Garden Books For Christmas Delights Green Thumb Addicts
Dorothy Bayliss notes gardeners crave books for Christmas with wide selections edited by F. F. Rockwell. Titles recommended include How To Plant Your Home Garden, Modern Gardening, Color And Design for Every Garden, The Complete Book of Bulbs, and guides on roses perennials and annuals. Prices under five shillings.
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Esther C. Grayson
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Gift orders from nurseries ease Christmas shopping
The California Association of Nurserymen notes gift orders let recipients select nursery stock after receiving the order or wait for seasonal trees and plants. Small orders cover rhododendron camellia azalea roses bare root forms for mid winter planting with new 1968 All American roses like Circus Fare Montezuma Wildfire Mona Lisa. Evergreen and deciduous shrubs trees and spring bulbs also available as gifts.
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New Crabgrass Control Coming to Market
A 1957 release reports a new chemical for crabgrass control. It will arrive as a soluble powder usable with a watering can or sprayer and is safe for bluegrass rescue and bent grasses. Tested over three years, it shows safety near trees and shrubs at high concentrations. Estimated treatment cost is about $3 per 1000 square feet.
Workshop Patterns by Ruth Wyath Spears
Ruth Wyath Spears offers a 3 panel hardboard pattern for a Christmas scene featuring a chimney and a child with gifts. The pattern includes tracing lines for realistic colors, mounting directions, and a nearly foot high Merry Christmas message. Send $1 plus extra postage to Hayward Review Pattern Dept Bedford Hills NY.
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Hayward Review Pattern Dept
Bedford Hills
New York
American Families Display 50 Million Christmas Trees
The Agriculture Department reports about 30 million trees will be shown in American homes this year with an estimated retail value of 50 million dollars. Montana is a leading producer, harvesting around four million trees yearly, while more than eight million are imported from Canada. Private land supplies 47 percent of production. the rest comes from public lands. Approximately 1.5 million trees are grown on plantations, with about 100000 acres devoted to Christmas tree farming, mostly in Pennsylvania. Numerous companies coordinate with woodland owners to deliver trees to roadside or rail hubs, then wholesalers ship to retailers. The department notes no single species is best and highlights balsam fir and Douglas fir as common choices.
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Department of Agriculture
Montana
Pennsylvania
U.S
Clogged Air Filters Drive Higher Gas Bills
Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association says meter accuracy is largely fine and meters are usually not at fault. Most increases in winter bills come from clogged air filters in forced warm heating systems which restrict heat flow, forcing longer heating periods and more gas usage.
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