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Would that More would # `
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!his lead! Mr. R. W. Be . tells
lis
.you. about:
Smile yAfri: an Varieties
c _
Raving. 'flat: gardened in in the summer o
f X$GQ,.
may
-which lrou remember was
• 'hot and dryand being located
izi.. that part of the town. that
as sandy soil, we ',decided to
" defeat both selland climate
:by using some of the African
varieties. Most of . themr
very
y
,able
to withstand drought ve
-well, and.thrive in a sandy soil,
but last summer we had more
than usual rainfall.
-Arri'thecan lowers 'that are
.available
a=eons'
a 11
e bu.
daisy -like tare
all very different. All have.
-one annoying'habe
habit, they only•
'open to their full beauty in
brilliantsunlight. . Some carry
'this habit with them when you
'use them as cut flowers. Your
bouquet will be very beautiful
during the day, but at night
most of the' flowers will . close.
'The African varieties, are still.
-- '- uti[tsua and not grown by the
commercial • greenhouse, thus
,you must start the plants from
:seed In fact, they are suffic-
iently new that you will not
2find them ail -in most seed cata-
logues. Our source of supply
is the George W. Parks Seed
company- of Greenwood, South
Carolina. The seed should be
startedindoors in the ' usual
i-way as they are quite easy to
.grow. Possibly our favorite is
Gay Gazania. This grows- in
mAun4ls�:.I5-inchesy high -and, 15
- inches -in- diameter. The leabes
are long and slender, a very,
,dark green on top, the under -
',side being white and furry. The
dike • :flowers ' borne an.
- longer; ••ate s-areTai ve-e-ei d
ing color variety, -white, yel-
low, orange, mauve and combin-
ations of., these colors in one
flower. neyloom all summer
;and were the last flowers killed
by frost. They ear neither
•:drought nor sunV Germination
. time is eight days ' sown'. in a
:sunny, :windgw, A tool temper.
• .-ature is required for best germ-
ination. This is ahalf hardy
perennial best treated as an
.annual.
Arctotis is a most unusual
,daisy. The variety we grew
has " white, white - petals sur-
rounding a lavender blue cen-
'tre. The leaves are the color
qof sage. It grows to a height of
two feet but has a veryshallow
allo
Y
to
ot
St}
Ct
or
e.
ours
became
extremely
n
e
leggy �2utitflowers
continuously
till
f_
rost.
!
Ger�m-
if?atlon time is 10 days and' a
cool tempexat reis,required
for
best results. Hybrids ,are avail=
able in screams through . orange
to reds. ,.
Dimorphotheca. • This one is
lucky' and ,has ,a psietidonym=--
Star' of the Veldt. ,Again° it is a
daisy, a most fragile appearing
plant. Again too, ours tended
to become leggy but their out-
standing feature was their very
bright, ght, alrnaost glistening,flow-
ers. Germ
Germination time is 10
days in a cool temperature. _ It
is listed as'
a half hardy. annual,
Gerbexa :.the...Transvaat._daisy,
is
most s beautiful
with extreme-
ly long petals,
The flpyvers may
be up to 5 ihches in diameter,
borne on strongstems
. up to
three feet long., The colors
range from cream through crim-
son and it is available in both
single. and double forms. An
interesting fact is that while the
gerbra is an African daisy,
Parks secure their seed from a
Roricultur-alist in --Ind'
ination time is 30 days at a
temperattire of from '75 to 80
degrees. Bottom heat assists
germination.
These time and temperature
requirements °are a drawback to
raising 'this beautiful plant. The
scientific.way to provide bottom
heat is, with an electrical heat-
ing cable but in the absence of
'this possibly the easiest way to
groW gerbera is to sow in peat
moss, placing the seed pot in a
Poorman's Greenhouse on top
of da hOt :wate .radiator. The
temperature canthen be -regul-
ated ,to some -degree- by raising
the pot oft- the radiator with
pieces of '•-wood Seeds started
way y early' iris` -the'
year, possibIS▪ ..tl'ie"'end oT'"'janu-
ary, should give ' a rewarding
display before the . frost kills
therm The gerbra is „a very
it -elle -ate' pen niiial- and ifs you
are.• lucky they may overwinter
if provided with a two -foot
Mulch put in place before the
first - frost... Admittedly it is
rather foolish to attempt ger-
bera this far north, but it is in
trying the unusual that one gets
A certain kick from gardening.
We managed to nurse 25
seeds though their 30 -day ger-
mination period, . half of these
germinated. Some of these
were sold at a dime a -time at
the annual G.H.S. auction sole
in May .and we hope the pur
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'THIEV.ES 'BREAK INTO
cAMP.. AT KITCHIGAMI
lsatchigaml Girl Guides' Camp,
Ave miles smith a
f G der
lc
h
on''Ilghway,21, was 'broken, into;
dsrQ the w :i e
eke
.break-in was ditioyered by Con.
ab -,.
st le . R. Johnston during n;
routine check
of ,
the
a
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a;
try. was gained hy fore
t rm door d,eutna the
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nerscxeen. There was liltg
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mediate evidence ofthPe ft but
the owners, were notified and
will
make
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cheek
o
f
the premiseslater thts �eek
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under
the sponsorship .of The
tarn Club
Stratford Ro a
• . n
'Make it, a habit to
t keep Your
feet on the ground and You'll
never have far to fall..
