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14 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Saturday, March 28, 1958 GARDEN DEPARTMENT ONTARIO' FLORAL EMBLEM SPRING FLOWER with trilliums, Ontario's provin- cial flower. Above is a close-up of a clump or two of these Last week in this space, there was shown a woodland scene, with the wood's floor carpeted lovely spring flowers photograph- ed in the same woodland setting near Oshawa. Photo by Dutton--Times Studio. Rose Lecture Is Feature One of the best-known and most capable horticultural lecturers in Ontario, John F. Clark of Toronto, secretary of the Ontario Horticul- tural Association, will be the speak- er at the monthly meeting of the Oshawa Horticultural Society at Centre Street School on Monday, April 13. Mr. Clark will lecture and show slides on the planting, pruning and growing of roses. Mr. Clark explains each operation in detail, and any Oshawa people in- terested in the growing of the city's accepted floral emblem will receive a great deal of helpful in- jormatiop by attending this meet- g. At this meeting, also, names will be received of members' children wishing to take part in the juven- ile activities of the Society. Mrs. E. Sandford, who is in charge of this branch of the work, is anxious to have all members' children be- tween the ages of 10 and 16 in- terested in horticulture registered with her at this meeting, or at the latest, April 30. Supplies of glad- iolus bulbs are on hand for free distribution to children whose rames are handed in, and in addi- tion, supplies of seed for their own gardens will be distributed free by the Society. The juveniles will be expected to show their garden pro- ducts in the juvenile classes at the annual flower show on August 29. Copies of the Society's 1953 year book and garden guide, with de- tails on the Chrysanthemums and Christmas Shows, which were omit- ted, pasted in the proper place, will be available at the meeting for members desiring of having copies for themselves or their friends. CANADIAN GARDEN SERVICE Simple Garden Layout Is Often Most Effective The most effective and impres- sive garden layouts, and especial- ly for non-professionals, are the informal ones. This does not mean that shrubs, flowers, trees and lawns are put in helter skelter. Far from it. Some of the finest and most costly gadens in all Canada are decidedly in the in-| formal category but into them | goes the most precise and long term planning, The famous But- chart Gardens of British Columbia are of the informal type and much of the beautiful grounds around the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, as well as about the Federal Parliament Buildings and the fam- | ous driveways of Ottawa. One doesn't see long straight rows of flowers or square flower beds there. Most of the planting is done in clumps, with sweeping but irregularly shaped lawns as a foreground to massed beds of flow- es and groups of shrubbery. And there is a deliberate "opening up" effect. You can't see everything from any central point. Shrubbery, trees and other natural screening is brought forward here and there so that each turn in the path or each rounded cone of lawn re-| veals another view. | Even in the smallest garden it | is usually possible to get this same | result even if we only bring a few larger shrubs or flowers for- ward a bit to screen part of the back, and invite visitors to explore further. GENERAL PRINCIPLES In planning a general layout smal] or large, there are some good eral and fundamental rules to eep in mind. First of all we should know something about the final height of the flowers, shrubs and trees and in general keep the smal- Jer things in the front, so all may be seen. Color and time of bloom- ing should be noted to prevent clashes, though Nature can mix lor centrepiece to consider, some- | thing that will show off the flowers these things more pleasantly than can man. But more serious than By checking with the seed or nurs- ery catalogue for the time bloom- ing