The Boston Fern and Garden Notes of a Chronicle Writer
A Chronicle Telegram column discusses Boston Fern care noting it prefers moisture but not soggy soil and a humid atmosphere. It explains pot watering in a pebble tray, weekly fertilizer, and recollections of barber shop ferns, plus a history of Nephrolepis exaltata bostomensis and related forms. Details on maidenhair fern, bluegrass seeding, and upcoming vegetable seed plans follow.
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Boston
Birmingham
Gladys Glime
Firelands Garden Club
Ialso
Florida
Philadelphia
F.C. Becker
Cambridge Mass
Kew Gardens
England
Bostoniensis
Pierson and
Whitman
Imperator Carrot
Mixed Plant Stands May Suppress Insect Pests Says Cornell Expert
Cornell entomologist Richard B. Root reports that mixed plant stands disrupt insect orientation via plant odor cues, reducing pests like flea beetles on collards when interplanted with tomatoes and tobacco. He notes monocultures intensify feeding and boost beetle numbers, while diversity lowers reproduction. EIGHT new fruit varieties were named at the New York State Fruit Testing Cooperative meeting, including Jonomac apple a 1944 cross and Seneca plum a 1937 Italian Prune cross.
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Cornell University
Richard B. Root
Root
New York State Fruit Testing Cooperative Assn
Gardening tips for gardenias camellias and cotton plants indoors
The article explains home cultivation tips and common problems for gardenias, camellias, and cotton plants. It covers humidity and temperature needs, light, soil acidity, watering, pruning, and disease issues such as gardenia canker and nematodes, with notes on cotton seed growing and a teaching-at-home angle.
Aloe vera as kitchen herb and medical plant
Aloe vera commonly used to soothe kitchen burns and as after shave. Historical note cites 4th century B C use for inflamed areas. Fresh leaf juice contains Aloin and oozes when leaves are cut forming a protective coating. propagation via offsets or division. prefers semi sunny window and sandy peat loam mix.
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George Abraham
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Waleburg
Carnegie
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Southgate
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