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001C96EF March 15, 1929. Deep cultivation around the roses is not necessary nor even desirable, as the roots are liable to be injured or broken. ~Vhere the bed has not been trampled on or walked over, three inches will prove to be sufficient depth for this operation. )Vork the sur- face soil very frequently with n sharp toothed rake until such time as the buds begin to develop in May. Then with the establish- ed roses (those which have been planted more than a year) it will be beneficial to apply a weak solution of liquid manure in the proportion of half a gallon ot a plant. If this can be admin- istered just before a shower of rain, so much the better. A shallow trench around each plant should be prepared and the liquid manure placed therein. Be gen- erous and give each plant its full ration. IVhen this is completed, rake over level, and the rain will ivash the food to the roots. This feeding may be repeated every week until the season of bloom is over, and then the plant should be allowed to perfect the wood for the next season' growth. Please be warned against man- uring the roses too frequently the first season after planting. A properly made up bed at the time of planting will ensure a healthy growth the first year with little in the way of extrit stimulation. If it seems neces- sary, weak liquid manure may be given after the first crop of l loom is gathered, to help the-~ second crop. Allowing the plant to become established before put- ting it on a forced feeding regime will pay largely in the end. As it is explained by the President of Seattle's Rose Society, "It' just like taking a small boy pati- ent out of the hospital where he has been on very restricted diet and turning him loose in the pantry with the word to "Go tn it." He'd be lucky to get out of the hospital the second time. In fact this Rosarian advocates what he calls a 'starvation ward'or any of his roses which may appear unthrifty. In this bed the basic requirements of good drainage, sufficient moisture an&'. food are met, but no additional fertilizer is given. Invariably at the end of the year the plant has recovered sufficiently to take its place in the garden proper. Ife ever goes a step farther and ad- vises placing all-nursery stock in such a bed for the first year. The beginner is so anxious to have blooms of exhibition size the first year, and believes what he reads about some special com- mercial fertilizer, that he oftimes recklessly piles it on with de- plorable results. Used with prop- er discretion, commercial fertil- izer has it splace, but the fibrous roots of roses are so easily de- stroyed by such doses, that we would feel much safer in not us- ing it at all. The fact that roses exhaust the soil in a few years and re- quire to be changed to new ground is true in some cases, but where beds are prepared as prev- iously described, and good stock planted, a healthy development of wood and flowers may be ex- pected for many years, especially if the established roses are given a generous dressing of manure, which should be dug into the beds each autumn. This makes it available when growth begins in the spring. Bailey recom- niends a top dressing of wood nshes after the first spring till- age, to increase the vigor of wood and flowerrs. Remember that vigorous plants should be more liberally manured than weakly ones, and that an unhealthy plant cannot be made more strong by doses of liquid manure. Transplant in- to fresh, though not necessarily rich soil, and the benefit will be greater. Recipes for liquid manure fol- low: Half a peck of horse manure to 15 gallons water. Half a peck of cow manure to 15 gallons of water. Half an ounce of nitrate of soda to 1 gallon water. 1 lb. guano to 18 gallons water. NOTE The writer will consid yr It ~ pleasure to answer questions concerning lhe garden in this column. The questions should be addressed to the writer In care ol the Editor. The ~newer will appear In an early Issue or II a p-raonal reply la desired a stamped, ~ell-addressed envelope shou!d be enclosed. NORTH VANCOUV ER HAD TWELVE d&IOTOR ACCIDENTS DURING PAST hIONTH There were twelve auto acci- dents in the city and eleven vio- lations of the Motor Act were dealt with in the City Police Cour t in February, reported Chief Peter Stewart to the City Police Commission hIonday night. There were thirty cases in all heard in Police Court last month. Two offenders answered to charges of assault. There was one violation of the Liquor Act and seven were charged under the Opium and Narcotic Drug Act. There were four violations of the trades license