Soapsuds Fight Plant Scale Insects and Plant Health Tips
A garden column details methods to remove scale from jade plants and other houseplants. After failed malathion and rose dust attempts, soapy water is applied to leaves for about four hours, then rinsed, with a second treatment a week later proving effective on a jade plant and tangelo. White flies get mixed treatment with aerosol sprays, while music experiments on plants are noted as an aside. The piece includes a final quip about acid rock and plants.
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Omebody
Even City Dwellers Can Enjoy Gardens
City residents can create and maintain gardens with careful planning. Use sun friendly plantings, incorporate a central flower bed with a water feature, and add fresh topsoil or compost to improve soil. Container gardens are viable with proper care and reputable nurseries.
Plants Improve Air By Trapping Dust
The article argues that green plant life reduces air pollution by trapping dust on leaf surfaces and washing pollutants into the ground. It cites Los Angeles trees needing periodic washing, notes a 75 percent lower dust count on sheltered sides, and urges parks, streets, and homeowners to plant trees and shrubs to improve urban air quality.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Lederer
American Association of Nurserymen
Advise Time in Selecting Iowa Lawn Seed Mixes
Iowa county homeowners are urged to choose lawn seed carefully. Fine textured grasses such as bluegrasses and fescues are labeled as fine textured while ryegrass and fescue mixes are sold as coarse kinds. Do not mix types and beware bargain seed with low purity and germination. 60 percent purity and 60 percent germination are common.
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Iowa County
Don Goering
L. T. Everson
Iowa State University Seed Laboratory
Iowa
Everson
Kentucky
Goering
Spacer Blocks for Even Fence Board Spacing
The guide explains using spacer blocks to achieve even fence board gaps. For one-inch spacing cut a 1x1 spacer the full board length. for smaller gaps use plywood or hardboard spacers to quarter or eighth inch.
Uses for a Concrete Paved Driveway
A concrete paved driveway serves as an attractive home entry and doubles as a patio and play area. It supports outdoor activities including badminton shuffleboard and basketball for family recreation.
Landscapes Selected Writings of J. B. Jackson
Book review of Garden Books Landscapes edited by Erwin H. Zube University of Massachusetts Press Amherst 1970 $6.00 highlighting Jackson editor of Landscape magazine essays from 1952 to 1970 lectures to University of Massachusetts classes and public reflections on urban design highways neons and the social aesthetic of living areas with a call to improve environment through thoughtful planning and harmony.
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J. B. Jackson
Erwin H. Zube
University of Massachusetts Press
Amherst
Jackson
University of Massachusetts
Texas
Rutgers Receives $68,000 Grant for Zoning Study
Rutgers University in New Brunswick New Jersey has been awarded an additional 68000 grant by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to continue a three year comprehensive study of zoning laws across the United States.
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Rutgers University At
New Brunswick
N.J
Department of Housing and Urban Development
United States
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