Show ? i $rvr i !?jf ‘jrSff? toiWS f Wfw' ? if WoWfaWaM K r Sunday Morning iXljc 5 alt £ake Tribune- - May 28 1939 D 5 Cutting of Perennials Affords Easy Way to Obtain New Plants New Shoots Flourish In Special Frame iWitlr Little Attention By Maud Chegwidden Garden Editor Many of the early flowering perennials which have passed bloom for this year may be divided or may be greatly increased through taking cuttings The moie common rock garden plants such as aubretia or false rock cress alyssum saxatile or basket of gold iberis or perennial candtuft and a number of the dianthus family the rock garden pinks make excellent material for cuttings now The cutting method is often the only certain way of obtaining a around each cutting and the glass sash of the frame is put large number of new plants exactly with a layer of burlap or newshke the mother plant If seeds of papers to give shade The sand this parent are saved and sown one must have been quite damp remay never rely on seedlings being member For about ten days the frame just like the parent In color and must only be opened enough to the case is more uncertain when permit adding moisture to the sand especially fine hybrid varieties are It is a good practice to splay the cuttings with a very fine spray being grown once each day Amateur gardeners are often At the end of ten days many of fraid of trying the cutting method the cuttings will be making their of propagation It isn t at all dif- first tiny roots The sash may be ficult and the rock garden plants taken off or raised to permit air are among the easiest to increase to enter the frame but the cutI tings must be shaded from hot sun through this practice Defined Cutting A cutting is a shoot which has been taken from a mother plant it may or it may not have a piece of the old stem of the mother plant attached to the new growth —some varieties need it some do not This (Continued From Preceding Page) part of the old stem is called the ‘heel" and often does quicken for- Climber believed by many experts mation of new roots to be the best red climbing rose to To take the cuttings of a mature date and Climbing Madame Edou plant use a very sharp knife de- ard Herriot a climbing hybrid tea tach a piece of the plant preferably which has the same type of flower with a heel and at once put it in as the bush rose of the same name water 60 that it will not dry out No Picking However don't leave cuttings in The municipal rose garden while water for a long time — this may be sponsored by the Utah Rose society very harmful is part of the city parks department As soon as possible they are to be and picking of the roses is strictly set in a propagating frame This forbidden They are there for the is merely a box or a special corner enjoyment and education of the of the garden filled with sandy soil public and will serve as a constant or pure sand provided with a glass monument to the fact that the clicoer to conserve moisture within mate of Salt Lake can produce roses and to somewhat regulate the tem- of superb quality and great quanperatures tity second to none other in the Small cuttings are easier to root United States than long ones Rock cress or ar&bis and candytuft or lbens both should be taken with a heel Other small perennials should be taken from the tips of their season of ace Rose Garden Diseases Seen As Menace lo Gay Chintz Covers Transform Living Room Bright Slip Covers Lighten 1 I Delphiniums Modern Living Room By Grace With the Increased popularity of delphiniums and the consequent larger plantings of the new hybrids that amateur gardeners are making some griefs are being locally brought to light we find the new Sometimes growth of the delphinium is oddly distorted in spring This Is caused by ji mite and experts declare that it may be controlled by the applicato the tion of dry crown of the plant Use about a handful to each root and scatter it all among the crowns of the plant As the delphiniums grow dust the shoots with dry sulphur every week for further precautions so as to prevent trouble while the flower spikes are developing Sometimes delphiniums become prey to what we call crown rot If your plants have this they should be soaked In very early spring with a solution of bichloride of mercury mixed in the proportion of one part to 2000 parts of water Black spot disease to another afflict delphiniums may be cured solution of biwith this chloride of mercury also ttheir Gretlier lovely furniture had to be cov- - ered up and their homes took on the Slip covers was a more appro- a warehousei look forward of realname most us than t a3 a day 0f renascence priate lzed for the awning striped mon- Now they can their house a JT give new and prettier face They can execute entirely new color schemes They can go giddier than they’d ever dare in their expensive winter upholsteries Some idea of how spry and refreshing the new slip covers are one can be gleaned from even the most 'Ihe big news in this years