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GREENER THUMB
By„ G. MacLeod Ross
Peonies
The' earl
hot s
ell acceler-
ated
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ated bloom .in 'perennials by
Gonne two weeks so that now,
• even the late flowering varieties
• of peony, are over. Though
planting or dividing must wait
till September or October, now
is the time to decide what you
would like to acquire in this pants ready to bloem- As for
lovely plant to add , more vim varieties, Reine Elizabeth is one
to your garden.
There are several. varieties,
the double flowered being the
best known, These come in
white, pink and red. • The high-
. ° est rated white is La Cygne,
with Festiva.Maxima and Prirn-
evere trailing. •The second is
an early flowering type and the
last a mid-season performer.
The pinks are Walter Faxon for
mid-season; Mons. Jules Elie,
--nol-ed-fox-long--lasting- when --cut 411ne._double flowered bloom with
and, Sarah Bernhardt in apple a gold centre. Most of the tree
blessorn_pin,,kko In, red the high- peonies have pink or salmon
fdcrwers bud Beaart3� de•-T•w-rekel rs.
side of a planting of ever-
greens, a wall or building are
good Iocations where soilis well
drained. A light mulch is de-
sirable the first winter after
planting, given after the ground
has frozen. Woody branches
should not be cut back. It is
possible to obtain four-year-old
of the best, a vivid salmon pink.
Yachiyot Subaki is"another with
ithlox-like pink shading to soft
rose at the petal tips. The
petals• are ruffled _and fringed at
t he tips. It is fragrant and un-
surpassed for clearness of color.
Mont Vesuve is a heavily petal-
led rose -red at the base soften-
ing to a delicate pink at the
edges, a very lively ,color. In
.white Yaso-No-Mime is a very
est rating goes to 1'hiTippe lli crimson with a dark centre. Yel-
voire, a bright rich crimson, lows are represented by Souv-
enir
flowering in late 'mid season. enir de Maxime Cornu and 'Sur -
Next is Longfellow, early mid rise but this last is _heavily -,
season --and of fadeless -calor. p••
Next we come to the single or veined in cochineal red with
anemone flowered types. This vermilion stripes.
attraction. of this type is the -In the matter of -culture, Sep-
lovely''centre of clustered• stain- teinber is the month to plant, to
inodes which complement the move or divide existing plants.
petal color. • Krinkled White The doubles and singles need
• rated as the best white, has=pure plenty of room as they multiply
white-kr'inkled petals with what year by year and their roots
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looks like. a knot of- gold in the go very deep. Soil should be
• centre. Westerner is a superb light, well•dug and' enriched
light pink clip sh-aped bloom, with .well -rotted' manure. •-They,
• •chaP
nged• the May 30th date
their rid ea
in t r fret tck . h hYbgOW� G� DEN O Oof ee 1 63��The offer a free 9 ,
membership ' therefore with-
drawn, unvge t, unhonored .and
un,,.; ng
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Saturday is our Flower Show.
For details see the Coming
Events column. As is custom-
ary, no one contacted to date
has a single flowerin his
garden and so our usual bril-
liantly successful show is ,as-
.
Mrs, John • Vincent, Park
street, spent the week -end at
Londesboro. with Mr, and Mrs.
Clare Vincent and family, and
attended the Vincent reunion
at Clan Gregor Square, Bay-
field, on Saturday last.
A •SIXYEAR CO'URTSHIP
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Visiting in Cowansville, Que.. friends over their 'anniversary
bec, fro;ri kriday to Tuesday week -end, A •son, -Clayton F., is
over the June '10th week -end, avice-president of: Allis Ghal-
Mr. and Mrs. Eric J. Smith, of mers, Canada, and lives in St.
Goderich, were ,resent at theIsland. One Anne de Bellevue on Montreal
50th wedding anniversary 01 Fo ster, vee at homautere with her
Eric's parents. Mr. and Mrs.
W. "H. Smith, now 80 and 74 parents. Eric is personnel inan-
respectively, still wreide i the ager with the local Sheaffer Pen
same home to which they re- Company.
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turned from their honeymoon in The golden wedding cele -
1912. ' Their home is noted as brants are subscribers to the
the first house in Cowansville to Signal -Star and each week read
be equipped with electric ser- the paper "from cover tocover."
vice. •
Third generation Canadians„
of original United Empire Loyal-
ist stock, Mr. and Mrs. Smith
entertained 107 relatives and
the centre filled with yellow
staminodes. In dark red there
is Kewanee. and Nippon Beauty,
the latter being good' for cut-
ting, •
The earliest peony, is called
Officinalis and is the old garden
favorite.. Albo-Plena is double
white. Rosea, ' deep fragrant
rose -pink and Rubrae an early
crave sun and dislike overhang-
ing • trees,or -bushes., • Being
heavy feeers they need an .an-
nual dressing of bone meal and
compost—in—September after they
have been cut down. To en-
sure bloom the eye must not be
rriore than two to. three inches
below soil level. Division should
only be necessary. 'every 10 to
red. .• - 12 years. Their main enemy is
botyriti
The Tennifolia grow to 18 s and.. wnile constant
inches high with leaves cut spring,, spraying with weak Bor-
into many segments and small deaux mixture is advisable, it is
erect deuble flowers. These, also very necessary, in the fall,
to cut all stems just below the
surface ofthe soil', removing
as 'much stalk as possible with-
out injuring the eye.