it is possible to have a suc- cession of flowers from the earliest snow drops in the spring until phe last chysanthemums in the 11. Another general rule mentioned previously is to avoid straight rows wherever possible with flow- ers and shrubs but rather to plant in clumps of two or three of each type and more, of course, with smaller things. THE CENTREPIECE Finally there is the foreground and shrubbery. For this a good lawn is indispensable, the smooth- er, greener and finer the better. Far too many people think that a lawn will look after itself. It will not any more than a vegetable or flower garden. It should get the same close attention, the same care in feeding and maintenance. If it does it will give every bit as much satisfaction, In these articles | you will be reading more about the lawn and its-importance. FIRST PLANTINGS Nothing is gained and much can | be lost by rushig the season and trying to work soil while it is still damp and sticky. While most vege- tables .and flowers can be planted a little later than usual and will do almost as well, if we put them in too soon they will either freeze to death or get such a setback that they will be permanently checked. But, of course there are a few exceptions to every rule. Some very hardy things like sweet peas, grass seed, the first garden peas, shrubbery, trees and many herbaceous perennial roots, should be planted in the spring just as soon as the soil can' be dug with- out puddle. These are cool weath- er loving plants and they must get well started before the summer heat. In very mild parts of the country these things are planted or set out in March and elsewhere Garden and Garage Entries Are Invited E. K. Fielding, chairman of the Garden and Garage competitions of the Oshawa Horticultural So- ciety, is anxious to have as large an entry list as possible for the varied competitions for which handsome trophies are 'offered. There are trophy classes for var- ious types of gardens, also for small and large service stations and garages. In recent years, en- tries for the garage and service station beautfication competitions have not been as numerous as the officers and directors of the so- ciety would like. They are there- fore making a special plea to own- ers and operators of such estab- lishments to take an interest in entering them in these competition. The following is a list of the gar- den and garage trophy competi- tions for which entries are request- ed, with May 1 the closing date for all entries: Owner's large flower and vege- table garden, 5,000 square feet or over. -- The Oshawa Horticultural Society Challenge Cup. Owner's small flower and veget- able garden, 5,000 square feet or under -- Cooper-Smith Challenge Bowl. Owner's large flower garden = The Hart Challenge Cup. Owner's small flower garden -- Mike's Trophy. Rented home flower and mixed garden and surroundings -- The Conger-Lehig Challenge Bowl. Rockery owner or rented home --The C, Ewart McLaughlin Chal- lenge Trophy. Flower boxes, any size bloom or arrangement, owner or rented home -- The Felt Brothers Chal- lenge Trophy. Best flower and vegetable gar- den of a new home not over three years' cultivation -- The Cliff Mills Motors Limited Challenge Bowl. Best kept public or separate school grounds located within the city limits -- The F. L. Mason Trophy. Small Repair or Service Stations located in the city of Oshawa -- The Harry O. Perry Challenge Trophy. Diploma for large garage or ser- vice station -- The Oshawa Horti- cultural Society. All entries to be made on or before May 1, 1953, in any of the classes named. Points awarded for general appearance inside and out- side buildings, flower boxes and gardens. All flower gardens, rockeries, and vegetable gardens entered for competition to be the property of or under the care of 3 member of the Oshawa Horticultural So- ciety. Al] cups and bowls to be retained by the winner for a period of one year. All cup and bowl winners will be awarded diplomas, Points are awarded as follows: PTS. General