Show SAU THE LAKE TRIBUNE SUNDAY MORNING AUGUST? 1938 D 3 Society to Hold First Show August "GXRDEN NEWS Roles That Bloom Even on Hottest Days Artistic Use of the ‘Swedish Modern Edited By Maud To That Bouquet Chegwidden Wide List In the hot weather flowers never keep so long as table decorations as all of us know to our cost But when we have spent a considerable time In making a beautiful arrange- ment for the dining table or the mantel or the piano top we like to keep that bouquet aa'longasever we can— And there Is a' trick which will help you retain the1 loveliness" of Such a flower arrangement more than twice its ordinary span When you are' ready to retire— or when the arrangement is not to be used Immediately — carry the bowl or vase to the kitchen table and place a couple of cartons or boxes on either side of it each lone being higher than the tallest flower Lay sticks two of them across the top as shown in the drawing Then drape wet newspapers or wet muslin over the whole thing This will make an entirely different temperature beneath the little tent from that of the room itself and the flowers will remain perfectly fresh or will revive if they have started to wilt Of Prizes Offered The first gladiolus show to be staged by the newly reorganized Utah Gladiolus society wi 'f W - ' ' ’' it' it- M nr o&fSJSSffllfr 4& -- 'W ' Vf ?&&& itnivrintf im m i nix Saturday and Sunday August 13 and 14 in the Newhouse hotel Anyone may enter gladiolus in the show W Reed Nuttall of Provo president spates Amateurs will enter their blooms in a differem class from very large growers so that competition may be made as fair as possible Ribbons and choice gladiolus bulbs will be given as prizes along with the silver cup and silver plaque of the group which are to be held for one year only The silver cup is offered to the amateurwho wins the largest number of points in displaying flowers fL Constant care enable Mrs Lafayette Sheets of Holladay to grow superb roses and have ' them bloom oven In the hottest part of the summer The rose is the favorite flower Mr and Mrs Lafayette Sheets so at their attractive garden 2419 Kentucky avenue Holla-da- y a grbat part of the ground is given over to the queen of flowers Mrs Sheets who for the first two years of 'its existence waS secretary of the Holladay Garden club makes the rose garden her especial care Since the house has a south exy posure the roses are grown in front of the foundation planting where the sun falls many hours daily and where there is excellent protection from the north ' Of both imme-diatel- That the chosen spot Is ideal for roses is evident The only fertilizer that has been used so far by Mrs Sheets is a balanced chemical one barnyard manure with its varying and unknown proportions of nitrogen phosphorus and potash is taboo The ground is constantly cultivated the dying roses are kept cut away and spraying religiously attended to Even though our photograph was taken on the hottest day of the hottest month of this hot summer when most folks have not a rose worth mentioning large perfectly formed roses simply- - abounded in this garden - in the 11 color classes The plaque will go to the exhibitor of the largest spike In the entire show Special prizes are for the largest individual floret on any spike for the smallest floret for the tallest spike for the shortest spike for the best basket of spikes and for the finest unnamed seedling grown in Utah Color classes are as follows: White yellow orange and cream salmon rose and true pink rad and scarlet pale dark and medium violet rhrvenderr amoklesTind novelties From one to three spikes of the color are to be exhibited and the society will furnish all containers except in the classes for baskets or bowls There also is a special class for the bet basket and the best btfwl of gladiolus tips Most of the new roses as well as the many old favorites aregrown There is Will Rogers an unforgetrose just introtable blood-re- d duced there is' Dainty Bess the charming singlepink rose which— displayed by Mrs Frank M Allen of Salt Lake City — caused such a sensation at the show of the Utah Rose society in June there are many other single roses including Isobel a very large pink and there are several specimens of the tried and true Golden Emblem which Exhibitors must take their flowMrs Sheets considers the best yelers to the exhibition hall before 10 low rose on the market although a m Saturday Following judging there are many newer ones the show will be open to the public free of charge from noon Saturday until 9 p m and from 9 a m until 9 p m Sunday Ruel E Paul of Magna is general chairman and he will be assisted by Mrs Ruel E Paul L G bulb will penetrate down to the of Salt Lake 'City Clifford bottom of the prepared soil pocket Taylor of Farmington and George Elliott Use some imagination when you Soffe of Salt Lake City with Mr plant these bulbs You can have Nuttall superb pictures in June and July by placing them well with other plants as foils Never have one About Ramblers single bulb but always grOup them in threes at the least Don’t forget that the rambler They will grow from three to four feet tall roses must have the shoots cut and their exquisite white buds will away at ground level that have borne flowers this summer -- This open for three weeks or longer When lilies fade don’t cut their is the only way