“The Semiahmoo Sun and White Rock Weekly

i ~. ae THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1058,
In the Garden

By G, E, SERY, Garden Fadltor.

p bulbs.
withered and before they
0 foliage and stems may

‘Thisris the time for 1fting tull
Lifted furt as soon as the tops have
necome dry and brittle, so that 1 ‘
ie thorcuguly cleaned up and burned; by dolng this, you wil
be more Ukely to eliminate infection, whlch would otherwise
be matumed Yo the woll and riak apreading disease, oapecially

fire discase, at next year’s planting.

st plan ia to plant ed for
Ants na treah bed overy year, cinths, ete, which are ann
Dati nt eden et] BAM watt I, the su
always feasable. | Whew fy, manner. But tt ts not necessary
xame bed has to be used MTT o itt any of theso every year,

a tan to dig the ground
Booasd deep, pringing the bot-
fom soll well to the top, and
durying the top soll in Its place.
‘Another method a to change
the top soll, but this Is a labori-
ous task.
SIMPLE METHOD.

‘The Dominion Experimental
Station recommicnds a simpler)
fnethod: white digging the area
ever in preparation for Fall
planting, pour a solution of
formalin and water (1 por cent
strength) in the bottom of each
trench as It is opened while

fas in the caso of tulips, In fact,
‘at to only lift them on
y thres or four years.

This is the month when you
should dig up and replant fag
Irises (Irlx Germania), Like
many such plants, including
bilbs, a grent deal of attention
and admiration is given to them
When they are in full bloom, but
soon as their flowers dle,
they are usually forgotten and
neglected. That {8 a mistake the
Keen gardener should never
make, for this is the time that
digging across the bed. special care should be given to

‘A.1 Fer cent solution 1s made | them to improve the quality and
by mixing one gallon of stan-|sizo of next year's bloom.
dard formaldehyde solution in} Litt the roota carefully, using
99 gallons of water (or smaller|q garden fork. Shake out the
quantities In the same propor-|soi], and divide the fleshy roots,
tion), ‘This is used in the trench |called rhizomes, into individual
at the rate of one gallon of solu-! pieces, each one with a fan of
tion a cuble foot of soll. |icaves:

As soon as each trench ns} The iris is a sun
recelved the solution—a sprink-| when choosing the new site
ling can is a convenient way|choose a position in the full
of applying it—the trench Is}sun. A good dressing of bone-
Covered with soll taken from|meal should be dug in the bed
the spit which becomes the next nd a light sprinkling of ground
trench to be treated. linrestone or marle would be

COVER WELL benef

lover, 80

Because it is the fumes that] When planting spread the
are the sterilizing agent as they|Foots out in the ‘hole you dig
Immediate,/out to receive them, but keep

permeate the soll,
coverage is importan

For best results
area should be covered with ©

ted with the solution Sardeners ts to
)deep and burying the rhizomes,

hich will probably only rot
nderground.
When the planting is all com-
nd
of

tl

or else with a tarpaulin, can
heavy building ‘paper. |
The cover {s left on for a day |
or two, after which it is remov-
ea to aerate the soll for ten|Pleted, water them well in,
days to two weeks before plant-|hade for the first couple
ing. It is also important) that| Gays:
the soll be treated during.
ods of warm weather, be-| VACATION . . . Missionaries
cause the formalin ls more ef-| from Arizona where they are en-
fective at higher temperatures.| gaged in evangelizing the Nava-
Whatever method Is used, re-|Jo Indians, are Rev. and Mrs,
moval of the “primaries” or|Arthur Norris and family,
“fire heads” as soon as they ap-| guests at the Missionary Guest
pear should be carried out. Foli-|Home, North Bluff Road. They
sprays, such as Ferbam|plan to spend one month here
(Fermate) and Dithane are|prior to returning to their mis-
jpful but these only supple- sion fleld

RJ. Dutile

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‘There you have it. These are|
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must take. But in any case, if}
you have had any tendency to

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fre blight, I would strongly|
recommend using fresh ground.
DIG ANNUALLY

‘Tulips should definitely be dug |
up every year, for leaving them |

°
‘Orders may be left at

CEG PARSONS,
HILLTOP
Phone: W.R, 4611

in the same piace a second year,
or for a period of years, only
invites trouble.

