Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 69

Scout Emblem b.7 Fairyland Made Practical Famous Dawn Redwoods Arc Spectacular Show Fcqturo Girl Scouts, according to lrs. In Flowers in yellow Tiolas, blue violets, iris, tulips and roses represent-, ing the world association of Girl Scouts. Flowers surrounding the trefoil of violets and violas represent blooms, in the "international friendship" garden of the Thelma Dyke Mrs. Leland W. Pollard, in charge.

Through; their floral studies for the garden show exhibit, Alameda Girl Scouts say they have learned much about the customs of foreign lands. Later they discovered ttiat the foliage and cones were identical with the fossil specimens of Me- A bit of charming color In the Alameda Girl Scouts exhibit, In the garden show's outdoor area is a floral emblem worked out reading chairs, and outdoor living furniture, all in contemporary design by Winston. FOLLOWS STYLE Created especially for the gar den show, it relates -to the new forms in landscape architecture. A grin work for Wind protection, and a vine support are part of Outstanding feature of the California Spring Garden Show is an exhibit of tha famed Dawn Jtedwoods. Specimen plants In this case were grown from seed by Harry Roberts of Piedmont.

The discovery of the living "Dawn Redwood" in China In 1944 was one of the most out- tasequoia from Japan and Man churia. And so. In a dramatic discov TitwWti. P.Iil. OH DAY Shop 12:15 till ery, a fossil had come to life.

A tree that scientists had believed extinct for 20,000,000 struc- a maximum breadth of 10 feet. Background for the sculpture Is a colorful mural, depicting a Brazilian garden setting with snow-capped blue mountains In the distance. Painted by the Park Department from a design created by Amedee Sourdry, city landscape architect, the mural is 50 feet long and 12 feet In the foreground is a 56-foot pool; with the 'whole display defined by a steel fence. An overhead, or shelter, of fabric on wire diffuses the sunlight over the play sculpture. The surrounding "sitting area" Is furnished with picnic benches, the contemporary-type ture.

1 years had been found growing The entire structure is painted, standing of recent scientific dis- for this species of tree yellow, resting on a white base. in the interior of China! OTHERS FOUND Since then, of many scientific parties, have searched for "Dawn Redwoods'! and ound It attains the required tropical effect for the show's theme with a I collection Of ophilodendrons, several types of draecenas, ma-ranta, hibiscus, and nitida rubber trees, of the small bush type. was believed to be extinct. It all came about when a forester employed by the Ministry of Agriculture of the i Chinese National Government, T. Wang by name, riame upon an enormous tree in the village of Mo-tao-chi In the province of chuan.

Central, China. COMES TO LITE' The needles and cones he took to Dr. W. C. Cheng, professor of forestry at National Central University, Nanking, convinced them that this was a tree never before seen in the 'Shop at Searo and Save' them in several Chinese Prov-inces.

Roberts and' others have brought seeds to this country and have been able to produce fine, sturdy specimens. Located in the Hall of Flowers, Robert's unusual display also includes examples of asso dated plants, among them Glyp tos trobius or Chinese "Swamp Trees," and Metasequoia fossils His "Dawn Redwoods" are from two to eight feet high. I -y al forests of China. Six Oalclanders Are Among Artists Showing Paintings )38 1 America's first play sculpture, a revolutionary type of playground structure, features the Oakland Park Department dis- play at the, garden show. Designed to give full rein to children's imagination and their.

healthy instincts for climbing, crawling, and Sliding, the fan- tastic object, resembling the wreckage of a beached whaling ship, eliminates all hazards encountered in the traditional forms of playground equipment. Children visualize in it the deck of a ship i plowing the waves, the pinnacle of the world's' highest mountain, the mysterious caves and tunnels of an underground city. It has innumerable openings for children to crawl through, places' fpr climbing, three slides, including one of bannister type, and four caves and tunnels, with speaking tubes to transmit voices from one to another. SAFETY STRESSED Designed by Robert Winston, instructor at the California Col- lege of Arts and Crafts, the sculpture stresses safety in play. There Is not a sharp edge or corner in the structure, and in use it will be based on white sand to cushion slides off its sloping surfaces.

Idea for the new type of playground equipment originated in Sweden, but the Oakland unit I has been enlarged and augmented beyond first conceptions. It is the first of its kind to be built in the United States. Wilfiara. Penn Mott Jr city parTc director, has announced that the structure will be placed in Lakeside Park after the show, on a beach site below the bandstand. It will then be available for children's in conjunction with a new-type spray pool an vacating wading pool with water sprinkling upward.

