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September 16, 1927. THE WEST VAN NEWS 3 GARDENS AND GARDENING By MINA G. HUTT, Landscape Architect G r a d u a t e in L a n d s c a p in g U . o f C , A m e r ic a n S c h o o l o f L a n d s c a p e A r c h i t e c t u r e a n d G a r d e n in g . M e m b e r N a t io n a l L a n d s c a p e S e r v ic e . TEMPORARY PASSENGER SHELTER ON AMBLE- SIDE DOCK A temporary wooden shelter for the use of passengers wait­ ing for the busses has been erect­ ed this week on Ambleside dock. The building, which is made of wood and roofed with corrugat­ ed iron, will be enclosed on the east south sides to protect pas­ sengers frorm the weather. Three windows will also be placed in the eastern wall. Busses will draw up alongside the western side, which has been left open so as to enable pas­ sengers to get in without expos­ ing themselves to the weather The per capita purchasing power of the people of B. C. is exceeded only by th a t of Ontario so fa r as Canada is concerned. The purchasing power of this province based on production is $690.00 per capita. A School lor Girls and KINDERGARTEN Now Open at 23rd and Bellevue by MISS PHILIP Prospectus on Application Special attention given to French. TELEPHONE DANCE TONIGHT The girls of the West Van­ couver telephone staff are hold­ ing a dance tonight (Friday) in the Hollyburn Pavilion. The music will be supplied by Edna Haywood's orchestra. Dancing 9-12. Refreshments will be served. CITY OF VICTORIA HITS TOW OF LOGS IN FIRST NARROWS While outbound through the Lions' Gate on Sunday afternoon SS. City of Victoria, en route to Japan with a cargo of lumber, struck a tow of logs and cut it up. The ship dragged a section of the logs a considerable dist­ ance, and stopped for an hour in English Bay to free herself, before proceeding. The agents, Canadian - Ameri­ can Shipping Co., Ltd., have re­ ceived no report from the ship. It is not believed that the ves­ sel was damaged. The tow was in charge of the tug SS. Wireless and was in­ bound to Burrard Inlet. Captain Roy Barry, 12th and Duchess, has taken the house at 23rd and Marine Drive recently vacated by Dr. Bayne. If you have not divided your Iris, it may be successfully done at this time. Cutting of such shrubs as the Rhododendron, Cotoneaster, Jap­ anese Privet and Barberry can be satisfactorily started during September. If you include one or two dwarf evergreen shrubs such as Boxwood, Cypress Veronica, etc. in your window boxes it will do much toward relieving their bareness during the winter. Chrysanthemums should be given extra care and attention now to insure a full show of bloom. A teaspoonful of nitrate of soda placed near, but not on the roots every two weeks is beneficial. Keep well watered. Peonies may be divided and replanted this month. They need a very rich soil, and before the transplanting is done the new lo­ cation should be prepared by thoroughly digging in quantities of well rotted manure. Spade deeply, but do not plant the crowns more than a couple of inches below the surface. Your house plants which have been summering outside should be potted up and gradually in­ troduced to their winter quart­ ers. They will be the hardier for this attention. It is not too early to order your bulbs. For midwinter bloom indoors you will want to start them next month. A fernbank proves an excel­ lent background for the display of spring bulbs. They may be left undisturbed until such time as it is necessary to divide them. There are no unsightly bare spots as the ferns quickly and gracefully fill in after the bulbs are through blooming. Don't burn up the leaves, or the annuals, etc., which have finished flowering. Gather them up for the compost heap, taking care however not to include any diseased plants. These should be burned. Phlox seeds planted this month and given a good covering of litter just before frost will near­ ly always bloom the following year. Provided you choose a well drained location for your sweet peas, planting them four to five inches deep in rich well pulver­ ized soil, late fall is the best pos­ sible time to plant these frag­ rant annuals. N O T E -- T h e w r i t e r w ill c o n s id e r i t a p le a s u r e t o a n s w e r q u e s t io n s c o n c e r n in g th e g a rd e n in t h i s c o lu m n . T h e q u e s t io n s s h o u ld b e a d d r e s s e d to t h e w r i t e r in c a r e o f th e E d i to r . T h e a n s w e r w ill a p p e a r in o n e a r ly i s s u e o r i f a p e r s o n a l r e p ly is d e s i r e d a s ta m p e d , s e l f - a d d r e s s e d e n v e lo p e s h o u ld b e e n c lo s e d . MR J. D. A. TRIPP S YACHT CAPSIZES IN ENGLISH BAY Mr. J. D. A. Tripp, the well- known pianist, holds many trophies gained on eastern wat­ ers as a yachtsman, but last week he figured without the aid of the strong sou'wester and had an involuntary ducking in the waters of English Bay off Kit- silano boathouse. In his 27-foot sloop, Mr. Tripp left his summer camp at Caul- feild, and with his sleeves rolled up, enjoyed the trip although he shipped water a couple of times en route to the south shore. Reaching there the veteran yachtsman was thrown into the water when the topping lift let the booms into the water, the craft quickly overturning as a beam wind hit it. Mr. Knowles, Kitsilano boat­ man, had considerable difficulty in reaching the overturned craft with Tripp astride, but eventual­ ly towed his charge to smoother waters and safety B. C. A gricultural lands are ten times greater than those of the Jap ­ anese Empire with its 50,000,000 in­ habitants. FRAMAR Montessori School FOI! YOUNG CHILDREN Terms Reasonable 18th and Esquimalt Mrs.W.D. Fraser Phone West 93L FREE COOKING SCHOOL IN HOLLYBl'RN THEATRE SEPTEMBER 19 & 20 Miss Agnes M. Reed, domestic science expert of the B. C. Elec­ tric staff, will on Monday con­ duct the first of two sessions of a free cooking school arranged by the B. C. Electric and the Canadian General Electric Co. in the Hollyburn Theatre. The session will open at 2 p. m. This free cooking school will be conducted in the same man­ ner as the B. C. Electric school in Vancouver. An attendance prize will be drawn for and every woman attending the school will have a chance to win it--a $29 universal percolator. Programs will be issued with the full recipes printed in each and room left for making notes about their preparation. Come early to Hollyburn Theatre and get the practical hints Miss Reed will give. Hotpoint automatic ranges will be featured at each session 12.7 per cent, of our population is engaged in agriculture. Exhaustive research has revealed that at least seven out of ten people need glasses but only three out of ten wear them. That means that about four out of every ten are in need of optical service. It may be that you are one of the four. An examination of your eyes will readily determine the condition of your eyesight and we earnestly urge you to give serious consideration to the matter of having this examination made. H. PERRIN, R.O. Royal Bank Building, Marine at 17th. Evenings from 7 p. m. and Wednesday Afternoon THE CAP1LAN0 TIMBER CO.. LTD. Main Office NORTH 305 Residence WEST 316 Builders and Contractors ATTENTION! 1x6 No. 2 No. 2 $16.00 $16.00 s o n on ......$1.00 less than Fir ............................... $55 .00 ................................. $50 .00 $18.00 $16.00 $12.00 ................... $42 .00 ..................... $30.00 No. 1 and 2 F. G. 1x4 Flooring.......... ................ $35.00 Rough and Finished Lumber, Sash & Doors, Lath & Shingles Grade, Quality and Service Guaranteed.