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a BED Rf BED AM 8 o ens} wexas ue Ki : es “= " wari ! i (seu -~ Fc. ol loa am] 820 AM A few years ago rosarians an 11% io ft tax io would not: have dreamed’. of ee er ae ee re | planting a rose anywhere except jin a geometrical . formal rose . 4 jgarden.This..tréid was follow-., = DESIGN-602 }ed by home gardeners who sur- : NBQ-SOFT lrounded the sun dial and. bird

jbath with square or rectangu- Nar beds of roses to provide the’ | formality needed, Rose breed- ers all over the world are gra- dually changing all this. -- They are now introducing kinds with flowers that look like the hybrid |tea roses but are produted in large. clusiers and can be used | informally. peace

The hybrid tea. rose was, and still is; exquisitely formal but its hybrid and more ubiquitous off- spring, the polyantha, could _ne- ver’ be. considered formal. The hybrid tea crossed with the polyantha produced the fiorifer- ous floribunda,some varities of = whieh—have--the—exqiisite—shape— of the tea rose but the informa- lity—of the polyarfthas. New

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PAINTING VARNISHED DOOR | QUESTION: My, “husband has hybrid teas, too, produce bloom ”

QUESTION: Our new home his workshop in the cellat. "He (over longer. period and lend fa painted white, but the door accidentally spilled linseed oil themselves te informal plant: | te the garage js varnished. We on the concrete floor; leaving a ing. ~~ préfer a more uniform appear- big stain. How ean this be re- Nowadays the | grandiflora—and-floribunda—roses ’ doer.to match the rest of the | ANSWER: Unless the excess may .be planted in almost. any hose. Must I remove the var-|oil on a surface is wiped up al- spot in the garden where contin- nish first? » ‘most immediately,.- linseed oil yous bloom..and..-color....make..a

ANSWER: If the varnish on oxidizes and hardens, making_ it’ |pleasing sight. This new: way of | they door has not developed jextremely difficult te... remove’ treating roses allows for many | etarks or peeled, it need not later. Cover the ‘stained area | ideas to be developed in. _ your he-removed before applying the with a thick layer of a ‘paste own garden. paint. However; the gloss should | made by adding water to a mix- — be “dulled by rubbing with sand- ture of one part trisodium phos- | “WIDE COLOR RANGE paper or coarse steel wool, or‘ phate and two parts powdered| First, approach your land- |

with a ‘‘flatting” preparation | whiting. Allow this to remain at | scape- areas with this in mind:

-_ av@ilable -at paint and -hard-'least an—hour, and then scrape (no other garden plant offers such

_ @ff>all dist before applying

ware dealers. Be sure to wipe lit off with a putty knife. Scrub~-a varied range of colors as the athe affected ‘area with a solu- |rose, and none has as long a sea- @oet. quality house paint. Don't tion of three pounds. of triso- |son of bloom. de_outdoor painting if the tem- dium phosphate to the gallon of can put a planting of roses pereture gets below 50 degrees. | |water, followed by rinsing with wherever the “landscape "| elear water. for a.dash of color - - against ay

MILDEWED SILLS ‘REPLACE FELT TABLE. TOP foil of luxuriant green foliage, a | QUESTION:. The sills have; QUESTION:. We have a felt |necessity® for their proper dis-

mniidewed. because of moisture top on our game table, ‘which |play, or in front of a dark-color-

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‘of cheerful floribundas, hen, ‘too, if you live where ae is much: snowfall be sure to give

your roses .80 protection such as boards placed over them and mound them for the. winter. Sur- rounding the patio, or serving as a divider between patio and lawn roses create a colorful, restful, spot for the place where .we spend so—zauich | of our’ outdéor-

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liv time. De not’ fors Ht to” include ‘some in patio planters, but bear.in. mind that these must be sunk in the. ground during October to avoid freezing. Roses may be strong persona- lities, but nevertheless... they get.. along well with other flowers like perennials and Some striking and -truly distine- itive -borders..or edging§ can be ‘created with the brighter red roses such as the new President Lincoln underplanted with sun-

ny yellow violas or dee- .bine.

‘Tlobelias. Forea ‘contrast, under- plant the clustered white bloom white—or—eream ~flori- bundas with purple or blue vio- las, or the new Apricot Nectar with pansies such as Deltt.

Grandifiora roses make ood |

tall plants, which are excellent for screening purposes in the

warmer parts of Ontario and -

Quebec. They can create. infor- jmal areas of privacy with re- axing color, a ‘great advantage they have over other types of oe Good grandiflora roses ee Pink Parfait, Queen Eliza-

“beth, Montezuma, Carousel and

Buccaneer. 4 In the much more severe’ pral- rie climate stick to- the- three

Grootendorst rugosa roses; pink, | for. screening |

red and white, and use. the hybrid .. perpetual

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ichki, Mrs. John Lain g and Countess of Oxford instead of If you use great care in covering them for ‘the - winter ‘the floribunda and

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ANSWER: Scrape off the pre- ; gent finish down to bare wood. Then apply a prepared wood bleach, following label directions earefully, or apply a liberal quantity of a hot saturated so- fution of oxalic acid (note this | -Allow this to re- main overnight, and then rinse. thoroughly with clear water. When the. wood is dry, smooth with “OOO” sandpaper, wipe off | the dust, and refinish as desir- ed. Installing a kitchen exhaust fan, vented to the outdoors, will en the windows.

