It’s Time For 
. . . Stepping up garden activi- 
ties as we go into our ''second 
springtime, for colorful winter 
gardens are the result of plantings 
made at this time. Remember, 
timely planting plus adequate soil 
preparation go hand-in-hand _ in 
good gardening. The land, while 
generous, will not continuously give 
something for nothing. So between 
plantings, spade deeply, add hu- 
mus and fertilizer. 
Available for planting now are 
STOCK, SNAPDRAGONS, CA- 
LENDULA, WALLFLOWER, PAN- 
SIES, VIOLAS, NEMESIA and 
ICELAND POPPIES. (40 cents a 
dozen, $2.40 a flat.) In recent years 
much improved strains of Iceland 
Poppies have been introduced and 
their long lasting qualities as cut 
flowers are being appreciated as 
growers learn the right time to 
cut the delicate blooms. Cut as 
the cap is ready to pop off and 
allow the petals to open, plunged 
into deep water overnight, the 
vivid flowers will stand up a full 
week! Nemesia, too, has found in- 
creasing use in many situations: 
massed in solid plantings, as a 
ribbon border or scattered among 
bulbs, its warm colors brighten 
every garden. 
PERENNIAL CLUMPS may be 
lifted and divided now, and reset 
after working the soil over. Take 
care that the roots are not allowed 
to dry out during the process, 
however. Continue to help ROSES 
with plenty of food and water. 
They should be ready to produce 
another display at this time. We 
still have good Roses in containers 
for immediate effect. ($3.50.} 
To plant now for a colorful win- 
ter garden we have REINWARDT- 
IA INDICA, Winter Flax, with its 
two-inch flowers of yellow in mid- 
winter (one gallon, $1.); CHORI- 
ZEMA VARIUM which produces 
racemes of vivid orange-red pea 
flowers amongst dense foliage re- 
sembling miniature holly (one gal- 
lon, $1.); and DAPHNE in several 
varieties. If you have experienced 
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WANTED: DEAD! 
MOBILE IMMOBILITY 
In contemporary planting indoors and out the 
desired effect is sometimes best achieved by the 
use of a dead branch or tree rather than by a living 
piece. On the stage front and center this month we 
present JUNIPERUS UTAHENSIS, quite dead. This 
particular subject once inhabited the high, wind- 
swept slopes of the Rocky Mountains. Its probable 
age is many hundreds of years, perhaps even a 
thousand. The tortured, corkscrew growth is testi- 
mony to the constant buffeting of the elements, 
accented every generation or so by an avalanche 
of rock and snow, its ultimate death caused by 
lightning, or erosion which left it hanging in the 
air—old age is rarely the reason. 
Of obvious artistic value, the wood of these 
ancient Junipers offers a very practical advantage 
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