If you wish to be perfect, fol-
low the advise that you give
others.
chaser had luck. The rest were
planted Inour. garden--and-two.
had beautiful u 1 fi rs ow
e when
frdst-came. To overwinter our
gerberas w mulched one in
the garden d three are strug-
gling lin
to in
g
gtheratgreen
gin
cellarn '
u tnl��t is ' "
y tame to plant
them outsidebagain. Time will
tell; but come what may, it is
fun to try the unusual. The
African varieties are all very
colorful and are easy to grow
= nd -worthy -of -a--pi . . , ►i
gardens.
r Today ..Re,
Aspats
t4:they inter-
est in psYchi lc •eatrrent.o
retarded children, a represent-
ative
�'� sic
of..
the � Bs blot � , TO*
search InStitute, L
o don will
confer. With w
t Nuro
n. County ot
fleials
c• .,.iteT
Mh,Tu'rs
da y ,
. r.sf.•
March
:. . 24, with
..
t
nttheaXhahnme4heoxftendt>hne�In�sot"i.tusoeyrd
wvieclefsareof JtEs.° GbraannbchleoDfirechctiolorr
ofSocial;rviceandAlter :Cmc,pe
JSboenyctffileMoe.acrkoob, hroutcktharmsoa kavhia�gaMoemm,saasStraeeInnTrtiWoeao
the staff of heLondonlust
The ,discussion will 'include
Dr. R. M. Aldis, and associated
members of the
Huron County
Health 'Unit, .Rev, Canon K. E.
Taylor, chairman of the Gode-
i
rch Retarded'
�, Children's Associ-
ation; member's- o he --Child-
ren s
Aid 'Society and officials
of the County School Inspector-
ate. James Deneau, Wingham,
District t Inspector of � Welfare,
also will attend the conference.
• Dr. Donald E. Zarfas, director
of the Children's Psychiatric In-
stitute, has said, "The retarded
child has as much right as any
other to live the, best life he
C , rem + , devero toy he
ca , ti, y possi .le." This is the
purpose at`the London Institute.
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'Winner of a. bronxs award fd
. a =pro
the American •Psyychiatric A.s-
sociation, last fail, the London
Centre is . embarked on a , eo-
;x .. thi'
a
k
w .
Y- a o s e
.P�
brx
re,
search and
.
'teaching,
Unique ortb.A
nery.iCa
•the'
London Psychiatric...fnsti�towasestablished. February
•.'by of
Mental health
ch -;
brad . the �Gntar,A-De art.
went e.. `Heat Health. sole-
ly
f 1...: Financed sole
lY ;by the Erovnce of Ontario,
it zs •part;of,Health Minister M.
I.. �ymond's. now program ,.for
ment
al tteatmeTt
,„
Gomrentng
on; the, forth-
coming conference, Dr, Alois
stated that present "records
dicatethat three out of every
100 . c • ldrert are born in the re-
tarded category. An .1.Q. rating
of. 50 or legs,. as related .to a
norm of -100 is the usual mea^:
sure of a retarded child. Form-
erly -neglected, or- "put -away,'
the e =Bla=de
s1 child will
now
stand a greater ,chance of find-
ing a useful and More fulfilling
place
in the social structure,
through
the interes
t of the Un -.,don nseit te"anthe
co-oper-
ation of various county affili-
ations.
:At 8.30 p.m., on the same
day as the Goderich' confer -
School Club are featuring, as
their guest speaker, Mr. John
D. Cox, also on the staff of the
London 'Psychiatric Institute..
Dr, Ams IMO been asked to lin-
tryroduce . the speaker to :t+
CJL S.. o rs.
In his final
word on:the bene -
i i�a effects �f psychiatric treat..
met
for retarded° children, Pr..
Zarfas said, What other condi,
tion affects. three. ,per 'cent,,. of
the population? .Put' it on r. a
Money basis alone.
'Take
a
chiidwith' PhenYlketonuphenylketonuria,.
mayC t' o. e'
e 1
o v
�. n
. th m
e g,, �,�', -Tat � Q. e
�00'th
0 ....xQu bout his:life to keep
p.
him "»'
aGn'o n u
an i alp • s h
lnla>t t tt
1t c.. s
a
-Cedar Springs;, - . which cost
$12,000,000to ,build.
P.
: such
ch
person,6anbe treated ndsave ,
da
froin retardation' he will no
longer: be4-a; burden but a taxa
Payer. Until now,',we haven't
been solving the problem,siinp-
lp hiding
t# and displacinga
to
At the end of 1961,the supply
'of money in Canada "0000 at
$14..6 billion, 'an increase of
eight per • cent from one year
before, of 80 :. per cent from Hive
:
years befpre, and of 90 per cent°
from 1949.
' . ;Several .local. residents have
shown interest in'
:the ancient
;smoker's pipe presentlY
resting
,Xi,The Signa ata winda .T
h
e
ientombed
e-
;. .
b..:s
e;u
0
y'
fox - otten
workman behind the
original lath an �xaster w
h I
Gerrard's store vas •,constructed,
sa w
lnri' c e _
rs. e ted b .Mr � amt
Gerofsky`; 'during building: ,xe=
pairs, last' 'R •
One local resident, "an� vv
e
eratepipesmoker,-says this
Par-
ticular. style- of -pipe is• typical
of ' the "Church warden” pipes'.
that originally found favor dur=
ing the 17th century, 'except
that it lacks, the 'foot -long: ,stem
associated with 'those. puffers,
eU cla ms that the e ebbr via
t
ed
style,similar to the,
one on
display, wascommonly in use
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