NEW ERA SEEN jji, Its Introduction at the garden show is attracting wide attention, not only from parents, but from school and recreation au- thorities who see in it the forerunner of a new idea in playground utility and safety. More than two tons of steel rod and mesh are in the intricate, skeleton of the sculpture, built by Macri and Hood Iron Works, which created the framework for most of the displays at Children's Fairyland. The Ingenuity of fabricator J. H. Witt was tested to the limit to meet the architect's conception of curves and The framework Is covered with IS tons of plaster, tinted in chartreuse.

The completed structure 4s 25 feet long, 7 feet tall at its highest point, and has Sf 1 Peter Bios, Frederic M. Grant, Paul A. Schmitt and Maurice Logan, together with Rishell. Others are R. P.

Radliff, Nat Levy, John Garth, Maria von Ridelstein, Cecil F. Chamber lin, Tom Leighton and Stefen Norb-lin, all of San Francisco. Others are Herman Struck, Rfloss 90 Introduced to the California Spring Garden Show last year for the first time, an exhibit of paintings by the Society of Western Artists- with accompanying flower arrangements by talented members of the community is once again a crowd-getting feature In the Hall of Flowers. With Robert Rishell as chair, man of the show, 30 artists have entered 52 paintings. All we're on exhibit at the Oakland Art Gallery recently for the benefit of flower arrangers who studied them for line, color and content to create arrangements to complement each.

The flower arrangements, incidentally, are entered in competition. 1 Six Oakland exhibitors, among them Rene Weaver, -Novato; Claude and Leslie Buck, Santa Cruz; Laurence P. Hos-mer, Lodi; Benton Scott, San Francisco; Donald Teague and Leslie Emery, Carmel; Nocholai Fechin, Santa Monica: Albin Racsl Qualify Sen Dried! G.C3 Valco The perfect mulch for your lawn land garden! Holds much moisture! Compare this low price! v. Kern, Millbrae; Abel Warshaw sky, Monterey; Paul Lauritz, Los Angeles; Joseph H. Bennett, STEER LTANOnE 2lsu.

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on all sides. So, this week 1 am going 1 to highlight brief answers to several different questions. Leaf Curl attacks Peach Trees, and is too late to use most spray ma- terials. But there is a SAFE way to stop it and thus permit your fruit to mature. It is a thorough spraying of the Peach Trees, ftr tbt fruit bs a a nnw a 5 jormt, witn cuun wjia.

in oracr to create a finer spread, you can com- bine BLIGHTROL-A with CALSUL mixed at half the directed strength. Aphis and. Thrips are rampant! Joali yen like to do pracdcally aH you fertilizing with just' on mlrtde liquid plani food? And at the same time, would you Ilka to be sort yoa were fertilizing 'ererrthlng properly, without danger of borning plants, shrubs, trees or lawn from overdosage Then ORTHO-GRO, containing organic fish is for 70 the new fertilizer jou simply sprinkle ConvirfMt Vtmz OTHO-GRO in rir LA'WM SPRAYER. Connect to your hose. Turn oa die faucet Correct dnutios is automatic at any water preMure.

See directions on LAWN SPRAYER bottle. DESTRUXOL destroys them. So does FUNGUSOL or SUPER STRUXOL or Destruxol's PY-RENONE. And the combination of PYRENONE with DESTRUXOL provides aa BOMB -for Aphis and Thrips." For Roses well, Roses are "some thins ipeciaL" For them I stick to either FUNGUSOL or KOPPERSOL, I with PYRENONE all summer long. If you use either of these combinations, you don't have to use anything Either combination "gets" the mildew and rust, too.

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at the same autwntt are absorbed duectly by plans ayttems for quick, jastinf time kill Sod Web Worms if any of r.3X) 'A these pests happen to be trader-ground. The NO. DUSTS are all-' purpose remedies for lawn troubles, Wooly Aphis on Pyracantha, especially. Half my phone calls pre sent this stubborn problem. A double treatment is your only-satisfactory answer Treat the Wooly Aphis at the roots with LAWN-A-GEN; and.

at the same time, spraf the shrubs with SUPER DESTRUXOL SUPER-witb PYRENONE is better stilL lligh Safety Coot Is die danger of boned grtts soots or foliage. OSTHO-CRO liquid Plant Pood can be ased anywhere in your garden anytime some thing need fertilizing. See label for directions, ThrlfryA Ctde OSTHOGRO goes a long way ao waatej I cjuart nukes op to SO gallons of ertHizer. "i Cads Coetslng No mixing or sdning. GJOTI10-GSO is a liquid, ready to ose.

Correct dUntioo is automatic whao ased with LAWN.SFRAYXg. For SLUGS and SNAILS, use SLUG- EM. It gives the best results ofali The BIRDS eat ripening fruit and berries, and ravage young seed beds. There is a remedy a good dusting with BIRDS-OFF. -Yoa wfdi OET1IO-GZIO the California Spring Garden Oakland Exposition hart epaat bovm baf oca.

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