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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1960
Page
8
A horticulturist urges a logical plan before planting to shape outdoor living spaces. He stresses a line of continuity as the frame for major features and notes enclosures like fences can protect tender plants and reduce maintenance in dry areas.
Lubbock garden clubs, including Garden Study, Budlo Blossom, and Soil and Toil, met in recent sessions to discuss dried arrangements, soil and plant care, and to plan activities. Officers were named. events included a home tour, bulb show, plant exchange, and a talk on gladioli by Don Henderson.
In a wetter than usual winter the soil stays moist, but harsh March winds can dry out small garden plants. Water when the soil around them feels dry and provide a general soaking to beds that need it to prevent damage.
New Delhi American tire and rubber company to build a tire and tube plant on a 50 acre site 20 miles south of New Delhi. The facility expected to cost 12 million dollars and open early next year employing about 900 workers, almost all Indian.
The eighth annual Garden Club Short Course at Texas Tech will run from 9:00 am to 12:50 pm in the Student Union ballroom. Registration starts at 8:30 am. Speakers include Dr. Gerald Shamans Dean of Agriculture and professors G O Elle E W Zaknuckas Jr E Urbanovsky and Donnie Johnson. Topics feature world flower arrangements including Moon Greece Peru France Mexico Egypt India and Hawaii with Johnson presenting Around the World in Flower Arrangement and Zakauckas discussing Gardening with Research with slides on future developments.
Eagnus pungens is an adaptable broad leaf evergreen shrub for West Texas. It features speckled leaves and a light gray green underside, suited to many locations but not dense shade. Wind tolerant, it can grow from 24 to 10 feet tall and nearly that wide. Regular pruning keeps it bushier within smaller bounds. High summer heat or spring winds rarely harm it, with only rare severe winter freezes near homes.
The article notes a red leaf Honeysuckle variety becoming popular in Lubbock area gardens. It highlights growth forms from large shrubs to ground cover, evergreen-like winter foliage, and its use on walls or trellises plus pattern designs for fences. It warns pruning and watering prevent its weedy look.
A fragment notes that the permanent injury result is probable and the plant will tolerate an exposed south or west location, indicating resilience in challenging sun exposure.
Flowering fruit trees add color in spring and offer appealing form and foliage throughout the season enhancing the landscape.
Marseille hosts the world’s fourth largest textile sector with over 9,000 plants and more than 10 million spindles. The industry operates 300,000 looms and employs about 600,000 workers sustaining the regional economy.
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