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l- r •CkZJL. SSXU Minimum Care Plan For Beautiful Roses Springs Here - - It's Time To Start Planting Gardens Out in the suburbs, the rose still ranks among the top favor ites in gardens large and small. In fact, there is hardly a home setting that doesn’t include one or two plants. Rose popularity comes from the fact that they can do so much for the garden. Roses give color throughout the season, with bountiful splashes during Spring and Fall. But some people may still hesiUte about planting too many roses, feeling they need a lot of fussing and special care for good results. Not so, according to the garden experts at the Geigy Chemical Corp. They have de veloped a product for effective rose insect control that makes it possible to follow a “minimum- care” program that will give more flowers and healthier plants. What does a “jninimum-care” program consist of? First would be housecleaning. In the Spring, cut off the dead and weak branches and “clean up” the plant. There is hardly a Winter when some branches aren’t killed back by Jack Frost. In your quest for a neat gar den, you would be cleaning up the plants, anyway. However, all stems and leaves you remove from the roses should be removed from the surrounding soil and thrown out in the trash because they could harbor insects and diseases. The second step would be see ing that the plants are fed and watered. Watering is no prob lem. It means that when the lawn and garden are watered, pause an extra moment to be sure that the soil is soaked around the rose plants. As for feeding, give each plant a cup or so of special rose ferti lizer in Spring and again in Summer—twice a year, that’s all they need. Don’t feed in the Fall; it might create soft growth which could more easily succumb to low temperatures and Winter winds. The final part of a "minimum- care” program for roses is keep ing the insects in check. Here, again, this can become part of your regular garden routine. When spraying the rest of the garden, include the roses. You can do this by using a single insocticide spray, such as Spectracide*, which will control major pests of lawns, shrubs, trees, vegetables, fruits, as well as roses. No extra time will be needed to mix special sprays for rose pests. Results from a “minimum- care” program will amaze you. When you see the resulting heal thy, insect-free plants, you’ll dis cover that this “minimum-care” program is the maximum care necessary for rose beauty. * V* ^ -V * ^ 4*-s » ^ * j* K ¥ * V ' • B V «' f > S' 4 *, * t *** * * - NS ■ • WE SELL ROYSTER FERTILIZER Guaranteed More Plant Food Value Than All The Rett! Complete Line Ol I GARDEN TOOLS • BURPETS GARDEN SEED PINE NEEDLES COMPOST By The Load PEAT MOSS The Bag: or Bale — AND — ALL KINDS OF POTTING PLANTS JOHNSON ENTERPRISES Hampton Avenue 863-2540 W f J* \ m-M. ^1'' !,t, 4, ^ V ' ' w ftou> in the time to make that dream garden come true. Thin in the neanon for Marling new gardenn. adding plantn to exUting nettingn or moving things around for heller appearance. W ith today 's mtwi- ern chemicals and garden aidn. keeping the dream garden ran he done efficiently and quickly. IMPORTED HOLLAND SUMMER-FLOWERING BULBS PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS, HEIGHTS DATES OF PLANTING AND BLOOMING Flower Height AC IDA NTH ERA 18-24' A.VEMONCS: 12" de Caen St. Brigid begonia, varies TUBEROUS DAHLIA 15-60" GALTONIA 12-24" (Hyacinthus candicans) GLADIOLUS 24-60 LILY 24-48" MONTBRETIA 20-36" OXALIS 6-9" DEPPEI RANUNCULUS 18-24" TIGRIDIA 15-24" Time to Plant Early Spring ^outh-—Sopt.-J » n North—Early Spring Feb.-Mar. indoors After last frost outdoors After last frost After last frost South—Begin in Feb. North—April-June Early Autumn or Spring After last frost After last frost— Sept.-Oct. in pots indoors North—Early Spring South—Sept.-Jan. Early Spring Depth Apart 6" 6-8" 1-2" in pots 12" 5-6" 4-6" !4 8-12" 3-5" 6" 3-12 24 3-5" 4-5 1" 2-4 1" 6-8" 2-3 8" Growing Conditions Sun or part shade. Moist soil Sun. well drained soil Shade—Start indoors in Mar. Outdoors rich soil, moisture Sun—heavy feeder, add manure and fertilizer Sun—rich, moist soil best Full sun—Plant every 2 weeks for succession of bloom Sun or shade, according to variety. Good drainage. Choose for succession of bloom Sun—leafmold in soil Sun or part shade—any soil Sun, well drained soil Sun—Light soil; water be fore and during flowering. CLINTON MILLING CO. — CARRIES — • ORTHO SUPPLIES • LIME • SEED • SAND • STONE • FEED • VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEED FULL LINE OF FERTILIZER Chemicals For Farm And Home Use Lime And Fertilizer Spreading Service CALL US TODAY! CLINTON MILLING CO. West Main St Extension 833-2848 Seeds Travel Far The delicate seeds of dandelion can be carried long distances even on light breezes. It is al most impossible to keep a lawn perpetually free of broadleaf weeds except by using a weed killer regularly. In addition to weed seeds being carried onto the lawn, others lie dormant in the soil ready to sprout when the lawn thins temporarily or sea sonally. MASSY-FERGUSON Specifications MF 7 Electric Start — Here's the standard model equijiped for battery starting and with lights for evening work. Engine Tecumseh 7 hp EZEE-START Transmission 3 speed gear shift Wheel base 41"; width 32V2"; length 582"; height (steering wheel SS'/j"); hood 32"; tires (flotation) rear 8 50 x 8; front 6 00 x 6; mower width 34"; cutting height IVz" to 4%"; number of blades. 