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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1958
Page
6
Portulacas thrive in poor sandy soil and hot sun. Moss rose is a low growing form with white to pink flowers. The torenia is a shade loving annual called summer pansy. Jacobinia cornea is a showy exotic shrub thriving in rich moist soil with filtered light. Mrs Aton grows lilacs and north barberry in Sarasota.
Garden columnist muses on common plant names versus Latin genus and species. He recalls Linnaeus 1753 system, notes Rosa alba for white roses, and explains clerodendron thompsoniae naming from a Mr. Thompson. The piece uses light humor about name mixups and botanical history.
A Sarasota garden column explains root knot and stubby root nematodes damaging lawns. It describes how galls form around female nematodes, signs of damage, and a nematicide Nemagon from Shell Chemical for soil drenches. A free clinic offers soil testing and plant sampling through local garden stores.
R W Cook of Muskegon Michigan resigns as deputy general manager of the Atomic Energy Commission effective at the end of the current session. He has held the post since October 1 1954 and will join the New York executive office of American Machine and Foundry Co.
In Dothan Alabama residents abandon mystic luck and use gasoline poured into rattlesnake dens to drive snakes out, then lasso them. The method is described as a practical, modern approach to removing snakes from the area.
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