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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1969-08-28, Page 18GA OODMICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1969 Garden notes Coral Bells most graceful BY! A. R. BUCKLEY There are many species and cultivars, of plants that go to make up a delightful herbaceous border. Tall stout daisies, large leaved plantain lilies, floriferous perennial as ters, stately delphiniums -and dwarf edging plants like arabis and iberis are among these. But no plant serves a more useful function that the graceful Coral Bells or Heuchera. This is an excellent neat low growing perennial with evergreen leaves in milder areas and leaves that turn to bronze in colder ones. Its graceful spikes of tiny bell-shaped or saucer-shaped drooping flowers last a considerable time and the pattern and texture of the leaves of most species is ' a highly desirable feature. • Heucheras produce their blooms from May to July and these last nearly_all summer for they seem to be almost indeatructable. Many choice cultivars will send up spires of bloom in August or September that remain on the plants until removed in the late fall cleanup. These plants require a good rich moist soil and will not tolerate dry conditions. Yet the soil must be well drained for the roots are shallow and a • concentration of soggy soil around their collars will accelerate their demise by the winter frosts. They may be planted in early fall or spring. When planting make sure the crown is placed about one inch below soil level to compensate for inevitable heaving in spring. Even so it is often necessary to push the crowns back in the soil when the frost is out of the ground. To P•rolong the period of bloom the plants must •be watered during Some winter advisable on prbvinces. There are very few species of Heuchera cultivated in gardens. Heuchera sanguinea and Heuchera brizoides are the two chiefly involved. Heuchera sanguinea, a 'flamboyantred species from Mexico. and Arizona, was at one time the only one used for gardens. Now with so many hybrids it is almost forgotten. 'CrOsses of Heuchera, sanguinea and. Heuchera brizoides- have resulted in new cultivars with larger blooms and many more flower scapes per plant. Tests'on new cultivars carried. out at the Plant Research Institute over the past few years revealed an astonishing number of top-rated cultivars with a spectacular display of colors. Many of these were from European breeders, particularly Alan'' Bloom of Bressingham, England. The • highest rated and hardiest among those tested at dry periods. covering is the prairie Ottawa are as follows: Bressingham Biaze: An extremely brilliant cultivar that overshadowed most, of those under test. Its individual florets are wide flared bells produced in clusters containing as. many as ten flowers in a cluster with 20 or more clusters on each stem. Damask: A delicately graceful plant with glowing carmine -rose flowers; Firebird: This vivid crimson scarlet cultivar had 54 scapes to each plant; Freedom: The rose pink sprays of this cultivar were produced in 'abundance on 18 inch stems. The pink, florets were enhanced HIGHLAND DANCING CLASSES Reopens Sat. Sept. 6th Teacher: Mary-. Lynne Telford, S.O.T.A., B.A.T.D. CLASS LESSONS: $1.00 per half hour $1.50 per hour PRIVATE LESSONS: $3.00 per half hour Anyone wishing to register please phone 524-9635 or write to M. L. Telford, 115 Elgin Avenue W., Goderich, before September 6. t• • , • Yks,.,..,„ th. • ;'"• •4, ••,,,-4.1.riW•y'''tt,... ..•4•2 The flowers of slender stems. by a ring of narrow white aborted stamens. Jubilee: A very showy, long lasting cultivar with rose -pink flowers and prominent yellow stamens. One of the tallest, kerowing to 2'/2 feet; Pearl Drops: 'A form with small white flowers on slender stems; Pruhoniciana: An extremely floriferous cultivar that averaged 60 stems per plant. Its individual florets' were deep rose -pink produced on stems 18 inches long. Scintillation: The flowers of this cultivar are large and very light pink; they are produced in great abundance, averaging 62 scapes per plant. Because of its beauty, grace and symmetry this cultivar was rated highest of all those under test; Sparkler: Its flowers are carmine and scarlet on very slender sprays set off by dark .green foliage; Sunset: Pink bells with coral red lips. Upright growing and good foliage; Queen of Hearts: A cultivar with large red florets, .produced on long stems tat renders them excellent for cutting. - the coral, tells are produced on graceful NEED INSURANCE? PHONE MacEwan Insurance Agency • 44 North St.. 524.9531 • G.D.C.I. FALLTERM Students are reminded that school commences on Tuesday, September 2, 1969. Students from the Goderich District 'Collegiate Institufe area who are attending Goderich District Collegiate and Central Huron Secondary School in Clinton, will report to Goderich Collegiate. On TUESDAY only, school will commence at 9:40 a.m..This nieans the/ buses will travel the-routes:approximately, forty minates later than on a norm -al -School day. - Grade 9 students attending Goderich District Collegiate Institute are to report to the cafeteria. " rade 10 students attending Goderich Collegiate are to report to the new gymnasium. Grades 11, 12 and 13 students attending Goderich Collegiate are to report to the auditorium (old gym). Students attending Central' Huron SecOridary school are tO report fo the Large Group Instruction Room. Central Huron students must register at Goderich before