| Show Sunday Morning ilJje Salt £qkc Uribunc 1 June D 1939 3 Salt Lake Prepares Scene for National Rose Convention Visitors Right Methods Make Rose Culture More Care Needed In Culture Of Lily Bulbs Utahns Groom for Nation’s Rose Show fY While one usually sees lily bulbs Carden Editor There are right and wrong ways to cut roses for the house The proper method not only results in the flowers lasting longer for table or personal decoration but also induces the rose bush itself to produce more blooms You will have the cut flowers longer if you take them from n the plant just as they are approaching the bud stage Tight buds sometimes refuse to open in water and a rose which A has passed its bud stage will very soon open out flat in the house unavoidable and drop its petals Of the three the regal Is the Roses cut in hot sunlight like cast-irolily which is sure to thrive any other flower soon droop The under our local conditions of soil ideal time to cut them is in the and climate The other two requirevening They should then be placed ing acid soil are not so reliable in deep water up to their blooms yet they are so undeniably lovely isiJ and kept in a" cool place all night that gardeners buy bulbs year after A great amount of water will be are content if they bloom and year absorbed and then the following 1 but the once in the following SepA- day the roses may be arranged for tember decoration It is surprising the long time they remain in perfect In warm weather garden pests Regal Elly condition The regal lily needs deep planting begin their fell work Unless the Also the rose needs to be taken gardener is prepared to recognize and should be set with at least eight from the bush in a certain way to them and to meet each variety with inches of soil over the top of the keep the blooms coming for many its special poison the garden will bulb Make groups of three or five Do not take each flower be a miserable sight in a very few bulbs at the least weeks and avoid plant with every bit of its stem weeks ing in rows If you want the best The divided into effect at flowering time garden pests are New Shoots two main sections: those which The stems will rise from three to Instead permit two leaves to re- chew eating parts of the plant and five feet under average care and on the main part of the stem that those which suck with an organ each one will be crowned with from Is left on the bush This will in- they push into the plant tissue thus three to a dozen or even more of duce a side shoot to develop at extracting plant juices the most exquisite flaring trumpeteach leaf node From the main Chewing insects must be killed shaped blooms imaginable The main branch from which you have already by having some sort of poison color is a sparkling white though taken one rose you will have two sprayed on the plant they are feed- there is some yellow in the throat roses in a few weeks ing on Sucking insects since they with pink suffusions on the outer Go over your rose bushes now do not partake of the outer part of sides of the petals and if some of them produce flow- the plant cannot be poisoned and ers in clusters pinch off each bud therefore have to be destroyed in July Blooms except the terminal or largest one another way Ordinarily the regal lily flowers This sends all the strength of that This is done by spraying the in- in July so think of this when you to the branch one flower and in- sects themselves not the plants plant the bulbs and arrange comduces it to be larger and finer with liquids which burn their bodies panions of perennials which will than it could otherwise have been These are called contact sprays The add to the picture then But the applied for chewing insects first year especially if bulbs are Garden Effects are referred to as stomach poisons set out now bloom may not appear If you want the roses merely for until much later Pests garden effect with plenty of bloom Chewing The speciosum lily has a different no matter if each one is not very Cutworms all sort of caterpillars flower from the regal big allow all side buds to remain or various worms and other insects and instead of the trumpet form it and eventually open are chewers and need stomach pois- has petals which curve backwards Watch roses for two customary ons Aphids or plant lice red spiders displaying to beautiful advantage pests aphids and rose beetles and leaf hoppers are all sucking the long anthers with their golden Aphids tiny green plant lice which insects and must be brought into stamens Lilium speciosum may be cluster on the bud and stems and contact with a burning spray white pink or red The white variety suck the plant juices are routed by The usual stomach poison is ar- has a thin line of green down the senate of lead— a deadly human center of each petal Others have spraying with The rose beetie or rose curculio poison by the way— which is mixed deep pink or red spots through the Is harder to fight He sticks his in the proportion of one ounce of petals and often also have the The Doctor a new rose caused proboscis into the buds and per- the arsenate to two gallons of