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-f it if A II I QUI 1 (J l.M! 3 i I. i v. iu i i DUT A DD A FDQTT fiW i I tho rs irf.irn to P.V,:.is 1:0 to Uh- bi DM A T) NEWS vis Ciiicinnali Social Activities wuit vwil tv 'nied to Dallas by her lit lie niece. Te' Suzanne Rudd. i Christmas Plant Care Is Explained Larkspur i Mrs.

Verner Ewan is entertaining New Year's Eve with a dinner at OINSETTIA Protect the poinsettia from draft, keeping it in a temperature of 70 CARE OF CHR13TT1AS PLANTS her home on allace Avenue, Covington. Mr. James H. Letcher, of Washington. D.

who has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Howe of Arcadia Drive, Fort Mitchell, during the holidays, is leaving today for his home. Miss Adelle Eeingart gave email supper dance Wednesday; evening, December 27, at the Hotel; TJCTms, in honor of her guest, Miss Sammuela Guttman of St.

Ia addition to the young people! tie guests included Mr. and Mrs. Reinhart, Mr. and Mrs. Meyer Uhlfelder, Dr.

and Mrs. Henry Lederer, and Dr. Martin Alexander. The annual Christmas formal 0a nee of Phi Sigma Tau Sorority was held in the Marie Antoinette ballroom of the Hotel Alms: Wednesday night, December 27. About 250 guests were preesnt.

The' committee in charge of the af fail- i NK I 1 a included Misses Marilyn Rth Timmerman, Alice Joenng, Itoberta Maley, Marion Motz, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Crutcher of Frankfort, have returned home after passing the Christmas season with their niece, Mrs. Donaldson Brown, and Mr. Brown of Shaw Lane, Fort Thomas.

Miss Gypsy Lee Huff entertained at her home on Scott Boulevard, Covington, with a Christmas party and buffet supper Wednesday evening from 9 to 11 o'clock in compliment to a group of her young friends. For the occasion the house was decorated in Christmas greens and holly wreaths. The guests were Miss Madaline Kuhn, Miss Anna Preston Abbett, Miss Anne Worten-dyke, Miss Jane Childre's, Miss Doodie Jenisch, Miss Lucille Van Veren, Miss Jane Westerfield, Miss Ann Elmore, Miss Julia Stephens, Miss Ruth Bende, Miss Myrtle Frazer, Miss Mary Jane Moss, Miss Betty Wilson, Miss Jean Wilson, Muss Jean Thorpe, Miss Lucille Brown; Messrs. William Ford, William Witson, James Barnes, Clifford TTorma FageL degrees in the daytime and not lower than 63 at night. Water twice a day with tepid or slightly warm water from above.

Never give cold water and never water from below. When it is finished blooming and begins to drop its leaves, set it aside and give it only enough water to keep it from drying out. In the spring cut it back one or two buds to each stem and let it summer in the shade, giving plenty of water. In April, the buds show signs of growth. At th's time the plants are pruned back hard and repotted in a rich light They are kept growing in a light position and in early June are plunged in the garden, where they remain until late September.

BEGONIA Christmas begonias (a name applied to all varieties of what is known as the Glorie de Lorraine section) last tor a long time in bloom if given reasonable care and temperature conditions similar to those advised for poin-settias. Dryness of the atmosphere and all drafts have to be carefully avoided. After flowering, they may be pruned lightly and in spring repotted and grown on. During the summertime they must be bhaded from strong sunshine. They do not, as a rule, thrive permanently as house plants, but some careful growers keep them for several seasons.

CHERRY The Christmas cherry Remains Favorite In Garden Through Changes In Form And Color. FAVORITE among florists and amateurs alike as a cut flower for arrangements and bouquets is the larkspur. This highly developed annual, whose delicately shaped petals and tall, graceful spikes have been admired the world over for centuries, has attained a place in the garden picture which yields only to its own ever changing and improving developments. New forms, new colors, and new shapes have been the rule with larkspur, until today it is one of the most useful garden annuals. Backgrounds are its special province as a decorative flower, and where sufficient space is available, nothing is more beautiful than a waving bed of tall spikes of a single color.

Few annuals are easier to grow. They may be sown early in the spring where they are to grow, late in the fall just before the snow flies, or in winter on top of the snow, the latter method being especially recommended as the melting snow carries the seed into the ground. In any case an abundant showing will result, with little care. Seed should be sown generously where the plant is to grow, then thinned out when the shoots begin to rise. Larkspur does not like transplanting, but in view of its adaptability to almost any condition, this is not much of a handicap.

