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Newspaper
Daily Review
Location
Hayward, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1957
Page
10
California gardeners can easily grow blooming container roses by selecting suitable stock from local nurseries like Harvey, with ready blooms in containers. Container roses reduce transplant shock by moving soil with roots, simplify removal via presoaked container soil, and offer immediate color in the garden.
Experts warn a winter aging roof on the verge of failure will likely leak after spring rains or sun. Replacing with new shingles during spring is more economical than risking major damage, with gutters and flashing also needing repair. Installation of an asbestos cement shingle roof can solve the problem.
Fresno reveals its famed underground gardens created by Baldassare Forestiere over 38 years. The Si cilian immigrant carved nearly a mile of wells and grottos housing 650 rooms with fruit trees vines and a controlled sunlit environment.
The Paradise Social Club sponsors the sixth annual Hawaiian Carnival in Oakland at Elmhurst Gardens on Bist Ave and Rudsdale. It opens at 10 am with the first 500 entrants receiving Hawaiian Jets, and runs until 7 pm.
Homeowners plan spring modernization to add space and mood with furnishings. Success relies on matching color, wood species, and function with plywood paneling or built ins. About 81 percent use hardwood plywood, often matching furniture and paneling. If not available in a desired species, homeowners can build furniture or contrast with existing paneling.
Lakeside Park hosts 39 dahlia varieties sent from Australia Holland France England Africa Canada and the US for Oakland nursery tests in cooperation with the San Leandro Dahlia Society. Two garden divisions include an official trial ground with 59 varieties and a display garden housing about 2300 dahlias of 250 varieties, including 70 new to the area.
Homeowners seeking a fresh look turn to ready mix paints and simple methods. The guide covers masking, prep, brushing or rolling, and step by step wall and ceiling painting tips plus lawn care and pest control suggestions for California summers.
Builders explain that advances in milling and drying have made oak floors far superior. Historic improvements include machine cut tongue and groove joints, end joints, and hairline seams for strong interlocking. Edges milled to prevent cupping, grooves on underside, angled tongue edges allow flat placement on uneven subfloors. Drying advances in 1910 reduced moisture for central heated homes.
The tulip tree or liriodendron tulipifera is an ornamental magnolia family tree valued for year round beauty. Native to eastern U.S. forests, it dates back over fifty million years with fossil leaves found in Europe and Greenland. Bright yellowish green tulip shaped blossoms emerge in May and June.
In Washington 103 housewives at the Women's Congress on Housing urged kitchens with large morning sunlit windows and a view of the rear yard. They favored casement or awning pine frames that open easily and wash from inside to prevent moisture condensation. The kitchen should adjoin dining or family space for child supervision, with a ponderosa pine Dutch door between rooms to deter intrusions into the kitchen routine.
In this period piece a columnist notes irises thrive with minimal care, resist neglect, and reward owners who lift and divide rhizomes every few years. New color varieties in pink and copper are praised while camellias azaleas and rhododendrons begin budding. timely feeding is urged for next season.
CHAMPAIGN Ill 17 A University of Illinois landscape specialist said landscaping should increase a house s attractiveness rather than make the house a background for plants H R Kemmerer said that foundation plantings are meant to tie the house to its surroundings There should be enough variety in the landscaping to create interest but not so much variety as to detract attention from the house he said The balance of the house should be repeated in the plants Kemmerer suggested A symmetrical house should be accented with a repeat of the balance in the planting A house of asymmetrical design should have the plants grouped near the entrances and corners to follow through If the house has a few foundation which is not unattractive Kemmerer advised letting grass grow up to the foundation If the base is high he said it should be screened entirely Foundation planting should be tied in with landscaping at surrounding areas the specialist said Plants along the sidewalk or driveway help to extend the landscaping away from the house Lawns plants and house become a unit Kemmerer listed some don ts for best landscaping results Don t use a variety of shapes colors and textures Don t hide attractive stone with many plants Don t cover windows with Don t put all the plants next to the foundation
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