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many new crea-

the flower line. For

have received more

lists from Eastern Canada

rom our B.C. firms. and

fou have too. It seems

gardeners buy their

seeds from the East, and that
" Eastern folk buy theirs out
| here in the West.
must. say the Eastern cata-
Togues depicit some very at-
tractive coloured illustrations,
‘but we have to be wary, for
the result of some of these
beautiful flowers don't always
come up to the colouring of

the illustrations.

‘However, it is always quite
@ good plan to try out some
of these new introductions,

dikewise some of the new in-
troductions in the vegetable
dine, but as I have often warn-
ed before, don’t depend on
some of these newer varieties
for your main crop—try them
out by all means — stick to
some of the older proven sorts.

In planning your flower
borders, it is a good plan to
Bive these borders a finished
Appearance with an edging of
dwarf plants. The deep blue

Lobelia and the white or|

mative Alyssum, both make
ery attractive edgings, but

mearly every garden seems to]

be planted with these, and
many gardeners would like to
look for something a little dif
ferent for a change.

AS a matter of fact there
are quite a number of other

left corner.

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Beer Subjects which make very at-itour or five inches high.
tractive edgings. One if my »
fellow gardeners. recommends
Kirkwell Aster
Brows not more than eight
inches in height and covers it-
with perfectly-formed
China asters in quite a variety
I have not seen
it advertised in seed lists yet
but apparently it will be avail-
able from the trade channels

Which

the Little Sweetheart Sweet
Pea which forms a perfectly}hungry soil is Mesembryan-

Tounded bush themum, often-called the Ice |"
inches high, and covers itself! pjant.
mixed-coloured

Spencer type flowers.

eight

Some

may remember growing the

and these will
Showing of bloom
en they are first set out, but
Y are unfortunately inclin-
ed to become very straggly and
blooming the latter
part of the season. I would
some of the
Violas, which can be kept in
better shape and will usually
bloom for a longer period than
their more regal cousins. Vio-

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SDAY, FEB. 7th, 1957 |Colours; Blue Perfection, a

Garden

Osrden Editor.

Ught blue large-flowered vari-
ety; Arkwright Ruby, a dark
crimson and very showy;
Chantreyland, an  apricot-
orange; Scottish Yellow. large
golden flowers, or Lutea, the
Smaller-flowered type; and
White Perfection, a pure
white. Ageratum Midget Blue
or Little Blue Cap make ex-
cellent plants, growing about

For a very hot and ary bor-
der in which most of the
@boye little plants would dry
up and quit in a very short
time, the best thing to grow

Brow in the poorest of soil.

frilled blooms, blush pink and

is very |the centre veined a rich wine
easy to grow, and makes an'red, deepening in the thr
excellent edging plant about
six inches high, and will keep | “worth-while,” but don't
blooming for a long period.
Limnanthes Douglassi is an | border.
fother little dwarf edging plant
| with pretty foliage and yellow Newton Scout Paper
jand white flowers. “2
You may like to grow Pan- Drive March 1—30

Sies as a border edging plant,} Newton Scouts will hold a
a yery|Paper and magazine drive

at

jgrow it in the very hot, dr

from March Ist to 30th. Pap-

Saturday by the group and
residents can arrange to hay¢
them picked up by
Scout Leader Ga
Newton 236-R-4.

Papers may also be left at
the home of Mervyn Krueger,
704 MacLeod Road.

Crescent Student

sat

A Grade 5 Crescent
Student has been

ion of th: ster con-
test for Surrey schools.
Keith Freeman took the
honour with a freehand di
ing of two cam
a deer. The po:
tioned ‘Shoot me
camer not with a
Runn:
division

sup in the jun
sre Ernie Laugn
‘ade five stu
dents at Simon Cunnin

As only two students
€d the senior conte:
prize money was not
but Tommy Fyfe,
at Lord Tweedsmuir, receive
Special mention.

Newton Church Hold -
Annual Meeting

Annual congregational meet
ing of the Newton Presbyter-
fan Church was held last week |
in the church parlour with|
Rey. Garrie B. Splitt ,presid
ing.

Board members for 1957 arc|
Mrs. W. Donaldson, Mrs. W.|
D. Kroeker, B. Donaldson, Al}
Jack, M. Ratson, W. D. Kroe-

Mrs. W. Newton reported that
work on the new church hall
is now in progress with rough
plumbing completed, © stucco:
ing of the exterior an dinstal-
lation of a furnace will be the

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Plans for star:

ind Mra, HG. Wade helped jdren with | sama
Mrs. W H. Munro to celebrate |amounts to #

her birthday at her home in| around Cedar Ocean |
Ung a unit of | Port Kells, on Sunday, Feb. 3, |liams Road, and .
at Newton were discus-
sed at the regular monthly
mecting of the Auxiliary ‘to
First Newton Browntles.
meeting was held at the
home of Mrs. Isabel Nay, Har.

G, McKay, Mrs. A. J) Lonnén:
burg and Mrs. J; Mason,

|Crescent Guides
|To Hold Tea

Hfor an edging is Portulaca,|_
with its vivid, multi-coloured | Guides
blooms, opening up carly in|Holding a Valentine Tea on
the morning and closing up at|S#turday, Feb. 16 at the Fire
night. This little fellow will|Hall in Crescent. There will
be home-cooking, White Ele-|
Another of the same type as phant Booth, etcetera, and al-
A most attractive edging is|Portulaca, and which will|8° 4 door .

thrive in a hot, dry, sunny,’

The Group Committee of the

H. Rimer are

they will return in a week or
A plant which I forget to |*°-

jmention before is the little /

of the old Country Bardeners /dwart compact Petunia, |

Martha Washington, which | Lough

sam type of Sweet Pea under |grows about nine inches high

the caption of Cupid Sweet and forms a perfect ball ef-

Peas. They were very useful fect, smothered with lovely

to grow in 5 inch pots.

Nemophila insignis

daughter Joan from
visit them for

and Mrs. Roy

to dark violet. This is quite a | quaintance o:

jSon, born the 27th of January.

a Fair on April
nt of the Cres

iscellaneous articles
ers will be collected every |
Crescent Property

acting|Cwners Meeting Off

ay, Feb. 6. Mr. CE NIASDE ANS

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The first aid kit and insurance both Te is fan better, though, to prevent

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The Crescent Beach Crib- Mrs Dorothy Hayes of

bage Club held its weekly levard is spending a cou
meeting on Friday, Feb. 1 PO beret in Honolulu.

the home of Mr. Frank Smith. Cop 0
The Boulevard. Mr, and Mrs. L- Stone have
eae returned from an extended

The present number of chil- | holiday.

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takes a dollar to start. Add to it regularly.
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