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of Flowers to Open, Saturday 0On the morning of Septeînber 7 the largest show of backyard garden flowers ever held witt open lu the International ,Amphtheatre, '43rd and Tjalsted streets, Chicago. The Central States. Dahlia SocietY and Me's Garden Club of Chicago are co-operating in the showv. Neyer before has, there been such an amateur flower show as, this one. Other big flower. shows, are domi- ated. by commniercial floweér grovers, but this- one will transfortn the big arena of the, stock ýyards amphi- theater into a sea of flowers froni the back yards of Chicago aîd, its >uburbs. DIX&ply Giant Dahias There will be giant dahlias as large as* a dinfler plate. with .petak , as. deticate as a rose. anîd ait tlîe cotors of the rainbow, front violet to red: or tait, gladiotus spikes. iarge-thau Yeu lever dreamed a gladiolus could be. unless, of course you are one.of the back yard fle'wer fans wlo- is cxhibiting at the show. Uuless you are, a garden fan or have friends who are .iufected With this fever, you have hadjew ch ances" to see garden fiowers of this quality. Florists do flot grow thein, because they will nôt blooin in greenhouses. and they are far too costly. A single dahlia root or gladiolus bulb miay cost $10, because it is new and scarce, and surpassiugly* beautif ut. Suc h fowers -cannot be. produced ini quan- tity but. must have the loviug care which is lavisbed ou atreasured pos- session. B«at W n SaII Grde. The parks canuot grow thenli and> even large eistate gardens seldom go in for'these. fanciers' flowers. The. fancy flourishes in the smalt garden S, with rooni for a limited number of niants. whose owners find recreation By Dr. J. F. Fonder Edtors Note.a We are, happy to pro- %-'de for our re.ders, a ,;eties of articles by a recognlzed expert on gardeunfg ubjects, Dr. J. F. Fonder of Evanston. ýwho.receiveéd bis Ph. D. degree -at Mlch- gan :Sta te' college, after attendilg eol- leges in bis native state of Colorgdo and in: Utah. He bas leetured- extensi.vely )n gardenfing, in many states and, bas written much on.topies of soll and plantý .hsiY.nlogy.,,Mis experýlee extends in- to the practical business end of, plant culture,thus enabliflg hlm to wrltp with -iutbority on ail ,nnt.ters pertainlng to this subject. Dr. Fonders artieles appenr in thiq section eaeb week.. Lend- a Hclpieiy Hai,<I tô Vour Trees -Can you picture thîe îorth shiore devoid of aIl its various types of trees?, What a contrast and how barren and lonely it would be!1,To even the casual visitor the uorth, shore mean s trees; large, spieadiug, beautiful 'trees. And regardlcss of any other memnories thethtoe.ghtsm of this region are always more pleasant because, of this association. 'Nature has becu kind to us with. respect1 to trees but this kinducss carnîes with it a defite responsiblity. As the, northhôfhoelas grown and been mod ernized, the growth con- ditions'have departed more and more f rom those natural conditions which are most favorable to the trees. Power and telephone wires have been strung, pavements have been laid, and increasiug aniounts of smoke have been discharged into the air to settie on the leaves and twigs of the trees. At your homes, grass has been plant- ed beueath the trees,- thus cuttiug off. or greatty reducing the amoëunt of .water and food which becomes avait- able to the trees Tre.. Depenadent Upon'a Yoia Ail of these city conditions make the 'trees, dependent upon their owu- ers for special care and atuto.Un- lcss a helpinig haud is extended when îîeeded, these trees wili become less and less vigorous and theréfore much fi% inin~ irlT flis-. The easiest method of con- trolliing night cfawters is to poi- son them with arsenate of lead applied at the rate of 5 pounds per 1000 square feet of area. Mix the arsenate of lead with about 2 gallons -of soit and spriuk.le uni- formly over the lawn area. Then soak the soit to carry the. poisoni downward so that it wiil be Coni- sune d. as the jw orms inj ,ect the soit 'in, feediug. The worms cati be driven from the sou 'by. applying 4 ounce s-of bichioride of mercury disolved in 