Sowing four or five seeds to hills one foot apart, or six inches apart for the cutting garden, then thinning out to one plant to a hill, is the best planting procedure. For individual display in the garden, all of a foot of room is necessary to display the full beauty of the spike. In the cutting garden, less space need be allotted. Mrs. Dorothy Ferry Allen and her daughter, Miss Dorothy Adele Allen, who is a senior at Brant-wood Hall, Bronxville, N.

Y. spent the Christmas holidays with friends and relatives in Montclair, N. Morristown, Philadelphia, and; Washington, D. C. Mrs.

Allen's mother, Mrs. Nell) Ferry of the Hotel Sinto. is having a delightful visit at Saanders-ville. with Mrs. A.

K. Par- waiter, KODert wrigni, ienry -er- cons and with Mr. and Mis. Wyath Allen, where she is enjoying a fam- 1 0 ily reunion at tneir nome, auto dale," at Dixon Springs, Tenn. cival, Charles Bower, Robert Quil-lan, George Green, Henry Stam-baugh, Elmer Laudermilk, Hugh Patrick, Charles Gibson, Edward Alderson, Stewart Newhall, Don Mc-Millian, James Murphy, and Hal Bogges.

MISS RUTH BRESTER. Miss Brester was recently reelected President of Phi Kappa Epsilon Sorority. The other newly chosen officers of this organization, which is a social and professional sorority for students at the Evening College of the University of Cincinnati, include Miss Elsie Heinohen, Vice President; Miss Marie Oelerich. Secretary, and Miss Eleanor Armstrong, Treasurer. Is long-lasting and less delicate On December -27 the Cincinnati Alumni of Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity held its annual New Year's party at the residence of Mr.

and Mrs. James Clark McFarland in Tort Thomas. The buffet supper was followed by an evening of bridge. Mrs. McFarland was assisted by Miss Julia Elizabeth Clark of Westwood.

CYCLAMEN Church Groups flowering from Christmas to vember, to conserve strength of the Most plant lovers have found that Plant and after this time give lini.M moniirs nr Tvonk fertilized solution weekly. St. Monica Sodality The St. Monica Sodality of St. Mary Church, Hyde Park, will hold iU first meeting of the new year, Tuesday afternoon, in the high school auditorium.

This will be preceded by benediction in the church at 2 o'clock, and will be followed by a short business meeting, and cards. Mrs. Al M. Boex is Chairman and Mrs. Joseph Arat 1.

Vice Chairman of the program. Kentucky Random Notes new purchases each year make shapely specimens as the best blooms come from seedlings about 15 months old. Home propagation' of seedlings is slow and difficult except in a greenhouse and last The Garden Clinic. year's bulbs are very uncertain. ington, among whom were Mrs.

I. Channell and Mrs. Nell Gardner, who were the Conner twins of Covington, and cousins of Messrs. Stanley and Claude Ashbroo'K, than either begonias or poinsettias, thriving well in a cooler temperature and withstanding greater variations of temperature. It is a sun-loving plant and, although truly a perennial, gives the best results when grown as an annual, either from seed or from cuttings planted in April.

During summer it can be planted in the open garden. CACTUS The Christmas cactus, also called lobster and crab cactus, uses a very small pot because the proportion of roots to the upper plant is very small. It often blooms as early as Thanksgiving and as late as Easter. After it blooms give it a complete rest with merely enough moisture to prevent shriveling and plunge it into the garden for the summer. In the late summer it needs a period for ripening its growth into a dark green and then is ready to be brought indoors when it begins to bud in September.

While it is budding it must be kept in a damp air. CYCLAMEN: One of the most deservedly popular house plants, Jclrs. Samuel H. Boyd, who has bean the guest of her son, Rev. Ralph P.

Boyd, the new minister First Universalist Church, ill remain here until after Rev. JTr. Boyd's installation January 7. tie will then go on to her winter 9me at Eustis, Fla. For several years Mrs.

Boyd was President of, lje Ohio association of the Worn-1 a's Universalist Missionary IS The K. of C. Noonday Luncheon C3ub is sponsoring its annual New Jfear's Eve party tonight in the lifarine Room of the Hotel Alms, p-. Cyril E. Schrimpf, General Chairman is being assisted by Mr.

fieorge E. Bourgraf and Mr. Al. M. Ebex in addition to the members You may have your questions tnswered bv writing to The Enquirer or formerly of Covington.

