Fern field guide author Cobb grows enduring plant passion
Mount Washington figures into a profile of amateur naturalist Bouehton Cobb of Falls Village, a former architect and New York textile executive who authored a field guide in the Peterson series. His fern manual, illustrated with help from neighbor Mrs. Foster, classifies and keys dozens of ferns and related plants, from a fern garden he started twenty years ago at Cobb Web, to a work praised by some for clarity and criticized by some botanists for simplicity.
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Falls Village
Cobb- Web
Willy-Nilly
Bouehton Cobb
England
MR. Cobb
New York
Cobb - Web
Cen
New Jersey
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Montauk
Berkshire
Cobb
Fernery notes reveal diverse ferns and a field guide
A naturalist recounts the fern garden of Mr. Cobb, detailing about 13 foreign varieties, rare specimens, and challenges of cultivation. The piece highlights species like Hartford and the adder's tongue, shifts in moisture needs, and a Wardian vase finial fern, illustrating that ferns vary widely and inspire patient study.
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Thal
North America
Cobb
Nepal
Your Money's Worth Business Entertaining Rules Change
New York report explains that business entertainment deductions must meet either directly related or associated with the active conduct test. Emphasizes planning to use the associated with test by ensuring substantial bona fide business discussion before or after entertainment to qualify.
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Treasury
the Treasury
Test Ban Debate and Bonn Politics in Lint-Picking
Bonn and Washington clash over a test ban as Adenauer tries to steer German policy despite Franco-Gaullist pressures. The piece notes East Germany’s lack of recognition, US stance, and the Gaullist drive to shift European leadership away from the United States, impacting Senate ratification dynamics.
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Bonn
Dr. Addenauer
Kennedy
Germany
Moscow
Gerhard Schroeder
Louelt
Dr. Schroeder
de Gaulle
France
Adenauer
Christian Democrats
Dr. Adenauer
Atlantic
Gen. de Gaulle
United States
Federal
Bann
West Germany
Red China
Hale
East Germany
Britain
Europe
Erhard
New Jersey man freed on bail for counterfeit penny
Karemier Kochan, 32, of Fair Lawn, N J, was released on 2,000 bail after facing a charge of passing a counterfeit 1909-S VDB cent at a Providence hobby shop. He appeared before a commissioner and is to return for a hearing on August 22, with Matthew Levine, owner of the shop, the alleged victim.
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Ril
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Karemier Kochan
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