to insure a crop of stems away— leave them to turn fine sprays of bloom yellow naturally because this has an next year and it is the one method important part to play in the matur- of keeping the climbing ramblers ing of the bulb for another season young Time Now to Move Madonna Lilies August is the month fop moving Madonrta lilies It would be the ideal month for planting new bulbs if we could get them but since our' largest commercial stock of these bulbs comes from northern France we have to allow time for the cargoes to cross the ocean hence they are seldom available here until Oc' tober t But if you wish to mov'eyour own lilies either because you have planted them wrongly — in a place to which they are rtot suited or too deeply— adjust the mistakes now And if you cart buy Madonna lily bulbs locally from growers you should get them without delay Botanically called lillum candi-duthe Madonna lily has been grown for ages and is always used by poets and artists as the emblem of purity It grows so easily and likes our local soils and climate every garden should have plenty of m these beautiful things Many Prefer Shade ' Many lilies prefer a shady position but the Madonna likes full sun yet it does like to have its roots its bulb shaded by a leafy growth and for this reason be sure you arrange such a low planting just In front of where you put the bulbs It looks well rising up behind a clump of peonies with the well known companion planting of delphiniums or columbines could be put in front of the Madonna lilies or such things as au- - bretia or perennial candytuft-possibilitieare endless After Madonna lilies have been planfed they make an autumn growth of leaves developing a pos-etwhich rests on the surface of the ground staying green all winter This is one of nature’s methods of protecting the bulb — for the rosette keeps icy water from keeping down to the scales of the bulbs in winter Even if you cannot buy your lily bulbs in August of this variety you must get them early enough that the autumn growth can be made Almost all the lilies require very deep planting but this one the Madonna positively must have shallow planting There needs to be no more than two Inches of soil over the tip of its bulb if it is much deeper it will refuse to bloom and probably will decay Importance of Soil te ' Deserves to Be Grown ds and bright andlovely Pull out of the ground suchan-nual- s as bachelor buttons larkspur single or double annual poppies they have finished flowering and will only be ugly yellowing things for the rest of the year This is for those annuals that were sown last n fall or were though if seeds of these were only planted this spring the chanccu are that the flowers will still have several weeks of color ahead of them iMany other plants and shrubs will be benefited from contact with the clippers during August Vines often self-sow- J b- - both — TO KEEP BOUQUETS FRESH COVER WITH WET CLOTH OQ HEVSPAPER AS color schemes and decorative acces- sories in the room ing liv- upper and illustration dining room low- bOX OR CARTON er of Mrs Harry Williams ment Here is a method of keeping flowers which everyone can practice apart- 63 If you use muslin you can put a bowl of water on either side with the cloth resting in the water and so a continuous dampness of the covering will be obtained During the heat of this month and next flowers in the house must have their water changed often for the heat helps to promote bacterial growth Each time that you give fresh water to the bowl or vase snip away a piece of the end of the stems Flowers should never be cut in the heat of the day Early morning is all right but the best time is late evening just before dark Put the flowers in a deep container so that water comes right up to their blossoms and leave them there all night Arrange them the following morning and then with the wet canopy over them when no one is to view them you will have lengthened their life an amaz- East 2 First North street are equally ag-- p In the pealing dining room note the clever of chairs designed to fit into a love-se- three-wa- y in at the corner when not in use are out of the way and a note dec- ing space to Transactions (Continued from Precedlnc Page) stucco a seven-roocompany and frame at 349 Vine street Murray to Leonard J Brown New Grand Realty company an eight-roobrick at 1719 Michigan avenue to Willard Peterson E B brick Wicks company a at— 1872 Clayborne - avenue to m m How One Bride Decorated Home Surhmer and young rove are themselves enough to confuse a young bride shopping these days for the furnishings of her new home But the welter of new fabrics furniture and accessories of subtle color schemes and fresh ideas in arrangement which meet her eyCs at every turn in the smart shops is apt to send her utterly berserk unless she has planned and studied all the new developments in chic d decoration plus the fundamental principles of the art The apartment we write about today— that of Mr and Mrs Harry Williams 63 'j East First North street one of the newest and most interesting homes visited yet— serves to summarize how young understanding and artistic imagination can create an exquisite example And if there of home furnishing d are and crotchety who doubt that modern furniture is anything more than a fad this apartment should convince them that the modern style like is