En route home she stopped for a visit with Professor Reis, umo aune lumbus, Ohio. They will continue to bloom for three months or more if flowers are pulled loose at the corm as soon as faded. Do not cut them; any parts of stems left will decay. Keep them in plenty of light but avoid noon sun. An even temperature is desirable; 40 to 50 degrees will prolong the blooming season.

Failure can usually be traced to neglect or constant exposure to hot, dry air. Do not splash water on the plant when watering, as the center of the bulb will decay, if wet. Use water of room temperature and keep plant moist but not wet'; some time later empty saucer when watering. A fine spray with a sprinkler bulb is beneficial early in the day and the plant is kept shaded. Wash off leaves if dusty" (Copyright, The Book of Garden Magic) Among the Covingtonians who will motor tc Detroit this week for the marriage of Miss Jean Webber, daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Richard H. Webber, and Mr. Stuart Sutphin, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Stuart Sutphin of Cincinnati, will be Mr. and Mrs. Richard Williams III of Fort Mitchell Avenue, Fort Mitchell, and Mr. and Mrs. George B.

Eaton of Leathers Road, Fort relatives in Oakland and Lis Q.Would you recommend ferti The young plants may be procured very reasonably in three-inch pots from August to November and repotted, as soon as received, in a four-inch pot As fast as pots become filled with roots move into five and six inch pots. They do well in any soil not too heavy, but best soil is made of two parts garden soil, one part fine peat moss, one part sand, and to each bushel put one large single handful of coarse bone, dried cow or sheep manure and hydrated lime. Angeles, Calif. From Los Angeles the Entertainment Committea i the club of which Mr. Raymond she toured Southern California, after which she visited Major and Mrs.

Bartley of Houston, Texas. Major and Mrs. Bartley will be remembered as having visited their cousin, Mrs. Bessie Burnside of Lancaster, who resided in Covington for many years. The holiday season will close in Covington New Year's afternoon Mitchell.

Mr. Sutphin has chosen Mr. Williams as one of the ushers Moisten before potting. For fine blooms, pinch out flowering stems that rise above foliage, before No- in the bridal party. Miss Jane Darnall, who is passing the winter with Miss Llewellyn Hemingray of Garrard Street, Covington, after enjoying Christmas mulch the plants well during the I From your description I would say Women's Auxiliary of Hyde Park Community Methodist Church The Women's Auxiliary of the Hyde Park Community Methodist Church will meet at the church Wednesday.

Members of Mrs. Joseph N. Cleven-ger's circle will act as hostesses. Mrs. Cyrenius Beers, Auxiliary President, will conduct the business meeting at 11 o'clock.

Devotions at 11:45 o'clock will be led by Mrs. Frank G. Herre, who will discuss the Christian life of Fanny Crosby, well-known hymn writer of 600 songs. Circle assembly at 12:15 will precede the luncheon period which begins at 12:30. Mrs.

J. R. Edwards's circle will serve the luncheon In the refectory. Following this the afternoon program will be presented. Mrs.

Charles G. Smith has arranged an "old-fashioned Aid Society get-together" with the following members participating: Mesdames Dewitt Siewers, "Winston Mergott, W. P. Staikey, R. G.

Schroeder, Carl Fuller, Carl Cornelle, J. Watt Graham, and Miss Esther Starkey. The script for this program has been prepared by Mrs. Smith. Mrs.

Virginia Mulford, Music Chairman, wil furnish incidental music for the program. Luncheon reservations should be made in advance with circle leaders. winter. that your azalea needs fertilization Use Old Tree with a tea dance and eggnog party to be given by the Entertainment Committee of the Fort Mitchell Country at the clubhouse, from 5 to 9 o'clock, for members of the club and their friends. season with her brother, Mr.

Tom lizing lawns with barnyard manure If so, should it be fresh or rotted? The lawn is in very poor condition and I feel it needs fertilization. A. The poorer the lawn is the worse the damage from manure, for, although it will provide plant food if it is relatively fresh, it will also add so many weed seeds that you will be worse off than before. It is much more satisfactory and far more aesthetic to use one of the regular commercial fertilizers. May I suggest you ask your County Agricultural Agent for our bulletin which gives complete instructions on the care and fertilization of lawns.

