HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1959-10-08, Page 10).9 Tho Onderich Signal -Star Thursday, October 8th, 1.9599
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GREENER THUMB
• soil sample is placed in a saucer 8 Pin. on Friday, October AM
at moistened. A` strip of the in MacKay Hall. We are fortun-
1,p1, 6; aper is placed . in con- ate to have John A. Weal), lec-
I tacit with the moist soil and -in a Curer a't O.A.C. Guelph. M.
matter of minutes, the paper Weall will arrivi, Guelph.,
, with
changes color.. Its color is then his bards and give what he
compared with a color chart in terms k chalk -talk on landscape
the booklet against which the gardening" with speci'a1 emphasis
amount of .lime to bq added is
prescribed. Another tasting kit' o,I.LOctober work in the, garden:
which also relies on color 'rri itch Several members-. and non-mem-
bers are in the throes of land-
scaping their new gardens and
we hope they will take this o :.
portunity of r obtaining a ,few
ideas" from Mr Weall•, He is
well known here, not only for
his talk last year, but ,also for
his suggestions for landscaping
IN; may be obtained from O,A.I •
at Guelph for 25 cents post free,
Evergreens of the pine fain-
t. il, which require an acid soil
Soil Testing bar of wild flowers are also acid should not be planted too close
,By some it may be considered -lovers, e.g. trillium, orchids, to walls built in lime or cement
that testing soil in the garden dogtooth violet yellow lady slip- mortar unless aluminum sul-
for alkalinity' or acidity is an '
unnecessary excursion into the
m steries of the - laboratory.
-'Whilst the soil in this area is
generally alkaline, the facts re-
main that certain plants require
one or the other condition and,
further, that with good drain-
age, soils do tend to have the
alkaline Salts washed out of
them thus requiting its renewal.
Most plants 'grow equally well
in neutral, mildly alkaline or
'mildly acid soil hut some plants
which become sickly, stunted
• and yellow or reddish in an acid
_soil • ale: alyssum, carnation,
'columbine, geum, iris, nastur-
tium, phlox, sweet pea and,
clematis.
Plants which need a decidedly
by G. MacLeod Reiss
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per, blue lobelia, pitcher plants, i pha�te has been strewn close to the hospital anal his aster plan
rhododendron and ferns. Roses the wall. Especial care should1 foe the parks and pmasteres n
prefer a• slightly acid soil but be taken in brick built planters the townhetks
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still thrive" in an alkaline one,Fand planting in a tub, insulated
The way to replenish alkalin from thewal-ls with peat or leaf
ity is of course by the use of mould is highly desirable, 1
hydrated lime in suitable quant -I have lost ornamentals 'in• a
ities Tb produce acidity, alum -1 plarrter two years in succession.
V` `'Winter Parsley
At the last +meeting of the
Tiger Dunlop Women's IiistitMte
each member was required to
morn sulphate may be used Agatha Christie—Gardener read a tip for growing house
cautiously, five pounds per 1001 Miss Agatha Christie, whose plants.Mrs. Edgar Watson had
square feet maximum at one detective novels have been en- one for those who like to keep
application• But for ordinary joyed so widely, - has excelled' fresh parsley ,in a pot• indoors
'gardening, .. p'eat, 'oak or pine, in another sphere. At the re- all winter. It the parsley plant
afmou'ld or well rotted hard-' cent Brixham Flower Show she has grown. outside all summer,
le ,
wood sawdust are recommended. swept the boards with no Tess
rSince it is not reliable ,,,to than eighteen firsts, six seconds
check the soil ,,not
by such i and three third prizes. Like the
rule of 'thumb as sheep sorrel Dutch Ad ad, Van Tromp, she
growing denotes acid soil, weis now en,ti to nail a broom -
need to have some simple.meth-i stick to he aerial" It must ination of the parsley seed;
od to make, the check. Perhaps i be added in all truth -that she place the seeds in the water' of
it should be„left until anter the
first ,frost and then cut down,
potted and brought inside, when
it will soon make new growth.
If you wish to accelerate germ -
acid soil are: azalea, ,,cardinal the simplest method is the lit attributed her success to i r, one , small compartment of an
lobelia, chrysanthemum, lupin, rnus paper found -in copies of Frank Lavin, her gardener. ice tray. ]freeze the cube and
lily, marigold, magnolia, spruce, the booklet `Bt your own gard-I Chalk -Talk its seeds. , Then plant the cube
yew, oak and raspberry. A num-'ening expert.", A representative, The next.G.H.S. meeting is at in a pot •.of good )dan
Otte -an,
for just
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Major Gdrie'%al George P. Vanier, DSO, MC,
Cb, right, accompanied by Brig. P. S. A. Todd,
,......DSO,- •-EDr CD,- Honorary ---Colonel Com
mandant of the Royal Regiment of Canadian
Artillery, passes the Artillery 'Memorial "un:
veiled by him recently in' Ottawa's Major's
Hill Park as hist first official act in office. ., The
memorial is a marble feature eleven feet high
and.:.31 ,feet,long.-w.hose..inscription..pay' trJ me
to officers and men of, the Royal Regiment of
Canadian .. Artillery who gave their lives in
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',TONY HAS RESERVED
GRANDSTAND 'SEAT
The usual number of interest- I.
ed rail birds and sidewalk super-
intendents daily line the board
fence 'which overlooks thebig
excavatIan on East street where.
the new post, Wage, is being
built. Sometimes there's' a
crowd and sometimes not. But
someone has made sure that
"-Tony" Konopka, proprietor of.,
the nearby shoe repair «hop,
will always have a place waiting
for ham at the fence from which
to watch proceedings when he
dashes away from his 'store for
a few minutes. In large letters
at one spot on the fence are
scrawled the words, "Reserved
For Tony."
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GENERAL INSURANCE
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