by-law and five storekeepers were charged with supplying tobacco to min- e rs. Mrs. F. X. Hodgson was the gliest artist at the Nanaimo Wo- men's Musical Club meeting on Monday, 11th hIarch, where she received a very cordial welcome and was presented with a bou- quet of dark red carnations. )Irs. Hodgson sang two Itali- an groups and one miscellaneous group. Her accompanist was Mr. Keeley of Nanaimo. Mrs. Hodgson received a very urgent request to open a studio in Nanaimo and several ladies expressed their desire to study with her, if she would consider the idea. They guarantee two days'eaching a iveek, but Mrs. Hodgson is far too busy to con- sider the proposition at present. .'rui ..rees SPECIA& Winesaps Apples hND English Greengage Plums 3 and 4 Year Old Trees None Iktter Grown 65c. Y S. GAhlAGE Iyhone event 249lt llritish Coluinhla Nurseries All Trees Government Inspected Con&et this sentence: "Her house is spotless," said the gos- sip, "but she never draws atter.- tion to the fact by making apol- ogies." MOVING Anywhere, Any~lace, Any time at reasonable prices. Flower Special Pansics per dozen 50c. All kinds of Bedding Plants 15th 4 hfarine (Bob Black) West 17. GARDENS and GARDENING By M INA G. HABIT, Landscape Architect Craduate ln Lndacapiag U. ol C ~ American 5chool ol Ladscape Archltectnre and Gardening. hgeeaher Na 0onal Ladseape Service. THE WEST VAN NEWS DELEGATES CHOSEN TO ATTEND IIEETIXG OF CANADIAN GUIDES Annual S~ion of B. C. Provinci- al Council Held Saturday. Delegates from various parts of the province attended the an- nual Council of Girl Guides As- sociation held on Saturday at Glercoe Lodge, with hIrs. Alan hiorkill in the chair. hlisa Anly Leigh and hIrs. EV. B. Small were chosen delegates to the Canadian Council meeting to be held in Ottawa on hIay 9 and 10. Mrs. hIorkill announced the appoint- ment of ~Iiss Gwladys Davies as deputy provincial commissioner. Since November hIiss Davies has been chairman of the inter-div- isional headquarters office, anti has been divisional commission- er for the North Shore for two years. hIiss Hilda Leighton was re-elected as provincial camp ad- visore Steady growth in the move- ment was seen in all reports given, with all companies at full strength and many having lolig v.aiting lists. Reports were giv en by provincial commissioner, hIrs. Alan Morkill; provincial secretary, Miss Aline williams; interdivisional office, lower mainland, hliss Gwladys Davies: provincial camp advisor, Miss Hilda Leigh ton; lone guides, hIrs. Don Munday; Burnaby div- ision, AIrs. Carter; Central Oka- nagan division, read by Miss IVil- liams for hIrs. Thompson; Cent- ral Vancouver Island division, Mrs. Claude wilson: Cowichan Valley division, read by Miss williams for hIiss Denny; Fraser division, )Irs. John Heaps; North Shore division, Miss Gwladys I)avies; Point Grey division. Mrs. Arthur Kirkpatrick; South Okanagan division, Mrs. Midge- ly; South Vancouver Island div- ision, Miss Leighton; Vancouver division, Mrs. R. 4V. Brock. Dean IQ. L. Bollert of the Uni- versity of B. C. gave an interest- ing address on the difficulties c'onfronting the present-day leaders of girls, and pointing out what a wonderful force for good she considered guiding. Mrs. C. I'. Coverton entertained commis- sioners and delegates at tea at her home on Laurier avenue, when the tea table was decorat- ed with spring flowers. Mrs. Fyfe Smith and hIrs. H. AV. Riggs presided at the urns, and assisting ivere hIiss Eleanor But- ler, Miss Jean Finglass, Miss Phyllis Pritchard, Miss hlary McKee, Miss Collister, Miss Ur- sula hIalkin and Miss Phyllis Kirkpatrick. AIR. OVERINGTON, BARBER, RESUAIES BUSINESS BY APPOINTihIENT C. J. Overington, the barber, announces that he has gone back to the old method of business by having his clients make appoint- ment by telephone. AVith his re- moval to the new store, he had thought that it was for the convenience of his patrons that he do away with tele- phone appointments, but the demand for the old system has been so insistent that he has de- cided to resume the old appoint- ment method. This has been in effect since last )Ionday. hlr. Overington asks that his old cus- tomers and friends ivill make 'i note of the fact that his tele- phone number is the same, )Vest 135. Phoae %Vest 9 For FUEL VERNON FEED STORE A. C. SEARLE Phone Nest 9 Fuel and Btlildlng Supplies Sxving twg billions a. yeae on light ~ppp,ooo,ooo FIGURES pabhehed by ehe Nadenai EIeeieie l.ight Association show that if the present amount of electric current used for lighting in the United States were charged at the 1913 rate, the public would be paying nearly two