This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1970
Page
7
A fragment discusses risks to bluegrasses and bentgrasses from cold, standing water, and related factors, noting uncertainties about resilience versus ryegrass. The passage is garbled but mentions potential winter hazards affecting turf varieties.
A joint effort by the New York Botanical Garden Smithsonian Institution and Missouri Botanical Garden will computerize catalogues of all United States plants this month. The project seeks instant retrieval of plant data for researchers and to aid non scientists in selecting suitable vegetation for highways and regions.
The summer lull is ideal to plan and build rock gardens. Choose a sunny location, preferably on a slope or near a rock outcrop, or create grade changes. Build with drainage, use uniform rock types, avoid sharp stones, and plant low creeping species for easy maintenance.
Garden experts advise growing everlastings for winter decor. Strawflowers globe amaranths and chicory-like blooms provide color for drying. Prepare soil, sow tightly, cover, then germinate, thin, water, and hang in a shaded airy place to dry for use.
Warning for areas where road salt is used on paths. Flush nearby plants with plenty of water when weather allows, especially in early spring, then fertilize promptly to aid recovery.
A pencil and a seed catalog comfort the gardener during winter and help turn dreams into reality. Adding cross section paper to the pencil and catalog enables planning for later planting and estimating footages of garden areas anytime.
Guidance on when to plant annuals by climate. Recommends quick flowering annuals such as poppies and bachelor buttons for warm regions and cool weather annuals like larkspur and sweet peas, noting to avoid reseeding existing sowings.
An unusual house plant is the Jacaranda tree a Brazilian native with fern like leaves and blue flowers. Seeds can furnish foliage for summer and a potted plant indoors will be a conversation piece through winter.
The piece notes Bartonia or Blazing Star opens at night and stays open until noon the next day, and four o clocks earn their name from opening at four in the afternoon.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.