Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 25 Jun 1936, p. 46

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ulous coditions-eptmegaress ana t bc subjectcd gardening anid the more recent revival grounds ramnsui i tbey an d a h mrecaeu of interest in the ancient art. Following a perÎqod of enforced cur-' areg aset is the house if t roundve tailment of expenditures resulting 'niand to se ffithe ibuseattrctiel @Ni. 9634 hii rat e -rdeiel abl anunfortUnate néglect of establishcd i athicture nd thÉat. ii gardens and -inadequate attention tu armnerl proe tbi king, rather than lavish exllear the V penditure andultremfittilg .bard work, suéccessful setting of homes 9 we 1*1ow enter a period of garden regeneration i ncesay f -practi.ca1 distinct ion of trewen'douslyr stimulated garden in- i to be achieved. -a & terest, and of a growing appreciation The ie tfor ardein isr ad EWIVE - Mster Mt Kllr1 of wbat constitutes good landscaping. a aur home of ants lu 24 hurs. Te éiefrgrei.gi Hstoey Rupeating r bask guarantee.. Bld ut stoies.4 larkaoranceNtrv. earennto It is history repeating, withiii a foreOur wben days Proiu.SsCe., Milwaukee, VIs. the backto ing over occurred, years, wbat bas always oraînidst fathers lived gayly in trees a spant of some utispoiIed nature. Exigencies of "civils, On i t r.a e* e:n ization." however, requirethat many oWheniever a p1e1 us, live under the artificial state *pie' settle a iiwof mpsdby cities-and their nîn~ ternslesii any event, -the depression hw: thrritory, ornlad.An many of us the, futilit'y of exstt f iaciljtaught _ctin¶1 to secure coiitentrnellt soil1 ~Ii~i ineurït the earning, S'aving and spendtrou efforts are first di neetinau. noficm.A fthees rected to even tbougb it be evied lu tie (letbilienofseopinent of a simple. livablc little tienvead. curiy gives us a safet%--valvc for garden, attentions a r e a release froiii rouIled emotions, ~ m the ftediysrgl tnin t il r n e d towards n ftedivsrgl tnin cultuaral and recrefreshed spirit. H. E. Dahi reational pursuits. Trs»itioU in Habit& in upturui recent the wîth Thus, Witness the transition ini the lue .%-itli business and inidustrial activitv of a busy, easterii bine ~ ;,.,.,..habits .~.,~ - memEbers of tue snouu of eie or ee%. the pecuiliar famnily, which, beccause shape of the fore part of the head, lui, .beeiî dubbed the ".B.ih BugPO anion-~, gardeners., During the heat of nidday it -repos 1es, on the undersidû of the dahlia leaves, wbenice it erniergte s to lay its eggs lat the point wherc iv leaves join the stem. Wben th-e egg> batch the young cat their wa into the center of the ste mis wbere thuir feeding gives. rise to an acc*UmIulation! of-wtr sap, and finally' to the dwarfing or death.of the entire'steni. Té kiIli the youn g as tbey seek, tu' bore: into the plant, stmi-wveeklx% spraying .witli a stomach poison sui as pomo-green or arsenate of Ieéad i.. therefore, advised. These.trecatmentsý sh.ould be. contin'ued until -mid-Jul\ or. Carl,% August ini order, to kecl, pleniy of poison ini the leaf axils al ail tines. whicb, alas,, called attention to neighboring sheds or alicys rather thaii shut theni out ot the picture; we wert told that garden lovers should possesý, a wealth of lowers and floweri»tý---shrubs to Iend interest and variet3. so we surrendered to the appeal of colorful catalogs and procured bargain collecions of flowers and , mlyriad i-ariciy oi exotic .and horticultural flowering trees and sbrub,. t k Tben he landscapedI the place! as ;t 'social obligation. But 'the invitatiti; of the friendly terraces, the gardeit * arbors and other livable features, the "caIl-of-the-wild" as found in newly discovered mountain views and altm$g patbs through near-by woods, together witb -the wealth of naturenterest ir bis gardeti. plantings of appopratetrees, shrubs and flowers soon transformed bis week-end trips Thus wc gaincd our gardening û~ îerieucv through the gamut of admonitions upQIi how to plant the plact and nom, we are finding that, thougli effective plânting selection and arrangement is a matter of highty developed and specialized taste an(i skill, it constitutes but the final stage ini garde ning - that good gardening depends, for its success, upon thec prober arrangement of the ground L.netirson-m ir. and Mrs. 'len Crossieyi uiaking their ,arom! ý ciy poplars, home wt theui.

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