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GARDEN GUIDE Massive Floral Effect Produced By Mum Varieties For Landscaping By A. R. BUCKLEY Plant Research Institute Breeders of modern varieties of outdoor chrysanthemums are now concentrating upon their value as garden flowers in land- scape plantings. In consequence we Slave very shapely plants that a massive flora) effect with perfectly formed flowers on fairly short stems. These may be obtained in a variety of colors such as bright glowing fall bronzes or yellows, and pastel shades of pink or mauve, and in cultivars that ul- timately form spreading mounds for the front of the border and taller mounds for the 'rear. When selecting varieties for your garden, notice the flow- cae dates given in many catalogues. If you live in East- ern Canada select those kinds that reach maturity no later than September 20. In southern Ontario this date may be later but. on the prairies and other colder regions the date will be much earlier. Garden mums thrive in well- drained garden loam that has been improved by the addition of lots of organic matter such as peat, leaf mold, well rotted manure or compost. They like full sun but will flower well with only six hours of sunlight a day. Get the plants as soon as you can from your garden centre or nurseryman and plant from now until mid-June according to the planting dates for aunuals in your area. Most of the mums will arrive in peat pots filled with a-mixture of peat and per- lite. Soak these pots well be- fore planting and tear away a part of the top then set the pot and plant in the soil, During the summer put on a good mulch of peat, leaf «8 buckwheat hulls or cocoa sheils to keep the soil moist and cod and to conserve moisture, PINCH TERMINAL The most important operation in growing outdoor mums is to pinch out the terminal shoct when the plant is five or six inches tall. This causes the plant to branch and send up more shoots. These also should be pinched back when they reach five or six inches. You wiil then have a bushy plant with ists of bloom. Don't. do 'any more pinching after the middle of July. When the first flower buds ap- pear after this last pinching, give the plants a side dressing of two pounds of a complete fertilizer to a hundred square feet Of area, Apart from green and black flies, which can be controlled by spraying with an ali-pur- pose spray containing nicotine sulphate or malathion, the most serious pests of chrysanthe- mums are tranished plant bugs and leaf hoppers. These attack the buds and causes them to become deformed so that some- times only half of each flower develops. A weekly spraying with 50 per cent wettable DDT alternating with malathion will keep these pests in check. Start spraying in mid-July and keep on until the plants are in bloom. Virus diseases are the most serious of all and can be el- iminated only by special selec- tion and treatment given in the. stolon and cutting stages by commercial growers. The stunt disease makes the plant appear as a dwarf in leaf, plant and flower, All parts are so distort- ed that the plants fail to be or- namental. Mosaic virus can usually be distinguished by a yellowish-green mottling of the foliage. Pull out and destruy all Pom that appear to be so in- ted and buy new plants each spring. Te everwinter the so-called hardy garden mums in Eastern Canada leave the tops on and place evergreen boughs over them after the ground has fro- zen. Or to be on the safe side, - dig up the plants and plant them near the warm foundation of your house. This method is. quite successful on the prairies" too, if the western varieties. are used. Varieties in new colors, of more vigor and neater round shapes are constantly being de- veloped. The highest rated kinds in the Test Garden of the Plant Research Institute during the past three years are the following: Bronze:. Brown Eyes, paigner and Zonta. Pink: Coquette, very early; Knock-out, very uniform; Pink Sentinel, silveny pink pompom; Salmon Minn Pink, small flow- er cushion. Purple: Purple Pirate and Purple Star, dark reddish pur- ple, star-shaped flowers; Purple Waters, crimson purple, star- shaped flowers; Purple Waters, crimson purple, three-inch blooms. Red: Autumn Song, crimson early; Rubby Mound, the best of all mound types; Stadium Queen, large incurved blooms, White: Christopher Columbus and White Cushion, very early; Powder River, Large While and Larry, large, white, decor- ative. Yellow: Astoria, vivid yellow; Golden Carpet, cushion type; Ontario Nugget, yellow pom- pom; Muted Sunshine, anemone centered bright yellow, decora- tive; and Prairie Sun, early