tidiness of grounds....25 Window boxes or other con- tainers Shrubs, etc. ' Flower beds an Vegetables Civic Beautification Is Objective of Society One of the chief activities of the tractive as long as possible. The Oshawa Horticultural Society is | { that of undertaking projects for are large, and require many hun- | flower beds at both of these plces civic beautification. The Commit- dreds of plants. tee in charge, with George Huston In the autumn, the Society un- 3 | to illustrate it. oolor clashing is no color at all. not later than April or early May. Early Planting Is Secret as chairman for 1953, endeavors dertook to plant bulbs in public to improve the appearance of the |locations. On the island at Mary city by carrying out planned hor-|and Wood Streets tulips were plant- ticultural projects. This work con- ed, also daffodils among the ever- sists largely of the planting of | greens there. Two large beds at trees, shrubs, grass, plants and the Pioneer Memorial Gardens bulbs in public places which would | were planted with tulips, also in Of Sweet Peas' Many sweet pea seeds are very | hard and germinate slowly, if at all. It has been found wise to give them some sort of treatment to in- sure prompt sprouting. Some soak the seeds in acid for a half hour, but the simplest method is to cut off a small piece of the seed coat on the side opposite the growing t. When such seeds are sown inch deep in sand, they .will germinate readily because they can soak up water readily. When so treated they germinate in a week and may then be placed. in small pots to grow. Light coloured seeds which usually produce the white and paler tints and the mottled seeds (usually of the lav- ender, blue and mauve sorts), are apt to decay when the soil condi- tions are not favourable. It is the red, crimson and scarlet sorts that bear the hard seeds, which it is well to germinate before sowing. The insects which are most in- jurious to sweet peas are plant lice. They may be controlled by spraying with a nicotine solution such as Black Leaf 40. As there are many generations of plant lice during the year, continual spray- ing is necessary and the insects otherwise remain barren and be- come eyesores. To accomplish this task, close co-operation with the Success must be actually hit in order to kill them. The diseases of sweet peas are not easily controlled, if they are at all serious. For that reason, no. spraying would be ad- vised. If disease appears try the standard fungicides, such as sul- phur or bordeaux mixture. As a fetilizer for sweet peas, bonemeal would be the best all- round fertilizer to use as a dressing along the sides of the rows. When the flowers come into bed you might give them some nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia, which would increase the size of the blooms. > DEPTH TO COVER THE SEED In light soils and warm loca- tions it is considered an advantage to sow the seed quite deeply so that the roots will penetrate the cooler subsoil. It would not do to cover the seed so deeply when sowing, however, as only a small portion would come up through such a heavy covering, so that for this deep sowing, a trench or fur- row four to six inches deep and six inches wide should be prepared. The seed is scattered in the bot~ tom of the furrow as evenly as possible and covered with about two inches of soil, which is firmly pressed by walking in the row af- ter the seed is covered, Robbery Suspect Denies Being Wanted VANCOUVER (CP)--A bank rob bery suspect captured here after | five years of freedom has admitted | he's Harry Duguid, Canada's eighth Jus, wanted man, RCMP said Fri- ay. He earlier emphatically denied that he was the suspect who es- caped from Welland county jail in | Ontario in 1947 while awaiting trial on a bank robbery charge. The 37-year-old man told police Fo as '"'Harry Taylor" he had | Quietly in suburban Burnaby Criminal for three ytars with his wife and children. Captured Sunday near a theatre, he pleaded guilty to a breaking- and-entering charge and will