When the bulbs are dug up,
they should be laid out on slat-
ted trays to dry out for a couple
of weeks, and then must be
cleaned and the bulbs divided
and graded and laid out on
fresh trays and dusted with
flowers of sulphur, and kept in
& cool basement oF cool shed,
The larger bulbs are kept for
planting in prepared beds and
the smaller bulbs planted in
rows In the nursery bed to grow
cn for future flowering bulbs.
The planting will naturally not
he done til) October or Nov
ber, i

All other bulbs, such as Nar-|
clus (daffodils), - crocus, hya-

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MEMBERS’ HOMES

Monthly moeting of the Intor-
national Pence Park Garden
Gud held on Tuesday, July 7,
took the form of m garden tour,
takinig In the gardens of mom-
bers on tho Canadian side of
the border,
Rondozvous wax at the home
A. Griffin, Pence Park,
and after his garden was ad-
mired the oxox pf Mra, Pat
cholt excited the ddmiration of
tha visitors,
Tho nbxt call was at tho
home of Marry Marshall on
Boundary Road where a num-|Hoad,
ber of planta. unfamiliar to| Mr; Woodburne paid a mo
most wore to be found. .|Ing-tribute to both Mrs, Hone
V. Haliht’s roses wer derson and Mr, Hond for tha
and at th great services rendered by bath
‘and Mrs, MoAllen thero waa|to the organization
be geen a vory effective 4 BS ft
Seabee, Sig eta Reperting) for
cultivated. The grounds of Mr.|eaid that 18 birthda
Mrs, Peter Salt oxhibited
A very effective landscape re-
sult by tho judicious grouping
‘of shrubs of difforont varieties.
‘The home of Mr, and Mra. F.
E, Lawrence on Stokes Road,
the next visited, with its spacl-
ous lawna with the background
of wide bordors of shrubs and
flowers, enticed visitors to tin-
ger longer than usual, From
Stoxes Road the procession
proceeded to the home of Mr.
A. H, Portell, Stayte and King
Goorge, where a number of un-
familiar flowers and shrubs
were admired.
‘Tho next visited was the home
of Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Kring,
Stayte Road. Mr, Kring was
highly congratulated on the m-
provements he has made during
the short time he has occupied
his present home, as the
grounds were in a derelict con
dition when he took over.
The tour wound up at
home of Mr. and Mrs
Darts, Coast Meridian.
Darts is president of the
land refreshments were
to finish a successful and pleas
ant evening.

CONVENTION NEWS

in'the Assembly Room of tho
White Rock Hote) on ‘Tussday,
July 7, It opened at 2 p.m, with
the singing of “O Canada,” fol-
lowed by the Penalonors’ Ro-
crulting song,

‘Two minutes silence were ob-
served In respect to the passing
of three members, Mrs, Honder-
non, Mrs, Bawdin and Mr,

Birthday
A.

Morgan sald that
ar-

mittee, Mrs.
she was trying to mako
rangements for the sale
home cooking.

Mrs, Morgan
had ordered a bouquct sent to
‘Mr, and Mrs. Harris, Campbell
River Road, celebrating the
@th anniversary of their wed-
ing, Mrs. Smith reporting for
the Sick Visiting Committ,
sald that sho had done some
hospital visiting.

Mrs. M. A. Reynolds report.
ed that she had visited six
sick “persons.

‘Mr. Woodburne,
the convention, stated that it
was a good convention and

erything passed off
Mr, Woodburne on
the
‘A, Griffin on having been
elected Provincial

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