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â-  â-  * # * • * « â-  • * f > * • * ^MMh GB££N THUMB There's probably no more favor- able time of year than August for ttarting biennial or perennial flow- tr». This is chiefly ~^Sj^ because so much fresh seed is now a T a i 1 a b I e, for freshness is a most important ] factor in obtain- | tag good germin- ation for these two groups of plants. Seeds of biennials will germinate almost immediately after being gathered, unlike the seed of annual flowers which it generally better for bring stored a few months. * * * Pansies, sweet william, canterbury bells, English daisies and foxgloves art all biennials easily grown; and seed sown now will provide young plants ready to be moved to garden locations in about two months. They will flower next year, but hollyhocks require two full years. » • ♦ It is almost impossible to estimate the number of seeds or keys that will fall from even one maple tree in a single summer. And the seed- lings that grow from these seeda, and those of other trees such as the tlm, add greatly to the gardener'i task of weeding and cultivating. One of the places were they give a lot of trouble is around a hedge. Unless the tree seedlings are re- moved, your hedge can be ruined by them. When the seedlings are only two or three Jnches tall it ia iairly easy to uproot them; but when they get past this stage there il little that can bt done about them U cutting merely stimulates more vigorous growth. * * * Each season a few new tools arc ktroduced which even the cxpcri- •nccd gardener welcomes. One such b a cutter-holder that can be used lor gathering flowers and for light pruning. It is made of aluminum, is eighteen inches long, and can be â- acd with one hand. A push lever, workad by the thumb, works the fluor cutter and the holder at the •ther end. Stems are cut cleanly, Mt crushed, which ia an advantage with such flowers as roses. A combined hoc and cultivator ia handy in dealing with the inevitable weeds. One of the newer one* ha* a three-prong cultivator and a nar- row bladed hoe. Either tool can be brought into use by a flip of the wrist; and although quite light, It will do most of the weeding and cultivating in a fair-sized garden. • * ♦ Watering and fertilizing can be 4one at the tame time with some of Ih* new-type tprlnklert. They fea- tv* a glass container in which any aolable fertilizer, lawn weed killer or insecticide can be mixed with water. The tprayer may be uted ior watering only. If you to desire. * * • A new addition to the liat of â- prayers is' one mounted on wheels with a boom on which three nozzles arc mounted. Thl* sprayer is used tor applying i, 4-D weed killers. It 1* simply filled, the tank pumped â- p, and wheeled back and forth over the lawn. "Every time I go into a garden where the man or woman who owns !i has a passionate love of the earth and of growing things, I find I have come home. In whatsoever land or clime or race, in whatsoever knguage, we speak a common tongue; the everlasting process of earth bind us one, stronger than League or Covenant can ever bind" â€" Marion Cran. New Arrivals â€" More than 200 Dutch immigrants had their first look at Toronto, when they arrived in Union Station en route to farms in Ontario. Left above, the children of Mr. and Mrs. Hendrick Griff ioen dig into the cookies offered by Ruth Barclay of the Red Cross Corps. The Griffioens are headed for Embro, Ont. At right, gxiarding the family possessions is young Walter van der Heijden from Beek En Donk, Holland. With the Movie And Radio Folks By Grace Sharp It's is rumored that Hollywood is getting ready to start a big anti- daylight saving campaign early next year. Movie bigwigs are convinced that shoving the clocks an hour ahead wrecks summer theatre at- tendances, and are laid to be willing to spend plenty of money for lob- hyJng purposes. * « « Radio folks are having attendance troubles too. The big networks are having plenty of trouble getting big enough studio audiences for dram- atic, comedy or musical show*. What people want tickets for, these day*, are the "give-away" programs where they will have a chance to win a refrigerator or some such. * .* * A film version of Lloyd C. Doug- las's sensational best-seller, "The Robe" has long been expected and the latest word is that it will go into production shortly. Gregory Peck i* *lated for the leading role with Joan Fontaine a atrong probability for the feminine lead. It is to be a four million dollar affair, with Max- well Anderson doing the script. * *i ♦ ' Although the Rexall people are replacing Jimmie Durante with the Phil Harris- Alice Faye show, it did not take "Schnozzola" long to find another sponsor. He'll be on the air for Camel cigarettes again on Friday evenings. Most of the top-flight movie stars have been "ducking" television; but now that Ronald Coleman has taken the plunge there will no doubt be plenty to follow his lead. Colman has signed up to do a series of 26 half-hour films that are to be made especially for television. Half the stories will be by Dickens, the others by Robert Louis .'