Show t r- THE SALT SAKE TRIBUNE e Now to r Turn SUNDAY MORNING DECEMBER D $ 1937 5 Many Colors Perfect in Every Detail Now Found In Freesias 1 All Indoor Garden Artistic Example of Grounds9 Beautification 11 Advice on How and What to Plant In Window Boxes flowers for January And February Need Planning for Now - 0'S Plants Located In Proper Places At Firm age Home V A garden which is as perfect in every detail as a new garden can be may be seen’ at the home of J L Firmage 1505 Military Way Salt Lake City On an unusually large corner property surrounding the new home this and lovely garden was only started 18 months ago when the grading was performed simultaneously with the planting of choice imported maple trees Included in the grounds are rose garden a small rock garden a paved dining terrace a gem of a pool and the latest addition a garden of 75 varieties of choice peonies All of these have been combined Into a picture of heavenly charm and peace Taylor Woolley the designer of tiie garden has used all of his genius in placing each plant in exactly its one proper place Against the colorful stone of the foundations scarlet sage carries on the color of pyracantha berries and the exquisite green greys of jtinl-peand other evergreens are shown in cool contrast to the white hand split shakes of the walls All around the house is the stretch of an emerald turf whose appearance almost gives the lie to its extreme youth — one feels that it must have been there at least a century Annual flowers are to be used year after year in this garden to provide splashes of color just where they are needed This summer the effect was obtained with thousands of petunias among other things Especially good were these brilliant creatures grouped prodigally on either side of the steps at the corner of the property Mr and Mrs Firmage who take great delight in watching and development of all their plants have kept an 'album of anapshotashow-in- g the different stages lb? its growth and the change now from what it was even a year ago is astonishing and shows what can be done through intelligent care love of plants and most important of all sagacity of plan As further adjuncts to the plants several large urna in delightful shades of turquoise blue have been used In the garden the sight of which with their lovely graceful forms! and satisfying colors make you smash the tenth commandment aU to bits i By MAUD CHEGWIDDEN When winter comes we must perforce turn our attention to the Indoor garden but we can have no such green and flowery' "in January: and February without an amount of thought spot and work in November and December are of course many beautiful house plants that flourish the year around- - in pots but for brilliant color displays we rely on planting of the hardy spring bulbs planted in either earth fiber or mere water and treated especially to make them bloom before their normal time Unless you have bad previous experience you can’t dream of the sacred lily French Roman hyapleasure your family will derive cinths scillas crocuses Dutch hyafrom a window filled with potted cinths and some of the large trumbulbs when everything outside is pet daffodils covered with snow These pots may Lily of the valley will charm you be relied on for handsome effects when it is grown in fiber ’ for at least three weeks-anif you Special cold storage pips are have plenty of them and if you bought for this and they should be below bring them up to the light at three-wee- k set so that their tips intervals you will have gor- the fiber's surface Keep watered until in is time for and a month you will have the geous displays it the first snowdrops to open their fragrant sprays to scent your living-rooshelThe little blooms out in the best effect Is found when shy tered places in the garden you plant at least 25 pips in a large bowk ' Window Gardens Even the ubiquitous wandering Those of you who from necessity! jew will thrive for as much as or choice live In apartments and couple of years in pots of fiber hotels where you can have ah real and English Ivy also lives a long Window time under these conditions garden may still have by garden and this vogue fo' window using these two hanging plants in box gardening Is Inereaslr by such front of your indoor window boxes leaps and bounds in th big cities you add the finishing touch to what of late years that I predict it won't will remain a picture of beauty for be long before chapters of the na long long weeks tionat window gardeners' club will be organized in every town! ''For the loveliest effect with bulbs arrange the pots in a long box made to fit your window sill They will give the impression of a real border just as though you had transplanted a block of earth with its flowery inhabitants from the garden to the house Tall ones in the center and smaller ones on either sid there are endless ways of arranging them In our sketch groups of Upper— This colorful approach to daffodils have