Newsday (Nassau Edition) from Hempstead, New York • 38

CARDEN NOTES 1 Hundreds of Lone Islanders last weekend expressed enthusiastic interest in the latest adjunct of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden the Fanny Dwight Clark Memorial Garden on Willets Roadr Albertson The 12-acre estate was deeded to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden by the late Grenville Clark in honor of his first wife who was an expert horticulturist and amateur ornithologist It was opened to the public for the first time last Saturday Taking part in the ceremony were the daughter Mrs Duncan Spencer of Bedford NY and their on Grenville Clark Jr of Boston North Hempstead Supervisor Robert Meade and Dr George Avery who just retired as director of the Brooklyn institution Three small lakes and connecting brooks as envisioned by the donor have been constructed and are fed by a recirculating water system Some of the proposed plantings already have been made and typical specimens labeled To accommodate slight alter ations were made in the former Clark home Clark wishes his gift to be used as a center for popular-level education about plants as well as an oasis of green for the surrounding built-up community Plans for the Memorial Garden call for courses for adults and children the latter similar to the ones held for years in Brooklyn Classes for adults now scheduled are: Gardening Begins in the Fall Oct 16 Growing House Plants Nov 1 and Floral Fan-tasks and Foliage Nov IS For Information about registering and fees call Brooklyn Botanic Garden 212 622-4433 or write to 1000 Washington Ave Brooklyn NY 11225b Recorded messages of the Nassau Cooperative Agricultural Division for the coming week are: Monday Foundation Plantings Tuesday Growing Bulbs Indoors Wednesday Gypsy Moth Thursday Ground Covers and Friday Chinch Bugs Dial 746-3720 for this gardening advice which is changed each day at noon The American Rose 1970 for Selecting is ready for distribution in time for the fall planting season In it are recorded more than 1000 varieties and the latest information about each height color and National Rating a consensus of 18000 members of the society who participate in the survey Listings in the 3 Vi by 6 Vi-inch booklet are arranged conveniently by classes and colors and any changes in classification of any rose since the previous publication are noted Its handy size makes it suitable for pocket or purse Members carry it with them to refer to before making new purchases To obtain a copy send a self-addressed stamped business envelope and 10 cents in coin to American Rose Society Dept 4048 Roselea Haca Columbus Ohio 43214 The Long Island Regional Lily Group win meet at 2:30 PM Oct 12 in the home of Landahl 667 Union Ave Holtsville Slides of the North American Lily Society will be shown and anyone interested in lilies is welcome The session will be given over to discussion of lily varieties and their culture Telephone 475-5462 if in doubt about location of the Landahl home Giant CelosiaMayBe a Record They were then grown under fluoresoent lights until they could be planted in the garden Mrs Cook has been growing celosla for years but this brilliant red intricately curled flower head of such mammoth proportions has been more than a surprise In fact State University Agricultural and Technical College is interested in dissecting the plant to see if it can determine what triggered its fantastic growth Other vital statistics are a weight of two pounds and a circumference of 1814 inches The cockscomb varieties belonging to the specks ar gen tea share popularity with the feathered or plumed varieties the latter offered under such names as cristata plumosa CL childsL Both types can be dried for winter bouquets and the recent revival of the art following introduction of the borax and yellow commeal method has added to the interest in celosia Also the original plants have been much improved in the past few years another reason why the plants are widely grown Much of the fun in growing annuals from seed is the ever-present possibility of getting something new bigger or better than the parent stock a challenge every gardener enjoys and the fact that amateurs have contributed many novelties to the flower world is proof that these gambles do pay off One of the winners in this kind of lottery Is Mrs Douglas A Cook of Farmingvilk who has a giant crested celoeia measuring seven by seven indies which may well turn out to be of reoord-breaking size One of about 300 cockscombs that germinated there was nothing in its seedling stage according to Mrs Cook to attract attention to the particular plant She used seed she had saved from 1968 plants die likewise had grown herself Some were started indoors in late winter and other seeds were planted outdoors when the ground wanned up in spring Tlie sterile medium of sand and peat moss with some bottom heat was kept in die dark for about eight days until the seedlings popped through NASSAU NEWS CALENDAR Mineola Choral Society voices needed rehearsal 8 PM high school music room Armstrong Road New llyde Pack Holy Spirit Rosary Altar Society speaker John Sullivan of Catholic Charities 8:30 PM school basement Oceanside Fulton Ave School P-TA parent education program grades K-2 7 PM Bowling instruction women beginners 10 AM $165 A Sports Center residents register roc office 678-121L Jogging moderate exercise wear sneakers men and women 1 and 7 PM free Oceanside Park Series of 4 lectures on American architecture decoration history sponsored by Friends of Raynham Hall 3 PM Christ Church Parish HalL Plalnedgo Plained ge Aux Cerebral Palsy Frank Corso attorney on "Sex la Suburbia" 8:30 PM Albany Ave SobooL residents arts and crafts music games trips free PM Ernst Lake School Presbyterian Community Church Club regular meeting 8:15 PM church Messeppqna Park B'nai B'rith Women regular meeting 8:30 PM village hall Front St Merrick Social dance lessons 8-11 PM free Merrick Road Park clubhouse Merrick Ave Jr HJS P-TA open house meet teachers 8 PM school Tennis lessons women beginners bring racket and balls 10 AM-noon free Merrick Road Park Rummage sale 10 AM-4 PM Merrick Church of Redeemer Merrick Ave Cancer dressing group weekly meeting 1 PAL home of Mrs Emerlch Weber 2102 Smith St Mined Police Explorer Post 723 young men agea 15-18 weekly meeting PM juvenile aid bureau room Police Headquarters Franklin Ave Continued from Proceeding Page singing rehearsal 8 PM West End School Military Bridge bunco and card party sponsored by White Swan Triangle prizes 8 PM $150 Masonic Temple Earle Ave Malveme Contest to guess number of match heads In jar sponsors by Fire Dept on display public library Altar Guild of Grace Church regular meeting 1:30 PM church Msnhsswrt Rummage eale sponsored by Human Growth 10 AM-4 PM Legion Hall Bay-view Ave Homemakers Council fashion show 9:30 AM Garden Restaurant Seminar for adult diabetica 10 sessions understand and deal with disorder specialists to lecture 8 PM North Shore Hospital Program for mentally or physically handicapped agea 8-20 Oyster Bay Town Plklnvfrw Senior Men's Club over 55 woodwork Ing photography cards Oyster Bay Town sponsored 10 AM-4 PM 77 Main Pkway Board of education education meeting 8:30 PM Pasadena School Council for AM of Emotionally Disturbed Children 8:30 PM library Hadassah general meeting 8:30 PAL uphlic library Old Country ltd St Plus Rosary Altar Society regular meeting 8:30 PM auditorium Program for mentally or physically handicapped ages 6-20 Oyster Bay Town residents arts and crafts music games five PM Oak Drive School Civil Air Patrol open meeting boys and girls ages 13-18 who are interested In flying 7:15 PM Joyce Road School Barbershop harmony singing member of SPEBSQSA rehearsal 8:15 PM visitors welcome Legion Hail Southern Pkway Pert Washington Port Singers auditions for new members 8:13 PM Schrelber 1LS 7 A 4 Saturday October 4 1969.