RUSTED WALL TILES | QUESTION: We have steel wall.tiles on: our bathroom walls Our house is about 10 years old and the tiles are becoming rust- -ed because the enamel is peel-

_ off....How_can_we_overcome- this? 2 ANSWER: Remove all. péel-

fng paint and all rust pre ing the tile surface with 1 steel wool and turpentine. _Then | “eat the exposed metal with a rust-inhibitive.. paint. When. hard and dry, finish with a good quality enamel, either gloss or semi-gloss. : SPACES BETWEEN BOARDS

QUESTION: Spaces liave de- veloped between several of the floorboards in our bedrooms up- stairs. How should these be fill- ed? —

ANSWER: Open spaces _be- tween floorboards should be fill- ed during-the heating season when the wood has shrunk. con- siderably and dried out. All dirt and dust should be scraped out. Then fill the spaces: the full depth of the opening with wood prttv and stain to match. You — might want to use a, putay availahle in most popular wood colors at mary hardware and plywood dealers. W ide apaces of a qiarter. inch or ‘more ean be. filled ‘with. strips of wood cut to fit. These are glued in place or nailed with wire brads.

lean we replace. the_worn_materi-_ |are_at least a half-day of-sunlight—

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felt is becoming worn out. How demands your roses .will make |

al? jand. no {large trees or heavy shrubs t} compete with-them for _ANSWER: - Remove the pre- food and moisture.

‘sent felt ‘ahd smooth . the wood Hf you have a garden wall or |

surface underneath with ~sand- dividing fence:plantings of -el- | |paper to take off any particles ther hybrid teas, tall grandiflo- |

annuals. ‘

‘ spoken in Canada, 7 tess in danger: of “being Angli-

tonvms, words which could he, related because of belonging to related’. fields and simple an- alogues. It therefore is possible to locate words which one does

cena roses will survive Very well. Ardent “and p a in- staking rosarians as far west as Winnipeg have succeeded in bringing hybrid tea roses through th winter—by-bending thefn_ over and covering them. completely with soil and leaves. -‘an associated word.

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QUEBEC (CP)=-Paul Robert, | a French. lexicographer visiting Canada, said Thursday the TFrench language is “threatened | much. more in Canada than in | Frante by Anglicisms.” —

However, .Mr. Robert, author-| of <a novel dictionary © which bears his name, said that ‘'be- ‘cause the English influence is | stronger, the defence reaction is also stronger.”

The French-speaking popula- ‘tion of Quebee was only an is- | land amidst an English-speak- ing mass of some -200,000;000. | |

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of glue, etc.,-and wipe off a ny jras or the lower-growing flori- particles of glue, etc., and wipe bundas will bring both tolor_and \off any dust. Coat the wood sur- | greenery- to the site.. For depth |face with pure, fresh, white shel- | you can combine hybrid teas, | (Jac (thinned _half_ and. half: with | ysing-thern-as-background-plants—| ‘denatured alcohol) and allow to’ with-floribundas.in the forefront. \dry and harden. Cut a piece of | Imagine the striking color ef \new felt to exact size. Then ap- fect created against a yellow wall iply a second liberal coat of the with multicolored Granada or | shellac to the wood and lay the | American Heritage, two splend- piece of new felt in position, id bicolored roses, the first: with \Pressing, it >on firmly without blends of red and yellow and the stretching. second an ivory yellow with suf-

VAPOR PROOF BARRIERS fusions of scarlet and vermil-

QUESTION: I-want to insulate lion.- Or think of these in com- my attic floor by pouring in loose bination with clusters of pure - | rock wool“between the joists white flowers of either Sarato- What can I use as a vaporproof ga, a floribunda rose, or _Mat- barrier__underneath the .insula-.terhorn, a hybrid tea rose with” tion? snowy-white perfectly tailored |.

ANSWER: You should use blooms. Or-jf. you~wish some- what is known as a vaporproof thing’ similar but of less recent | paper, or put down sheets of origin, try the huge Christian j aluminum foil-to serve as a Dior oryJohn S. Armstrong, vi- J “Vapor barrier. You would save vid reds, with the older. Ivory | |yourself a great deal of: work if Fashion, creamy white. i you used rockwood batts, since If you've grown tired of the | they come made up with a sameness of the evergreen foun- vaporproof covering on one ‘side. dation plantings add _ brilliance a d

QUESTION: Would you put to them with beds of . colorful oe me on to some good basic, di- roses, or by placing a few plants ‘ rect and understandable refer- among the low-growing ever- ence books op special housekeep- greens to give cheerful accents, | ing problems? I have seen the salmon floribun- |

ANSWER: Tam sure you will da Spartan and the multicolored find the following will take care. Masquerade serve admirably in of most problems that may such Situations. Some garden- arise: ~‘‘How to Clean Every- ers are using roses exclusively in thing,”” by A.“C. Moore, publish- informal beds in front of the ed by Simon and Schuster; the house, picking colors to contrast pocket books edition of my own or harmonize with the color of Pa f “First Aid “for the- Ailing the home exterior. { House’; ‘‘How to Take Care of PLEASING SIGHT Your Pictures? *by-C.. K. Keck, Roses also have a place-in re- | published by Museum of Mo- lation to walks, driveway4 and dern Art and Brooklyn -Mu- the -patio. “Along the sweep of seum (New York-City). Book ‘a driveway, there probably is no

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