Q. I have a good chance to get some old and well rotted sawdust from a near-by sawmill. Would it bo worth my time to get It and put it on my garden? A. You will find that sawdust, after it has aged for a few years, is excellent material either for mulching evergreens, ii Kunkel is President. The Tallyho Sorority of Wi throw pigh School held its annual Christmas formal dinner dance at the Hotel Alms Thursday night with tfr.

and Mrs. William Burkhart and Pr. and Mrs. Paul Nichols as fliaperones. Several pledges were initiated.

SiMrs. Ben Haas gave a luncheon fcr a group of friends at the Hotel SUms Thursday on the occasion of fer birthday anniversary. luncheon for a few close friends was given by Mrs. Albert M. Kahn and Mrs.

Charles Tobias tfi honor of Mrs. Frederick Stern 'at New York at the Hotel Alms Darnall, Mrs. Darnall and children in Birmingham, is to return home today. After the first of the year she will assume her new duties as secretary at the Cincinnati Town Club. Q.

What low shrubs getting not over three feet high may I plant under the windows on the north side of my house? A. Under shady conditions such as this, I would particularly recommend the Chenault coralberry, the single-flowered yellow kerria. You will also find the Froebel spirea will do surprisingly well in the shade. Another very lovely plant which you can get from the better nurseries is cctoneaster apiculata. for which I recommend a complete fertilizer rather than just nitrate of soda.

One with an analyis of 4-12-4 will be satisfactory. In addition to this, from the tips of the leaves getting brown, I am wondering whether you are not letting it dry out too often and are killing the feeding roots. Ask your County Agricultural Agent for a copy of our bulletin on house plants which will give you complete instructions for the fertilization and care of your azalea and other house plants. Q. Can you tell me how I can Mr.

Theodore Scudder, who, with Mrs. Scudder and little son, Ted III, is with Mrs. Scudder's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C.

Kerr, of Garrard Street, Covington, for the holiday season, will leave Wednesday for his home in Evanston, 111. Mra Scudder and Master Ted will re Mr. and Mrs. John Warner of Fox Point, Milwaukee, who passed the week end and Christmas Mrs. Stern is visiting main for a longer visit Day with Mra.

Warner's mother, Mrs. P. B. Warner, and his aunt, Mr. Harding Woodall has re Miss Helen Russell of Garrard Garden Clubs.

turned to New York after passing the Christmas season with his sis plant a tulip tree so it will live and grow? A. The tulip tree, sometimes called tulip poplar, is not at all difficult to transplant if you will but roses, and perennials or for incor Street, Covington, and with Mrs. Warner's cousin, Miss Pearl Res-pess of Wallace Avenue, Covington, returned home Tuesday. ter, Mrs. Polk Laffoon.

and Mr. Laffoon of Turkeyfoot Road, near EASTERNER IS BUTT porating with the soil to lessen me clay soils that are so prevalent tlirouehout Ohio. It will, however, The wise gardener does not chop up and burn the old Christmas tree, much as he might enjoy the fragrance of the pine branches burning in the fireplace. For evergreen branches are an ideal protection for low evergreen plants which, during late winter and early spring, often are burned by the sun shining upon the fro ten leaves. The Garland flower (Daphne cneorum), the evergreen barberries, Berber! Julianae and vemiculosa and boxwood are particularly in need of such protection when planted in sunny situations.

I Pine branches are dry, shedding moisture quickly, and will not rot They may be Inserted among the branches of the shrub to be protected and tied loosely or stood up in the ground about small shrubs. Evergreen branches also are useful in protecting herbaceous plants. Fort Mitchell. He and little Emily- They were joined by their sons, Mr. William M.

Warner of Detroit, Brent Randolph, granddaughter Of Coper Town Laughter After OHIO ASSOCIATION The Ohio Association of Garden Clubs wili begin the New Year with their first broadcast at 10:30 o'clock, Saturday morning over WLW. Mrs, Harley Bickmore, Radio Chairman, is to speak on "A Winter have no fertilizing value so that Mr. and Mrs. Laffoon and daugh Thinking Mine Is Lfght. you will need to add a complete commercial fertilizer.

One with an ter of Mr. and Mrs. John Randolph, and Mr. Polk Laffoon, analysis of 4-12-4 may be used on evervthlne in your garden. who came on Christmas and returned Monday evening and Mr.

John Russell Warner, Mrs. Warner, and their little daughter, Mary Jane, of Milwaukee, who were guests for the Christmas Butte, Mont (UP) Roy Beadle still thinks he has the "prize" tourist story. Cincinnati relatives. 9j Mr. and Mrs.

