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PAGE 20 PLAINDEALER - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22,1973 Around The Garden By Matthew S. Rosen Instructor - Ornamental Horticulture McHenry County College Landscaping is best defined as the art and science of modifying our "natural" surroundings to best fit the needs of human use and en­ joyment. With a little advance planning each and every one of you can map out and execute a successful design. Honestly. Just remember that for any given piece of property there is no one best arrangement of plant materials. As is the case with interior decorating, your choice and placement of trees, shrubs, grass, and ground covers reflects your preferences. After all, if not yourself, whom are you trying to please" Assuming en­ vironmental conditions are suitable for growth, if you like a particular plant, my sincere advice to you is -- plant it. llext to spring, now is the best time to introduce new woody plants into your "Garden of Eden." Hopefully, the last severe heat wave has passed. With the onset of cooler temperatures, newly planted trees and shrubs still have approximately four more weeks to become acclimated to their surroundings before the chilly autumn nights and crisp mornings cause Mother Nature to don her colorful fall coat prior to entering winter slumber. Although I will not dictate design principals, I will give you, what I consider to be, a few helpful horticultural hints: Generally, the most striking landscapes are those which possess interest throughout the year. Flowers are one eye- catcher. Through judicious selection of trees and shrubs, your garden can have blossoms from March 'til late October. The two witchhazels bear their cheerfully scented, thread-like blooms at the close and beginning of each growing season. A nice, well-rounded, medium sized tree, the ex­ tremely showy flowers of the sourwood are borne in August. Stop and think for a minute. How many other trees do you know of that wait until late summer to burst forth with their floral display? I can only think of one - the Japanese pagoda tree. In autumn, the gradual breakdown of chlorophyl in the leaves can, if plant moisture conditions are right, result in a dazzling show of color, as the other pigments come to the fore The vibrant yellow - red hues of sugar maple are breathtaking. The leaves of Oxydendrum turn a deep, rich red. Of all the genera of trees and shrubs Viburnums are probably the most dependable as far as spectacular fall color is concerned. During the frigid, bleak, barren winter months, artful patterns can be created via the use of evergreens, or plants possessing unique twig and bark characteristics. The yellow twigs of Cornus stolonifera flaviramea look like rays of sun when contrast against a white blanket of snow. A close relative, Cornus alba, is blessed with bright red twigs, while those of the bur­ ning bush have extremely interesting corky ridges. Glistening against its smooth, light gray bark, the long needle-like thorns of the cockspur hawthorn stand guard over the dormant buds. The small, almost dainty looking prickles of the Japanese bar­ berry create an almost feathery effect. Fruits, too, play an important role. Many crabapples, hawthorns, barberries, and Viburnums keep their red to black berries well into the winter. Possessing a purplish - gray bloom, the fruits of the bayberry are extremely fragrant when crushed. Although by no means complete, the following list of trees and shrubs includes some of my favorites If you want to delve into the subject in greater detail, why not stop by M.C.C's library. You will find a staff of librarians who will be only too pleased to direct you to the fifty or so books we have on land scaping and woody plant materials. Site location is an important consideration. The more tender plants like Korean boxwood, and the little leaf Japanese holly require a cosy nifche, protected from the harsh, drying winter winds. Many trees and shrubs like yews and Koster blue spruce must be situated on a well drained soil in order to thrive, while others like willows, red maple, and some Viburnums are perfectly content to grow on wetter sites. When considering the placement of new plant material, please remember that trees and shrubs grow. As I was driving along the other day I passed a house that had a fifty-foot white pine growing smack in front of a beautiful picture window. Although a specimen of the species, such a plant is really nothing more than a weed, unless of course the tree was so placed in order to block out the view, and cut down the majority of light coming into the window. Most narrow-leaved evergreens cannot be severely pruned back without serious - permanent defacing, or even death. Although slightly arduous and time consuming, planting your newly acquired specimens is really an easy operation. Just follow the steps outlined below and success is guaranteed: l. Care must be taken when handling the ball: a broken ball means damaged roots. 