wa- green midrib a sensation when first put on the forates them ruining the flowers ter If the arsenate is first mixed Immune to any spray known only with a couple of tablespoons of or- Auratum Variety market and this year the first handpicking and killing will remove dinary flour it will be easier to The auratum lily often known time it has been available to local half-ope- C if v 0 manage This is sprayed on whatever foliage or plants are being chewed Color or eaten One application is seldom Gives enough It is to be applied in a fine Di stinctive mist-lik- e spray and the solution while A happy blending of color gives must be stirred constantly Individualism to an amply propor- being used to prevent settling tioned sun room The walls are Cutworms painted light yellow and the ceiling Cutworms working at night only off white For the floor linoleum of walnut brown harmonizes richly chew the stems of cherished plants with the wall color broken by a through just at ground level They cannot climb tufted white scatter rug For them use a poison bait made Figured draperies are predominantly turquoise in color to match by mixing two spoons of bran with the painted linings of the book- two ounces of arsenate of lead addshelves The furniture — of modern ing either molasses or sugar to design — is of wheat finish wood sweeten it then moisten the mass with golden brown upholstery The with water so that it just holds todesk chair is painted soft coral gether This bait is put out in tiny piles color in the evening where the cutworms have been seen working It must be carefully protected from chickRemove ens or children or pets the surplus early the following morning Aphid Toisons Blending Touch Kill the Pests Before They Destroy Your Garden your troubles the remedy to w ' Complete stock of Spray Material — Sprayeri — Duiteri and Gar-da' Suppliai Bedding n Plants — Gladiolus Dahlias — Roses PLANT NOW PORTER-WALT- ON CO Salt Lata and Centerville Utah Aphids are best fought with one of the nicotine poisons Blacklcaf-4- 0 being the standard It is necessary as already stated to touch each insect with the spray in order to kill it Soapy water instead of clear water Is better for this mixture since It helps the poison to adhere to the plants infested with aphids Watch roses now for aphids They are sure to bo present Spray weekly during the summer as long as you see the tiny green creatures dahlias Columbines hollyhocks later and any number of choice perennials are sure to be infested with either green brown or black aphids sometimes so much the color of the plant on which they live that it takes keen eyes to see them Light Stairways Well Stairways especially those leading to basements or attics Bhould be well lighted The use of electric switches be conveniently as the goldbanded lily because of its wide yellow ribbon down each petal is most beautiful but is a lime-hatand of course local soils contain a lot of lime However bulbs planted now will flower late this fall and in the opinion of many amateur gardeners will then have repaid their original cost even if they never appear again Ail lilies' like to have a low leafy planting around their roots so that the lower part of their stems and the ground over the bulbs is shaded and cool They must have perfect drainage too and will soon decay and disappear if the soil is wet They need moisture but it must not stand at ail times about their bulbs For perfect conditions set each lily bulb on a cushion of coarse sand or gravel and then you will be certain that surplus moisture can drain away Never put fertilizer near a lily bulb so that it will touch the scales of the bulb If you wish to enrich the soil either use bone meal which cannot do harm or place decayed barnyard manure on top of the ground rose lovers Every detail about An- drrson homes hears the stamp of approval visions A and pro- they possible your ownership of a model make hnuio for a little as you now pay In monthly rent I Developed by the California firm and Smith The Doctor several handsome and superior roses grown by these experts It is a fine shade of clear pink with a delightful fragrance and with almost unbelievable measurements A fine example may be found in the garden of Dr and Mrs William R Middlemiss 2515 Highland drive President Herbert Hoover on the other hand is an old rose as roses go yet in local gardens it is a grn eral favorite because of its almost unequalcd performance relative to healthy plants sirong habit of growth and profusion of bloom Even with its customary good account of itself however a bush of President Herbert Hoover seldom reaches the height of more than five feet as the one grown by Mrs Cory De Clark 1041 Bryan avenue has done this spring A Wfc - com-mftt- Sel-do- Garden Queries Answered 1 CO “Offering a Coni filet c Building Service ” 223!) So We Blh East would wrli’om Ily Bit nn op- portunity to Mplttln to you thr rnmpirtrnFAK of our rrvlr! lo homo blllldcri meeting of national trustees at 9 the general session will begin at 10 a m and will close in time for delegates to attend the organ recital in the L D S