2 Weight with mower 420 lbs , manual start; 455 lbs with electric start; 480 lbs Hydra Speed. STANDARD EQUIPMENT Hydra Speed Model: Hydrostatic drive, electric starter, automotive- type gear steering, front bumper, fenders, step plates, concealed muf fler, thick foam cushion seat with 7" back rest, parking brake. 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Dailey's Nursery LAURENS-CLINTON HWY. 8394)604 Set Your Table With Vegetables From Your Own Garden: Vegetables Are The "In'' Plants Among Young Gardeners If the latest statistics are cor rect, more people will be grow ing vegetables in their home gar dens this year than in the past ten years or so. Vegetables are “in” and the American housewife put them “in” the home garden. Over the past few years, the "little woman” of the household has made some startling discov eries. First, the average size of new home plots today is larger than ten years ago and there is room for a vegetable garden. Next, she discovered that the old belief of vegetables being less ex pensive in Summer doesn’t hold up. Home-grown vegetables are a saving on the food budget. There is no denying, either, that vegetables coming from the garden are much fresher and more nutritious, and you can grow varieties and types which are not generally available in stores. Finally, she discovered that healthy, insect-free vegetables are not difficult to grow. In the Spring a wide assort ment of already-started vege table plants is available from garden shops, nurseries and other stores. Setting out started plants is much easier than sow ing seeds indoors and hoping they will be suitable for outdoor planting. Weeding and watering the Innectn are no problem in the home vegetable garden. Regular spray ing with Spectracide keeps plants healthy and blemish free. Don't forget home fruits. A few apple trees keeps a family well supplied llse same lawn and garden spray to keep hugs away vegetable garden are no more difficult or demanding, than the rose or annual border. In fact, if the vegetable garden is situated where it is not in view, and most are, a mulch of straw, salt hay or other material around the plants will curb weed growth and help the soil retain water. Insects present no problem, either. When one chemical insect control can be used for vege tables and flowers, such as Spec tracide® lawn and garden insect control, all spraying can be done at one time. Also, there is no need for taking extra time to mix individual sprays for vege tables. There are a number of “old favorite” vegetable varieties that can be grown, but the newer ones should be tried, too. Disease resistance has been bred into many new varieties, as well as improved flavor and larger size. This year take a tip from other housewives and plant some vegetables. They are not only easy to grow, but you will be making quite a contribution to the household. ANEMONES: This well- known florists’ flower is easily grown in home gardens. Blooms can reach four or more inches across on plants growing up to 1M: feet tall. Anemone colors range from purple through blue, red, rose to white. The bulbs should be planted pointed end down. Water the soil well before planting, then do not water too much until the plants are in full growth. Feed Those Grass Plants! If grass plants could talk, the lament that would be heard from eight out of every ten lawns in the country would be: “I’M HUNGRY!” The quick retort from the owners of most of these plots of grass would be, “But I do fertilize my lawn.” And, the chances are they do fertilize their lawns. But the question is, are the grass plants fed often enough and with the right diet? Just about everyone who plants or acquires a lawn knows that it must be fed. Twice a year is the usual recommendation, once in Spring and again in the Fall. Quite often this is done, but the plant food that is used does more to satisfy the conscience of the homeowner rather than bene fit the grass plants. At the outset, we can say that lime is not a fertilizer and spreading it on in the Spring will not satisfy the hunger of the grass plants. Lime corrects the acidity of the soil. 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