been used with hyathe garden of J L Firmage 1505 cinths while a few lily of the valley Military Way Salt Lake City pips were tucked in front of the shows how best one may beautify daffies their perfume filling the the sides of steps with masses of room petunias Lower— The stone chimOne of the most dainty of all ney is beautiful in itself but the bulbs for window gardening's the stately evergreens add to the picSiberian scilla and this does exture Taylor Woolley designed ceptionally well with late planting this garden which is perfect in for it comes into bloom quickly every detail Its richly blue flowers bring a bit of midsummer sky to the drabbest living room and no other flower can give so much heavenly color One of the daintiest of bulbs the Combined with golden daffodils it Siberian scilla Is perfect or with the paper white narcissus— or with pale pink hyacinths — or with anything to be truthful You can’t go wrong in Carden Hints (Continued from Preceding Page) using it Sow these hardy annuals this fall and save work next spring— poppies these mixers actually are safety The Amaryllis Bulb calliopsis bachelor’s but- measures TJiey protect you from A bulb which often tries the pa- alyssum tons and California pop- the sudden rush of scalding water tience of quite experienced garden- pies larkspurs which might come unexpectedly beers yet which again may surprise in the you and flower with amazing ease Get the cold frame going Trans- causeandof pressure changeslines due cold water supply Is the amaryllis Every gardener plant parsley pansies and violas hot to use of near-b- y showers faucets worthy of the name likes to try into it You can have fresh mint and valves the failure of something which challenges his for the lamb till late into the winter eitherflush hot or cold water supply if you transplant a piece of mint ‘‘dead ends” in the hot or cold wainto the frame ter supply or the of Salpiglossis seed can be sown in hot water with the cold water supthe fall Try it i( you have been ply— the four causes of this disNo matter how having trouble with spring sowing tressing mishap long you wait to make sure that the water is right before you step in you know the correct mixture of Put Toolg Away hot and cold can be changed if in Put away the garden tools good someone else in your house decides shape See that the blades are pob to use the water at the sagze time Ished and give them a coat of oil to or something goes wrong in the prevent rusting over winter system -- well-design- 'M'3 Jf -- i I1 '” ' Vi d are-jus- ? fvyfcAr- t 7'v - ( -- o' - Vo f ? ’ “ xt Y' - &£ sj&v Keep House I If you have never tried to grow the lovely freesia in a - pot do buy a few bulbs now and plant them and prepare yourself for thrill This is probably the most fragrant thing you ever met! Until recently freesias were all white and one could think of Then a nothing more beautiful colored bloom appeared among the large number of plants grown by a certain seedsman and after that through careful selection and a wide range of delicate colors has been obtained Now we may kave freesias in yellow orange pink salmon rose lavender and cream Unlike every other bulb which ws grow in pots for homo decoration the freesia does not need to be set away in tho dark for its roots to develop first put as many of tho bulbs as your pot will hold in a mixture of light loam and sand just covering them and then water well and place immediately in tho light ' rs t In Lovely Plant Can Be Given in Pots Successfully Tune Building Sites In the Black In case F’reeeia When theyflower the entire house will be scented with their distinctive and delicious perfume Arboretum introduces Many Plants I wonder how many of my readers know of the work being done by the Arnolds Arbqyetum of Harvard university Established in 1872 this experiment station for gardeners hae lntroduced to America from all the farflung quarters of the globe more than 2500 species and varieties of woody plants among la them such lovely things ss the or beauty bush the sweet autumn clematis and Japanese barberry Not only are these novelties tried out at the arboretum for the benefit of all of us but periodically during the growing season a number of highly Informative bulletins are published giving results of these experiments in cultivating new plants with a wealth of other information of untold worth to the amateur garworld-famo- us kolk-witz- visitors to suburban home developments think they are “see in g black” or that they have spots before their eyes they should be forewarned that they are merely witnessing a trend in house conasphalt-coate- d Black struction sheathing is what they are seeing large panels of this material being used more and more instead of the once familiar yellow boards Armor-platin- g the house under its exterior of wood or brick or dener which were issued last stucco is the style giving added Bulletins such encomfort to householders in sum- year for