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B''. A. R. BUCKLEY
Every year, *ere are
., hpndreds of thousands • of
.C.OniferOia evergreens sold _ in
Canadato home owners who are'
,landscaping their property or
renovating their plantings.
.ansa tjese :plants grow
rather slowly, the nursery>.nan °
nntrstkeep them for many years
beforethey are large•°enough to
sell, a factor , that makes them
very expensive. They *are : very' ,
valuable plants for ase in garden
for'ea sense of
permanen into homeplantings
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'and provide • much wanted
contrast to: the. deciduous trees
wind shrubs,.
• Cgniferous,evergreens are best
treated as •, shapes when
considering them for ordinary
garden use. We sPeak of them as
broad pyramids, narrow
pyramids, globes, cones,
spreading and vase or urn -shaped
types. For most of Canada the
following - shapes are most
suitable among those most
generally available.
Broad pyramidal types are
those usually placed at the
corners of the home or to accent
the entrance to the driveway, ••
The forms most acceptable are
. the .blue-green burk's Juniper
• (Juniperus virginiana `Burkii'),
the deep green Cariaert's juniper
(Juniperus virginiana
`Canaertii'), the silvery -blue Hill
juniper (Juniperus virginiana
`Hillii'),, the Springbank juniper-
'(Juniperus scopulorunr-
`Springbank')' arid- the very- fat
. and _opulent --dark. green
..Mountbatten -juniper (duniperus ,
chinensis `Mountbatten'). A
more unusual but extremely
beautiful silver broad pyramidal .
type - is the boulevard false
cypress (Chamaecyparis pisifera
`S(luarrosa- Cyano-viridis'):
.Most of these plants will grow
from 15 to 20 feet high if they
are left unpruned'and from six
to eight • feet wide. They will
take pruning very well, so if they
get too tall their leading shoots
can be cut back in early June or
.lateAugust. Smaller forms. are
the late,August.
juniper (Juniperus
chinensis `Spartan') with silvery
foliage and . the Spiny Greek
juniper (Juniperus chinensis
`Pyramidalis) with prickly
°.greygreeri foliage.
The globe . types or the
;".ball -shaped. evergreens; are quite
useful for • planting' near
entrances or steps . as accent
.plants. There are many kinds of
arborvitae for this purpose, the
best being the 'globe arborvitae
(Thuja. occidentalis • `Globosa'
and the Woodward, Little Gem
and Little Champion cultivars.
The most • popular plant
• though for this use is the dwarf
mugho " pine (Pinus mugo Var.
mugo) that carr be kept' in
perfect shape by cutting the
newly developed ,candles in half
in
Ate May or June. Some
globe -shaped yews are sold and
can be maintained ' as globes if
clipped each year; these are
invaluable for planting in the
shade.
The vase or urn shaped types
of evergreens are used primarily
to add height to otherwise flat
plantings such as might - be
obtained • by using spreading
junipers. The most perfect vase
shapes are produced by the
Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
and hybrid yew' (Taxus x
media).
, The best. form of the hybrid
yew is Brown's yew (Taxus x
media `Brownii'). These plants
are' necessary for the north or
shady side of the house and the
extra Eost entailed is a justifiable
expense. . Typical vase -shaped
junipers are the 'Blaauw juniper
(Juniperus chinensis `Blaauw'), a
silvery; very the-
type that
will stand the 'worst of winters
and will not easily break 'down
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with snow, and _ the Mayor
juniper • (Juniperus' squanaata
`Meydri') with pinkish flue
needles on very ,compact plants.
There are two types of
spreading evergreens fora home
planting, the large bushy type
and the low spreading type. Of
the ,,former, the Ffitzer juniper
(Juniperus • chinehsipsy
`Ptitzeriana') is they'e" most
popular. ,Thebe` are two forms,
the common Pj'itzer juniper and
the golden Frazer juniper, both
growing• to the heights of three
to, four feet, with spreads of four
felt. .There are also ° upright
cultivars• of the same type that
provide a useful background to
the ,lower: kinds. All 'Pfatzer type
juniper's will grow fairly /well in
the shade.-
The Heta juniper (Juniperus
virginiana `,FIetzi') with its
silvery -blue foliage provides
contrast and is very vigorous.
The Gray Owl, juniper (Juniperus
virginiana 'Grey Owl') is quit(
similar but with a greater
preponderance of silvery -blue
waxy berries.