2 Make certain that the hole is both deep and wide enough to accommodate the ball. Mix a handful of super­ phosphate into the bottom of the hole. 4. Once the plant is positioned in the hole, cut the cords bin­ ding the ball, and peel the burlap away from the stem. 5. Water. 6. Provide three inch winter mulch. 7. Spray with Wilt Pruf. Container Grown: 1. Into a hole which is both deep and wide enough to ac­ commodate the root ball, mix in a handful of superphosphate. 2. Remove the plant from the container, taking care not to damage or tear roots. 3. Firm the soil around the plant while filling the hole. 4. Water. 5. Provide a three inch winter mulch. 6. Spray with Wilt Pruf. Should you have a question on the material covered, or just a horticultural point of in­ formation you would like verified, why not drop me a line9 The address: McHenry County College, 6200 Northwest Highway, Crystal Lake, Illinois. 60014. Tjlte tVoVtu Cli true Mary and the thousands of other deaf children should profit greatly from the new tactile vocoder developed at Ohio State University. But the Gault Teletactordid this same type of thing 46 years ago, except it had 5 vibrating reeds instead of 8. But Dr. Gault and I received the usual cold shoulder offered any pioneers who threaten the status quo! By - George W. Crane, Ph. D., M.D. CASE L-528: Mary B., aged 7, is a deaf child. "Dr. Crane," her grand­ mother began, "I see that at Ohio State a new method has been developed by which deaf children can 'feel' their voice. "They call this machine a vocoder. It has eight keys which vibrate and the child holds his fingers thereon to pick out the different tactile pat­ terns. "But didn't you and Dr. Gault of Northwestern university pioneer this same idea back in 1923? "So why is it suddenly an­ nounced as a brand new teaching aid?" GAULT TELETACTOR When a new idea or product or even a new drug is "sprung" suddenly upon the entrenched status quo, hostility usually arises. Dr. William James, pioneer American psychologist at Harvard, expressed this neatly when he stated that at the outset: (1) The new idea or product is vigorously opposed by the status quo as worthless. 2) Then its foes admit-it possibly has some trivial merit but is impractical or un­ necessary. (3) Finally, they jump on the bandwagon, vociferously shouting, "We helped discover it." Back in 1923, Dr. Robert H. Gault pioneered this use of electrical vibrating in­ struments to aid the deaf. Since I had performed the initial experiments while working under his direction for my Ph. D. thesis, he asked me to join him on a 5-year research If.'. 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It used only the "oral" method where signs and finger spelling were taboo. Its stress was placed solely on lipreading and oral speech. Bell Telephone engineers developed our gadget that would let a deaf child place five fingers on separate vibrating reeds, each of which was at­ tuned to a different vibrational frequency. Thus, the deaf children found that spoken words had very different patterns against their fingertips. And they also perceived that the vowels, which show poorly on the lips, now came through strongly against their fingers. The Gault Teletactor, as our machine was named, thus added a third dimension to lipreading, much as sound did to the pioneer silent movies. At the Clarke school, for example, we demonstrated that even without any preliminary training, the deaf children showed an instant im­ provement of 25 percent in lipreading comprehension the first time they tried the Gault Teletactor. I had recruited girls from Smith college who were un­ familiar to the deaf children, to do the speaking. But despite the generous aid of the National Research Council and Bell Telephone technical equipment, we were given the usual cold shoulder of pioneer scientists. It is now a pleasure, however, after 46 years to salute the Ohio State vocoder, which should be even better for the deaf kiddies than our Gault Teletactor. (Always write to Dr. Crane in care of this newspaper, en­ closing a long stamped, ad­ dressed envelope and 20 cents to cover typing and printing costs when you send for one of his booklets.) V.A. NEWS 'JC* Q - I am receiving a 60 percent service-connected disability compensation. I have a wife and two children. My 17- year-old child was married in January. When will my com­ pensation payments be reduced? A - At the end of the calendar year in which the child was married. Q - I was discharged from the Army in 1963. Do I still have rights under the G.I. 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