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o S 6 MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE. THOTSBAT. 8CTTEMBEH 1. 18 Interrupted Naps Make Poinsettias Bloom At Yule Stillwater, Okla. (Science Service) The most effective way to make poinsettias bloom just before Christmas is to shine lights on the plants from midnight to 1 a.m. each night from Sept. 22 to Oct. 10. Under this treatment the plants are at the peak of blooming on Dec. 20, rather than Dec, 10 - the natural peak point. These conclusions are the result of a two-year study of plant reaction to different pe riods of light exposure, Drs Robert C. Miller and C. C, Kiplingcr of the Ohio Agri cultural Experiment station. Wooster, reported in a study prepared for delivery here this morning at the American Institute of Biological Sci ences meeting. Why does giving a plant more Hunt make it bloom lat cr? Dr. Miller explained it this way: Poinsettias start forming flowers when the days get shorter and are call ed short-day plants. But really they are long-night plants. Like people, they need their rest. If their night.- long 'sleep" Is interrnptea, they do not flower as looh as they would under normal condi tions. Under constant light these plants will not bloom at all. Researchers and green Iiouse owners have tried turn ing on lights at the beginning and end of the daylight hours, Ihus essentially lengthening the number of hours of expo sure to light. Some used four additional hours of light, ei fei ther in two doses or all In one. However, no method has proved so effective as "wak- ing up" the plant exactly In the middle of the night, Dr. Miller determined. During the daytime, of course, the plant gets normal sunshine. The middle of the night method works just as well even if the light is not con tinuous. A technique known as "flashlighting" is Just as effective, not only for poin eetUas but for chrysanthe mums as well. This consists of dividing each minute of the hour-lon8 period into two seconds S light and 58 teo oriSs of darkness. For polnsct tias growers who have large numbers of plants, flashlight ing is pertlcularjy valuable for cutting down on electrici ty hills and Is one way of staggering loads on power lines. Either technique works for poinsettias of any age kept at 62 degrees Fahrenheit. The best type of light found so far is regular incandescent light of about 20 foot-candie intensity. Because the long - red visible radiation is the most effective agent, fluores cent lights - mostly In the blue range - are not suitable, Dr. Miller said. However, a fluorescent lamp concentrated in the red range is being de veloped and may prove to be better than ordinary electric bulbs. Just why a plant reacts this way to Interrupted nights is not known. 3)hc physiology has not been worked out. The factor which controls flower ing is believed to be a growth regulator. Root growth inhib its flower budding and vice versa. - It also has been shown that the leaves of the polnscttia produce a flower inhibitor. A branch from light-treated plant grafted to an untreated host will flower only If the leaves of the host plant are removed. Dr. Miller found that this single graft can also influence the host to flower earlier than usual, Writer Reviews Common Problem in Photography -Subject Out of Focus By A. W. McCOLLOUGH United Press International New York - Let's turn our backs for a while on such questions as "whether photog raphy is art and how to ex press an individual point of view in photos and consider the common problem of blur ry pictures. Most of the snapshot takers I know find that at least one picture on each roll is no good because the image is unsharp. And most of those camera users chalk It up to poor fo cusing. Eight times out of 10 they are mistaken: the true cause was camera movement. Immediately I hear the ex perts and the camera makers chorusing: "Aha; the photog raphers broke a cardinal rule they jabbed at the shutter re lease instead of squeezing it gently, and so they moved the camera." Manufacturer's Fault Probably true. And whose fault is it? Basically, not the photographer's, but the cam era manufacturer's. Most camera shutter re leases simply fxe not proper ly designed to prevent camera movement. This is particular ly true on the less expensive models ,the kind that most of the 52 million American am ateur photographers use. Take a look at your own camera. The chances are that the shutter release button, or lever, must be pushed either sideways or downward. The result is that when you snap the picture you almost inev itably push the camera side ways or downward, loo, and thereby blur the picture, per haps so slightly as to be al most unnoticc'able, perhaps so much that the image is un recognizable. Of course, the careful pic ture taker tries to be gentle in releasing the shutter, and most times, if he is really careful, hesjiicceeds. But why do the camera makers make it so tough for .us? Why don't they get busy and design better release but tons and levers that are jab proof? Here's one idea that seems to make sense, and I leave It to the camera and shutter builders to say why not, if it doesn't: design the release so that it moves BACKWARD in relation to the earner. Then if the camera is being held against the face while the user's eye is looking through the viewfinder, as most mod ern cameras are held, the fin ger pushing the shutter re lease can't jar the camera much, because the camera, being already braced against the face, can't move back ward. Soutli Bend, Ind.-Most of the stock was drenched when a large water pipe burst in a downtown store. The store specializes in raincoats. Sawdust S&H GREEN STAMPS Medford Fuel Co. Tel. SP 2-21 11 Court S, McAnd. Wall Street Chatter New York - WPI) - The con giant rotation of Interest that has been a hallmark of the market for the past few weeks Is a factor of strength and not of weakness, according to Kenneth Ward of Hayden, Stone and Co. - Profits derived from stocks which have had sharp run-ups, audi as aircrafls, are almost immediately reinvested In other relatively unexploitcd issues, he says. Goodbody and Co. has a report on the glass fiber In dustry and currently favors Owens-Corning, Gustln-Bacon and Ferro for long term In vestment accounts. Stock Trend Service tells Its clients to avoid Western Union and take on long term ! investment positions in Col gate-Palmollve. Business Reports, Inc. rec ommends Florida Public Util ities for the young investor seeking long term growth; First Boston Corp. for the middle-aged seeking high in come security; and Arkansas Power and Light for the re tired or ioon-to-be-retlrd. 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