Garden News on Chrysanthemums and Spring Cuttings
Shade mums require no light at night to bloom and should be covered from 5 to 8 for darkness. Fertilize heavy feeders like mums and dahlias weekly with a balanced mix. use manure tea or a high phosphorous fertilizer. Propagate shrubs from hardwood cuttings of 4 to 6 inches, using rooting hormone and moist vermiculite or sand, and keep cuttings shaded until roots form.
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Gazette
Rick Greenawalt
L. L. Dolson
Mansfield Avenue
Dr. Dolson
Dolson
Prepare Lawn for Seed and Care Guidance
The article advises starting a new lawn from seed from mid August to end of August and stresses soil preparation. It recommends humus additions such as peat or leaf mold, loosening the top six inches, and turning the bed to kill surface weed seeds. It notes the upheaval may disturb children but is necessary for a lasting, healthy lawn.
Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World Review
Garden Books presents James C Greenaway Jr. with Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World a scientific survey updated from 1958. It details dodos and other vanished or threatened species on islands near Madagascar including cranes condors macaws and prairie chickens with notes on sightings and a museum appendix.
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James C. Greenaway, Jr
Dover Publications
Jamaica
Cuba
Iwo Jima
Samoa
Madagascar
West Indies
American Committee For International Wild Life Protection
James C Greenaway, Jr
American Museum of Natural History
Africa
California
Painting in Pools Is Making a Big Splash
AAP Newsfeatures writer explains that pool art, inspired by the flower power era, uses large bold designs with pool-safe paints. Designers sketch oversized motifs from lilies to whales, advising careful surface prep and iterative, long term planning.
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Vivian Brown
AP Newsfeatures
Koppers
Claude Monet
Petunias Bloom Around the Peonies
The piece suggests thinning annual seedlings to proper spacing and replanting the thinned shoots in front of or between earlier blooming perennials. It notes peonies finish blooming before petunias begin but provide foliage background for the bright petunia flowers.
Garden Events In Eastern Iowa
Quasqueton Federated Garden club sponsors a flower show at the school building from 2 to 9 p.m. next Wednesday in Quasqueton Iowa. The event showcases flowering displays and garden crafts.
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Iowa
The
Quasqueton Federated Garden Club
Two Ways Grill Improves Wall Between Kitchen and Dining
A standard barbecue unit forms the core of a two way grill built into the wall between kitchen and an adjacent dining room. The unit sits in a fireproof ceramic tile counter with a revolving semicircular screen and an exhaust stack above to vent smoke.
Fuchsia Care Requires Shade and Proper Drainage
Fuchsias need ample water, well draining soil, and shade. Few varieties tolerate sun and drought. If soil dries out or drainage is poor or light is too intense, buds are likely to drop before opening.
Second House Poses Numerous Considerations
More and more Americans buy or build vacation homes with annual construction of 125,000 rising to about 200,000. The piece advises planning for facilities fire medical service transportation privacy hurricanes and legal restrictions and notes maintenance priorities differ from year round homes.
Holland Orchard and Nursery Opens All Week Hours
Holland Orchard and Nursery announces hours seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. for shoppers seeking fruit trees and garden supplies.
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Holland Orchard and Nursery
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Garden News
Dorothy Woods Sapp
China
Orient
John McIvor
Harold Smith
C Avenue NE
Smith
William Kretzschmar
Garden Books
Petunias
Peonies
E. Cohn & Sons Inc
L St. SW
Amy Silkear
U.S
Port of
New York
Philadelphia Board of Education
Brockway
Fox Meadow Dr
S.E
Lmme Plumbing Service
Cedar Rapids Block Co
12Th Ave
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