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* The Semiahmoo Suns a and White Rock Weekly

({URSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1064

In the Garden

By G. BE. SERY, Garden Editor.

Sowing Pansies and Violas for Spring Bloom

Pansies and Violas are both perennials, with
Violas, which are usually of solid colouring, are

ancestry,
longer lived than the pansies,

grown most easily from seed sown
ried over the Winter to bloom in early Spring

a common

which haye “face Both are
in late Summer, and car-

Tho plants will hold thelr
greon leaves all Winter and{in the Summer, and are more
bloom in @ cold frame as voon| numerous, Dark blue, yellow,
ag tho earliest Spring fMowors| orange, vety crimson and

are out. If grown in tho shade,

with faded flowers
promptly. they will bloom
al] Summer. But pansies seldom
live a second Winter and the
violas are not. much - longer
lived,

It in oasy. however, to start a]
flat or two of theso lovely flow-
ers each year, Sow tho seed by
August 15 in soll prepared by
mixing a third sharp sand, a
third peat moss, and a third
sifted top soll, Cover the sur-
face with a half-inch of Sphag:
num moss, or vermiculite, and
broadcast the seed In this, with
& little moss or vermiculite to
cover them. Keep moist until
the seeds germinate.

The moss and vermiculite will
prevent damping-off, a fungus
Gisease which is dangerous in|
hot weather. Let the plants
grow out in the open until Fall.
hen if you have a cold frame,
put the fiat in it and cover
with leaves for the Winter.

Lacking a frame, set the flat
in a protected corner. and cov-
er with a few leaves. It is better
to transplant the seedlings, set-
ting them seven to eight inches
apart in additional flats. but if
you sowed thinly, this can be
skipped and the plants left to
Winter in the original flat.

When the garden sojl has
been prepared in the Spring,
move the plants to a portion of
the border which is on the
shady side of a building. They
may not grow as fast at first
as plants in full sun, but they]
will soon catch up, and the rest
of the Summer they will sur-
prise you.

In hot weather, the flowers
will not grow to giant size, and
the plants will become “leggy,”
with long stems. If cut back
severely, and given a dose of
plant food. new growth and
more abundant flowers will re-
sult. Aside from the novelty of
pansies in the Summer, attrac-
tive colour effects may be ob-
tained by planting named varie-
ties of pansies,

Violas may be grown in the
same way. Their flowers grow
almost as large as the pansies

removed|or border which will have

white flowers will make a bed
a

cooling effect in the hottest

weather,

BLUP AND F
HYDRANGES

When a hydrangea which has
hitherto borne flowers of a
good, clean blue, suddenly
starts bearing pink blooms, it
js a sure sign that the soil
around it has become too alka-~
line, and the most usual causo
of this is an inadvertent dress-
ing of lime.

Lime should never be given
to a blue hydrangea—unless, of
course. you want to turn” it
pink.

To restore your plant to its
original condition, the quickest
way is to give it a dressing of
half a cupful of common alum.

The hydrangeas require iron
to produce a healthy deep
green leaf, and aluminum to
produce a clear blue colouring
in the flowers without muddi-
ness, In acid soils, these cle-
ments are readily available, but
in limey soils these chemicals
are “frozen” in such a form that
they are not available to the
plant.

In such soils it is necessary
to feed the plants with a solu-
tion made by dissolving 1%

in a gallon of water, and ap-
plying around the roots in
April.-

"There are a number of very
beautiful varieties which are
certainly worth growing. Here
are a few of the best kinds:

For acid soils: Mme. A. Rive-
rain and Mousseline, both tall
with pure, light blue blossom
Altona, a mid-blue, which lasts
exceptionally well; Holstein. a
pale blue, blooming in August;
Kluls Superba. deep blue; Go-

forms particularly well near the
sea.

For neutral or limey soils:
Ami Pasquier, crimson; West-
falen, very dwarf with vivid
crimson blooms; Princess Beat-
rix, deep pink; Mme. E. Moull-
lore, an excellent pure white.

Butane and Propane
Gas Mains Proposed

for Surrey

Permit to Jay butane and pro-
pane gas mains in Surrey may
be given to N. S. McDonald,
Brown Road, Surrey, if Surrey
Council receives a favourable
report from Municipal Manager
Percy Livingstone, Municipal
Utilities and Co-ordinating Com-
mittees is received at” next
Council meeting.

This was decided following
reception of a brief by N. 8.
McDonald, Brown Road, Sur-
rey. representing a “firm whose
financial integrity cannot be
questioned.” He asked permis
sion to lay pipe lines in denze
Jy populated areas such an
White Rock, Cloverdale and
Whalley.

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pal regulations ond assured
Council his clients would pay
reasonable taxes on
down. He would not ask for a
franchise until enough consum-
ers were assured, It would take
about four to five years to build
Up sufficient revenue to become
belf-supporting. Gas would be
stored in underground tanks for

truck.
He hopes that gases will be
sufficiently plentiful by 1956 to

in consumer costs over present
“as prices, for domestic. busi-
ness and space heating. At
present there is a surplus of
Propane gas and it ts only a

tion,

As soon o8 the permit is
granted his firm will undertake
|4n engineering survey to pro
vide sites, erect tanks and Jay |

teaspoonsful of sulphate of iron] ..

Math, a purplish blue that per-;

Wines laid}

distribution to outlying areas by

warrant a 50 per cent reduction |

question of economic distribu-}

pipeline grids with all work
completed by the end of the
current year,

Fire By-law for West

Central Surrey

First two readings wore given
by Surrey Council to a now
fire protection by-law for $25,000
to cover Went Central Surrey
with fire protection, with vot-
Ing tontatively wot for August
28, This decision was taken fol-
lowing submission of a roport

by the Muntolpal Fire Commit-
tee, Third reading will be given
At next meeting, i

Boundaries of the Went Cen-
tral Surrey district will include
north,

Townline Road on the
Archibald on tho e
Road on the wost,
son Road on the south.

An option has been taken on
some modern fire fighting
equipment, with purchase de
pending on passage of the by
law. ‘This equipmnet will be
glyen a public demonstration on
Surrey Falr grounds at the an-
nual field day sponsored by the
Lower Fraser Valley Firemon's
Association, A grant of $70 was
given to Surrey Firemon’s As
sociation to asslat in defraying
exponses of the fleld day de-
monstrations.

Councillor E, A. Pitman be-
Heved this by-law should be
submitted to the ratepayers as
soon as possible in view of Sur-
rey’s favourable insurance rates
with underwriters.

If the measure’ is approved
by yoters all Surrey will be un-
der volunteer fire protection
which will pave the way to co-
ordination of all fire districts
under one mun

MORTGAGE LOANS

under the provisions of

THE NATIONAL HOUSING ACT, 1954,
may be arranged through

any branch of the Royal Bank

Before you discuss the details of your
project, save yourself time and trouble
by reading our pamphlet “Loans for Home
Building”.
ditions under which loans may be made,

It describes the basic con-

Ask for a copy at any of our branches.

THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

HILLTOP BRANCH—YV. B. S. Martin, Manager.

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