Mistletoe Pest Spreads Among New England Trees
Mistletoe spreads rapidly on gums and box trees in New England with lopping as the current remedy. It endangers timber and shade trees, aided by birds. koalas and opossums once checked it, now scarce, while mistletoe survives as a parasitic plant on apple and oak, with legends and false mistletoe noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ucalla
Tamworth
New England
Éantwol
Balder
America
Gee Any
France
Great Britain
The Tin Can Story and Its World Impact
A compact history of tin cans from Appert to Durand and Solomon, detailing the invention, sterilization breakthroughs, and their role in feeding armies and enabling long storage. It notes Civil War boosts, calcium chloride sterilization, and a modern sense of practical utility while touching on local sports and wildlife themes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
France
Nicolas Appert
Appert
Peter Durand
Durand
America
Baltimore
Isaac Solomon
Buried gold robberies and postmen of Natal history
The article recounts 19th century shipboard gold robberies including the Nelson at Hobson Bay in 1852 and the Madagascar disappearance, with later thefts from the Avoca Iberia Aredale and more, plus a tale of two Natal native postmen delivering mail over 20 years. It also notes a Glasgow Exhibition opening and Australian Commonwealth pavilion praise, and local South African timber preservation debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobson’s Bay
Madagascar
England
Stewart Island
New Zealand
Auckland Island
Avoca
Sydney
Melbourne
Martin Weiberg
Iberia
Dagland
Williamstown
Also Mentioned on This Page
P. J. Croft
S Creek
Ideal Radio
H.M.V
British Empire
Munter
Aunralis
Heo
Dengate
Life Tyne Combine
RG Als
Shearer Life Tyne
Styla
Nam
Crowing
Shearer Life
Tyne
Shearer
John Shearer
George Street
Aredale
Nelson
Australia
Glasgow
Scotland
Mary Queer
Commerce
Hayle Page
Commonwealth
Menzies
White
Britain
My Bruce
South Australia
South Atlies
Natal
Mbandhlana
Bangiswa Gwala
Estcourt
Farins
Rockmount
Jack Keer
Hlatikula
Deralkensburg
Bushman’s River
Gid
Hag
Germany
Namoi Shire
Dr. Laird
Warsworth
Laird
Porestry
J. T. Robertson & Co
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