^tcvenson. * ♦ * This happened while they were filming a scene for "Loser Take All" or anyway the publicity man says it did. In the scene Anna Lee fur- iously polishes her silverware to mask her agitation as she berates Edgar Buchanan for deserting her eight years before. It's a pathetic tcene, all right, but when an assistant camerman broke down and wept, the director told him to get a grip on himself. "After all," he said, "it's just a pict- ure so don't take it so hard." "Why, I feel fine," said the camera man, "It's that I never could stand silver polish with amonia in it." CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACROSS L R«ady monty i. Dervish's cap i.In a Une U. Drufr-j'ieldlnc plant It. Fuss 14. Garment tl. Variable star I(.OItt II. Man's nick- name H. Shred il. Guided H. Porcupln* U.Copy 17. Aurora 18. Open court 11. Crevice 14. Go away II. Bmall bird IT. Study II. Turmeric n. Kicci^slvely demonstrative «. Faint M. Kxtended 47. Ventured . Works . rather _. Ceremony I. Corrode . Heroic . Vehicle oa mnnere » Crafty Search DOW« 1. Mechanical tP»«" T. Perion whe brings bad luck t.Skm 1. Vex 1«. Wind Inatm- ment 11. Go IT. By 19. Paradise Is. Non-Jewish person 14. Openln* IE. Deed It. Golt Instruc- tor 19. Kind of onion 10. Before 11. Luzon native It. American humorist 14. Dowry It. City In Oklahoma 17. Wedge-shaped 40. Brother 41. Goddesses of destiny 42. Floorer con- tainers 41. Beetles 44. PaclHc island tree 45. Mesusur* 41. Canal In New York state 41. Array II. Color 52. Pen Aanrar It WMk TABLE TALKS ^ Jar^ Andt^ews*. What are known as "low acid" vegetables, if improperly canned, are far more likely to spoil than fruits,, to it's of the utmost impor- tance to follow the rules wfth the greatest of care. General rules, cov- ering all the following varieties are â€" Use young and tender vegetable*, and can them quickly while fresh. Wash them thoroughly but do not soak. When filling containers have vegetables as near boiling as possible. If the vegetables are to be packed in hot cooking liquid and there isn't enough of that liquid, use boiling water. Snap Beans Wash, trim ends, and cut into 1- inch pieces. Cover with foiling wa- ter, and boil S minutes. • Glass Jars; Pack hot to ;4 inch of top. Cover with hot cooking liq- uid. Leave H-'nch head space. .\dd H teaspoon salt to pints; 1 teaspoon to quarts. Adjust jar lids. Process pints 20 minutes, quarts 25 minutes, at 10 pounds pressure (240 deg. F.). Beets Cut off tops, leaving taproot and 1 inch of stem. Cover with boiling water; boil 15 to 20 minutes, or until skins slip easily. Skin and trim. Can baby beets whole; medium or large beets cut in J^-inch slices, halved or quartered, if necessary. Glass Jars; Pack hot to '/i inch of top. Cover with boiling water. Leave j4-inch head space. Add J4 teaspoon salt to pints; 1 teaspoon to quarts. Adjust jar lids. Process pints 25 minutes, quarts .55 minutes, at 10 pounds pressure. Carrots W'ash, scrape and slice or dice. Cover -with boiling water, and boil 6 minutes. Glass Jars: Pack hot to '/i inch of top. Cover with hot cooking liquid. Leave 54-inch headspacc. .'\dd yi tablespoon salt to pints; 1 tea- spoon to quarts. Adjust jar lids. Proces* pint jar 20 minutes, quarts 3S minutes, at 10 pounds pressure. Whole Kernel Com Shuck, silk and wash. Cut corn from _sob. Add 1 pint of boiling water to each quart of corn. Heat to boiling. Glass Jars; Pack hot to 1 inch of top, dividing hot cooking liquid among the jars. Leave 1-inch head space. Add ]/2 teaspoon salt to pints; 1 teaspoon to quarts. Adjust jar lids. Process pints 55 minutes, quarts 85 minutes, at 10 pound* pressure. Green Peas Shell and wash. Cover with boil- ing water. Bring to boil. Glass Jars: Pack hot to 1 inch of top. Cover with boiling water. Leave 1-inch head space. Add H teaspoon salt to pints; 1 teaspoon to quarts. Adjust jar Hds. Process pint and quart jars 40 minutes at 10 pounds pressure. Summer Squash Wash; do not peel. Trim ends, and cut into H-inch slices, halved or quartered to make uniform-sized pieces. Add just enough water to cover; b iing to a boil. Glass Jars: Pack hot to Vi inch of top. {over with hot cooking liq- uid. Les'i j4-inch head space. Add J4 tea«J jOon salt to pints ; 1 teaspoon to qu»/ts. Adjust jar lids. Process pints 30 minutes, quarts 40 minutes, at 10 pounds pressure. New, â€" And All Of Them Useful I i*'[^»[nM'i''M Ml 'hH' I Ml s ff 1 imm 19 a T J 7 lI fi n 1 T> ^ 1? fi u N 5JH m I 5 T 'JQ!J LidUaQ DQS3 Ans^^rer to Last Week's Puzzle Self-Powered Telephone. .-Mthough primarily designed for use on oil- tankers, or in plants making explo- sives or chemicals where standard phones present hazards, this tele- phone can be used as a communica- tion system on farms and to provide service in isolated districts where commercial power is not available. Will talk and ring: up to a distance of 20 miles. Aluminum Identification Cards. You can prove who you are beyond a doubt as these featlierwciuht alum- inum cards carry all important identifying data, including the bear- er's photograph auil signature. Space also provided for complete physical description, as well as addresses and telephone numbers. L'seful when cashing checks, establishing credit or in emergencies. Personal Protectograph. Designed to make scientific check protection available to private individuals as easily as to business firms. Oper- ates like its full-sized counterpart, shredding check amount into fiber in indelible ink, making alteration impossible without destroying entire eawrk. Rat Water Trap. For thousands of years rats have been lured with food, until they're food-wary. But they always need water, sometimes desperately. This new trap, made of rust proof metal, takes advantage of this need. It can also be used with conventional food bait. Heat Saving Screen. New fireplace screen has venetian-blind-type glass louvers and is claimed to eliminate smoke and triple the amount of heat radiated into the room. Plastic Car Lens, .