The Salina Journal from Salina, Kansas • Page 22

Gardener Is Known By Tools He Keeps By CyntMa Lowry AP N'ewsfeatures Writer CHAPPAQUA, N. Y. There was an elderly gentleman in these parts some years ago whose favorite game was golf, and his equipment consisted of one club, a No. 2 iron. He drove, approached, chipped and to the discomfort of various greens committees putted with it Gardeners, Too Similarly, there are gardeners who can get along with an abso- Hardy Perennials Form For Garden Ralph B.

Ricklefs jr. Landscape Architect drained soil. A well prepared I abundance of color throughout the perennial bed ought to produce Perenniais are an indispens- od results for at least four able part of every garden, ears ever small. In our grandmother's garden, peonies, iris, daylilies, delphinium, phlox, chrysanthe- Choosing the Plants entire border from spring until late fall. Try to plants that bloom at one time.

Flowering bulbs will provide aditional color in the spring; when these have If you are making a new ae annuals can be set in their ennial border or re-working an okljpiaces. As you read the garden up jobs, plant labels and grease pencil, tarpaper strips to provide protection against cutworms, and a pile of burlap. There is a power mower, a hand mower; Hedge shears, pruning saws of various sizes and a and a few other old favor-, her of pruning shears all of whichijtes were the "backbone" of the; one you Wl11 undonbtedl have jbooks, magazines and newspa- are in frequent use, depending flower garden. Today, i ir erennia in vour garden ipers and walk in your nei hbors the weight and size of the flower hybridizers have' 1 ca use ps thev a rdens, you can get many orig- ial to be cut. And a us daylilies that will bloom 11 eed to be divided (frequent ina i ideas for effective i ant com over a period of five rhth years binations large lu phlox in an ps idition).

In selecting variety of colors, ins and peonies i stone to maintain keen-edges. Problem to Carry 0r Making the Plan There is always the problem C1 U1 "'7 perennial garden, it is fan After you have gathered to- with greatly improved size, of carrying around the small tools! chrv-' USe mass vaneties your list of plants, ehoos- "lute sr.mirmira of tools: wheelbar-jate weeds close to one works from garden bed to n(1 mc A tic hardiness! groups of at least three tive ing the colors va TMties you row, a spade, an iron rake, a hoe.iplants, as well as several typesjflower border. This is easily solved by carry- a hand cultivator, a sprayer, hoes schuffle and diamond hose, a watering can and some: point for heavier anti weed sort of string and sticks device work, to make straight rows. But most of us who garden 0 water the garden and lawni The gardener's biggest prob and an unlimited color range. imore than to use single you can work out your The use of single plants will re- plan on paper.

Determine a con- i IS 3 1 i i vt i i CUii" ing them in a small basket, longj i m-rivi a spottv and scale for easy plotting. narrow nnp snrh nc: fruit TF KiTM narrow one such as fruit comes i new and desirable hardy peren If you to dabble in 1 find I use my canvas complete with handle, ambitious ear-' In lannin vour or water colors to help (IQ 0 nn nm niais amce evLr dmouiuub gdi neg)ect wi(h fojjage isualize the effect. Remember to ambilion is to have an fun take pleasure in accumulating more than the Castle suak-jlcm is the equipment necessary! nerennial border i wi11 be strikin 2 even when tiiey! group your plants irregularly, and using a wide variety of spec-; er or sprinkler because the watcriio handle all the modern i ial tools and devices. In fact, just as it is possible to teU the age of a tree by counting its rings, it is possible to estimate the number of years a home owner has been a hobby gardener just by the equipment he has accumulated in his garage. dribbles out rather than herbicides, liquid fertiliz-j.

but I have them all. And although I have both a gar- ers. This is such a knotty problem den cart and a wheel barrow, I a umr itseif use half-bushel baskets more And Wl11 ct ll next week jten for gathering debris and weeds. 4H NeWS Plant Supports buy paper-covered wire by My basic tools, of course, roll and cut it in desired most frequently in use. But I'lengths to hold weak plants onj have found that big bamboo grass I stakes.

I have special longj rake is a great aid in sweeping'stakes, which I treated with Creo-i up light debris and heavy grassjsote, which are used year after on the lawn and that year for the tomato vines. UjJ a child's bamboo rake is great I have a supply of shorter for the delicate job of in several, sizes for other Willing Workers Help Clean we will haul' up the perennial garden. (plants. In the small equipment I have an assortment of handj department, there are balls of cultivators with which to elimin-icord and string for special tying' Fink's E. (Bud) Fink PLUMBING HEATING CO.