really here to the automobile ever-soun- die-har- creed-boun- Veronica spicata' Is one of the loveliest of blue flowers Blue flowers among the veronica s — family aTgmanyr“fronr— that embellish the rock garden to tall growers which are virtually shrubs There are more than 200 known species of veronica Spraying Tools One veronica that deserves to’be Come Into Own grown oftener thanTit is because of its delightful rich coloring is The wise gardener seldom is far veronica spicata shown herewith away from the spray tool in Au- This perennial grows- from 18 inches gust All sorts pf tiny pests black to two feet In height with thin upbrown or green aphids or cater- right stems closely studded with pillars or worms attack the plants pretty soft green leaves at the upwhen the weather is torrid per part of which are six inches 0 for tiny or so of the small deep blue flowers Spray with plant lice' and with arsenate of lead each with prominent purple stamfor caterpillars and other things ens that make a large planting of that eat holes in plants and the it so very showy and beautiful Veronica damage they do wilPonly be slight spicata blooms all But you have to spray constantly — through July and for most 6f Auat least once a week gust It gives patches of bright Black-Leaf-4- modern! the room Green Gardens Restful grey-gree- In- spired— “Swedish orative Snipping Clipping Days Here blue-gree- Scandinavian yet provide Soil for lilies is very important None of them likes a clay soil which is cold and which retains moisture a long time They must have a loose soil which has perfect drainage If your soil is clay you can still grow the lilium candidum to perfection by making a place for it taking out the earth about a foot deep and filling the hole with a mixture' of soij sand and either pure leaf mold or peat moss This should be one foot deep not because the bulb goes so deep of course but to permit surface water to drain away The roots of the lily from below the - Every evening during August grow very luxuriantly at this period you should walk through the gar- and you find yourself stooping each den armed with your shears There time you step beneath them into the are flowers going to seed constant- arbor or onto the porch There's ly and both for the sake of pro- no sense in letting the vine be your clip wisely and the Silver longing bloom and of keeping the master Lace vine or the wisteria or the neat and clipping snipping garden honeysuckle can easily be kept in must be done In tha first place I hope you its place have cut off all the peony flower heads and the old iris flowers unless you are especially anxious to save a few seed pods But don’t cut off the foliage of either peonies or iris yet Old Oriental poppy leaves may Do you know how restful a green be cut if they haven't been attended to yet They look very ugly garden can be? Yet to many people and it won't hurt the plants in it just isn’t a garden at all unless the least to take the browned leaves there is color and usually plenty of it Sometimes a garden overaway Shasta daisies have turned brown flowing with color makes the oband shabby looking in most gardens server feel slightly mad! If you have enough room make a now cut the plants back fairly close to the ground and you will little nook that will have no'thing — be rewarded wittrasecond crop bu- t- greenness—for— its plantings of bloom in fall provided we have There will not: be monotony for you can- - have light and dark greens a nice long mild season then Everand Cut the delphinium stalks back to the ground This too will en- greens themselves alone give a variety of greens courage a second spurt of flowering wide -- — stems The same applies to 'holly- —Then in your greeirmooky place a bench painted white hocks of Keep the faded flower-heathe gaillardla clipped off and the blooms will continue to come large Here’s Trick dainty-creeper- blue after the delphiniums fade af-tthe anchusa'lA gone find when the early blue things like grape er stay In Swedish Modem In the Williams' apartment both the living and dining rooms are done in Swedish modern Which h owe ver - is not meant that it - is typical Swedish furniture The design is interpreted and adapted to contemporary American homes and is a style trend rather than an effort to copy forms and types of pieces Th esu n ny li gh t blo n d f u (bleached mahogany) is designed with slim lines and gently curved surfaces n of the trim Is re' The peated on the sofa which is covered with magenta pink (an impossible sounding combination chat proves charming— a bit adventurous too with freshness and originality and maybe a little derring-doit take that to get married in these troublous times) The walls papered plus n the plus a variety of blond tones are all combined in decorative accents on a low round table and in a charming modernistic hyacinth and mertensia are but a memory It Is with the platycodon we described last week the link between these earlier blue blossoms ariOheTate monkshood For gar dens planned according to coior where blue is essential veronica spicata is Invaluable in fact it is a distinct asset to any border While veronica spicata can be grown from seed two or three roots will give effect the first season and may soon be divided into almost endless small roots these in turn soon growing to dividing-siz- e them selves Once you know