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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1952
Page
8
Poinsettias are short day plants flowering when day length is ten hours or less, explaining their Christmas bloom. Artificial lighting can delay blooming by extending daylight to about fifteen hours. To keep a poinsettia for next season, let the soil dry, then in May repot after cutting two thirds of the stem and washing roots, using fresh soil.
Bay and Rosemary Christmas Tradition says ana rosemary amy been represented among our Christmas plants from time imm memorial. An ancient writer noted Rosemary and Bay were placed around houses and churches at Christmas. Legend says the bay tree sheltered the holy family during a thunder storm and lightning would never strike a bay tree. Rosemary is linked to the flight into Egypt and the garments of the Christ Child were placed on its branches. Originally the rosemary flowers were white but changed to lavender like Mary’s cloak.
A fragment notes that the first known Christmas card was created in 1042 in London by a young etcher named William Sgrey. The original card is said to be on display in Britain, with a reference to its appearance in the United States through Louis.
The article notes Pang produced thousands of Christmas cards during the 1870s and 1880s and became known as the grandfather of the card trade.
Inland Port Houston in Texas ranks as the United States' third largest seaport. Located fifty miles from the sea, a canal links the city to the Gulf of Mexico, allowing ships worldwide to enter and exit with various cargoes.
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