golden yellow. The best of the Prairie varie- ties are Bonnie Brandon, bright yellow; Joan Brandon, bronzy yellow; Julie Brandon, reddish orange; Acaena, red bronze; Abnasti, purplish pink; Beke- thon, deep pink; Moeis, bronzy ye low, Cam- pale | GOLDEN CARPET mum forms a perfect mound- shaped plant studded with goiden flowers. Lifetime Sport' Undertaken By Richmond Hill Students RICHMOND HILL, Ont. (CP) Grade 12 students at Richmond Hill High School have been spending their days in @ phys- ical education program called "Lifetime Sport." Developed by the school's ath- letic director, William Babcock, the program is designed to offer the older student sports he can use and participate in the rest of his life. Mr. Babcock said the students can golf, play tennis, learn fly fishing, trap shooting, archery and emen water skiing. He said the new course fills the need for the older student who wants something different, More than 78 students in this school north of Toronto are reg- istered in the course and Mr, Babcock said girls are showing as much interest as boys, se The regular physical educa- IN THE HOME WORKSHOP OUTDOORS OR INSIDE your house plans will like this ter- raced stand. The. shadow-box plant holder breaks the mo- notony of a blank outdoor wall, Shade-loving plants will do well in it in the house. Pat- tern 366, which gives actual- size guides, material lists and directions for both, is 50c. This pattern is in the Yard and Garden Brightener Pack- et No. 59 with three other patterns all for $1.75. The Oshawa Times Pattern Dept. PAT TERN 394 or) A). 4, Y ation my EXOTIC FLAMINGOS stand 25 and 38 inches high in a flower border. They are cut out of wood, yet, their natural poses and ocdloring make them start- lingly lifelike. Pattern 394, which gives actual-size cutting and painting guides and di- rections, is Sec, This pattern also is in the Lawn and Gar- den Figure Packet No. 40 which gives four large sheets of full-size cut-out designs aill for $1.75, Oshawa Times Pattern Dept, 10 an Experience in ANTENNAS & TOWERS Master Systems For Apts. etc. HOME DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS Workmenship Guerenteed Estimetes ef ne Obligetion ROTORS iAutomatic & Menwel) TRIO Television 171 BOND E, 726-3143 NELLIS' HOME IMPROVEMENTS and GENERAL REPAIRS @ Roofing @ Eavestroughing @ Remodelling "All Work Guaranteed" For Free Estimates Coll ,. . 728-2061 tion curriculum is sufficient to hold a student's interest for the first years in high school, but by the time a student reaches Grade 12 he wants something new and different." Many students who had little interést in conventional physical education programs now prere keenly enthusiastic in the new course. The theme carries over to the classroom where classes in canoeing and water skiing are conducted, Mr. Babcock said the main stress of the program is on par- ticipation rather than marks. The school held a trapshoot last fall and a golf tournament is planned for this. year. The school board wholeheart- edly endorsed the program, con- tributing $500 for the purchase of tennis rackets, golf clubs and other equipment, COLLECT KEY DOCUMENT ROME (AP) -- Rey. Cosimo Bonaldi has given the Italian state archives the original doc- ument signed in-1943 by 19 top Fascist leaders expressing non- confidence in dictator Benito Mussolini, Niccolo de Cesare, a Fascist official, gave it to the priest on his deathbed, Driveway Gravel @ %" Stone @ 2" Crushed Grovel @ Coarse Pit-Run Gravel SPECIAL TOP SOIL Sandy Loam OSHAWA SAND & GRAVEL SUPPLY 725-0232 877 King 9. £. Sa'iurdey, May 26, 1966 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Help Required - By Young Rebels HAMILTON (CP)--Hamilton's young rebels against society, ip and not criticism to assist these youngsters to themse!ves, ject of the problems ing to solve. Loneliness, fear and lack ef love and security are the three basic problems of the young- sters who seek out YA, although pool admit it, Mr, 'Matthews said, - "At first if you ask a fetlow 'What's eating you?' he'll say, 'Nothing, I'm not scared of aaah thing, man,' " In reality, they were fearful, not brave. Most of the youths whom so ciety regarded as punks were from broken homes or born to couples living together without benefit of marriage. "They feel they don't measure up and can't make the grade in our society. So often they try to drag it down to their level." The method used by YA and Mr, Matthews to help is letting the youngstes talk about them- selves and their problems with- out pressuring them and without forcing religion on them. 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