it you will want plenty I prophesy It thrives desk in any sort of soil but it requires The use of slipper satin draperies I a sunny place' gay splotches of flowers on a white ' blue-gree- egg-she- ll blue-gree- background add a decorative and piquant accent to the modern decor The rug fromall to wall is broad-looin a rich new shade of cocoa dust Peasant Pictures Used Other notes in the room that come fresh from Sweden are the pair of peasant pictures hung directly over thq sofa Two Spode lamps on commodes (one at each end of the sofa) instead of the and a' larger familiar Cloisonne lamp a crystal aqua flor-iuand white jade brass book-end- s are attractive decorative accessories In the new little dining room verll walls are papered in tical Stripes harmonizing with draperies The room is notable for its singularly bright and cheerful color scheme (blond wood agaiftst chartreuse upholstery on chair backs and a cocoa dust rug (wall to wall) and for the design of the furniture itself The table for one- thing is plumb in the center of the room The chairs designed to fit into a love-sethree-wa- y arrangement in the corner when not in use are out of the way and yet provide a A decorative Mote "to the room studio couch adding an extra bed apartment-Withoresorting m end-tabl- m egg-she- - at to-th- e to an ut is covered five-roo- mohair and boasts cushion backs of the same material as the draperies And carrying out the modern vogue for glass is a crystal servettfc cocoa-brow- n Practically Evidenced In fact in both living and dining rooms one observes how much practical thought has accompanied artistic imagination in producing For a grace and individuality young bride who until now has herself entirely with concerned frills and furbelows to decorate her own exterior this first job of home interior decorating is something to be proud of There is-feeling of gentility and Urbanity— and even great elegance on a small scale— taht one rarely finds in much older and more staid homes The bedroom strikingly modern A dusty apriis French provisional ll cot shade in a rug ivory furniture in a double bed exquisitely satin backed a chest wall-to-wa- night table and a dressing table with unusually beautiful accessories and an ornately framed wall mirror hung above it emphasizes a freshness and stimulating interpretation of French elegance Mrs Williams the former Miss Barbara Daynes daughter of Mr and Mrs Dean R Daynes 543 Kensington avenue is one of Salt Lake in City’s early summer brides— GG m F Barnes Kenneth E brick at 632 a Emerson avenue to G C McClus-ke- y Frank Coombs five-roo- m a Woodbury corporation frame at 75f West Second North street to Harvey J Hamilton Miller & Vlele combrick at 1738 pany a Eighth East street to Maurice E Brooks Hillman Realty company five-roo- four-roo- frame at 2952 Fifth East street to Joseph W Simona Jr Home and Garden company a brick at 1582 Sixth a four-roo- sevtn-roo- m East street to D N Sorensen a Realty company brick at 1109 Eighth West street to William J James Fred frame G Breining a and stucco at 1628 Emerson ave- nue to Eric E Stelter Frank V brick And Parish a stucco at Sandy to William L Ewell Hillman Realty company ge five-roo- m six-roo- m five-roo- E B Wicks company reported the sale of 154 East Twenty-firSouth street to Mrs Lydia Dallin for A Ray Christensen st Transactions reported by the Keyser Realty company were a brick at 857 Browning avenue to James - Rice for the H O L C a building site in the upper Yale subdivision to D R Jensen for the Tracy Loan and Trust company five-roo- m The Realty Company of Utah reported the sale of a English colonial house with one-ha- lf acre of ground at 220 East Thirty-thir- d South street to A L Hust for J oaepirHolland Agricultural coliege 'will preside COTTONWOOD — The garden club of Cottonwood will meet Monday at 2:30 p m with Mrs G R HOLLADAY— The Holladay Garden club was host to the Murray Garden club Monday evening at an opeit-ai- r meeting in Mill Creek Quist— was— th(6 Walker as TiostesMrsTWrHrChlld eanyon— speaker and discussed civic beautifi will— speak on pests bulbs and ' cation for planting LOGAN— The Logan Garden club the garden clubs of Wellsville Smithfield Richmond and Lewiston to meet with them Friday at 7:30 p m in (the Logan chamber of commerce rooms at which time Mrs Maud Chegwidden garden editor of The Tribune will be the speaker She will discuss the history of gardens from early Egyptian days to present times Professor J C Hogenson of the Utah - - - Sales by Ed D Smith and Sons brick bungaincluded a low at 235 Downlngton avenue to Mrs Florence Hadlock for the H O- - L C a five-roo- m 3 Outside Controls at 491 Eleventh East street to Harold G Hancock for one the H O L C a seven-rooand cottage at 601 Twelfth East street to H W Felk-n- Automatic feontrols for heating and cooling plants in commercial Business buildings and apartments are being placed outside of the building to add to efficiency In keeping the buildings at correct temperature by immediately compensating for any change in outside temperature Reported by the Union Investment company vwas the sale of a bungalow at 38 Pioneer street in Midvale to Kelvin an H Hunter for the acre of land in Bountiful on which a house will be built to Parley Hatch for C A Olsen preparation has invited -- five-roo- m spring £ m er for the H O L C HOLC - 1 |