be sentenced Monday. Three warrants for Duguid are held by Ontario police. Toronto police want him for a $14,500 bank robbery in 1942 and provincial police have a warrant for a $19,400 holdup of a Stam- ford bank in 1947. The third is for escaping eustody. citizens in general and the Board of Park Commissioners is essen- tial. Members of the Civic Beautifica- tion Committee, with other volun- teers from the Society, do nearly all of the soil preparation and planting. However, very few local horticulturists can grow plants in large quanities, so most of the planting material has to be pur- chased from a local nursery, mar- ket gardener or seed store. During the year 1952, the Com- mittee planted annuals at the Chil- dren's Shelter on Centre Street and at the Pioneer Memorial Gardens | on Bond Street West. These con-| about 70,000 moose. The brief open sisted mostly of plants which bloom |season on moose here each year throughout the summer, the aim yields on the average about 7,- being to keep the flower beds at-'500,000 pounds of meat. front of the Children's Shelter. At Simcoe Hall, tulips were planted among the mums that were placed there the year before. Other projects that were anti- cipated did not materialize because of the lack of sufficient funds. How- ever, they have been carried over to the present year, when it is hoped that it will be possible to give them close attention. The planting of annuals and bulbs will go on as in previous years, and perhaps a little more extensively. In fact the Society for 1953 is plan- ning to double the amount of civic beautification work done.last year. STOCKHOLM (CP)--Current re- ports estimate Sweden now has ROOM AND BOARD I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE WIDE GAP BETWEEN YOUR CLASSIC PERFUME IDEA AND THE CLOWN DRESSING TABLE, AND WOUND UP BY MAKING A FRAGRANCE TO PUT N A LINIMENT FOR WRESTLERS' MUSCLE KINKS AND SPRAINS/ 3) WOULD NETTLE ME, EH? .\WELL, THE EARL PAID LINIMENT A PLEASANT SMELL' ..THE MATERIALS ORIGINALLY COST $70, SO I MADE A $30 PROFIT/ AJAX AND DISTRICT NEWS John Mills, Representative Phone Pickering 355-J-3 Above are five of the mem- bers of the New Pickering School Board, elected by S.S. No. 4, PICKERING'S NEW PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD Robert 8. Ruddy. Harold Rich- ardson, who headed the poll, was absent when the picture was taken. West on Wednesday. Left to right A. R. Irwon, W, T. Graham, Mrs. Merle Bryant, W. D. Johns, and AJAX -- Ten ladies of Picker- ing district members of the Home| Nursing Course, received their tion ceremony in Pickrng Ds- pins and certificates at a gradua-| tion ceremony in Pickering Dis-| trict High School on Thursday eve- ning. This course was a joint pro- ject of the Night School Organiza- tion and the Canadian Red Cross. | Mrs, W. Goudy, RN of Pickering, | was the instructress for the 20 weeks course, which was allotted | 2 hours a night, two nights a week, | during which time the students re- ceived instruction in both theory | and practice. It is interesting to note that 90 per cent of those join-| ing the class, finished and received their awards. These are the names of the ladies: Mrs. Marie Jones Broug-| ham; Mrs. Zdenka Hasek, Picker-| ing; Miss Rose Ellard, Pickering; | Mrs. Evelyn Disney, Greenwood; | Mrs. Marjorie Morden, Greenwood | Mrs. Dorothy Burningham, Picker-| John Lay Speaks To Rotary Club AJAX -- At its luncheon meet-| Ajax Rotary Club had the pleas- ure of being .addressed by John Lay of the Pickering Club. Mr. Lay's talk dealt with his ex-| periences and travels as salesman for the Massey-Harris Company in South America. The members very much enjoyed Mr. Lay's talk and also the colored sides that he used | Birthday congratulations were | extended to Robbie Robinson, a| new member, who celebrated his | birthday during the week. | Horse Auction Holds Own Despite Drop CALGARY (CP)--Despite a no-| table reduction in the horse popu- | lation of Western Canada, more than 500 horses of various breeds | are expected