instance as cover lilacs summer mer by preventing heat Intrusion trancing subjects vines early blooming blooming and both comfort and economy in shrubs Dowering crabapples plants winter by preventing heat scap£ with ornamental fruits plants of A vapor-sealin- g coat of special autumn color rtta' black asphalt over the cane fiber outstanding summer blooming shrubs and so on insulating core lends the color The year’s bulletins will be sent is incidental to the strength which gardeners for the negligible sum and ' protection added to the ma- to of a dollar a year Usually 15 terial with an Index included Strength is an improtant reason the last one The Arnold Arborefor the trend toward the use of in tum is at Jamaica Plains Mass this sheathing for research depart- and Mr Donald Wyman is In ments of two universities have testified that it offers far more re- charge sistance to Stress and weaving than wood sheathing laid either hori- v tr Blooms Second Time - An indoor window garden with hyacinths lilies of the valley daffodils a littlte ivy and two large amaryllis plants skill and the amaryllis is that something Even With nothing else among your foliage plants but a single amaryllis In bloom your window garden would be a thing of surprising delight It may be that the conditions under which you live make it difficult for you to obtain earth for your bulbs — although this seems scarcely possible for any seed store will sell you some good earth but if you wish you may have almost1 as many varieties of bulbs bloom in fiber as your more fortunate friend gets in her pots of soil Nowadays' almost all of the fiber sold for this purpose has been specially treated and has had an amount of chemical fertilizer added to it which of course makes for bigger and better blooms The fiber is asYou tonishingly moisture-holdin- g must break up every lump before you use it then soak if thoroughly — a rather long process and then squeeze it almost dry again 'and finally pack it all around the bulbs you have chosen Advantage of Fiber Growing An advantage In growing bulbs in fiber is that you can use' all- sorts of handsome bowls and jardinieres instead of clay pots They then make lovely centerpieces for the dining table and they also will be appreciated by friends lucky enough to have them given as Christmas remembrances If you- choose shallow bowls for that they are deep enough so that at least a couple of inches of packed fiber can be below the: bulbs and another half inch over them or you will find that when the flowers appear their weight will make the stems topple over because the roots had nothing to anchor themselves In Bulbs which do especially wall In fiber Include the and its yellow wranteracti6TeTI d'or t£e Chinese - thisfiber-culture-tiiougbrse- well-kno- white-narciss- us pa-p- er F II A Reduces Time For Approving Loans zontally or diagonally WASHINGTON— Three years of experience now enables P H A Insuring offices to speed up their acprocedure very considerably cording to Stewart McDonald fed- Answering Your Questions on Building Repairs Wall Covering “I want to have my house covered with siding WhAt kind do you the best for pur- What1 do you think of poses? coo-aid- brick?” Questions like this an- er fit together when the door is closed We do not recommend this Damp Walls "'Our walls are built of brick with hollow tile backing” writes a recent home huilder “It seems that water get In at every seventh course It comes through the plaster The contractor has tried to remedyithis by waterproofing the outside surface of the wall and putting in new mortar yet after rains the walls are wet Please tell us where to look for the trouble” First reaction would be to suspect loose mortar joints but since these have been repointed and waterproofed aiid suspicion' is directed to the top of the wall Water running down the wall from above would be halted by the bending courses and directed to the plaster Inspect copings flashings all possibilities of leaks at the wall the wood and the rust on the nila" Probably the best test of three-cowork is that it ddes cover knots and it does seal in the nails As a matter of fact a good painter will shellac the knots so that they will not show through the paint You said your painter promised you three coats on your house The question arises whether or pot the specifications provided for this We suggest you get a competent painter to inspect your house and make a report Let him report to the financing agency which you say managed the inspection of your house Spotty Plaster “I have just remodeled my house and since the plaster was put on yellow spots and streaks come out on the walls and ceilings We cannot wash them off Can you advise me about this as I am anxious to settle with the contractor?” These yellow streaks are often caused by at swered without knowing all the con- ditions which can only be learned from an inspection of the house are not likely to be well answered The