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About Oregon City courier. (Oregon City, Or.) 1902-1919 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1907)
Haas s - t mm S VI LL! XTILL I COAtES BACK') - ! K 1. mm ' i YkJ lit M , B - y- , --. . J (A hW' Ira SAVES BABIES UVES BABY RICHARDSON Son ol G. B. Richardton, 92 Wadsworlh Avenue, Bronx, New York City. Age. 12 months; weight, V) Ibj. Imperial Cranum made this baby strong and healthy a , ? ' " I - The Unsweetened IfQIB Babies fed on it have per fect digestion, no bowel irregularities, strong bones, teeth and plump firm flesh with no flabby fat. TRIAL SIZE, 25 cts., AT DRUGGISTS FREE! Send us your name and address and we wdl send you a cute : lmle rag doll lor baby, a large sample ol Imperial Granum and our helpful book (or mothers, " The Care of Babies." JNO. CARLE & SONS Deik 34 153 Water St, New York The House Palm and Its Care THE greenhouse has all tne worm of flowers for its parish. The living-room, leas lucky, must content Itself with what will thrive and Krow In it The list Is nono so lonsr. but still full of choice things. Palms, for example. It is scarcely worth while to attempt house-culturo of more tTian half-a-dosen species; but why complain when that half-doen In cludes the fern-like Kentla. the lusty round-leaved Intana Borbonica, and the stiff Old World grace of the sago palm! These, and about as many more, will thrive and burgeon In a sunny window, of temperature tnat never goes lower than fifty degrees. High heat does not hurt them; they are all children of the tropics. But great and sudden alterna tions of heat and comparative cold make the leaves spot, and look rag gedly disconsolate. Give them plenty of pot-room, but not too much. Shift once a year. If growth requires It. but not oftener. Once In two years is more likely to be right, unless the palm's lines have fallen in exceptionally sunny and well-aired places. Fertilize every fortnight. A palm In fair growth needs a teaspoonful of ammoniated bone-meal, either dug in about the roots, or stirred wen through tepid water and poured over the pot. In between fertilizing water well, hut not too well. Never let wa ter stand In the saucer around the pot. But in watering, keep on until a little shows through. That Is proof that the earth Is properly soaked. After such soaking, leave It untouched until there are little dry blotches upon the upper surface. Beware the ordinary jardiniere. Many a good palm and true has died of hideous red or yellow glazed earth enware. Palm roots need air; nice, free-circulating air, not that which is damp, and close, and full of mould bred by confinement. The dampness alone often rots off the line feeding rootlets, and sets up decay that at last runs on to the main stalk. Keep ' nuts clean outside. There Is hue more artistic that j dull red earth. har that of v iJ. 1