50 gallons of water* on .cadi 1000 square feeét of area. The worms should then be -raked off the Ilawn. It is also possible to ýelec- trocute the Worms but the proper electrode is difficuit to prepare. weatber con ditions. Nature has re- quired many, many years'to produce the, mor majestic. trees and they shoulil be preserved to betieit future generations. It would flot be possible wit.hin our lifetime to replace. any,of these trees and it would be re- grettable indeed were any ýof them to die because of neglect. During the faU months there are two' things which should be donc to hielp the trees along. Anytinie froni now until the last of Septcmber the trees sbould be fed. Late this fait when the leaves have fallen the white oaks should be trimuied to rernove aIl twigs which have been killed dur- iîîg the past season by the disease known as anthracnose. These twigs and also the leaves .which have fallen from the trees should be raked up: and burned. Not Easy Taaký Trce feeding is nlot an easy, task.' Since.'the, feeding roots, of most .trees .are. several juches below the soit surface anid because. the, roots of 1most of the trees needing attention are covered ither by concrete pave- ,ment or sidewalk, gravel drives, or by A' survey of the crab grass situation has disclosed that the final raking shonld be given within the next few days, says Dr. J. F. Fonder. who coîîducts the columu "Garden Hints". éach week in thisuews-magaziiie., This grass in those areas which have béen unm olested lias, set. seed >.and these are so nearly mature they Must lie removed now if the effort is to accomplish1 any noticeable results. In uost Cases the crab grass %vbichhas- heen raked twice has been definitely checked and it appears >thai no f urt 1her raking %vill be îîecessary. That which lias becu raked onivy once %vîll probably produ ce secds uuless it îs, raked again. The procedure outliued ini this cai- paiign has -dcfiuitelv workcd in those instances Wherc the work was doue serious1y. In Cases wiîcre the . seed stems were not aIl removed there will belsoème seed produced but it, will be nincli less than usuâl. It must, he rentetbered that even though no~ seeds were permitted to mature this year there will be sorne crab grass appear iîext ycar from seed preseut lun the, soit whîch did not> germînate this sunîner. Therefore, ..the cam- paign wili have to bé cotiuued uext year, But we trust that there will be less crab grass on the north shore. next. year and that the efforts toward, lawn beautification cati be made with greater assurance of success. live over the vint er in the leaves and twigs which have fallen to the ground or else in the diseased twigs which remain ou the trees. If these diseased . parts are couîpletely removed and burned tlîe source of infection will be largcly eliminated and the disease miay be bro ght definiteiy under con- trol. We would, suggest that twolag circles. be' made on the calendar, one arouud the month of -September an& atiother *arounld the month of Novem- ber. The first would remiud Y'ou to have your trees fed. The second ýw.udrëninrt vnn to practice the sug- and inî th.e interest, of horti- The Central States Dahlia society and the Men's Garden club are rep- reserited by some 600 to 700 enthus-ý iastic members, aIl of whom will be exhibiting their flowcrs. The Chicago. Fal Flower Festival is not being.preseçnted for profit but for thte amateur grower, the lover of. biossoms bwSitnouL LejJUJse u t miust notify the comuiittee that bis flowers are coming. Prcmium sched- ules 'or information nîay be obtained on request frorn show headquarters, roont 1311, 130 N. Wells street, Chi- cago, tetephone State 5994, or locally froni M. D. White, Winnetka 1978. ttow to Control Diseas. been acting as chairman of rushnug Every spring the disease of white this summer. oaks knowu as anthracnose makes its appearance and spraying will usually Frank T. Cutler and bis daughter,ý have to be doue to save the trees. Miss Frances, 1001 Lake avenue, ne- This disease always, starts froni spore tunned Fdiday from a montb's visit forr»s of the disease organismh whiich at White lake, Mich.,