decision as to material must- be based on whether not itris desired to retain the previous character of the architecture From this point of view shingles siding or brick can be used We advise employment of a local architect Close the Door "Can you inform me what a carpenter must do to hang an ordinary door using ordinary hipges so that it will gradually close itself after having been left open I have a door that doe this but carpenters top tell hie they cannot fix other ones Insulation bark on the lath or by pitch streaks similarly To this home builder we say that the only way a door “We plan to reiinlsh our walls or pitchy knots The only repair is construceanbe made to close in this way is Our bouse is to hang it wrong Under these cir- tion to At the same time we should insulate the walls Can this cumstances elthelr the jamb or the like door has to be cut so that they will be done adequately by putting on several sheets ot sheathing paper?” - eft- me We do not recommend this method-I- t is far better to get the Insulating Daunting its silk petals toward the end of May and linger- medium close to the plaster plane ing into the days of June After but if that involves taking off the that it dles down hag its dormant sheathing the job may be too experiod and toward the very end pensive Insulating board may be of the year sends up new green placed under the sheathing or stud leaves all geady for the following spaces may be filled witlcrock wool Wo suggest you refer this matter An Oriental poppy has been deceived into thinking this is spring season's growth and Dowering to the architect who Is managing But so is autumn the delightful rnd has flowered for the second time in one season at the garden of weather your remodeling for you now even that an Oriental 209 Miss Kate Anderson Douglas street Salt Lake City poppy is deceived into thinking it’s Question of Paint instead of autumn and In "Can you tell us if there is As proof thatjwe enjoy two sum- - in one season in her lovely garden spring the Anderson garden a beautiful way to find out how many coatsany of mers each year In the vicinity of at 209 Douglas street Salt Lake paint a house has had?” asks a ' ' ' Salt Lake City Mis$ Kata Ander- City seek with the frost and opened to son— displays an orientaLpnppv 'his poppyas ailgardenerskn OW an entrancing plhk poppy This— in house would get three coats of which flowers for its second time is one of the true summer peren- - December dear readers! paint but you can see the knots in nlals- - 4 to knock off the plaster remove the lath and do the job over again Even because this is unsatisfactory patched plaster always shows It is the Italy thing you can do under the circumstances leav- - winter thinking that because it endures the sun and rain the rest of the season the frost and show won’t hurt it Frost is its worst enemy and wilL make the best constructed "article fall to pieces in no tins at all If benches or tables Or other things are too bulky to be housed Situation Not Bad The real estate situation in the country is not bad according to the conclusion reached by John H Fahey chairman of the Federal Home Loan bank board Washington He has traveled recently through the country and has found remarkable improvement In rentals and in the demand for property The records of his bank reveal a growing interest in real estate and construction which in his opinion justifies the erection of many more houses than were built this year and the investment of money in funds in government-insure- d projects Arbors lattices ornamehtal fences need a simtla and so on-a- ll tectlng coat at the beginning of winter Usually amateur gardeners can’t see the sense in painting their garden adjuncts now and they consider it money wasted preferring to have the bright new coat of paint in spring when the natural urge comes to paint and clean things up But now that the vines have dropped their leaves you should get and t T advise prospective home buyers to beware of those who try to steer them away from F H A with the specious argument that an ln- sured loan Involves delay and red tape” Mr McDonald said "They usually have some ulterior motive decidedly detrimental to the buyer IS etc Shipment 10680 - TULIPS —in Ten Choice Varietiea each either si seed oil paying especial attention double the life of exterior woodto the joints or paint therm work at the same time t - days Garden Furniture Requires Protection During Winter Don’tmake the mistake of eral housing administrator Many offices can complete the processing of an application for mortgage insurance In six or eight days or even less The maximum time allowable for processing an individual case has been set at 15 450 100 While the Stock Lasti These Blithe are 'all top size In prime condition - 0 IDEAL for PLANTING NOW HYACINTHS DAFFODILS and CROCUSES In Good Color Assortment'" Stiir Available! Hurry— Before the Ground Freezes tip for --the Winter! PORTER WALTON CO v- |