tabernacle Meetings will again convene at a m Mrs T D VM Filer Idaho writes: “I’lease tell me what to use to spray for Virginia creeper also for a small worm that eats 2 p m Speakers will include Dr tiie leaves of a hop vine" Kirk who will give an account of Ans— I am sorry I cannot tell you his recent European rose garden how to get rid of the leaf hopper on tour H Marion Hatton of Harris- the Virginia Remedies creeper burg Pa national secretary of which have been declared have the A R S who will discuss aims not proved effective in good my own exand purposes of the society Dr perience Maybe some of our readW W Horsley of Lovell Wyo ers can tell us For the worm which whose talk will be illustrated with eats the vine spray with arcolored movies of his garden and senate of hop lead others visited in a recent tour of the Pacific coast Clyde Stocking Mrs D T S Kaysviiie writes: of San Jose Cal and Mrs Cyrus ‘‘I have some lovely geranium Dolph president of thq Portland plants given to me but since I Rose society have had them they have never The annual banquet of the Utah flowered They grow big healthy Rose society will be held June 12 plants with good leaves but no at the Newhouse hotel with Mrs blooms I fertilize them regularly William R Middlemiss in charge with a chemical fertilizer and keep of arrangements them In a sunny window" James H Mahoney president of Ans— I think you are treating the the Utah Rose society will be toast- geraniums too well This plant will master Following the dinner John bloom best when it is slightly van Burneveld of Puente Cal will and not too overfed— that is give a lecture "Rose Crowing From why yours are all fine foliage and no blooms Also if the geraniums have bloomed all winter they will not flower continuously all summer pot-bou- Lilac Bushes Need Early Priming Care Gardeners Chech This List! 9 Have You — plenty of seedling annuals to fill in bare spaces in borders? — started a compost heap on which you will pile the lawn clippings and other discarded vegetation —staked the dahlias delphiniums and other tall growing perennials? This saves them when unexpected wind storms come —dug suckers away from old fashioned lilacs? — looked at all your friends’ irises and decided which ones you will purchase yourself? Iris planting lime comes soon — arranged a corner in your garden for outdoor meals thii summer? —clipped the privet hedge while shoots are still soft and easily cut? — watered newly planted evergreens both at the roots and on their needles? Avoid doing this however in strong sunshine ama-iVcr- ProtectYcurBoses From Plant Lice Don't let your lovely rows bs It is so essy— sad spoiled by lire when eliesp — Simply sprinkle the boshes with III II Vt II tint jour roses will lx ssfs Money bark it you don't tyres that III IIACIl is the best protection sssinst luted petit you linvf ever tried In llsndy Sifter (sot jre nn at Drug Shops (irorery Seed Storm and Jj lrl FKOHOVHUP IT HACK too Note to Several Readers — Tulips must not be taken up until the leaves turn brown NOW Is the Tims Attention to lilacs now will inTo sure better bloom next year French hybrids should have their dead cut off instead of being left to ripen to seed and replete the shrub's stock of strength BEFORE IT KILLS However if you wish to experiment allow one flowerhead on some YOUR LAWN! of your choicest shrubs to remain and then when the seeds are ripe WE HAVE EXPERTS who sow them in a special seed bed and can treat your lawn NOAV see if you cannot develop a choice new hybrid of your own and protect it from the GRUBWORM at HALF the lilacs are prone to make a forest-lik- e growth of suckprice it will cost you a few ers all around the one or more main weeks from now stems Keep these suckers cut religiously away not only because they sap tho main bush of needed plant food but because they spoil Bring Your Grub and tiie appearance of the shrub SomeOther Insect Troubles times a sucker may have a few fibrous roots and these will all to us for Estimates! make independent lilac bushes In time Don’t Forget Your French hybrid lilacs seldom suckLAWN GRASS SEED! er but when they do watch the suckers carefully and next fall Trees need fertilizing just as muchfeeding roots of t lie tree are found after there has been a severe frost another place where as flowers do yet the average deep down Bv placing thci?n'P they may remain to grow to ma- turr gardener seldom thinks of this chemical plant food down there it turity fact A tree which has enough food will be dissolved quickly by the In two years most of those French AND SONS COMPANY will he hybrid suckers will flower Suckers for its needs will seldom fkll prey moisture in the earth-an63 E 2nd South Was 365 lilacs wall to disease unless it has reached its easily and instantly available to the from the seldom bloom before seven years allotted span of years while a tree ro2ts' I ry this mrthou nn your ehmrp however that receives regular rorrect doses now and notice the vast of plant food wilt surpass expecta- strides in growth snd beauty that tions in size and beauty they make during Hie rest of the Tree