Samuel Johnson and iiss Alma Cantor gave a skating jarty last night for Pat Johnson, $on of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, and Shrank Bloome, with supper after-Ward at the Hotel Alms. Seventy jpiests were present. Dr.

and Mrs. James T. Clear will an eggnog party at their resilience in Westwood from 4 to 7 ficlock New Year's Day for the of their four daughters, Misses Julie, Virgi, Ruth, and Jatricia, and their son, Mr. James. wMr.

and Mrs. Edward M. Ballard ill entertain for 30 guests at a ftvr Year's Eve party at the Hotel "AlBis this evening. Dinner will be served in one of the private dining suites. remember that it belongs to the magnolia family and consequently resents fall planting.

If you will plant it in the spring, especially about the time it is starting to bud, you should have no difficulty. Q. Can you tell me what is the proper name of the shrub sometimes called white kerria? A. The white kerria is not a kerria at all. It should properly be called the jethead.

Its scientific name is Rhodotypos kerrioides. Q. What can I do about the lawn were honored guests at a dinner Christmas Day given by Mr. and Mrs. Laffoon at their home.

It concerns a woman tourist from the East who stopped him on the street, said she was interested in season of Mrs. Warner Jr. parents. Mr. and Mrs.

Bernard Gaines Mr. and Mrs. Claude Boykin of Birmingham, who have been the copper mines around Butte, but at-their farm near Burlington, Ky. There are two very large Carolina poplars in front of our house. I find that in the past year the evergreens I have planted In front of the porch have been killed due to the shade and the roots of the poplars.

What would you recommend that I do since I do not want to take the poplars down? A. I am sure vou will find that shrubs will that one thing puzzled her. the guests of Mrs. Boykm's parents, EAST CINCINNATI. At 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon the East Cincinnati Garden Club will meet at the home of Mrs.

Charles Stuckey, 3685 Mrs. R. P. Edwards will preside. Mrs.

A. C. Aranacost will give a talk on "Cacti." Each member is requested to take a specimen of cactus. Other interesting features will be the Question Box and the Mr. and Mrs.

J. E. Addicks, of Dixie "I heard a man say he worked Highway, Fort Mitchell, are leaving today for their home. underneath my maples? The roots are all standing above ground so that it is too rough to mow and it on night shift" she said. "Now what I want to ask is this how in the world can they work in the mines at night when it gets dark?" They also made brief visits to Mrs.

Warner, Miss Russell and Miss Respess. Sunday they and Dr. and Mrs. Winston Gaines of Indianapolis, who were also the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs.

Bernard Gaines, were honored guests at a family dinner given by Mr. and Mrs. Gaines at their home. Mr. and Mrs.

Douglas Seaman, is so shady the grass doesn't grow. A. This is an ideal place for the formerly of Covington, now of Dallas, Texas, who have been pass Log Book, by Mrs. Robert Smitn, be able to grow under this difficult situation far better than evergreens. Among the shrubs that are best adapted for this difficult situation are the Alpine currant regal privet, coralberry, preferably the Chenault variety.

If you wish taller ing the Christmas season Cleveland with Mrs. Seaman's sister, Mrs. SOUTHSEDE. The regular meeting of the South- Beadle observed the woman closely, perceived that she was serious, and said: "Have you ever been down in a When the woman shook her head, Beadle added: "Well, I advise you to take a trin through one, just to see how Kenneth Rudd, Mr. Rudd, and daughters Te' Suzanne and Mary Arthur Rudd, are passing the week side Garden Circle will be held at The Park Hills Civic Association will meet Tuesday evening at the on it Would ydu plant this right In the grass or do you recommend spading it up before planting? A.

I believe you will find that any plants you plant here will do better end and New Year's Day with Mr use of grass substitutes or ground cover plants. If you want something evergreen, I suggest you use the periwinkle or mrytle, English ivy, or one of the forms of winter-creeper, Euonymus radicans color-atus. You will also find that the Japanese Spurge is a very satisfactory plant under these conditions. In addition to these you would find other plants not evergreen such as the Ajura, wild violets, spurred violets, dwarf double buttercups, sweet Woodruff, and lily of the Mr. Robert R.

