimenting is recognized as the pioneer In the field of research to determine the 'proper characteristics in milk suitable as food for infants In recent bulletins issued by the University of Maryland and the Pennsylvania agricultural experiment station Dr Hill was lauded and accredited as the originator of the “Hill” curd test In 1016 Dr Hill was biochemist at the Maryland experiment station It was there he began his experiments with milk and other phases of human nutrition Subsequently he devised fin apparratua for testing the tension' or hardness of the curd in different samples of milk He discovered that the milk from each cow la different from that of other cows and that one cow will produce the same type of milk her entire life Such conclusions made possible the selecting of individual cows for supplying milk suited to the feeding of infants Previous to Dr Hill’s experiments at Maryland little research had been made to determine the difference in the digestibility And food value of different samples of milk More attention was paid to ths fat content than to ths curd content “ "IIIIX theso Gordon Vre clxcrs" People were not aware of the fact that the protein content of the milk is almost as variable as the fat content and that only the milk with a WHILE APHIS sre tiny rrea soft flaky curd Is favorable to the much smaller than the illustrttioa digestion and general good health — sbove they work great damage t® "" the garden of the Infant The “Hill” curd test Is not ’only “They suck the rap out of your usedjto determine the milkthat is — Roses and other plants stunting and deforming the new growth & favorable as baby food but can also be used to determine the types of destroying the beauty of the flowers” milk that are favorable for market "At the first sign of infestation purpose and for the cheese industry with Garden VOICK Repeat spray Equipment to carry on the “Hill” every tea days or two weeks See test has been obtained by scientists directions on the package in various parts of the world inSouth Africa "Pot Slugs Sowing: and Grassbcp cluding Scotland Australia New Zealand and China scatter Gardes pm freely Specifications for ths installing of Boults Toms and other "For such equipment have also been insects dust with Garsupplied to a laboratory in Russia Soft curd milk is on the market da CALTOX" In a number of large cities includAny aursery seed feed er kardnre stare selRag ing Los Angeles Tacoma Washington and New York City Hers the ORTHO Sprays will (ha yaa fraa Primer st Past Cantrol ar arrlta ta milk is standardized by means of MUrOBNU’ the “Hill” test and then bottled in colored bottles to ’protect it from CORPORATION the rays of ths sun BUG-G- leaf-eatin-g Il Shelves Aid Work An opening between dining room and kitchen with shelves helps in the passing of hot dishes from the kitchen to the dining room and saves steps in the family that has no servant Dept VV Richmond Calif |