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H/7/1948-1-
July, 1948
Although the day had been hot, as we sat under
the trees at Ercildoun it was cool and breezy.
Some said they felt one drop of rain, but the
appearance of our meteorologist put an end to such
ideas.
Ulric Hutton made an able chairman. Following
the minutes, in which Rebecca Iddings' name was
changed to Small, Leon Small read excerpts from
a quaint old gardening book of 1840, giving the then
latest word on good, wooden-toothed rakes, on
placing tarred sticks in mole passages, on
preserving tomatoes in brine, and so on. Our pests
and problems have accumulated since then, as well
as methods of coping with them.
An authoritative discussion on the care of rose
plants was read by Sylvia Woodward. Blackspot is their
arch enemy, causing defoliation, which is injury to
the lungs of the plant, and makes it subject to
winter-killing. Spray or dust every two weeks or
oftener for this disease. Feed the bed well in the
spring. Discontinue this in summer, unless the
leaves are not green, when work some quick-acting
nitrate of soda into the soil, lightly. Apply 8%
phosphorus and potash now. Water, don't sprinkle,
in dry spells. Cut buds in June and July in the
tight stage, and you will have more bloom in the fall.
She also read a statement to the effect that
diluted commercial fertilizer, mixed with the soil,
does not injure the earthworm population.
Helen Farquhar passed on much good horticultural
advice which included these: keep glads watered
when in bud. Water hardy chrysanthemums. Divide
madonna lilies now, after blooming. Put paper bags
on grapes.
If you want to garden from a hammock, said
Elza Thomas, in giving her fine Forethought Notes,
grow lots of iris, and shrubs and trees that
can care for themselves. But she went on to point
out how even these shrubs need feeding and pruning.
Elizabeth Canby grows beautiful African violets.
Emmelin Hill reported exhibits from Concord,
Homestone, Alloway, a handsome basket of 15
vegetables from Tanglewood, and vegetables and
fruit from The Cedars. The latter exhibit,
including potatoes. we
could see approacing us, carried by the potato-
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