HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1962-05-10, Page 7• -Delphiniums
The.
Delphinium . has an en-
trancing historywith tth a name
which is the Latinized version
of the Greek Meaning
li t
the little
dolphin." Two thousand p u diad years
ago a Greek soldier, serving in
the army Of the Emperor Nero,
established medical botany. In
his Materia Medica.,. he describ-
ed the curative properties of
600 plants. ,A •croinpilation which
remained standard' for 15 cen-
turies, it waa'only in 1652 that
John Goodyear translated its
4540 pages into English. Even
so, the translation was unpub- f
lished until 1934„ Goodyer's
translation tells us: "The seed•
in the cods which, drank in
wine, helpeth the scorpion -bit- c
ten as nothing else." And he h
adds that "they also say that
scorpions grow faint and be. f
come inactive and benumbed,,
he herb being put to them." 1
One dao, perhaps, we shall is
meet in the flesh a member of o
that illustrious company so fre- P
quently quoted even today. One t
f the "theys" of this world.
The revealers of the *secrets and
he arbiters of fashion. Should D
ou ever run across one of the m
'theys" please write the editor, o
with full -details, for it would
e thrilling to see one of these s
mniscient dictators giving 1
ongue. If you wish to pursue 0
he story • of the delphinium you t
must eget a copy of a new'. Pen- c
guin Handbook P.H. •.11, written s
y Ronald Parrett in conjunc-
ion with .:the Royal Horticul• •
ith
Society. It"is one of the b
arias we have mentioned 'be -
ore on roses, dahlias, annuals P
nd biennials and several others, n
Turning" to the more practical h
spect of delphinium, growing, .c
,the _ first s
uestion is what seed to buy.
olor ,is obviously- a matter of h
ersonal choice, but • speaking an
ery 'generally, there are • two
ain sources of seed. Black -
ore and Langdon, • of Bath,
ngland, have specialized in del-
hinium hybridizing since • 1910
nd while the Langdons have
of ignored ' color, they have
tressed the production- of
ealthy, long-lived perennial
lants. The Pacific or Califorir
an strains produced by the
emus of Frank Remelt, a
zech, are bred for color, to
e occasional detriment of
eir. constitution. - However,
nce plants -are easy to grow
om seed, it would be foolish
deny 'oneself these superb
plants.
The single delphinium is de-
funct and all seed from Eng-
land or California produces a
double or semi -double floret. A
further advantage ofp the Pacific
strain is that *it iiowers .earlier
than_.the_Englishvarieties. As-
a result, and as is clearly
brought out in chapter 13 of this
Penguin, : it is possible to select
a succession of plants. and col-
ors to cover the whole flowering
season. Seed may be sown in
Mayand oo ,plants f
d t or
p s •, mgd t2y
e
S ptember, : when theymay`be
planted in their final, location.
No flowering should be per:
witted until 'the second ow-
ing season. Tile Seed is small
and a. fine compost fi s
required.
t P �
I is covered with a .% inch of
served compost and the whple
kept moist and covered, as dark-
ness gives better germination,
usually 14 days. When the true
young leaves. have formed the
plants are potted into 3% inch
pots.
-For planting out a really good
oundation is necessary, In
Sandy soil, such as we have
here, dig one spit deep three
months before planting out. In-
orporate plenty of well rotted
umus or peat—fresh humus
P heat—and give a hand-
ul of bone meal in each hole.
No lime is necessarj as a slight
y acid soil is required and it
as well to give one half ounce
f potash sulphate per plant, es-
ecally in our soil. From May
o June forking the soil may
damage roots which are near
the surface at. this time_ of year.
elphiniums demand muc
oisture and a mulch, to cut
u evaporation, Is good.prac-
tice. •In the 'first flowering•, sea -
on follbwing . planting out,
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"should- be thinned to one
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not more than five in suc-
eeding seasons: °Subsequently
taking- should-• be undeken
early.. One cane to each spike,
w th the top of the cane just'
elow the lowest floret. 'If the
ground has been properly pre-
ared, special feeding is not
ecessary, but, if given for ex-
ibition purposes, it should
ease . when, the -.buds ;begin to
how color.-- _ :. __:... ,W . w .0„_ -_ -
There is • much more to this
andbook than can be severed
600 words. 'A chapter on the
Belladonnas, ,which are closer,
to
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the wild delphinium and cop -
us illustrations to make every
ction clear it is an interest -
g story: how by the work
a few enthusiasts the single
as been replaced by the longer -
sting semi -double floret three
4% inches across and the
height of plants reduced, in
me cases, to a flowering
eight of three to four and
-half feet.
* * *
Don't forget the Plant Auc-
on at ` 8 p.m., • St. George's
Parish Hall, Friday, May 18th.
me and bring a plant':
"Each one of us faces raven
sibi1'
� ity for the s • llt
pi
that ,exists
our . pa..r:..sh,
��evr
gall= .1,
G. Lethbridge, ge, London,p . told
members of St. George's Church
at .the congregationalre
at
ionaa
1
Su e
last week. ”It is e.
s
to say it is that of the recto*
and wardens gr lay delegate
or board of management, ae e
mn
t
bOt
it - depends. on the spirit in
which we approach the church.
The spirit of a congregation is
the sum total of its people, and
if we are to be a tower -building
parish we have to be .excfled.
A tower -building parish is, a
parish in which there is a, con-
stant effort to expand the work-
ing force and to enlist more
people."