Lower spreading, types that.
cling more to the soil and are
useful for ground covers are
usually found in cultivars of the
Savin juniper (Juniperus sabina)
'and -'the creeping juniper
(Juniperus horizontalis).
In the Savin juniper group are
Garden notes,
the showy, deep, green Tamarix
juniper, an extremely .graceful
font with pendulous tips to the
spreading branches that • give a
cascading effect; Arcadia, ° that
hugs closely to the ground and
has fresh green foliage Hicksi-r
with a spreading habit and yet
upright branches, and ' the
Ramlosa juniper, a cultivar that
wasselected from forms
obtained . rpm Sweden and
grown at the Plant. Research
Institute f r many years. ,
• Of the prostrate junipers
belonging to the creeping, juniper
group; the most satisfactory, are
the Waukegan juniper (Juniperus
horizontalis'': `Douglasii'), with
light blue foliage; the •Andorra
juniper (Juniperus horizontalis
'Plumosa'), that turns to bronze
or purplish,bronze in the fall,
the , Bar Harbor juniper
(J-u.niperus horizontalis
• 'Glauca'), with i silvery foliage
and the Wapiti juniper, a
vigorous growing, soil` binding,
cultivar with dark green foliage.
To conclude these notes, I
would urge you to bear in mind
• that all. evergreens, particularly
those growing near the house,
will need ample water at all
times. During September,
October and even November,
water the plants well so. that
they will go into the winter
quite moist,
Bulb gardeners:
plannow, plantlater
SENIOR WINO '•:: • arrangement--0-wners, slaves, or
For the past two weeks, two
have• e r
new faces adorn d,,ou new •
wing. Miss MacKinnon and Miss:
.Reed taught in. Mrs. Shaddick's
room, and their presence added
interest for the students.
Projects seem to be the order
of the day, but: moat of us
secretly hope that the three we
grade eights have' recently
completed windes them up for'
this year!
A>ciy7one noticing, a "Change.
for the better" in our "•school
yard can thank grades four to
seven for their clean "`tip
campaign! Good work! ,
On Monday and Tuesday we
reaped the , benefits of last
Thursday's Slave Auction. The
rewarding pari of it was the fun
it created! The tangible part w
the sixty sollars paid for the
privilege of possessing a slave for`
;two days. Pm not sure who got
the most pleasure from the
spectators!
Susan Morley
.JUN1OR WING •
Spring has sprung in the
Junior . Wing. Mrs. .Grieg s grade
two has been. making pussy
willows, forsythia and tulips.
Miss Elliott's grade one and
two class made a paper flower
garden for spring, howeyer they,
are not ' the usual flptvers one
sees • in the springtime. They„
snide a•: Space Flower . Garden
with imaginary flowers from
space, of all shapes, sizes and
colors, ,
Mrs. Norman's class is doing a
project on birds.
There were two student
teachers in Mrs: Machin's• room
for°- two weeks, Miss Anstay and
M ss Harris. We wish them all the
best in their future endeavors.
Lindsay Griffiths.
Kintail resident dies
A lifelong resident of Kintail,
Arthur J. Simpson, , 56, ' was
found dead on his tractor early
Sunday morning, April 19, by a
neighbor, William Collinson.
It is believed Mr. Simpson left
his home . in Kintail early
_Saturday afternoon with his
tractor and disc to cultivate land
he- owned on the south side of
the Kintail Presbyterian camp
road.
A lovely .Spring garden islikeand Clip „of different. color, do.
a beautifully dressed woman. No well in "up close'? * planting
one ever made the best -dressed situations. The -tallest daffodils
list with a helter skelter are good for natpralizing
approach to grooming. �articu)arly near a wooded area.
Everything, • down to the last: The hyacinth is. d couch
accessory, is planned in neglected ,garden flower. Too
advance—and the most glorious often restricted' to formal
garden. in town are no accident situations, this symmetrically.
either. perfect flower gives the garden a
While bulbs must4140,: wonderful fragrance that no
in the Fall, this is the season to . other flower can match.` The
plan your garden for • next hyacinth is -exquisite in small
Spring. Now the. bulbs yqu groupings along a shrub border,
planted last Fall are in bloom and just three to five blooms
and you can learn from any sprouting near the base of a tree
mistakes or omissions that may also create a charming Spring
have been made. ~ scene.
it's' -wise to make a list of the ' More than any other flower,
varieties of tulips, daffodils, the tulip offers the gardener a
hyacinths and other bulbs ou'll . wealth of variety and color. The
tall late flowering Darwin tulips
most often are ugeki in clusters
or borders, . but never
underestimate their ability to
dramatize a rock garden.. The
star-shaped Kaufmanniahas
want when they arrive from
Holland for Fall planting. Many
gardeners also like to draw the
. garden to scale with patches of
colored paper to indicate trees,
shrubs and rock areas. Also mar
;Seeing -no sign of Arthur or
the-' tractor Saturday night, , nor
Sunday morning, Mr. Collinson
readers '
write
drove back ,to the Simpson
Arthur's brothers, ,Duncan
and Robert Simpson, who also
reside in Kintail, were
immediately notified.