to be auctioned off at the Calgary spring horse sale to be held March 31 and April 1. The Alberta Horse Breeders' Association has decided to accept entries from Saskatchewan and British Columbia this year. The directors feel there is need for one annual sale large enough to attract all the buyers for the eastern and western markets. In the years immediately follow- ing the war, thousands of horses were disposed of annually at large auction sales throughout the three western provinces, most of them being purchases for use on the small farms of Eastern Canada, or in the logging camps of British Columbia and Quebec. The difficulty of this year's auc- tion will be to fill the demand. | The large sales of previous years, | | combined with the operations of the processing plants at Edmonton and Swift Current have gradually reduced the horse population of the west to such an extent that the Calgary sale will be the only major event of its kind held in Canada this year. ISLE OF THANET, England (CP)--The horse more than held its own in the annual plowing match in this Kent county com- munity. Two days of rain mired most tractor-drawn plows and the equine entries plodded on the col- lect the prizes. STOPS 4 NEURITIC-NEURALGIC PAIN! ASPIRIN Home Nursing Graduates Receive Their Awards ICE FROLICS (Continued from Page 3) (Grant Tunnicliffe, James Higgins, Dale Southwell, David Beatty, Billy Jackson, Raymond Penhale, Tom Bulmer. ing; Mrs. Maybelle Minaker, Green- | Palanquin bearers: Peter An- wood: Mrs. Betty Riches, Cherry-|derson, Wallace Couch, Billy Gould- wood; Mrs. Dorcas Palmer, Ajax; burn, Billy Slywka. : Mrs. Ruth Munson, Pickering. Mrs. | _ Jugglers: Nancy Bulmer, Patty Munson was unable to attend the Payne, Gwen Hamilton, Betty Ann graduation, owing i the Jact that | Regs. Margaret Parker. Carl Nor she was In hospital wit ! : ' : nA but SD had 100 he cont | Sandra Hardie, Carol Jenkins, Jan- h 'et Maines, Ruth Kell, Mary Cham- {All Snipping No Snapping, Barbers' Secret PETERBOROUGH, Ont. (CP)=-- Sipping but no snapping is the formula used by a barber and his partner here and they've set up some kind of record. Jack Smith and Harold Freeman haven't had an argument in 33 years. '""Keep quiet or count to 10 be fore you say anything that might lead to an argument," they advise. And not wasting time arguing, the partners have clipped quite a few heads. Their doorstep is worn in a groove by the customers who patronize their shop. "Some of the children we cut hair for now are grandchildren of our first customers," boasts Mr. Freeman. Mary Lynn Horton, Diane McLel- lan, Nancy Pain, Janis Matthews, Anne Butler, Laura Lee Horton, Judy Hall, Evelyn Elliott, Joan Tisdale, Vickie Sharpe, Margaret Bourne, Heather Sheriff, Johnny Horton and Bobby Parr, Servants: Shirley Parker, Chris- tine Watson, Kathryn Schell, Jean- ette Couture, Maureen Cook, Carol Hackney, Beverley Black, Do thy Donald, Olivia Belliveau, Lynn Shaw, Jo-Ann Lindsay, Diane Prit- chard, Barbara Smith, Carolyn Storie, Lois Burtinsky, Dale Cal- houn, Linda Lee, Lynda Geffery, Joan Richards, Eleanor May Mac- Donald, Marie Mapplebeck, Bonnie Gaynor, Barbara Jean Burnett, Kathryn Learmonth, Sandra Shaw, Joan Little, Ruth McKnight, Diane Purdie, Gail Cooke, Sandra Beaton, Martha Tyers, Mary Ellen Arm- strong, Joyce Hennick, Gail Rich- ards, Doreen Yeo and Suzanne Smith, Scarf dancers, Princess' attend- ants: Hazel Evenden, Shirley Short- ridge, Joan Everitt, Barbara Work- men, Sharon McLeod, Patsy Deyo, Susan Elliott and Marilyn Colvin, Merry-Go-Round: Janet Kerr, Evelyn McNeill, Brenda Parks, Joan Brady, Sally Lawrence, Dor- othy Clarke, Arleen Sargant," Pam- ela Peterson, Marilyn Copeland, Mary Mathison, Linda Hiro'ns, Ann McGillivray, Judith Gibson, Suzanne Parkin, Carol Sorter, ky Jarvis, Ruth Lloyd, Barbara Walton, Janet Bovair, Sandra Bea- | ton, Cathy Walker, Noreen Tucker, | Joan Brooks, Bonnie Teatro, Patsy | Ward, Adrienne Hennick, Ona Eth- | ler, Gail Schoenau, Mary Wamna- | maker, Carol Pascoe. Marilyn