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PAGE EIGHT Plant Annual Flowers Along All Roadsides You don’t just plant seeds of any annual flower along the rough margin of a roadside, for some are not suited to direct seeding— that is seeding where they are to bloom. Furthermore, not every annual is aggressive enough to compete with the grasses and weeds that grow alongside the road. On the other hand, cer tain kinds can be seeded directly and grow despite competition. The annual hollyhock is an example. Other possi bilities for sowing in quan tity for roadside beautifi cation include annual pop pies, annual phlox, small flowered zinnias, bachelor buttons and sweet alyssum. Thg annual poppies and snapdragons Should be sown in late fall in the South and on the West Coast. The annual phlox may become weedy in Florida and Cali fornia but is excellent in other states. Poppies grow in “Fland ers Fields’’ as you know, and cornflowers are inhab itants of the corn fields of Europe so you know that they thrive under adverse conditions. Why not beautify the roadsides in your vicinity by scattering the seeds of these attractive annual flowers? Some roadsides are more or less level and quite bare of vegetation, other than grass and weeds. In these situations it’s quite easy to plant seeds. Simply walk along and drop the seeds in areas of little growth, scattering them with your hand. When the roadside is thickly populated with trees and shrubs, you’ll have to search for open places, where growth is sparse and sow the seeds there. The situation becomes more complicated when steep banks border the roadside. Then seeds should be planted along the top of the bank so that, even if rain washes them down ward, they’ll have a chance to find a resting spot. There are two possible ways of holding seeds in place on such a bank. If it has ground cover of grasses, plant seeds over them for grasses furnish seeds some protection and a sort of “foothold.’’ Oth e: wise cultivate a small area with a rake or hand tool, just enough so seeds can come in contact with the soil. Scatter the seeds, then use the type of mesh made for the purpose to cover them. This can be held in place to prevent wind from blowing it away, with small wooden pegs cut from any available lumber. No style is good that is not fit to be spoken or read aloud with effect. —William Hazlitt. No matter how big a scoundrel a man may seem, always remember that, to somebody, he is a pretty good guy. SX‘<£' mac 1 awae*(^l BEEFEATER GIN 51! 22. BMHBKUNO BY KOMUWJLT. rr t r YOUR HAPPY shopping store Iqylk liner iffPßßpl|§ PROPERLY SCENT* I MENTAL FOR MOM Lk Now in a Dert and peppery hot-pastelle medley of flowers and sp.ce. How heavenly * ***** IV) YJ rint ryaz-kace that you can buy the 3 oz. spray mist at a gnnngorartung. Bath powder, soz 3.25 D® lu x® Powder, 5 4 q*. *. .175 Bath set: bath powder plus cologne . 5.00 Eau de Parfum, 2 oz. ...... * -50 Bath Powoer, BELK TYLER OF EDENTON THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MAY 5, HM.
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