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10 \VILMETI'E FRlD:\y APRIL 11, 192+ crreL~DJCA.PS DtPARrMENT &T CVJHINQ- JMilti.Mh'\: ANNUALS ~D THEIR USE IN T~~ 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 l.>e without. Among these are the asters, zinnias, petunia, marigold, four o'clock, sunflower, phlox, bachelor's button, verbena, calendula, morning-glory. sweetpea, nasturtium, few of .which are attacked by bugs and funga. If you would grow annuals for cutting and decorating purposes, grow them in rows as in a vegetable garden, 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 varieties, securin~ all of the diff.-rent specie s 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 intima,te 5tudy in evolution of that one vanely. If you would sow the seed ea rly, sow them in fiats or sha llow boxes, not over two inche s 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 mattin;&" on cool nights. There are many kmds of annuals which can safely qe sown outof-doors directly, and perhaps it is better to delay the growth rather than to secure too early flowers with possible 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 surface loosely mulched, using a rake or small hoe. You will thus conserve the moisture near the surface by capillary action. When watering, soak the ground clear through. A void any formal bedding effects with annuals, ;~.nd 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? Crow the annuals in the flower-border. preferably perennials and not in flower h the lawn. where the difficulty of keeping the geometrical beds l1tied up and squa re is a source of more discourage ment than the w~eds which will creep in from nowhere. For ma ss effects and hold color displays near the back of the borders, th e coarser varieties are best . Here t h l' su nflower. castor bean may be .. h · - ~tiona! mattt·rs in Illinois is indicated planted for · the back rows · t e. zm. b the iact that more than 100,000 nias for bright scarkh ~ndb '·'t\":cs t children in the state are suffering African marigolds for their rT~an f ·om malnutrition. Too often these yellows; nicotine for winter·· 1ere c~ildrcn cry for food and the mother is no good blue annual 11 ~ t 11 ~ cas:. answers with a dose of soothing syrup, 1 For lower-growing and cs~ !TIP 0 r.. 'd ant displays, there are the Cahforma it as sa1 · poppies of orange ':'ml ydlow; pe~un: ias for purples , vaolets . and whates, VALUE OF SLEEP All kinds of Perennial larkspurs for blues and \'Jolcts; b.acheand Shrubs for Sale, allci Sleep does more tha,~ "knit. up the lor's buttons for blues; coreopS IS for raveled slee\'C of <;are. mixture of Gladioli from 40c It g!ves opyellows; gaillardias for or~nge yel- portunity to rebu1ld and reJuvenate $1.00 per doz. low and browns, and the ch111a asters the body. l'hi ldre!l ~nd young folks For any kind of for their August and Sept('mber blooms require mort' bualdmg because of Gardening call W of many colors. For children and for some o~ us growth and that explains why they who may ever he children the ever- should sleep longer than adults. lasting flowers have interest not to be denied. Perhaps as bunches of pap~r Office Telephone Aowers they have little value. but their; bright faces are welcome in the border. HIGHLAND PARK 36 Do not unden-estimat e the hardy annuals in your study of gardens, and do not permit them to be forgo~ten in the present zeal to grow perenmals. No plants from Chi!la o~ from oth~r F. A Sou parts of the world w1ll qu1te take the·r EVERGREENS TREES place. RAVINIA NURSERIES o.