Before the body was.removed,
•Goderich . OPP officers and - -
in roo• onei , D r.
Mrs.! Don 1'annabecker
attended- the funeral of Mrs..C.
A, Paruiabec ker .ilt l iespeier on
Saturday. On Sunday, she visited
friends in Acton.
Mr. and Mrs. Barry W(4011l4n
Jill and Scott of Ancaster were
recent visitors With his parents,.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred McQuillan.
M. Stuart Bradley of
Kincardine spent a few days at
the home of Mr. and Mrs:
Gordon ,Lyons• an Friday.t-Mrs:
Lyons,,, returned from ' St.
Joesph's --Hospital, London
where she •had undergone"
surgery,,.•
' Mr, and Mrs. Harold Cooper
and -family attended the -,
baptismal service of their twin •
grandsonsrin London on Sunday.
'Mr. and Mrs. David Walker are
parents of the twins.
' Mr. Fred McQuillin recently
attended a two-day sehool of
Insurance at Galt and passed the ,
examination for agent on Farm
Liability Insurance...
Murray Newhinney of
"Peterborough spent - the
week -end with his parents" Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Newhinney.
Mr. and 1Ii`s,Irvin McCabe of
Windsor Were Saturday visitors
with Mr. and Mrs. Fred -
McQuillin and Mr. and Mrs.
Frank McQuillin.
Mr. and Mrs. Simon DeBoer
returned on Tuesday after
visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hank Kiegt
in `British Columbia for two
months.
N
C • Jackson, were called to the
scener
d Dr. Jackson pronounced' the
,..cause of death as,.a-.heart.attack.
William Johnston,_L ucknoliv
undertaker, was placed in charge
of funeral arrangements.
•
Leiters from readers are welcome, -e, All are
subject to condensation. Views given are not
• necessarily those of the paper. K
You wrote , a splendid
editorial about County Council
— to think that I wasnaieve
enough to think that the Warden
paid for the. Wardens' Banquet.
To think that f as a taxpayer am
paying for this festive orgy, and
that's not the half of it. They
pay scab prices.: for their
banquet, free labour donated by
property to investigate, where he
discovered the body.
overstuffed politicians to spend
my. money on .themselves? No
wonder they don't care about
geriatric services, , at the ,,rate
they're going they'll never live to
reap any benefits from it.
(Which may be a good thing.)
be retained or dug up and intimate settings. Their s '. rt
indicate where new bulbs will be stems provide good views of the
added'. The diagram is much like tulips' exotic centres•as-you look
scale drawings, of rooms which down upon them. Parrot tulips
homemakers use to decide , on are. another good choice for
furniture placement, and in the small clump planting. Their
Fall it will be a reminder of the fringed petals and streaks . of
good ideas you are having right color are best appreciated when
now. ^"'' therare viewed from up close.
In general, let your Lily -flowered tulips, however,.
imagination lead you, but follow have a slender grace that is best
a few sound rules in, planning the seen from a: distance.
Spring garden, Remember that Tulips come in so many colors -
bulbs vary according to that gardeners often tend to
blooming period. By careful select too many shades and too
selection of varieties the garden few of each one. It's better to
can be filled with Spring flowers limit -the number of colors so
for nearly three months. that each shade can hold its own
Straight rows of bulb flowers against .all others. Twelve to 25
standing at strict attention are tulip bulbs of a single kind and
foreign to the intimate nature of color are needed.
the blossoms. The best plantings . T u 1 i p s; - . • daffodils and
of bulb flowers blend so well hyacinths provide dazzling
with the surroundings that the effects when, plantedin
eye is encouraged to wander groupings with seed .flowers. A
easily.-•corner;pf, the garden or a sloping
Bulb flowers, are among the" area are good spots for grouping,.
best 'for planting in -clusters, and particularly against the
daffodils are exceptionally background of ' a flowering`
suited to small isolated _shrub. In general, shorter flowers
groupings.. Consider using them are planted in front, but . don't
in clusters as a bridge between a follow this rule too rigidly. Make
lawn and shrub border. Certain- some irregularly shaped clusters
varieties, especially those with so that a grouping of pansies, for
small cups, clustered flowers or. example,, contains some flowers
bi-cotored blooms with perianth that retreat behind a clump of
° ' tulips. The garden will have
more -,movement .and character
for the eye to enjoy.