Wil- {llams, Gloria Carey, Cathy Mec- | Knight, Charleen Taggart, Donna | Barnes and Patsy Elliott. | In the "Poem to the Moon" se- | tificate, attendance at classes. Mrs. Hasek, a recent arrival from Czechoslovakia, is a lawyer and on receiving her pin and cer- said 'she had found the course very hepful indeed, especial ly with her speech in the English language. Lewis Briggs, principal of Pick- ering District High School, in a brief speech congratulated the la- dies and presnted them with their pins, which were pinned on by Mrs. Goudy. C. W. Scarff, president of the Ajax Red Cross Society also congratulated the class and pre- sented the certificates. Mrs. Goudy was presented with a lovely bouquet of spring flowers from the graduating class. |berland, Rosemary Bovair, Irgne|quence the following too': part as Frobel, Gloria Snowden, Deanna, | Moonlight Madonnas, Statues and Esterbrook, Lynn Mathews, Mau-| Moonbeams: reen Levine, Eileen Kowalski, Di-| Kathryn Learmouth, Jeanette |ane Clark, Lenna Button, Susan! Contura, Gail Cooke. Bonnie Gay- | Morrison, Linda Klein, Gail Glov- Trolnm Xomdoan SUzanne ler, Barbara Wayridge, Janet Hop- Smith, Linda Lee and Doreen Yeo, (kins, Stephanie Goldstein, Patty , Gull Glover, Bar- | Kell, Jo-Ann Cox, Gail Essex, Jan- bara eyricn, Phyllis Cameron, {ice Fulton, Donna Brady, Doreen and Lynn Small. | Ripley, Rae West, Mary Dickson,| Joanne Robb, Elaine Richards, | Jane Jackson, Diane Audley, Joan | Patsy Kerr, Carol Klapow, June | Walker, Jacqueline Cameron, Lin-| McGregor, Dawn Steckley, Gwen (da Hall, Marilyn Judge, Bonnie Parr, | Major, Myrna Robb, Grace Dowe, ! Bonnie Jarvis, Marilyn Brockman, | Donna Russnel, Joan Kelly, Patty Nancy Lloyd, Winnie Sillmot, Phyl-|Steckley, Barbara Gillard, Pat lis Cameron, Rosemary Hunder, | Beasley, Dorothy Fish, Kerry Rob- | Patsy Bullock, Kathy Hamer, Mar- |inson, Phylis Durston, Elizabeth Kelemen, Doreen Johnston, Ruth |got Hamer, Linda Pearson, Elea- 2 |nor Young, Betty Jane Wiser, Jan- | Robinson, Toby Keeler, Millie Yac- abosky, Evelyn Major, and M-~-. AIAX PERSONALS {et Moore, Barbara Collins, Carol garet Jean Carr, who also were | Kirby and Susan Vorner. € : ) Beggars: Nicky Reid, Allan Tun-|the "Glitter Girls' in the final scene. nicliffe, David Jarvis, Peter In the King Ala Kasams Ballet: Mr. and Mrs. Bram Brown were hosts to a large group of family and friends, when they gave a sur- ing on Thursday, March 26. the] prise birthday party in honor of |Cortura, Robby Miles, Paul Steck- their son-in-law Mr. of Osh Ray Taylor awa last Saturday evening. | Out of town guests were present |Rowntree. from Whitby, Oshawa and Toronto. Birthday congratulations to Mrs. Bram. Brown whose birthday was on Wednesday, March 25, |Schell, Jack Strawbridge, Paul | Darling, Brian Tunnicliffe, Teddy |Ian Greenway, Don Dulmage, Wal- | Morrison, Timmy Gilmore, Doug-Yly Distelmeyer, Pete Anderson, {las Pascoe, Barry McGill, Barry |Bruce Gormly, Jim Kinlin, Hughie Smith and Billy Slywka took part. |ley, Mark Powell, Jimmy Ward, | Robert . Montgomery and Billy Boon, army horseman responsible Snakes: Susan McConkey, Bar-|for the state landaus in the Coro- {bara Holland, Sharen Besse, David nation procession, has located the (Puk, Pat Lander, Lynn Margaret necessary 10 carriages. They are |Taylor, Lee Anne Souter, Billy |being reconditioned for the big day Holland, Lynn Small, Gail Penhale, ' June 2. LONDON (CP)--Captain G, G. Yes! Right Now is the ti here will reap you a more or garden later on Lawn fertilizers for every Below we list some of the found to be the best. HUMAR PEAT MOSS, TORGANIC, an organic SHEEP MANURE, for NOW Is The Time To . . . FERTILIZE YOUR GARDEN and LAWN! garden and lawn for the growing season ahead. Fertilizer applied now while the spring rains are" ERTILIZER Right now at the height of the season we have a complete stock of Garden and fertilizers that have been tested and VIGORO for Lawns and Gardens / CIL, 10-6-4 also GARDENITE, for Beautiful Lawns! 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