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001C9619 November 2, 1928. THE iVEST VAN NEEVS GARDENS AND GARDENING By tilINA G. HUTT, Landscape Architect Craduste ls Landscaping V. ef C ~erlcas School ol Laadscape Architecture and Cardentsg. Member National Landscape se~ce. Scottish Society iVhat About a Christmas Photo7 The time for the consideration of Christmas gifts is rapidly, very rapidly, approaching. It is an inherent weakness of us all to leave the choice of gifts to the last minute. Sometimes, how- ever, this is a very unwise ac- tion. For instance. if you are going to give a photograph, you should have them done in lots of time and before the Christ- mas rush starts. It is an old phrase that a photograph is the most lasting and personal gift one can give, and friends are al- ways happy to have these tokens of friendship. The King Studio 311 llastings Street iVest, phone Seymour 1046, is making a spec- ial offer, which it would be well for you to remember if you wish to obtain the very best pictures of yourself or your family at reasonable prices. Phone and make an appointment before the studios get too busy. SPECIALS FOR Saturday 8 Mondayilr. and tilrs. Harte's Residence to he Scene of "At Home." 1 lc 39c 39c 10c 26c 29c Icing Sugar............ 2 lbs. Sunlight Soap.... 2 cartons Corned Beef .. 2 tins Regal Salt .... Canned Raspberries............ Ensign Peas...... 2 tins The season's activities of the iVest Vancouver Scottish Socie- & ty will start with an "at home" for officers and members of the society, to be held at the home of the Honorary President, s41r. John I Iarte, 1565 Fsquimalt Avenue on Saturday, November 10th, beginning at 8 p. m. prompt. Ifembers are asked specially to be on time. The Society has been fortun- ate in securing ilr. W. R. Dun- lop, F.R.G.S., to lecture in "The Clachan," on Friday evening, November 16th, at 8.15. The subject will be "The Augustan Age in Edinburgh Art." This should prove a very de- lightful lecture. The Society has deci'ed to invite the general public, feeling that they should be given the opportunity to hear this talented speaker. Vocal and instrumental music will be in- terspersod in the program and refreshments will be served. A silver colelction will be taken. covered Snowberry present a very attractive appearance even after the leaves have fallen and are sure to add color to the gar- den after the other flowers have gone. By planting a Forsythia shrub now, that dark corner of the gar- den will present a considerably brightened up appearance next spring. They are at their best planted against a dark back- ground. Forsythia suspensa has slender limply drooping branch- es strung with bright rosettes of yellow bloom and shiny leav- es, the flowers appearing before the leaves. This variety may be trained against a wall or fence. Forsythia fortunie is upright in its habit of growth and is suit- able for planting in front of tall evergreens. Do not forget that these shrubs eventually reach a height of eight to ten feet and should therefore be used in the background and not in front of low growing plants or shrubs. Now is the time to get out the shovel and dig up the garden, ready for next spring. Our own is not yet done, but the next few Saturday afternoons will find it under way. It is best, particular- ly in this part of the country where frosts are light, to leave the soil as loose as possible. The light frosts we have during the minter will work farther down and do a better job. The planting of shrubs may be done at this time with the best J)rospect of success. They will be well rooted by the time the dry weather arrives next year, and will thus require less atten- tion. EVhen the roots may be spread out. Leave some loose soil in the bottom. A square hole is preferable to a round one. iVhen you buy shrubs from a nursery you will find the roots packed in a burlap bag. This is to keep the soil closely packed around the roots. Plant the shrubs just as they are received. The burlap will soon rot away and the roots will not be disturb- ed as they very likely would be if you attempted to remove the wrappings. After you have nearly filled the hole with soil you may loosen the top of the burlap by cutting the strings a- round the top and turn the edges down, away from the plant. The Japanese Barberry with its scarlet ben.ies, the Coton- easter with its orange red ber- ries, and the large white berrv Ask to see Home -Made Cakes 1 i l","i„li"„.„'7 Phone %Vest 31SR3. %Vest Bay PROilPT DELIVERY THE LITERARY SOCIETY Review of History of Church blusic. The many friends of iilrs. I lenry R. ilcDonald, 15th and Fulton, will be glad to know that she has fully recovered from her sickness and is able to get a- round again. An address was given by Mr. J Haydn Young at the last meeting of the Literary Society, in which he reviewed the history of church music with particular reference to Scottish psalmody. The careful investigation of any case of historical evolution dis- closes points which possess a wider interest than appears at first sight; and the study nf psalmody is no exception to this. To trace back the practice of congregational psalm-singing. which is so often a mark for cheap mit at the present day, and to show that it has a musical pedigree as legitimate as any, was a task well worth doing; and its results were all the more in- teresting when it was done by an accomplished student of mus- ic like )Ir. Young . Curiously enough, there are few now left in Scotland outside the Highlands who can recall the old conditions, when the metrical psalms were bound up with the Bible, and when "The Little ilin- ister," face to face with death, could express the hope that his successor mould never sing any paraphrases. There are prob- ably more people in rural Ulster than in all the Scottish Lowlands who mould understand or sym- pathize with that feeling at the present day, ilr. Young's address brought out very clearly the originality and value of the Jewish concep- tion of music as a direct channel of approach to the Deity. The Hebrew psalms have kept their pre-eminence all through the Christian period. no less in the manner of their execution than in their matter. The 14th cen- tury mork of Pope Gregory the Great and the 16th century con- tributions of Palestrina and Luther, made possible the cre- ation of a body of sacred music marked by sweetness and ex- pression as mell as popular ap- peal. The book, however, which gave rise to all that mas char- acteristic in Scottish psalmody was the Anglo-Scottish Psalter of Geneva. The history of con- gregational singing in Scotland subsequent to its introduction reveals many forces at mork, aesthetic and religious. Not the least important of these v as the tonic sol-fa, which spread over Scotland in the later decades of the 19th century, and contribut- ed powerfully to the enrichment of congregational music. iilr. Young's was a good paper, --clear, terse, and marked by first-hand knowledge. It is to be hoped that its delivery in iVest Vancouver will prove to be only the beginning of a career of usefulness for it. &OT~The «rlter «Ol cossMer lt ~ pleasureto»»er questions coscernlss tb ~ sordes ln this column. The questions should be addressed to the «rlter In care of tbe Kdltor. The ans«er «ill appear ln an early issue or lf a personal reply ls desired ~ stampeel, ~ elfraddressed envelope should be enclosed. 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