feeding has been brought to season 15 NEAR SUGAR HOUSE s an exact science through introduc-slugtion of balanced chemical fertili-kllleSO STATE ers containing certain specified amounts of tiie elements plants jnccd The three chief elements are nitrogen phosphorous and potash t is possible to calculate exactly the amount needed from the size of the tree trunk To do this mensure tho tree ONIY through the thickness of Its trunk 95 four feet above the level of tho HOLLYWOOD AVE ground Tlwi required ration of a Krleai Quirk Trays chemical fertilizer Is three pounds ( alilnrt for each Inch of tree trunk diameSfMlrd Motor ter Similar 9 Forced lubrlrallon ATTENTION! HOME HI tUURS AM) INVFSTOHSt! A better method than scattering as Shown lot Huy hpre 375 wiUor all pnid Iff parcrla Hie fertilizer on the ground beneath at above uuikukI price Hr the loin today Our rrp- the tree is lo moke hole almut !H ' ' rrwf niAjivts U ihn'f nr cnil Yis at ufricfi toniortow Ii-Indies deep all around tiie tree 33 just under the outside rlrclo formed by tiie leaves what we call tiie WAS 77 132 SO MAIN REALTOR "drip” of Hie tree 11 Is here below ground that the saBszai 701 SO STATEsbbss flow-erhea- Wily Gardeners Set Traps Poison Bait for Slns o LUMBER in’ be from 11 a m of Howard is one of located may ANDERSON the Rose room of the open to the public Ground Up’’ accompanied by until 9 p m June 11 the colored pictures Most keenly competed for of the On June 13 delegates will be taken awards will he the Nicholson bowl on a bus trip to Saltair leaving valued at $3000 and held by the the Newhouse hotel at 2 p m is one sent each winner for year It to the city they will be Returning a to the different unit of year shown local points of interest end American Rose society for com- rose gardens of members of the petition state group Later a picnic supper Tho winner must enter the best will be served in the Box Elder 12 hybrid tea roses in the show in Mill Creek canall different varieties and all cor- amphitheater yon Mrs Stanton W Peck will be rectly named in charge of the box supper The Eleanor T Park trophy a Mrs Maud is gensilver cup belonging to the local eral chairman Chegwidden of the convention unit will also be awarded for one and is assisted by Miss Mildred year to the exhibitor of the best Bancroft Others in addition to rose in the entire show Mrs S A those already named who are in Steler is show chairman of various convention decharge Dedication of the city’s rose garinclude Miss Genevieve partments den East Temple between Tenth O’Connor and Miss Kathryn E and Eleventh East streets will be O’Connor Mrs registration conducted at 3 p m June 11 Offi- Charles W Yard music Mrs ciating will be Dr T Allen Kirk James H Mahoney publications and of Roanoke Va president of the printing Mrs Shields Mrs American Rose society and Mayor M Alien and Mrs William Frank Howard John M Wallace Fred Breining is Tibbals tea R O Kirkland of chairman of the rose garden Bountiful and C R Walter transand Fred Augsburger portation n A tea with organ recital by decorations dediHeaps will be given after catory ceremonies Tor those who It will register at the convention be at the home of Dr and Mrs Claude L Shields 1234 East Seventh South street June 12 will be devoted to convention meetings in tho ballroom of the Newhouse hotel After a By Maud Chegwidden The show hotel will It lived up to its repu- or seed beds they spell Slugs are usually present in dens which receive a lot of water anathema Generally found in damp spots unBecause of their soft bodins der stones or boards they can do if not actually arc Injured a great deal of harm with dry gritty contact hy Slugs come out of hiding only at material Coal ashes and salt both If they gain entry to your will night keep them under control is harmful to Balt of course plants also hence It must ho used 11 J tation as an enormous bloom and an acquisition to any rose garden the means of serious accident prevention under F The rose will reign queen over Salt Lake City next week when members of the American Rose society from almost' every state in America gather for their annual convention with members of the Utah Rose society' as hosts Events will get under way Saturday at 7 p m when roses to be entered by members in the annual show will be taken to the receiving room in the Newhouse hotel Roses will be received until 9 p m Judging will commence at 9 a m the following morning with visiting officials of the American Rose society as judges Large Roses Thrive in S L Gardens him Bring Animal Meeting "7Vn n hv Program for I'Y offered for sale In the fall often one sees them on sale early in June and if these bulbs have been stored correctly so that they are plump and firm and not dry or soft and shrivelled the gardener Is perfectly safe in buying them It is most often the regal sped-osuand auratum lilies that are seen at the nursery stores for sale now These bulbs have been sent from abroad usually from Japan and hence their late appearance was By Maud Chegwidden Black-leaf-4- Officials Arrange KILL GRUB DAILEY y LOT S A 1 129 liOGLE INVESTMENT CO - |