rops eurspi v look-i- n on smart furniture of slip cosers is that thes are so floors today beautifully tailored tin re s not hi At one store there are to be seen Thdre Is slip in a roomful of tin m They fit some Ingenious notions as smoothly as the original siphol-nt Lie side chair covered with white stery They may he ripped hooked1 basket weae bordered with soft or buttoned on We haven t seen brown fringe— washable and color-faNear it is an armchair done any that are laced like the corsets but they fit just with red linen embellished on the en as snugly as if they had bt arms ancf across the top of the back The second big item of slip cover with a h strip of white cotnews today is that they are wash- ton printed with a red Greek-ke- y able As a result the shops have design blossomed with examples that are Two materials combine In anothfresh and gav and lovely as a bed er chair the front seat and arms of Even that hardy per- which are done In blue sailcloth of flowers ennial glazed chintz can be tubbed and the back in a blue and white now emerging from its dip shining vertical striped cotton In a softer brightly as ever vein is a chaise longue covered with Ruth factors— their trim fit and a flowered chintz In soft tmstel their washability— have brought shades with lemon predominating the idea tremendous pop- and bordered by a dainty white orularity I Today women who used gandy ruffle finished with a borto dread that spring day when all der of the chintz strosities with which come each spring we used to shroud our fine furniture It was impossible to sit on them without slipping gradually but surely to the floor They were more than likely in fait to slip and sag without assistance from any- - ‘‘"'I c lime-sulph- L f J y st fitf :WW :4S A two-inc- ' i ‘ Sw A delightful wallpaper print of garden flowers shows against the background color of rich ash to “slip cover’’ this luxurious sofa The accompanying chair is summer dressed in solid colored glaed chintz matching rose Contrast this with the awning stripes which formerly covered the living room furniture of a few years back slip-cov- Dedication Garden Queries growing shoots so well developed they will snap off not merely bend Three or fpur inches is the proper length for cuttings of such plants Cut at lje Whenever possible sever the cut' ting through an eye" or a node It is at these points that roots form If a long cutting more readily must be taken to get this heel or eve then cut off the upper or tip part to make it the right length If you have a’coldframe this will make an excellent propagating frame On top of the earth already there put a two inch laver of clean coarse sand Water this thoroughly and firm it well down Make small holes with a knife in the sand and insert the cuttings one in each hole to about half its pushing them into havn t already been opened sufficiently to rereive them Any leaves which would be below the sand must be cut not pulled off Damp sand is then presed firmly length— never sand that Ater Strain Resist- - Disease New (Continued From PrerMln Pser) both dread asler diseases will never attack the new Eai ly Giant Light Blue The foimer is believed to come from the soil and the latter to be carried to the plant by insects Whatever wav the two are carried they will nut be pait of your garden troubles this year if your esters are of this new’ vanety It is of no use sowing aster seeds until the ground is waim for the seeds are quite likely to rot in cold damp ground V ou have am pie time then to sow a batch of this aster Give the seeds good care in rich gtomui and you wt have plants thiee feet tall each one bearing a profusion of blooms as much as five imhes ac roes 1 TIRED STRAINEDjIYES Answered By Maud Chegw lilden G F Salt Lake writes: “I am a reader of your column and havo had succeas by adhering to your advice And now my problem The plot In the cemetery Is planted a a solid blanket of tulips W idling to plant geraniums there as the tulips are done I wonder how this can be managed without destroying the bulbs?" Ans— It is an easy matter to sow seeds of ann-ial- s between the tulips or even to plant tiny aeedlings but such plants as geraniums with their large root masses make the problem a real one If you wish to take up the tulip you may do so provided you take earth with each one and set them away In some corner of your garden where they may be covered with earth to permit them to ripen for next year If you do not wish to take them up I can only suggest that you make the holes to receive the ger am 1ms very very carefully holding your breath and keeping your fin gers crossed1 Mrs lvr A imqll convn- Unity locatd on the column nabll you to shift gears swiftly and effortlessly ttnng NEW NEW BODIES BY FISHER Ihe smartest expression pf the newest stylo trtnd importing on ontiroly gratr CHEVROLET’S FAMOUS H Montello Nevada “(’an you please tell me the name of this flower? 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