INSTALLATION, CONTRACTING, SERVICE 1420 So. Santa Fe Salina, Kansas Phone TA 7-3698 Night Phone TA 3-4478 Hardy Flowering Perennials Hardy Carnation Special 1 Red 1 Pink 1 White Ail 3 For $1.00 was the slogan adopted by the Saf ety Committee of the Willing Workers 4H Club. The club's Clean-Up Day was Saturday. Signs advertising the event were posted in New Cam bria. The committee was composed of Mrs.

Jim Sherman, safety leader; Janet Stauffer, chairman; Jay Jolley, James Shank and Connie Belden. The City Go-Getters Club held its April meeting in the 4H building. A covered dish supper was served. He The highlight of the April meeting of the Bavaria Live Wire Club was the crowning of a king and queen. They were Louise Richards and Larry Kern.

"Carol Clark, Christine Block and Irene Habiger were attendants. The club voted to start meetings at 8 pm this summer. The club will hold its spring tour in June. best a( tce before ou lant pbn it fi on are not in bloom. Color and Arrangement Size Location First of all, there is the ques- and not to set them too close together, nor yet too far apart.

Al- It is quite certain that you will TM space equal-to approximately )t always color scheme the them the perfect i0ne half the mature hei ht be jtween plants. For example, i i i i i i i lime, i tion of sue and location. If. your isanthemums reach a height of garden is of formal comfis ff0m i a to three feet; space the border wil be bounded by )abo twelve to flfteen inches apart straight lines. If at is informal, it (nioni is an easy matter to determine the curves by laying down a gar- A simple rule for arrangement Suffers Cut In Collision Eight-year-old Jesse Lee Young, 1020 N.

4th, suffered a cut on his knee Friday when his bike collided with a car driven by Dennis Walter Thompson, Schilling AFB. The accident occurred near the intersection of Broadway and 13th streets. You will be happily surprised. Classified Ads sell old things. SPECIAL SALE -PLANT NOW BUY DIRECT FROM GROWER MEYIRZ-52ZOYSIA GRASS EMERALD ZOYSIA GRASS Officially Certified Growth GuartnlMd HANDCUT 2' PLUGS ONLY $5.95 per 100! NO SHIPPING CHARGES Step-on Cluggv 52.95 postpaid Prompt Shipment Cash wiih Order limt)0 raa CRANES CRAWLER TRUCK CRANES For Rent or Sale Salina 606 N.

Front Manufacturing Inc. Phone TA 3-3727 den hose and moving it about until you find lines that are pleasing with the surrounding landscape. is tall plants in the background, low "ones for the foreground or Naturally, the length of the bor- edge wlth lants of medium size der will be determined by thej for the mlddle However, the space you have on hand. As far a sj ordinar tier or bleacher effect depth is concerned, your borderj should not be over four or five feet wide for ease of care, but yet wide enough for Continuous display of colors all summer. An access from both sides should' be provided.

Perennial borders should have some sort of background a ledge, trellis, fence, wall or a order of flowering shrubs. I hrubs or a hedge is used, pro. ide several feet of space between our flowers and the backgrounc shrub roots will not compete or the fertility of the border. This pace will also provide easy ac- ess for maintenance. Perennials, like most other lants, prefer full sun and well- wl11 not ve the most interesting results.

Strong accent plants in the middle ground will add distinction to your border; for example, a clump of daylilies at regular or irregular intervals, a group of delphiniums, or some showy holly hocks. The ideal to strive for is an Do you neeo. another employe? Hundreds of readers are looking through the classified ads every day. Phone TA-3-6363 and an ad- taker will help you with vour ad. Hardy Aster Special All Different 4 For $1.75 Daisy Special Shasta Daisy 1 Painted Daisy 1 Marguerite (Elder) Daisy All 3 For $1.00 Platycodon (Bellflower) Special 2 Blue 2 Pink AH 4 For $1.00 Morden's Lythrom 3 For $1.25 Blue Flax 4 For $1.00 MAIL ORDERS: Cash and Carry, please add 35c per special for postage and packing.

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SJ, 1825 Stanford Santa Monica. Calif. Picked For Federal Task TOPEKA (AP)--Dr W. M. Arnold, state director of vocational education 1954, has been selected io set up a new technical training services division of the U.

S. Office of Education. The State Board of Education has granted Arnold a 13-mOnth leave to permit him to go to Washington to take over this work June 1. J. C.

Woodin, former assistant superintendent of Wichita schools, will be acting director of vocational education in Arnold's ah-' senoe. Woodin has been a consultant jn the Vocational Education Department. Manhattan Man Elected Saturday, April 25-TOPEKA (AP) James 0. Kershner, Manhattan, i the new president of the Kansas State Assn. of Life Underwriters.

Other officers elected at the annual meeting which ends today are W. E. Mcckenstock, Hays, first vice president; Keith P. Green, Winfield. second vice president; Madison Letts, Leav- emvorth, third vice president, and Martin G.

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