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10 WHITE ROCK SUN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1959

Week by Week |

In The Garden

By G. E. Sery

THE ASPARAGUS BED {shed till tops die down and

Now that asparagus fern has|soil dries out |
turned yellow, it is time to cut Dahlias and gladioli may be
it down, It is not wise to cut)jeft in the ground for a week
it down while it is green, for,|or two after the tops have
as I have told you before, all |killed, Unfortunately, this sud- |
growth of plants that are still/den loss of top growth must |
green, is still furnishing}come as quite a shock to the|
strength to develop the root or |dahlia plants, and probably this |
bulb to mature into best con-/is one reason why some have |
dition for next year’s prodtc-/much trouble in wintering the
tion. Cut the asparagus fern|tubers successfully.
close to the! 4;

been |

Mr. Hanratty
2550 Dogwood Rd. Crescent

the ground, put

is not easy to duplicate, |
prunings on the bonfire, for/in our gardons, the natural
the ‘stem is too hard <o rol/nzpits of plants which come

down on the compost pile, then
clean up the bed of wecds, and

Getting Married?

Take advantage of our | shovel top soil on the path onto

from di
ditions a

t lands where con-
very different from
ours. Dahlias are never cut
Some well-rotted }gown suddenly, full of sap, a

manure and compost also added |they grow in their native Mex-
a mulch may be beneficial.

as ic There, as the close of
wer This mulch canbe raked back |the growing season, they pass

onto the paths in the spring.

the bed.

© their domant condition

3 STORING TUBERS FOR ery gradually, drying off
NEXT SEASON |through lack of moisture, They

CHL | sinsctieT SA elu il mt

made by the amateur gardencr
who digs his gladiolus bulbs, |

dahlia tubers, cannas, tuber: | 9,

tion in the soil, which may ap
pear dry and sunbaked to the
. but soil in nature is never
ous begonias and other SUM} completely dry and always
mer flowering bulbs, and stores|s trace of moisture clin
them safe from frost to re-|the particles, even in a d
plant nest year, | These conditions are almost
Not all. bulbs..and tubers re-| impossible toumeet in our gar
quire storage in a cool place.

and Bridesmaid’s
Is, Three Corsages,
utiennieres, Flow:
the Church,

utifully arranged

i dens, Our fall rains keep the
Complete for only $25 pg iene: eM a) reentividtbapsy.. We
keep well in a asement have, therefore, to try and
House of Flowers Haan eee and cov | counteract this unnatural
se Yupeas a: dency of excessive growth
15227 Pacific Avenue Wait until the first killing|5 tine when the miteehonia

frost before lifting the bulb:

@ gradually reaching its dor.
Phone WI. 8-9700 {if they are spoiling through too | sot een a Da
DAY/AND NIGHT SERVICE [uch wel, lift them without) requce the shock by gradually

disturbing the tops, and place
them in boxes with as much
soil as will hold around the} ——"

roots, and put them in a cool!

2 A message from
civil defence on
disaster survival

defoliating the plants as lifting
ar, taking off

The object a basic Civil
Defence co is t acquaint
brooms available. Phone WI ath sofithelorgan
ization 3 s branches and
Spe ed work,

The general object of. Civil
Defence to minimize effects
» M: of disaster and the prim ob-
Banquets - Wi ing Receptions ject is to maintain the abilit

. to carry 1

Dances - eetings To achi :

one , able to reduce to
Phone\WI. 8.9150 Sprosite tbe LostiOt fice yo se ttias destruction, of prop:
erty and dislocation of essct
tial services. This requires
preparation, interest and train

led personnel

The following persons con
[stitute the Provincial Advisory
Council — ‘The Provincial Sec
retary; The Attorney General
|The Minister of Health and Wel.
}fare; The Minister of Agricul. |
|ture; The Minister of Educa:
|tion; The Minister of Public
Works; The Deputy Ministers of

CIVIL DEFENCE NOTICE

Disaster Instructions fof}"persons living outfide
Greates Vancouver@ind Greafer Victoria are pw bping
distributed to sigischoid@ts by mail

ent or

READ apf plage them in car glove compar
keep handy in Shun tome. THEY MAY BE THE MEANS

|
Highways, Health and Public
OF SAVING) Y¥GUR LIFE. Works; he Assistant Commis:
Tron Migs Pie zs cons oy ma in he ac | tht, CME, athe Pin
few da¥shabply to one of the following: : are responsible to the Cabinet.

Local Civil Defence Author-
ity is vested in the Contro}
Committee of Aldermen, Work-
ing closely with this committee
are the Advisory and Planning
Committees,
| The Headquarters Service,
directly responsible to the
above, directs the organization,
training, administration, and
branches of services. The Kes
erve Army is now in process
of taking over some of the in:
dividual services.

Phe nearest communitysCWil Defepesoificer:
* Your area, zone or district}Co-ordipator:

© The Provinci@j Civil Defend Co-ordinator,
Parliamer Bidgs’, Victiyia, B.C.

YOU CAN’R.BE CERTAIN -
YOU CAN BE READY.

Rev. Dornfeld to

speak at Tabernacle
Rev. George Dornfeld of Seat
tle, Wash., will speak Nov. 6,
|7, 8 at the Crescent Park Evan-
Selistic Tabernacle in a special
series of meetings.
Mr. Dornfeld was « Lutheran
Pastor for 22 years in the USA
and is now Director of the Seat»
tle Bible School. Mrs. Dorn-
feld will be bringing her testi-
mony of her healing from can-
cer.
The Dornfelds will take part
in the regular Happy Hour.
pubis Club, on Saturday morn-
\

——______

Rotter health is ane of the
key objectives of over one and
4 avarter million Canadian Jun-
for Red Cross niembers Higher
Standards of personal and, pub-
ee health are
116 classroom

fostered through
branches of

few leaves every day. Then, ;
when frost has cut them down, |
this is the time to leave them)
in the ground for a week or}
two. There is a _ certain
amount of sap still left in the
stem which will help the tuber
to survive the shock

When the tubers have been
lifted, jet them d-y in the gur |
age or any frost-proof place
until the soil shakes off freely.)
Then clean them, cut the stems
back to four or five inches of
the tuber, and discard the parts
sliowing injury or signs of
mould, decay or disease, and
dust the tubers with sulphur. |
Then store in a place where
the temperature averages 40
degrees, when they need not)
be covered But if in a warm-
er place, they
ered with sand y
moss. Be sure to label each
plant with its name or color,
for identification next spring.
diolus bulb uld by
dried in the sun if possible fur
three or four days after lift
ing. Cupt the dead tops down.
and continue the drying in a
warm room (if possible) for ont
or two weeks. Put the bulbs
and bulblets, after they have
been cleaned and separated, in
paper ha in their separate
varieties, in which DDT dus:
3 percent or stronger, has been
dropped and shake t
that they may

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