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Newspaper
Preston News
Location
Preston, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1908
Page
16
Adelaide Bachman explains why perennial bloomers like day lily iris and columbine endure winter and reappear in vigor. The piece urges fall transplanting for peony and iris, notes Alleghany or Smoke Vine as a key biennial, and stresses bulb planting season with Narcissus and daffodils, urging early planting for winter blooms.
The mound birds, a scratching-bird group, hatch eggs in self-made incubators using heat from decaying matter. They form large green mounds with edge nests, lay very large eggs, and abandon the nest after laying. Young are large and strong and emerge by scratching upward. You can easily make three dollars a day working for us. See the inside cover.
A short note describes a six inch perch from the Fast Indies that can leave water and cross land to reach new pools. It climbs trees at night using its spiny gill processes and fins to move along rough bark, then descends with a splash to feed on insects and return to the water.
A concise verse notes September to October transitions with autumn scenes. It contrasts harvest imagery and nature’s changes with the return of the schoolteacher to the hilltop schoolhouse, marking seasonal shift and education.
Insects exceed mammals in variety and size relative to the smallest species. Termites live years and lay eggs rapidly, cicadas reach long ages with years as grub beneath soil, and the housefly completes life cycles in days. Colorful species inspire admiration from golden beetles to morpho butterflies. Ants recognize nestmates even after long separations.
The Thirteen Club of New York, a genial society opposing superstitions, hosts monthly banquets on the thirteenth with novel and amusing defiance of hoddoo practices.
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