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FETIO ETI EI O EO IE ORTTO 10 WINNETKA WEEKLY TALK, SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1924 Te] ANDSCADE DEDPARI] MENT CVSHING SMITH MA ANNUALS AND THEIR USE IN THE GARDEN Annual plants are those whose seeds must be sown every year. From seed to seed is often less than a year, and their beauties are packed into the few months intervening. Over half of the plants of the world are annuals. The more staid perennials are essential as the main and permanent effects in our gardens, but the annuals fill the spaces which may be bare one season. Their very uncertainty of color, height, and even length of bloom make their presence sought after by every garden lover. The very fact that there are so many varieties of annuals makes the decision as to their selection almost entirely a personal one. There are a few standard and tried friends which no garden should be without. Among these are the asters, zinnias, petunia, marigold, four o'clock, sun- flower, phlox, bachelor's button, ver- bena, calendula, morning-glory, sweet- pea, nasturtium, few of which are attacked by bugs and fungi. If you would grow annuals for cut- ting and decorating purposes, grow them in rows as in a vegetable gar- den, and cultivate them as specimens, and harvest their blooms without fear of destroying the color scheme or effect of your garden border. Perhaps some of my readers would like to grow plants of distinct vari- eties, securing all of the different species of one kind of plant. Then send for a packet of seeds of all of the asters, or all of the phlox, or all of the balsam, and you will learn much of the wide gamut of color, of form, and see an intimate study in evolution of that one variety. If you would sow the seed: early, sow them in flats or shallow boxes, not over two inches deep, in a loose, well-drained soil. Keep the boxes in a sunny window or if possible place them out-of-doors and cover with a light of glass, or matting on cool nights. There are many kinds of an- nuals which can safely be sown out- of-doors directly, and perhaps it is better to delay the growth rather than to secure too early flowers with pos- {sible damage by late frosts. In the preparation of the soil, make it fine in texture, soft and deep, so that the fine roots of the plants do not remain in the upper half inch of the surface, there to become dried out in the compacted surface. Keep the sur- face loosely mulched, using a rake or small hoe. You will thus conserve the moisture near the surface by cap- illary action. When watering, soak the ground clear through. Avoid any formal bedding effects with annuals, and I should say with any plants or bulbs. Can you see any beauty in a harp or a star, or an angel or a crescent if made of pinks, salvia or zinnias? Grow the annuals in the flower-border, preferably with perennials and not in flower beds in the lawn, where the difficulty of keep- ing the geometrical beds lined up and square is a source of more discourage- ment than the weeds which will creep in from nowhere. For mass effects and bold color dis- plays near the back of the borders, the coarser varieties are best. Here the sunflower, castor bean may be SPRAY YOUR TREE FOR SCALE NOW | | "An Winnetka 1294 THOMAS Glencoe 514 Lake Forest 1323 TREE SURGERY 2 Prouty Annex, Winnetka omo-- -- 2 Ounce of Prevention is worth a Pound of Cure" Protect Your Beautiful Shade Trees From Their Worst Enemies--Oyster Shell--San Jose--Cottony Maple Scale PRUNING SPRAYING SURGERY J. LYNCH : HOO West Kenilworth Nursery ? Shrubs, Trees, Evergreens, and Hardy Perennials 4 Get our Estimate Nursery on Railroad Avenue, 2 blocks north of Kenilworth Station bay Phone Kenilworth 1089 All Shrubs and trees guaranteed PPS 2020) PETTETEEEE EE TELE EEE EEL EL LL LLL Lb LL] Ld Feohhohohohob dh RRohbobbkbbbbhbdbd "Say it with Flowers" We carry a complete line of Shrubs and Trees. We also grow our own Perennials and Annuals. Iistimates furnished on Landscape Gardening, Planting, Lawns and Window Boxes. F. MUELLER FLORAL DECORATOR Florist and Landscape Gardener Cut Flowers and Pot Plants. Scott and Linden Ave. HUBBARD WOODS Phone Winnetka 437 BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME ood oo ol obo obo fo oof cq ofoodobob ooh Boh bobo of fe oe ode oo ode ope ode Beobopopodododofohobobdob beh doRokodb bbb hdd N 222 FERTILIZER 72277 005i EVANSTON Evanston 5035 22222 NS 2272727722777 222224 BLACK DIRT To Beautify Your Lawns CRUSHED STONE To Dress Up Your Driveways Edinger & Sons Established 1907 WILMETTE Noyes and Colfax 1301 Lake Avenue - 722 Elm Street Wilmette 641-642 2 D7 LIME WINNETKA Winnetka 