Tennifolia Flora Plena are not
recommended for cutting as it
sloils the' shape • and develop-
, . nelt,.9f the plant: It is, rather,
a choice garden gem.
Finally there .are the tree Although Goderich houses a
peonies or suffruticosa from pen factory it appearsthat few
China and Japan. The Chinese people can be .erfouraged to do
•varieties make busbies three to more than bay them. They are
four feet high, and are covered usually worn in the breast.
• each swing., with blossomssix pocket as a .mark of prestige
to eight inches diameter.. They rather 'than for use. These re-
do • not thrive in wind-swept marks are occasioned by the de-
' locations and a south or east pressing fact, thatno member
it
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it through MT DANK'
TO 3 M/11/ON CANAD/ANS
They shared a courtship of six
years prior to their marriage
on June' 12, 1912. During this
"courting time" they hived .eight:
miles , apart 'but Mr, Smith
claims that he never missed .a
Sunday's horse -and -buggy drive
to visit with his distant sweet-
heart..
A proud boasv of Mr. Smith'
is the fact that his father, who
lived to the age of 94, was 70
years of age when Mr., Smith
was born,. A total of 15 grand-
children complete the family.
Co'wansvilIe is the home tbwri
of the famous W. F. Vilas Rock
Maple Furniture Cornpalny, with
whom Mr. Smith was employed
for 45 years. A three -tiered
cake featured the festive table
for the widely noted celebration.
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CHURCH UNION MESSAGE
FOR ST. GEORGE'S W.A.
Thi president, Mrs. F. Bunt,
presided at the June meeting of
of St. George's Woman's Aux-
iliary and led in the opening
prayers. 'Mrs. B. A. Munn took.
the Litany prayers and Miss B.
Lauder read the Scripture.
Mrs. D. Wilson gave the sec-
retary's report and read the
correspondence. In the absence
of ,Mrs. A. C. Blay, Mrs. Reg.
Needham gave' the treasurer's
report.
Mrs, M. „Jenkins reported 91
Little helpers on the rgll. About
69 children and 46 adults at-
tended the Little Helpers' party.
The Evening Guild helped to
serve ' lunch. A further dona-
tion was requested for 'the Lit-
tle Helpers and was granted by
the Senior W.A.
,
Nineteen' calls were"'made on
the sick and shut-ins , during
the past , month, .
Arrangements were discussed
regarding the meals for,, the
GirW Conference in Septernber.
Due to the absence of Canon
K. E. Taylor',- Mrs. Taylor read
his message which was a con-
tinuation of the talk on Church.
Union, which is sonlething
likely hop-.
ed for, but not k y to come
to .pass for sgrrre years.
Lunch was served by the tea
hostesses, Mrs. A. Palmer, firs.
M. Hanley, ,Mrs. Barr and Miss
A. Mills.
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The first airborne transports-
tion developed by, humans took
place in 1788,' when the Mont -
golf er brothers of France sent
up-, a hot-air balloon.. On its
first trip the balloon carried a
sheep, a roost"er and a duck. A'
few weeks later; it bore aloft
;the .first two humans ever to
fly. -They were Jean de Rozier
and the Marquis d'Arlandes.
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KINSMEN ACCOUNT OF r.
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REVENUE and EXPENSES 1961
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EXPENSES — REVENUE
ARENA RENTAL' 400:00 DONATIONS
FITtEWORKS 206.20- PENNY DRAW"
LABOUR 306.50 MAJOR DRAW
ADMISSION TICKETS_ 41.25 MIDWAY
PENNY DRAW Exp. 158.65 ADMISSIONS
MAJOR DRAW i lxp. 1083.25 _ BOOTH RENTALS
BOOTH EXPENSES . 358.65 OPENING DINNER
MIDWAY EXPENSES .... 39.20 PROGRAM DRAW ...
• ART COMPETITION 125.77
LADIES DAY 33.44
ENTERTAINMENT 394.70 -
DAILY DRAW PROG. 154.35 .
OPENING DINNER 260.2a '
ADVERTISIN'G 425.05
PARADE - , 459.75
3.65
175:75
1079.75
845.65.
1760.75
'1600.25
250.00
75.00
TOTAL-- 5790.80
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THURSDAY, JUNE 28th -
LADIES DAY
Hair Design, Demonstration:
Afternoon and Evening
- Bruno's School of Hair Design.
Mrs. Karris, who is Principal Instructress of the
Toronto School will be here with models to demon-
strate the hair fashions being designed;
Sewing Demonstration:
Singer Sewing Machine Co,, will demonstrate diff-
erent attachments both afternoon and- evening.
Fashion Show: .�
Tots and Teens' Fashion Show of back -to -school
clothes in the _evening- at 9 p.m.,
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BABY FOOD DEMONSTRATION
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Many, Other Items of ,Interest
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Another 130 scientists and technicians ,are Work-`
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to find and produce' more 'Canadian crude oil
and natural gas. Imperial does more research
than all other. oikjoiTlpar ies`in'Canada cnr bihec.
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