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House Plants
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"o Grow
By KAY SHERWOOD
, Newspaper Enterprise Asia.
The current enthusiasm among
fashionable interior decorators for
-masses of greenery within the
home will strike many homemak
trs as pretty funny.
They enn't Imagine a home
without a sunny window full of
cheerful flowers and greenery
tucked wherever possible, fashion
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able or not. '
, But the fact remains that the
emphasis on plants as important
decorative accessories has
(purred some of us to test the
green thumb and look with new
interest on planters and the mod
ern versions of ferneries and
plant stands.
My own attempts to produce
that lush look of tropical splen
dor so acclaimed these days have
pot been a complete success.
- Then I met the parlor palm
and a hardy ivy that restored
my self - confidence. The parlor 5
palm, I am convinced, will grow
anywhere under any conditions
a splendid plant for me.
In the interests of better edu
cated "green thumbs," the gar
dening experts of a national as
sociation drew up these remind
ers for us:
. Light Plants that will bear
flowers or fruit need direct sun
for best development. Most foli
age plants do well without direct
sun but must have strong natural
light (or artificial light) to grow
properly. .
If you use sun-loving plants to
decorate a dim part of the room,
move them into sunlight for three
hours dailv.
Temperature Mos.t plants
thrive best in rooms' heated no
higher than 75-75 degrees by day
and 65 at night. Some plants can
stand higher temperatures than
others; let your plant dealer or
florist advise on this point.
Humidity Plants like high hu
midity. Offset dryness of rooms
in winter by setting potted plants
in tray,s or saucers of pebbles and
keep a constant water level just
below base of pots. In planters
or decorative cache pots, put a
layer of pebbles about inch in
the base, set porous clay pots on
pebbles and fill in around them
with peat moss and keep moss
damp.
. water tacn piam neeas inoi-
' vidual attention. Touch topsoil
with fingertip. If soil feels dry,
water thoroughly. If soil feels
moist, don't water.
' FresH Air All plants must
have fresh air every day. They
will do better if not subject to
drafts (thank heavens, the parlor
palm can't read). A preferred
treatment is to open a window
In an adjoining room for 15 min
utes every day.
' Cleanliness House plants with
glossy or leathery foliage should
be washed every week with clear
water. Use a small laundry spray
cr the dish spray in your kitchen
sink.
Food Give plants a monthly
.feeding of a soluble houscplant
food mixed according to package
directions. Use good potting soil,
cither a prepared ready-made one
or mix your own using equal
parts of garden loam, sand, plus
lcafmold or peatmoss.
Pest Control Be on the alert
for possible insects. As a pre
caution, you might spray plants
once a month. Pushbutton cans of
Insecticides made for use on
house plants are convenient but
you can mix your own spray. B
sure to spray undersides of leaves
as well as on top.
Kids Overhead
.Patter On Roof
SAN FRANCISCO (UPI) - If 5
there's anything' more annoying
than children underfoot it's chil
dren overhead.
Alfred Schnurman decided
Thursday night, to investigate the
pitler patter of little feet on his
roof. He found Phil Rader, 7, and
his sister, Bobbie, 4, scampering
around the roof.
The youngsters had eluded their
babysitters and climbed to the
roof for a short prowl.
After notifying the babysitters
who were downstairs listening 16
jazz records, Schnurman climbed
up the roof and grabbed Bobbie.
Phil, realizing the end of his
Bight out, darted back through the
window and climbed into bed.
Police, who were summoned by
another worried neighbor, arrived
at the Rader house where they
found both children tucked snugly
In bed.
REDS TOL'R CANADA
OTTAWA (AP) A Commu
Bnist Chinese trade delegation
Started a three or four month tour
of Canada today amid speculation
that it may be seeking wheat and
ether farm products.
Arrival of the two-man delega
tion in Montreal Thursday night
coincided with a report by the of
ficial Peiping People's Daily that
Red China in the past year suf
fered "great calamity" with'
more than half its cultivated land
hit by floods, drought and insect
raid.
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