Brafford, graduat-3 Cf Walnut Hills High School, class of 1937, and now a third -classman at Unnapolis, is among several Naval Academy midshipmen from Cincinnati enjoying nine days of Christmas leave at home. He is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Brafford of Tmculum. Mr.

and Mrs. Robert Hamilton anjl daughter, Bernice of New YoYk, formerly of Cincinnati, also epent the holidays with Mr. and Mrs. Brafford. Seaman's mother, Mrs.

Anna Sea Devou Fields Club House instead of Monday, due to New Year's Day, according to LeRoy Warning, Sec it gets, even in the daytime," 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, in the Garfield School lunch room. Mrs. Samuel Backers will discuss Seed Catalogues and New Flowers. The display will be of small house pants. Mrs.

Carl Seyfried and Mrs. George Vollat will be hostesses. man, of the Gibson, and are also if you remove the grass ana noia the soil with a liberal mulch of retary. plants than this, I would recommend the five-leaf Aralia, Ibota privet, Morrow honeysuckle, or flowering currant QMy Christmas cactus has a number of small white scale-like thing3 all over the leaves. Can you tell me what there is on it and what to do to control it? A Judging from the many samples of straw or strawy manure.

On a bank of this size you will have to use some of the more vigorous ground Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hermann of Whitehouse Drive and Dixie LAURA WHEELER DESIGNS Highway, Fort Mitchell, have for MILFORD. The Milford Garden Club will meet valley may be used to advantage.

cover plants. Probably tne Desi oi these would be the memorial rose their guests over the holidays their sort, Mr. Thomas Hermann, a Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Pilotto (Rose of Wichuraiana).

Be sure to Q. I have replaced the aborvitae in the front of my house twice. Now ferns, cactus, and otner pianw scm in me. recently, you probably have WASHINGTON A PORTRAIT IN THIS EXCLUSIVE CROCHET. '(Catherine Siegel) are enjoying a senior at Brown College, Provi Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs.

Henry Meyer, South Milford. Miss Francis Du Bois will be the speaker. this second lot is- dying. Although Christmas tholiday visit with the dence, R. and their daughter, the ground is dry, I have kept them Mrs.

David Kidd and Mr. Kidd of latter's parents, Dr. and Mrs. F. X.

Biegel of Clifton. While here Mrs. well watered. Although they get Cincinnati. They were honored an infestation of one of the cale insects.

The best control for this it spraying with suitable insecticides. I suggest you ask your Countv Agricultural Agent for a but little sunlight, there are no Pilotto was harp soloist on the gueata at a Christmas party and buy this from a reliable nursery or from a rose specialist It is a common thing but not carried by the smaller nurseries. You would also find the Japanese honeysuckle extremely satisfactory. Our native woodbine or native bittersweet would give excellent results. If you could afford to purchase this or branches of the trees hanging di KENNEDY HEIGHTS.

At 2 o'clock Friday afternoon $he Kennedy Heights Garden Club will I family dinner given by Mr. and musical program at the midnight mass on Chi iiitmas at St. Augustine Mrs. Hermann. 'copy of a bulletin on house plants rectly over them.

Can you tell me what Is wrong with them and what I can do to make the next planting live? A Although arborvitaes Church. meet at the Pleasant Ridge Library. and for information aDoui suimujc had access to a large paten, you are very commonly used for plant Miss Llewellyn Hemingray cf Garrard Street, Covington, who has been having a delightful visit with her sister, Mrs. Philip McAbee and Mr. McAbee of Muncie, is to return home today.

will find that the common pen-winkle or myrtle would give excel sprays for scale insects. Will you please tell me something about the Christmas rose? A. The Christmas rose, Helleborus niger, is not a rose but an ever-hardy nerennial that blooms Mrs. Joseph Jones will talk on "Planning a Garden." Response to roll call will be "A Garden KENWOOD. At 2 o'clock Friday afternoon ing in front of homes, we feel there are far more desirable and practical evergreens to use for this pur U.

C. At Work And Play. The Mothers' Club of the Sigma Delta Tau Sorority is being entertained January 10 by Mrs. Sherman Dumie at her home, 557 Blair Avenue, with a tea. 3 i 5 sfvi a 1 is I- hyy I i SviI SsSSfS lent results.

Please advise me as to when and how to trim spirea and hy-dranzeas. A Flowering shrubs, to pose. Aside from the fact that most varieties of aborvitae are sus in mild winters irom novemuei Mrs. Herbert Steinbock will be through March. Its white flowers get the maximum bloom from them, ceptible to red spider, they do prefer a somewhat cooler climate than we have here in Ohio.