May 6 was designated as
Dedication Sunday, and the visit-
ation
isitation and canvass . is to take
place. on May 13.
Canon Lethbridge, director of
information for Huron Diocese,
was addressing- a gathering held
to inaugurate an evermember.
canvass of the parish. His talk
was appropriately described by
the rector, Canon Kenneth E.
Taylor, a's illuminating, inas-
much as an electrical stdrm
left theaudience in - darkness
from -time. to time. Canon
Lethbridge's allusions to 'tower-
buildir}g" were related to a pas-
sage in the Gospel of St. Luke:
"Which • .of you intending to
build a tower sitteth not down
first ,and ounteth the cost?'
"A tower -building parish," he
said' "is one in which there is
excitement. The.. most exciting
thing on earth is the fact that
you and .1 have been called to
witness for the church of Jesus
Christ and that . God has been
made known to'us through, Jesus
Christ. Many. persons • have
never- kn'ownthisexctteinent
thergeti`•'so eircitecf`-about3•'so
many lesser things, • Sometimes
the things. that excite us ace
petty, and the things that do
not 'are great. •
"The .basic ingredient of a
tower -building parish is comp
mitted .people. That does nut•
mean you have gone as far
as you can -go. 'Take my yoke
upon you and learn -of me.'
We have too many people in the
church who have made no es-
sential
ssential commitment at all to
Jesus Christ, and there has got
to be a point at which we de-
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MOO RETAILERS' MEET
,Mr, How Blue, proprietor
of Blue's ', .Maple Leaf , Super.
inarket,'Goderich, was', ong 8b
independent food; retailers who
attended a- Meeting.* London
.on We
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of
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filiated .i.th the fOur ` different
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APPOINT SUMMER AG?
REP., ASST FOR HURON
Morris A. • Huff, Bloomfield,
has been appointed Summer As-
sistant Agricultural Represent-
ative for Huron County, and
commenced hisduties on Mair
lst. Mr. Huff • was raised on a
dairy and orchard farm in
Prince Edward County where he
was active in 4-H and Junior
Farmer work. He has' recently
completed his third year at the
Ontario Agricultural College,
Guelph al a student in the Agri-
cultural Economic Option. The
last two summers he was em-
ployed at the Economics Depart-
ment, Ontario Agricultural Col-
lege.
Mr. Huff's main . responsibil-
ities in Huron County this sum-
mer will be •with the 4-11 Agri-
cultural . Club program.
.side what is really important.
The time . has to , come when we
make ti* decision as 'to what
really cohmes first."
•:CTION.
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SAVES MAN'S LIFE
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t its d � the !� � O9de- given transfusion end intr,�ven*
• _. treatment -
AF
,brother
.
-. Clayton stated, n I
Y
trued' two or three times to get
upstairs to him but I couldn t
f r
o ..k..
e.' jai e, The .,, � ._
o oder.._ n
ma,
slept u"stairs, where the p die
originated while the . younger
was aslee . downstairs, P taxi , F en
xrara .
and f oilce were forced to re.
strain ax Clayton f>va�m „re-entering
the house in' search" of his b
rp-
ther. 'Clayton, known better by
the nickname "Barn," was ' in-
jured in the, blaze but was also
taken. to hospital and given
sedation.
ahoek,Mthe injured Alan was rat
x0101/9 tc Yikto*'1a Hospital,
London, Monday Morning,
rich' Brigade sl►ved the life
of ° Robert
....
Weston, 46
,ataflre
early Monday morning tha .gut,
ted the upper part of the dwell-
-ing.' pn Gibbins 'street occued.
Pi.-.�
....
by Robert and his .brother Clay*
ton,44. y
..
Ire ndin
s,RQ g to an alarm at
one `o'clock, the firemen were
hindered by dense smoke in
their first attempt to enter the
building. Informed • by the
C*Inger brother that his bro.
her was still iu the house, fire-
men, wearing masks, forced
their way upstairs and found
Robert lying partly through the . Aroused by. Clayton, the next
door of - his bedroom. At first door neighbor, James Cuthbert
thought to be dead, the man
was carried .outside and found
to ' be still breathing. Rushed
to hospital, suffering severe
burns and partial asphyxiation,
he was placed under oxygen and
son,' turned in the alarm and
supplied blankets to cover the
victim until the ambulance ar-
rived.
Badly burned about the body
and legs, and. still suffering
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There. .•
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total. .. n
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of nine persons when a . .-oi
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Credit pre -nomination rally was
held
at the Bedford �d
Hotel el on
Wednesday of last week.
Because
of the lack of time
remaining, it is uncertain whe-
ther the Social Credit partY will
have a candidate i. uron
County
the f
for or h
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nun
ed-
eral election. g
Chairman of the .meeting was
Ed. Malin,. R.R. 1, Goderich,
•
The Goderich, •S al-
annd lof �Otta i.
were two other s e :
l?e�� rs, pari
Douglas, of London, and ,former.
l ' of Clinton dr,Ca rl 'lnkney,
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election for. •East York . and
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of Seaforth and is married to a
former ,Goderic tar
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Mr. Winter. He was for six
years a Salvation. Army Officer
serving
foundlandin. ail Northern Ont o
Toronto, Montreal and .New,
There is no hope of Canada
ever reverting to a debt -free.
economy, it was stated In a con
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Ing national debt. a'
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