Best time to cut garden flowers and handling tips
Reader asks about when to cut flowers like scarlet roses and pale pink blooms. Advice favors early morning or evening cuts to maximize moisture, avoid heat, and prevent air bubbles. use a sharp knife, pre-draw water, and consider preservatives. avoid aspirin.
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North Ridge
Lamprey run shows sharp drop after chemical control
The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries reports electrical traps in streams draining into Lake Superior have captured about 6 000 lampreys so far this year. Based on eight year counts the 1965 run may total nine to 12 thousand, a drop of over 75 percent from pre 1954 levels when chemical control began. The lamprey predator has drastically reduced Great Lakes fish, notably lake trout populations.
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Marquette
Mich
Bureau of Commercial Fisheries
United States
Lake Superior
Great Lakes
Old World flavor spices New York cafe at Stanhope Hotel
Fifth Avenue hotel opens Cafe du Parc across from Central Park and the Met. The Stanhope emphasizes European service with French flair, flower boxes, canopy and sidewalk seating. Guests enjoy pampered touches like shoeshine, bi lingual staff, and gifts for longer stays.
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UPI
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Bromber
Trout eggs flown to Russia from Oregon hatchery
About 100000 steelhead trout eggs from Eagle Creek National Fish Hatchery in Oregon were shipped to the Soviet Union in insulated cartons in exchange for Atlantic and sockeye salmon eggs. The eggs are used for experimental stocking under an Interior Department program run by the Fish and Wildlife Service.
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Estacada
Ore
Soviet Union
Eagle Creek National Fish Hatchery
Oregon
Department of the Interior
Fish and Wildlife Service
Extension advice on tree cankers and garden care
Extension service outlines wound treatment for trees to limit canker spread and recommends soil fertility for vigor. It lists common host species and notes rolled tomato leaves from overwatering or genetics, with guidance on pruning, pests, and distinguishing from potato leaf roll. Also offers July sowing tips for beets carrots turnips and watering guidance. A New York UP I brief cites Detroit tourist crop growth and hotel space demand in 1965.
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New York
UPI
Detroit
Chantenay
Berlin
Chial
Rock garden ideas adapt to rocky outcroppings and alpine plants
Article discusses creating natural rock gardens on outcroppings using hardy, low growing plants like cotoneaster and junipers. Advice covers soil pockets, breaking rock to form planting pockets, weed control, and light fertilizer sprays. Includes AAA summer travel spending figures and booklet offers.
Atomic scientist dies in Bologna after brief illness
Prof J M Morey Amsterdam of Th Alberto Tomasini, 35, described as one of Italy's leading young atomic scientists with an encyclopedic mind for jokes, died here Thursday after a brief illness.
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Bologna
Italy
UPI
J/M Morey Amsterdam
Alberto Tomasini
Dick van Dyke
First successful artificial spawning of Montana grayling
The Bozeman National Fish Hatchery reports the first successful artificial spawning of the Montana grayling, a trout family species on the endangered list. This breakthrough advances U S fish culture after past reliance on wild eggs for hatcheries.
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Mont
Montana
Bozeman National Fish Hatchery
Department of the Interior
United States
Water flow and mulch tips for garden hoses and plants
A reader asks if hose size affects water delivery with constant pressure. larger inside diameter increases flow. Advice covers mulch to conserve moisture, tomato disease causes and prevention, chestnut aroma notes, zinnia problems, and rhubarb feeding to prevent stress and disease.
Four Whooping Crane Eggs Found In West
Four whooping crane eggs were found in a single nest by a Canadian Wildlife Service aerial survey. The pairresponded vigorously to conservation efforts as only two eggs are typical. Three other nests were sighted, one abandoned. Wild cranes on the Interior Department danger list numbered 42 spring migration from Texas wintering at Arkansas Refuge.
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Washington, DC
Canadian Wildlife Service
Department of the Interior
Ransas National Wildlife Refige
Texas
Ukrainian Easter Egg Art Exhibit at Rice Fondren Library
Rice University bulletin lists a 1965 exhibit in Fondren Library titled The Art of Making Ukrainian Easter Eggs among exhibits concerts recitals and papers. The exhibit showcases traditional Ukrainian egg decoration as part of campus cultural offerings.
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Houston
UFI
Rice University
Bulletin of Levents
Fondren
Forcing CyCLAMEN Bloom Again From Dormancy
The CYCLAMEN can be forced into bloom again by rest in a cellar or outdoors with no water. In fall move indoors and begin watering when a tiny sprout appears, signaling dormancy break. Place in a bright window to avoid spindly growth.
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