·cave,. Conduct Health Clinic At Evanston on April 16 We Plaut and Guarantee HIGHLAND PARK, ILL. · Accurate Eatimata SUaaitted - NURSERIES ONE MILE WEST OF RAVINIA PARK The next re~ular health clinic of the Evanston Tuberculosis association ~~~~5~55~555555555~~~~~5l~5l!!. will be held at the Red Cross Room i in the City hall. Davis street, on Wednesday morning, April 16, at ·10 o'clo~k. Beddina Canna In charge at this clinic will be Mass mul Lydia R. Sheall, public health nurse Dahlias for this community, and any one deVqetable sirin~ chest examination by an Plata Gladioli accredited~ialist is invited to attend. Health clinics for Evanston are held on the first and third Wednesdays of each month under the auspices of the Ch ic~o Tuberculosis Institute. These clinics are open tO· residents Estimates and advice gladly given. Only first class stock of New Trier Villages. PLANTING TIME IS HERE used and everything guaranteed. CRYING FOR FOOD The extent of ignorance about nutri- ' t :··cm:;:AKiN"co"F-GioU"Nns··! Your grounds taken care of under expert supervision, by the day or month. Frank Borovicka Plenty of Potted Plants and Fresh Cut Flowers always on hand. All of Perennials, Annuals ~md Shrubs. Varieti~ --------------····--·--·····-···---···· Q ~ sPRA}7.YouR.TRiis I J GREENWOOD NURSERY A. STACHEL Tel. Win. 2168 ~ ll-·:FQ R "A~~n~o~P~ent~ Q w! is wocth a Pound of Cure" ·. 1 I Protect Your Beautiful Shade Trees From Their Worst Enemies-Oyster Shell-San ] ose-Cottony Maple Scale Winnetka l2t4 Glencoe 514 Lake F oreat 1313 THOMAS J · LYNCH TREE SURGERY 01:110 01:10 PRUNING SPRAYING SURGE~Y ~01:10 2 Prouty Annes, Winnetka 01;:10-===:11. I I : : · : : : · Gladiola Bulbs Wholeaale price when caUed for. 7.a Center St. Phone 213 WINNETKA EVERGREENS PERENNIALS SHRUBS-TREES Phone Winnetka 1549 West Kenilworth,· Nursery Shrubs, Trees, Evergreeaa, and Hardy Perennials C.t our Eatimate Nuraery oa Railroad A·enae, Station Phone Kenilworth ·························· · · · . .thFlowers" : · : "Sayttwt · · · We carry a complete + : : · : : : · : : S;H;RUBS PERENNIALS All Varieties of Annual Plants Winnetka Landscape Co. M. J. Sullivan and Son : F. MUELLER i + + : · line of Shrubs and Trees. We also grow our own Perennials and Annuals. Estimates furnished on Landscape Gardening, Planting, Lawns and Window Boxes. FLORAL DECORATOR Floriat and Landacape Canlener Cut Flowera and Pot Plaata. Scott and Linden AYe. HUBBARD WOODS Pho- Winnetka G7 BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME John Ostrowsky L..Ddecape and Florist GRADING SEEDING LAWNS TRIMMING FERTILIZER BLACK DIRT MANURE Gardener 1487 Albury Avenue, Hu.,.,_..d W ooda Phone Winnetka 546-J GET OUR ESTIMATE 882 PINE · + + + + : I ST. WINNETKA 2 blocka north of Kenilworth : ·. 1· + + All Shrubs and trees guaranteed · ······················~··· · · B A R G A 1-N · s Buy Now- Trees, The land of the Peterson Nursery has he~n sold anrl we h<lve a short time · to sell off the stock-This is your ooportunity Shn~:bs, Fruits, BLACK DIRT FERTILIZER LIME ,T o Beautify Your Lawns 1 f I · · CRUSHED STONE To Dreaa Up Your Driveway· 'Cash And Carry Big redu<"tion to those who come to our Nursery and get the stock. Freshly dug; roots not dried oQt. Nursery just west of Lincoln avenue on Peterton road, Chicago. Peterson r<Xld is north line of Resebill Cem. etery. Good roads. TeL EYaaatoa 14M We Do Planting For those who do not care to do their own olantinll' we wilt deliver. plant and guarantee. Estimates given. P11one or write our city office . Do it now. Edinger & Sons ENWw..d . .7 EVANSTON WILME1TE ..,_ ... Celfax t·tLaU A~ Eftllatoa laS Wilmette Ml-IU PETE8SQN NURSERY 30 N. La Sale Stnel. a.a.., I. Teleplla.e Main 3613