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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1955
Page
22
In Des Moines maintenance men warn that squirrels gnaw lead sheathing, causing costly damage to telephone cables. Water vapor condenses inside cables, creating holes that disrupt service and cost up to 1800 dollars yearly.
June signals outdoor garden work with advice on safe planting, mulch use, tree guards, staking delphiniums and peonies, deadheading, and preparing iris tours. Readers are urged to space plantings for corn and beans, avoid disease, and prune shrubs to ensure next spring blossoms.
Guidance on transplanting myrtle advises cutting off long runners to promote ground cover. Pruning vines and shrubs generally stimulates growth nearer the crown for a bushier, faster-spreading plant.
J. H. Long sent a letter to Governor Allan Shivers at his Magnolia Texas summer home. The reply was returned marked unknown.
It's Your Landscape advises choosing shade tolerant broad leafed evergreens for shaded yards. Hybridized rhododendron azalea pieris holly and similar varieties endure cold with rich mulch and drainage. The plan suggests informal borders for small lots and offers reader help from B Le Roy Gilbert upon receiving a home photo.
In observance of Iris Days on June 4 and 5 the Empire State Iris Society will open area gardens to the public. Ed Bisbee in Baldwinsville will showcase about 500 varieties for three weeks starting Monday. Other hosts include Mrs. Ross L. King Split Rock Road with about 250 varieties from Memorial Day, Mrs. John Kuppel East Syracuse with 200 varieties Sunday through June 5, Mrs. Ben Meyer Fayetteville on Woodchuck Hill Road opening Tuesday through the bloom, Judge John H. Farnham Fayetteville and Mrs. Alvin Soule Fayetteville admitting the public Wednesday only, Prof. A. H. MacAndrews DeWitt Road on June 4, Thomas Hall Buenville gardens on June 4 and 5 in Verona Lowell Hawthorne showcasing Wednesday through Sunday, and Mrs. Chester Smith Homer opening Wednesday for the blooming season.
Garden clubs in the Syracuse area announce public garden hours and meetings. The Sundial Garden Club meets at 1 p.m. with Mrs. Max Kornmuller. Syracuse African Violet Society hosts a 6:30 p.m. dinner at Rockefeller Memorial Church. the Syracuse branch of the American Iris Society holds a 6 p.m. covered dish supper at Mrs. Ben Meyer’s home. Eastwood Garden Club gathers at 8 p.m. with Mrs. Helen Krutulis. Garden Gate Garden Club hosts a plant barter and flower arrangements session at Mrs. James Persse in Jamesville at 1 p.m.
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