Under your and dark green foliage are extreme should be pruned jusi aiier xney ly attractive. They grow oesi in particular conditions there are rela finish blooming or, in tne case or fall flowering shrubs, sometime be tively few evergreens that would partial shade, unce piantcu, wcjr should be left alone. I have seen plants around some of the farm houses in the state that were hostess to the Kenwood Garden Club. Carl Bibbee will talk on "Lawns, Soils, and Fertilizers." Response to roll call will be interesting house plants, of which the monthly flower display will be comprised. The Educational Committee for the month includes Mrs.

Herbert Doerner, Mrs. Buford Jackson, fore spring. This means that your be satisfactory. Outstanding among Mrs. McDowell Bent, who has been passing two months in New York, is being welcomed back by her Covington and Cincinnati friends to the Hotel Sinton, where she expects to reside permanently.

She came on to be with her daughter, Mrs. Edward Brookfield, Mr. Brookfield and their son, Neddo, for Christmas and also to be with her brother, Mr. William Brent, who is ill at Christ Hospital. these, however, are the various va spirea should not De pruned unui Members of Kappa Delta's Mothers' Club will meet at 12:30 o'clock Wednesday at 2817 Clifton Avenue and Chalet Court.

Mrs. C. H. Sandberg is Chairman of the luncheon, and Mrs. R.

E. Shaw is in charge of the card party which will follow. rieties of Japanese yew. You would after it has finished Dioommg, wherea vour hydrangea can be planted by the grandparents of the nreaent occupants. They are per also find the Mahonia or Oregon hollygrape, the evergreen bittersweet (Euonymus veketus) and the hemlock, provided you did not let and Mrs.

William Kling. pruned now or any time aner growth starts in the spring. The snowhill hydrangea should be cut to within one inch or two of the ground each year. 'The fall bloom fectly hardy and extremely permanent Q. What can you tell me about the cucumber tree? A.

The cucum-her tr ia one of our native trees THE0W OUT TEEE EARLY. Decorations for the holiday sea The Kappa Alpha Theta Mother Club of which Mrs. I. Wilson is President, will meet Wednesday, Mr. and Mrs.

Henry Beneke, formerly Miss Margaret Dietmars, found scattered pretty much all January 3 at 12:30 o'clock at the I daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John son may become tiresome if they are hung long before Christmas and over the state, although not in home of Mrs. Don G. Gardner, 3552 Bayard Drive.

Assisting hostesses abundance. It belongs to the magnolia family ancVas such is closely related to the tulip tree, often it dry out too much, would De satisfactory. Q. I have some old peonies in my yard which, although I do not want to take them up, I. would like to get some new starts.

A. I suggest you take a 4iarp spade and cut a section out of each one of the parent plants. This will leave the old plants undisturbed to go ahead and bloom and if you are careful in removing the sections not to crush or bruise the remaining crowns, ing or Feegee nyurangea buuuiu have each flower stem cut back to within one or two buds of last year's growth. q. i have an azalea that is not doing so well Last year it had only a dozen blossoms, and won't have any more this year.

The two years previous it had 60 to 60 blossoms. T. lenvea look vellow and the tips COP. NECDLECRAFT SERVICE, INC CROCHETED CHAIR SET PATTERN 2286 are Mrs. j.

ta. xisnup, uauMiau, Mrs. L. B. Backman, Mrs.

W. W. Baxter, Mrs. V. Ficks, Mrs.

A. C. Brown. Mrs. H.

S. Brutton, Mrs. called tulip poplar. Like all magnolias, it should, be planted in the rothor than the fall. It Dietmars of Cincinnati, who have been passing the Christmas season with Mrs.

Beneke'g grandmother, Mrs. Frank Rothier of East Second Street, Covington, left Wednesday for Columbus, Miss. Mr3 Fannie Manser Lawrence, formerly of Covington, who for the past few years has been living in Crochet this unusual chair set to honor a great and beloved Ameri OortP Gruen. and 'Mrs. C.

C. are not taken down soon after New Year's. According to tradition in some countries, Christmas greens were brought into the house so that the good spirits would have springs to light on when they came inside from the wintry air. All greens were removed before twelfth-night and not a single needle or cone was left Indoors after that time, for, if it were, ill fortune would befall the household, can George Washington. Here's fascinating filet crochet you'll be makes an excellent shade tree with a rather broad head.

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