Watering Garden Delights After a Scorching Day
A reader describes relaxing after a heat wave with a Zan nozzle watering garden. Pink calla lilies, a yellow one, and tuberous begonias flourish. The writer plans ten more hardy cyclamen to bloom year round, noting fragrance and a shady, peat moss soil bed with light lime for these plants.
Lath Shelter for Shade In Lieu of Tree
Historic guidance urges using a lattice shelter with Algerian ivy to cool yards when shade trees are late. It covers practical summer grilling tips, from portable barbecues on wheels to charcoal starters and techniques for enhancing flavor with pepper, liquid smoke, and foil wrapped foods.
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Hope for Chicago Yuccas Looks Dim
Frank Cisco of Chicago planted a yucca 15 years ago and hoped for offspring. The plant bloomed yesterday for the first time but pollination requires a yucca moth carried from the southwest about 1,000 miles away, dimming his chances.
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Chicago
Frank Cisco
Pleasanton Open House Showcases Heights Homes
Pleasanton hosts an open house at Pleasanton Heights featuring Rexford Homes with three plan options by Paul Hammarberg and Thomas Culbertson. Visitors tour from Main Street to Neal Street to view the latest and largest home displays in the Livermore Valley.
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Pleasanton
Pleasanton Heights
California
Heights
Rexford Homes
Livermore Valley
Paul Hammarberg
Thomas Culbertson
Main St
Neal St
Lawns Care Tricks for Beauty and Health
Four main lawn trouble causes are discussed including lawn moths packed soil fertilizer burn and incorrect watering methods. Lawn moth larvae damage roots and sprays or dry compounds can eradicate them when applied with care. Packed soil from clay soils common in California areas is corrected by spiking or using soil conditioners both dry and liquid.
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California
Construction Costs Reach Record 1937 Spending
U.S. construction outlays for commercial and industrial projects will exceed 37 billion dollars in 1937, topping the 1956 peak by about 2 million. The projected total highlights a booming year in building activity and investor confidence.
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U.S
New Home Taxes Study On New York Accounts
A recent study by two New York accountants shows a total of 600 taxes levied on a completed new home, compared with 100 taxes on an efg. The report highlights heavy tax amounts tied to new housing.
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New York
States weigh vandalism laws for home building sites
Several states move toward vandalism legislation impacting residential job sites. Ohio cites five proposed bills, including one to require parents to cover damage and another to permit court action against both children and parents.
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Ohio
Area Garden Clubs Share Summer Meetings and Shows
Hayward Garden club schedules a July 11 patio meeting at 735 Seventh St with host Frank Horton and color slides by Glenn Colby, while San Leandro Dahlia Society discusses its August show. Eden Garden Club hosts a potluck installation in Hayward with new officers including Juanita Christensen as president. San Francisco ABS hosts a July 3 meeting in San Francisco. Forest Hills and Castro Valley clubs report officer installs and a California Nursey picnic effort. Pleasanton Fair honors a garden entry in Lath Garden category.
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Seventh St. Hayward
Frank Horton
Glenn Colby
Roy McClure
San Lortino Village
San Leandro Dahlia Society
Bancroft Junior High School
San Leandro
Penfold
Hazel Delaney
Fremont Garden Club
Juanita Christensen
Betty Lemkau
Blanche Tornquist
Ann Harder
Lorene Thormford
Thomford
Chris
Alameda County
American Begonia Society
San Francisco
ABS
Forest Lodge
Laguna- Honda Blvd
Frank Reinert
Capitol
Hayward
Garden Club of
Castro Valley
California Nursery
Niles
Chuck” Telford
Pleasanton Fair
Prediction of 1960s Building Boom Based on Children
The article asserts tremen dous home building predictions for the 1960s rely on today’s children who will become working, married adults this decade. It cites over 33 million children reaching 18 and about 1.6 million couples marrying each year at the current rate.
Garden and Patio Tour slated for Carmel and Pebble Beach
Monterey Peninsula Volunteer Services will host the 6th annual Garden and Patio Tour in Carmel and Pebble Beach on Wednesday August 14. Proceeds support Visiting Nurse Association services to Peninsula residents. An organizing meeting details chairs and volunteers, with no gate admission at Del Monte Forest courtesy of Del Monte Properties.
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Monterey Peninsula
Carmel
Pebble Beach Gardens
Peninsula
Archer Allen
James H. Parks
Glenrose Bell
Edna M. Browning
Mmes
Carl Menneken
MPVS
Edward McMurtry
Roy Page
Clay DB. Smalley
del Monte Forest
Dei, Monte Properties
Best Selling One-and-a-Half Story Houses Top Canadian Sales
In Canada in 1958, about sixty eight percent of houses sold were one and a half story. The style remained the market favorite despite rising competition from split levels.
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Canada
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