There& a • practical reason,
too, -for planting bulb -flowers
with beds, _of other blooms.
When the' leavesr -of ''the bulb
flowers ripen off, they will be
concealed by the additional
foliage and flowers, --eliminating
the chore of lifting the plants
out of the garden. •
The , well planned garden
should provide good- viewing
from inside the house as well as
out. The garden spots seed from
the most lived-in rooms of the
home, perhaps the "study and
,kitchen, ' should be given
particular attention. Use
ground -hugging crocus in these
areas to weave a carpet of color
into the landscape. Since crocus
is not costly, a blanket of one_
hundred bulbs is an inexpensive
meant of reaping a rich
garden•scape.
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JOIN THE.
GODERICH
BICYCLE CLUB
FIRST OUTING -1, p.m.
:SATURDAY, APRIL 25
Starting from "Robertson Md
for fun, fresh air. and • good
doors forthe whole family.
Ralph Smith, 6244866, for°
the Goderiph Recreation and
morial Public School, Join us',
exercise and a picnic out of
(weather permitting),Contact
further details. Sponsored by
Community Board.
BUSH S.O.S.
It lost or injured in the
woods, build three fires ,in a
triangle on, an open beach. Add
green boughs to pour "a heavy
•_; udge� rrto rth+e,sky iThe,smokel:
will guide reservers and repel
insects. •
and who knows where the rest
goes:. I suspect that the labourers
in the vinyard on our behalf, are
sopping up the juice at McKay
Hall first. (And if they were
pointed 'in the wrong direction
they'd never make it down the
street.)
What right have these
Farewell
Path'
Neighbours, relatives and
friends of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford
McPhee attended a farewell
gathering at Carlow Hall, Friday
evening April 10. Progrressive
euchre was played and high and
low pries given.
An address wasread by Doug
McNeil and gifts were presented
to Mr. and Mrs. McPhee. Mrs.
McPhee was also presented with
a' gift. from Nile U.C.W.
° They both thanked one and
all for their gifts. a
Lunch was served and a socia,
hour spent. Mr. and Mrs. McPhee
have since retired to their home
at Bruce St. Goderich.
Kingsbridge
Girl Guides
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Our regular weekly meeting
was held in our Guide room at
St. Joseph's Hall, with 35 Guides
in. attendance.
-Bernadine Van Rooy- read the
Guide Prayer and ; the meeting
was carried out'*by Capt.' Tigert
and- Nancy O'Keefe.
Nancy asked the girls to study -
their handbooks -on Bed Rolls.
Then the patrols demonstrated
how -to -make up a bed roll.
A relay game was enjoyed by
all the Guides. ° Campfire' was
held by • the Bluebirds, Shelley
Tigert in charge. - • .
Capt. •Tigert talked .about the
Mother and Daughter Banquet'
to .be .held in •May... -She: also
mentioned that there would be a
weekend Guide Camp for the
Guides this July at" Riverside
-;:iktrk(Port Albert).' • •
y he -
prayer with taps and the group
was dismissed by Capt. Tigert. •
Sincerely,
(Mrs.) D. Squire'
THANKS
Y.W.E.A.., (Youth World
Evangelism Appeal)
We the youth group from the
Church of God wish to thank
everyone who responded so very
good to our pop bottle drive to
raise funds for a Bible School in
Gallup, New Mexico, which
Y.W.E.A. is a yearly project of
the Church of God Internatioonal
to raise funds to build Bible
Schools in different countries.
HARBOURLiTE INN
ANNUAL
MOTH'ER'S DAY
BUFFET.
DINNER
Sunday, May 10
Reservations:.
5249371 or 524.9264
The Coderich Recreation 'and Community Centre Board
invites all interested persons to a
SPECIAL
MEETING
TO BE HELD AT
Robertson Memorial
Public School
8:00.
•Tuesday; April .213-
To
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To discuss the recreational needs and interests of, youth in
Goderich.
All groups at present attempting to establish some form of
Youth' .entre or Youth program in the town are
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