643 VA planted for the back rows; the zin- nias for bright scarlets and lilacs; African marigolds for their brilliant yellows; nicotine for whites. There is no good blue annual in this class. For lower-growing and less import- ant displays, there are the California poppies of orange and yellow; petun- jas for purples, violets and whites; larkspurs for blues and violets; bache- lor's buttons for blues; coreopsis for yellows; gaillardias for orange yel- low and browns, and the china asters for their August and September blooms of many colors. ' For children and for some of us who may ever be children the ever- lasting flowers have interest not to be denied. Perhaps as bunches of paper flowers they have little value, but their bright faces are welcome in the border. Do not under-estimate the hardy an- nuals in your study of gardens, and do not permit them to be forgotten in the present zeal to grow perennials. No plants from China or from other parts of the world will quite take their place. Conduct Health Clinic: At Evanston on April 16 The next regular health clinic of the Evanston Tuberculosis association will be held at the Red Cross Room in the City hall, Davis street, on Wed- nesday morning, April 16, at 10 o'clock. In charge at this clinic will be Miss Lydia R. Sheall, public health nurse for this community, and any one de- siring a free chest examination by an tend. Health clinics for Evanston are held on the first and third Wednesdays of each month under the auspices of the Chicago. Tuberculosis Institute. These clinics are open to residents of New Trier Villages. CRYING FOR FOOD The extent of ignorance about nutri- 'y NY Frank Borovicka It is time to plant Pansies and Perennials Wholesale prices will be allowed if called for. 746 Center St. Phone 283 WINNETKA SHRUBS PERENNIALS All Varieties of Annual - Plants John Ostrowsky Landscape and Florist Gardener 1487 Asbury Avenue, Hubbard Woods Phone Winnetka 546-J tional matters in Illinois is indicated by the fact that more than 100,000 children in the state are suffering from malnutrition. Too often these children cry for food and the mother answers with a dose of soothing syrup, it is said. VALUE OF SLEEP Sleep does more than "knit up the raveled sleeve of care." It gives op- portunity to rebuild and rejuvenate the body. Children and young folks require .more building because of growth .and that explains why they should :sleep longer than adults. ooo oo fo fo clo cl ol oo Bo ofoBofo fo ch dh Rob Bob Robo JERRY KUCERA'S Perennial Garden at 1050 Oak Street, Cor. Rosewood Avenue, Winnetka, Ill. All kinds of Perennial plants and Shrubs for Sale, also best mixture of Gladioli from 40c to $1.00 per doz. For any kind of Landscape Gardening call Winnetka 329. of obs of of oe od of od ob oe ob ood ob oR ob Bob Bol BoB RoR oe oe oF of oF ofe oo oF of of of ode oe obo oe fo ob ob Bob odode Bofedb Rob Rdob Robbo Robb bobbobokd Office Telephone = HIGHLAND PARK 36 RAVINIA NURSERIES F. D. Clavey & Sons = Nurseries Telephone HIGHLAND PARK 58 Sh accredited specialist is invited to at-|. EVERGREENS TREES SHRUBS HIGHLAND PARK, ILL. We Plant and ; Accurate Estimates Guarantee Submitted NURSERIES ONE MILE WEST OF RAVINIA PARK -- Cannas Bedding Black Soil hii and Fertilizers Dahlias Vegetable and Gladioli Plants Grass Seeds Tel. Win. 2168 PLANTING TIME IS HERE Estimates and advice gladly given. Only first class stock used and everything guaranteed. i! CARE-TAKING OF GROUNDS i Your grounds taken care of under expert supervision, by the day or month. GREENWOOD NURSERY A. STACHEL 962 Linden Ave. EVERGREENS PERENNIALS SHRUBS--TREES R72 ZZ ELLE Ll Winnetka Landscape Co. M. J. Sullivan and Son GRADING FERTILIZER SEEDING LAWNS BLACK DIRT TRIMMING MANURE Phone Winnetka 1549 GET OUR ESTIMATE 882 PINE ST. (AS SSIL SLIPS SSS SLLS SSIS SS LS LSS SSIS SILLS LL SSIS SSL SSSA II SSSA SSAA ASSL ISS SSH 7 WINNETKA ZZ 2 dd add dd dd LZ ddd ZT Fr ddd Ld Za Lid ddd ddd cided ddd zzze Cash And : Carry Big reduction to those who come te our Nurs- ery and get the stock. Freshly dug; roots not dried out. Nursery just west of § Lincoln avenue on Pet- {3 erson road, Chicago. Peterson road is north line of Rosehill Cem- etery. Good roads. Tel. Evanston 1434 PETERSON NURSERY BARGAINS Buy Now--Trees, Shrubs, Fruits, Vines The land of the Peterson Nursery has been sold and we have a short time to sell off the stock--T his is vour opportunity 30 N. La Salle Street, Chicago, Il. Telephone Main 3613 We Do Planting For those who do not care to do their own planting we will de- liver, plant and guar- » antee. : Tstimates given. © Phone or write our city office. #8 Do it now. pS I i RR LR ES