\mber fog lens for automobile headlights made of plastic. Suction cup holds the de- tachable lens in place. Fan Lamp. Combination fan and floor lamp with the electric fan con- cealed within the shade of the lamp. ->X£) v^x<^^/4^' HRONICLES %ingerEarm of GvervdoUrve P. Clarke This is Sunday, and after dinner Partner and I were all set for a nice, quiet afternoon â€" which we both needed. We had it â€" for about half-an-hourl After that brief period of peace, Tippy barked, voices shout- ed, and cows moo-ed and bellowed. The boys were both away so Part- ner ran out in slipperless feet to see what it was all about, and I soon followed. We found all our cows out in the front hayfield from whence, if they were not prevented, they could wander on to the road. Either they had managed to nose open the gate themselves or some- one had left it open. John, going by in his car saw what had. hap- pened, so he and his chum drove in and were busy chasing the cows when we heard them. Once the cows were back in the yard Partner took over and drove them back to the bush pasture where they be- longed. But would they stay there? Not a bit of it "That alfalfa in the hayfield tasted pretty good," they thought. "Perhaps we could snitch another feed." So, hopefully, down the lane they came again, but when they found the gate shut ... oh my, such bawling you never heard. Of course it wasn't long before Partner was out again and he and Tippy chased them up the back lane once more. * * * Presently I said to myself â€" "Those cow* will never stay there; they will keep np that bawling all the afternoon and there will be no peace for anyone." So here I am, sitting on a tree stump in the pasture, herding the cows. That way, Partner, at least, will get a little peace. Twice since I have been sitting here the cows have made a bee-line for the gate but each time I got there first » » * It is nice up here; in fact, it is no real hardship to stay here at all â€" except that a tree stump is not the softest thing in the wtjrid to sit on. The view is lovely â€" trees and fields and farm houses nestling here and there until the scenery as a whole merges into the background of "The Mountain" and the dark green of its evergreens. Not only that but as far as the eye can see there is wheat â€" ripe, rich and golden, all just abo it ready for the binder â€" and still standing straight and tall. That is what we are so thankful forâ€" it could so easily have be«a flattened by wind or heavy ralnfc which would have meant so mucli more work for the farmers â€" and (0) much loss for their pockets. La»t Friday we had a wonderful rain- it did much good to the gardens and yet no harm to the crops. * * * Right where I am sitting is all that remains of our bush â€" twenty- six trees in all â€" and under the shade of its elms and oaks the cows are now standing around peacefully chewing their cud. Laurence is the only one lying down and taking life easy ! .\h, now they are heading this way again . . . excuse me a minute while I change their mind* for them. Thank you . . . that's better. Just imagine, by the time this column is printed my friend will have arrived from England. That is, if she doesn't' get cold feet at the last minute â€" and I don't tliink she will. Thirty long years since we have seen eacli other â€" and thirty years is a long time for friendship to survive by corresjiondence, es- pecially when even our letters have been haphazard and irregular. .\nd yet, m spite of that, we Jiave always been so sure of eacli other, always knowing that each would be wel- come at the home of the other should the opportunity arise. We were the kind of friends who could sit for hours, if we felt like it, and never say a word. We used to scrap occasionally but I cannot recall a serious quarrel at any timeâ€" there were never "hurt" feelings because this or that was said. It is going to be fun watching Cicely's reactions to Canadian life. Like most English people she hat entirely wrong ideas about life on this side of the water. She is very excited about the trip. Every few days I get an airmail letter with original illustrations of herself fly- ing, or the two of us meeting at Matlon airport. Neither of us ha* ever mentioned any possible risk in coming by air. .^fter all, why think of it, when the proportion of acci- dents is so slight. I would imagine the odds for getting killed are far greater when driving a car through Sunnyside between five and six o'clock at nightl "Suicide Stretch," one of our friends calls it. Co-Stars With Motherâ€" .Mthough she is only seven weeks ol^ Candice Briskin acts like a veteran as she poses for her first picture ^vith her movie star mother, Betty Ilutton. Miss Huttoti IS the wife of Ted Briskin, camera manufacturer. Thev h.Tve another daughter, Lindsay Diane. 20 months. PENNY By Horry Haenigstn .*