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PAGE TWENTY-TWO THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 1951 . i GARDEN C YLTURE SERIES CPYRIGNT CANADA dy Haroco C.Becwerr A-1A- EARLY FLOWERING The Tritoma hybrids are fleshy! rooted perennials of striking beauty. They are showy members of the lily family often referred to as Torch-Lily or Red-Hot- Poker. The flowers are most brilliant and appear in mid-summer on sturdy stems 1': to 4 feet tall. They can be combined with hardy asters and lilies to good effect. Hybrids are quite hardy and come in white, fvery, pale yellow as well as bright orange and scarlet. Outstanding varieties are: Maid of Orleans -- Pale yellow. HYBRID TRITOMAS Primrose Beauty -- Primrose yel- low -- beautifully formed. Summer Sunshine -- Strong bold flame eolour. Coral Sea -- Pastel coral red. Tritomas are novel flowers and can be freely used for cutting be- cause the flowers are graceful, last- ing exceptionally well in water. Plant in groups with foliage as a background. Set out in Spring with crowns about one inch deep and one foot apart. Rich soil and full sun are essential. They should have | a heavy mulch to protect the roots | in winter. February Contract Award Point to Active Building Increased activity in all cate-, gories of construction is imdicated in the pattern «for the coming spring season, according to Mac- Lean Building Reports, releasing the figures for February contract awards, The Dominion total for the month of $122,732,000, up $56,950- 400 over the $64,781,600 registered | for the same month last year in- creased the cumulative two-month | gain over last year to $159,315,500. Last year's total at this point amounted to $121467400. Residen- tial construction is still behind last year in the initiation of new pro- jects, but will be buoyed up by the higher-than-usual carryover from | last season. Engineering awards led the other | categories in the amount of gain over last year largely because of the starting of the Quebec-Levis unnel under the , St. Lawrence. The substantial gain shown by | commercial, construction in Febru- | ary was on the basis of scattered projects, only two of which ran over the million mark. Industrial construction showed only a mar- | ginal gain, trailing at Some dis- | tance behind residential work. Comparative figures for the four classifications in February, 1951, and February, 1950, are (1950 fig- ures in brackets): Residential, $24, | 967,400 (820,264,800), up $4.7 mil- | lion: Commercial, $37,252,800 ($22,- | 264,600), up $15.0 million: Indus- | trial, $12,804,400 ($11,756,200), up 1'0 million: Engineering, $46,707,- | 400 ($10,496,000), up $36.2 million, Bulk of the gain over February a year ago is shown by regional analysis to have been scored in the Central Provinces. Both Quebec and Ontario gained solidly in all | categories for a total of $55,822,800 | LEON B. NASH -- QF -- 13% Simcoe St. N. in Quebec, and $40,941,400 in On- tario. Last year's figures were $12,- | 658,000 and $15,785,600 respectively. | Business and industrial construc- tion forged ahead times, but a drop in residential and engineering work in this area held the increase to under a million ($5,427900 as against areas, showing a gain in engineer- ing, but downward trends of vary- ing amounts in the other three types, with industrial construction projects at a three-year low. Total western contracts were $19,539,900, down from $31,783,900 last year. Highlights of the big job list for | the month were found in such in- gineering projects as the $20 mil- lion tunnel at Quebec City, and a $4,000,000 one on the. Lachine Canal iff Montreal. The $2 million Caufie River dam and power plant in Manitoba was outstanding in the West, followed by a street pav- ing contract in Edmonton. A watermain job in Quebec City was estimated at over $3 million. Larg- est industrial project was a $5 mil- lion chemical plant at Montreal; | largest public building, a $4 million normal school in the same city. In the Maritimes, a large hospital was | started at Sydney, N.S. In Ontario, a plant addition in Hamilton is ex- pected to run to $1'2 million, and a spinning mill at Ajax, a terminal market in suburban Toronto, an office building in Waterloo to a in the Mari- | $4,554,100). | The West lagged behind the other | Canadian Garden Service By GORDON LINDSAY SMITH FIRST JOBS OUTDOORS -- As a general rule it certainly does not pay to rush the season with most gardening operations, and especi- ally in the planting of things that don't appreciate a late frost. For the great majority of seeds started there is little to be gained and considerable risk in geting them in the ground before the soil and the air have definitely turned warm and our long Canadian winters are really over. But, of course, there are some exceptions. Jobs that might have been done last fall, if the weather or' some other reason interferred, aré an example. Under this rough classi- fication will come the planting of trees, shrubs, and most lawn work. In this category, too, will be sweet peas, which must be planted as early as possible if they are to do well. This sort of gardening can start just as soon as the last snow has gone and the soil is dry enough to dig without puddling. one should follow planting direc- tion closely; that is, sow in the richest possible soil and in a shal- low trench. These plants must get growth before the weather turns warm. For their roots they love a 'good mulch of rotted leaves with | some well rotted manure. On top | place a few inches of soil. Later on something to climb | on must be provided. Best mater- | ials for this are some of the bran- {ches the good gardener will be | pruning off his trees and shrub- | bery just now. Normally sweet peas | will grow about three to four feet | tall, but in Western Canada and | some other areas where this plant {really flourishes much more than this will be necessary. When bloom | starts these should be removed {daily Th order to encourage long | stems and continuous blossoming. LAWN WORK EARLY -- Grass seed is another thing that should |go in while the weather is cool. | High quality mixtures as put up | by reputable Canadian seed houses are much the best. Good seed mix- | tures cost more than the other | kinds because these are the only ones that contain the right pro- portions of various grasses for per- manent results. It is much easier to get the ground fine and level in new lawns in repairing old ones before | the seed is sown than afterwards. Seed should be broadcast two ways, once across and once lengthwise, | for even results. and, of course, when there is little or no wind. A little brush or wire will protect from birds until the grass gets well started. For the first cutting a very sharp mower is advised, otherwise the tender grass may be pulled right out by the roots. Grass like other plants will benefit from good rich soil and an annual application of well rott- ed manure or a chemical fertilizer rich in nitrogen. An occasional ap- plication of bone meal will add to depth of color. Well fed grass will crowd out a lot of weeds, but of course we can always expect some of these pests. The once arduous jobs of spudding or digging them out, however, has been almost eliminated by the new 2-4-D chemi- cal killers now on the market. PRUNING--Anytime from now until June is the best time for pruning most shrubbery and. trees. A good general rule to remember is that early blooming shrubs like SWEET PEAS--With sweet peas | a 10- "GARAGE ADDITION Ir «DIN. RA. # So ORIGINAL HOME "DED ROOM ADDITION 11-4 ADDITION, te = GARAGE 10-9" 21-0" THE BRAUN 3-room original home. Add 3 rooms, garage later. original Basement under home. IDINING R'M 10-3%13-0" PORCH 10:3, 7- 2" This home may either be constructed as a large ranch house as shown above or it ture window. natural fireplace with book shelves at the right. ry [1 | "KITCHEN 12GB) [Fei] DINING [SASL SPACE me------ o SHELVES LIVING ROOM 21-6" « 11 [BRAUN FF jpED RB 12a 8-1" CL? Z a = SueLved be PORCH OOM BED ROOM 10-10% 11-11" BED ROOM 10-10% 11:0" Scare garage added at a later date. The original home which is 30 ft. wide and 22 ft. deep is provided with a full base- ment. The living room has an attractive bay window with the centre sash 'a large pic- There is a The may be originally built as the bedrooms, dining room and Forsythia and Spirea "should be pruned after blooming, later blos- soming one before or first thing in the spring. and nursery stock. 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