billion dollars more than they now pay. As the Vancouver rates are half what they average in the States, double the rale of saving has taken place here. Lower lamp prices, lo~er current costs and improved eaiciency of lamps have all contributed to this amaz- ing result. Thanks to the genius of the lamp manu- facturer, the amount of light obtained from any given quantity of current has increased enormously. At the same time, the cost of that current has gone down-- 63 per cent. in Vancouver since 1917. Can any other industry point to a record of achieve- ment equal to this'an you imagine going bach to the standards of lighting of even Qteen years agoP Efil'IISH COIIPgIM FrykigICRauayRFCR VAN COUVER VICTORIA NET HIGHN'AY FROii VAN. TO GARIBALDI PARK Construction of a motor high- way from Vancouver to Gari- baldi Park, utilizing the twelve- foot roadway which the B. C. Flectric R&liway Co. plans to build in connection with the power line from its Bridge River I.roject is urged by Mr. J. AV. )Veart, chairman of the Garibaldi Park Board. hIr. Weart pictures a highway fifty-three miles long extending from Second Narrows bridge to Daisy Lake by way of Capilano River Valley to the rocky shore line of Howe Sound. From South Valley it would follow the coast line through Britannia Beach north into Squamish From Squamish the proposed highway would follow the old Pemberton trail up the Cheaka- mus Valley to Daisy Lake, where it would turn east to climb 5500 to Garibaldi Park plateau by way cf Stony Creek. hIr. EVeart's vision extends further, too, for he sees the B. C. E.Iectric power line clearing, widening into a motor road ex- tending north through Daisy, Alta and Seton lake settlements to Lillooet, where it will form another link with the Cariboo by ~vay of Ashcroft. PrelinImnary plans for the B. C. Electric power line from Bridge River to Vancouver, which the company expects to build twelve feet wide in order to allow tractors to operate dur- ing construction, have been sub- mitted to Hon. F. B. Burden, provincial minister of lands. Plans to Utilize Capilano Timber Grade The Garibaldi Park Board chairman suggests that the high- way should utilize the Capilano Timber Company's right-of-way up Capilmio Creek, which will be abandoned in two years. This will proride the basis of the route as far into the hills as Sisters Creek. Following the Capilano to one of its westerly sources, the road would cross the 1500 foot divide bt twen the North Shore water- shel and that which drains down to Howe Sound at South Valley. Considerable rock work would be necessary to construct the highway between Britannia Beach and Squamish and a long trestle would probably be nec- eqsary at the base of the huge cliff which marks the northern end of Howe Sound on its east shore line. Highway AVould Serve Squamish Valley Districts "If this road were built it ivould give access not only to Garibaldi Park with its 450 square miles of the most beauti- ful Alpine scene~ in British Columbia its abundant tapestry of flora, its eighty square miles of glaciers, but it would enable residents of Squamish Valley to reach the markets in Vancouver and return in a day." A delegation from the Squam- ish Board of Trade which waited upon members of the B. C. Gov- ernment in connection arith the highway proposal declares that hoth Hon. 4Ir. Burden and Hon. N. S. Lougheed, minister of pub- lic works, are sympathetic to- wards the project. "EVhile the ministers did not of course, commit the govern- ment in any sense, they are fully cognizant of the necessity of opening up the fertile valley of the Squamish by giving its peo- ple better access to the city," Mr. EVeart declared. "They also appreciate the benefits whic)i tourist traffic to Garibaldi Park would bring." i~Iembers of the delegation in- cJuded hIr. J. wilkinson, secret- ary of the Board of Trade; Dr. N. J. Paul, of Squamish, a mem- ber of the Garibaldi Park Board, and ~lr. Weart. Discover Two Peaks Higher Than Garibaldi As a start in the highway pro- ject, the Garibaldi Park Board suggests that a photo-topogra- phical survey of the suggested route be made this summer. A new map of the Garbaldi Park area is being prepared by the government following the re- arrangement of the boundaries ordered last year. A large glacial area north Mid east of the pres- ent park area has been added. The survey made last year discloses the fact that there are two peaks in the area higher than dAIount Garibaldi. These are blount IVedge, 9432 feet, and an unnamed peak which is slightly over 9000 feet. blount Garibaldi is 8830 feet high. 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