they, report to Clinton. Buses will travel approximately the same routes as last year. FOr details as to time and location, please contact: .Mr. Rex Duckworth, Goderich, 524-8462 or 524-6271 or Mr. Alvin Sherwood, Dungannon, 529-7929. Grade 13 students should bring funds to purchase twit books as shown on the book list provided in June. Grades 9; 10 11 and -12 students will be supplied with all text books by the School Board. Any student not registered for the new term should contact the school during this week to eliminate confusion on opening day. , • From the two or three cultivars known up to less than ten years ago we hde up to 50 to choose from today, although it inay take a few years before this many become available in. Canada. In the meantime, any of the above-mentioned cultivars are worth the effort necessary to Obtain them. RASPBERRIES As soon as red raspberries have finished bearing, ° cut out old fruiting canes, advise horticulturists with the Ontario Department of Agriculture and Food. Red raspberry canes are biennial; they grow one year, fruit the following year, then die. Old canes should be cut off at ground level. The removal of old canes soon after bearing helps prevent the spread of disease to new growth. The trimmings should be 'burned if disease was evident. THE BLUE THUMB essons from the Moon In an age when "news" concerns itself predominantly with murder, arson, rebellion, Volence, mob action -etc it was _Ivry fitting that for a period of -days the screens of the world should have been sattirate-d•with the heroic performance of three t4, jerfectly normal and very 'modest young men. They spoke little but said much. They were ever magnanimous in passing on the 'adulation heaped upon them to those other men, numbered in huitreds of thousands, who gave them the vehicle and who' had built into it such amazing reliability. It was time we retrieved our confidence in mankind. It was time we regained our faith in the noble virtues.. It was time ,,we eschewed the false gods of permissiveness, irresponsibility, indiscipline and license and took some heed of honesty; more especially technical honesty. Who could fail to feel reality returning when a 26 year old youth took upon himself, the responsibility to say "GO!" whereas had he lost his nerve, he might have said "STOP!" Let us hope we can hang on to this., exhilaration. Let us hope it will give us the courage of our convictions.in future. This seems to me to be the first lesson. The second lesson of this magnificent team effort lies in the realization of the absolute necessity to Mobilize all our forces when we undertake to solve an immense problem. Many public speakers and commentatin-s, this . past few? weeks, have inevitably fingered the Matter, of' the priority of the. Moon Landing, as cornpared with the, running sores of Poterty, . Hunger, Civil Rights and Lawlessness. • The Moon Landing was pattern of how, to bring any major project to a successful conclusion, arid although the cost was measured in billions of dollars, • the whole .expenditure was redeemed by its fabulous success. For money apart, success was due to selecting the men with the brains and aptitudes, to training them, and finally welding thern into a team with a soul and great dedication. Compare, then, our failure to make appreciable headway against want, hunger, inadequate shelter, inflation, integration and loss of personal freedom. Why- sh,ould we always fall flat on all our social problems? To date these problems have invariably been sought to' be resolved by Money, Money too often placed in unscrupulous hands. It never seems to occur to recruit a number of men and women and, having weeded out the duds, to train up those finally selected so as to ensure they will carry out the spirit as well as the letter. The politician considers he has done his job when he has voted the "funds". The net thing you know scandals wise, someone goes off with the till, and the whole project becomes tainted. It has been said with truth. that .organizing the Moon Landing was much easier than solving the. social unrest of the day, and of course, the reason is that it is far easier to organize the disciplines of science and technology than to deal with flesh and blood. The' latter display no uniformity of behaviour until it almost becomes necessary to deal with eaeh single human individually. At once you have an economically impossible impasse with which to deal. Hence no progress is made. The crusade falls into disrepute.; a new crowd of politicians takes office and starts off with a new set of premises equally erroneous. Had it riot been that the metals, the fuels, the optics, the behaviour of Earth, Moon and Sun, all adhered to their own unwavering disciplined characteristics, you would not have had a Moon Landing. for aeons. And if you , had not enrolled hundreds of thousands of selected first class brains you would also have failed. When you mobilize the country against an enemy, you train your forces. You set up a hierarchy of command, devoted to the cause Wallets Camel Bags' Coin. Purses Jeyiellery Hasty -Notes Place -Mats Braided Mats Hooked Rugs Carvings Candles Quilts Pot -Holders Hot -Pads Coasters ' Aprons Belts Knitted Toys Wood -Turnings Pottery Embroidery PLUS Crafted items from Spain India Russia Denmark Sweden Greece Morocco Portugal England you have to oppose, and since these forces have been trained against a definite doctrine, they function successfully. 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