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THUP~DAY, JUNE Xg, ~9~<br />

Cal-penteT Ant May .<br />

Be Dwelling Pest<br />

The blhck carpenter ant, Is a<br />

WOOd nesting insect which oceasthnsfly<br />

becomes a peat ht<br />

d...ing,<br />

erie FI~AN]II,IN NZ~¯D PAOE OA<br />

h ~’~1"-<br />

for<br />

Carpenter at3ta 8~b soft WOOd,<br />

partlcciariy thai’weathered and<br />

beginning to decay, to make<br />

Problem~ oy She Innocent ant~ the Stubborn cavities to rear their young, The<br />

People who try to grow a lady in Hoboken who finds that Ianth<br />

simply<br />

do<br />

e~eci<br />

not<br />

it<br />

eat<br />

In<br />

the<br />

fiber<br />

wood,<br />

shreds<br />

hut<br />

as<br />

gardenias in their homes are :.file buds of her Easter gardenia they remove it in eonstructtog<br />

either innocent, or stubborn, are turning brown arnold the<br />

thnovcnt because they haven’t edges and d~ppthg off,<br />

theth chambers,<br />

Carpenter anl~ are distinguishheard<br />

that the average home is Tile garden book she bought ed from termites in that their<br />

no place to fry to grow a gard=- tsa~ tO water it often and feed ohar/~bora are clean and are cut<br />

rda, it acid. Evw mo~ Water? What across the grain ~ w~d. Pgea<br />

Stuhhm’n. like me, because<br />

they know It but keep on trying,<br />

klnd of acid? of shredded fibers occur on the<br />

First about the acid bUSiness. ,°utslde of infests[ wOOd.<br />

Dlsappointnlent is praetieaKy<br />

sure for both kinds, but that<br />

rare fragzant ~vom Beams io<br />

Feeding a gardenia plant acid<br />

WOthd he sure death for It,<br />

J~t ~-(~|lt C.~xe<br />

A five or six Percent ehlordgne<br />

dust or . 10 percent DDT dust I<br />

shou/d be blown Mto the gallery<br />

Stra]gMer~ It<br />

TO ~tte~ a warped~10.<br />

r~she the whole effort worth. What th0 garden’book author with a garden duster or anotheX llograpb reeo~, place tton<br />

while, probably meant te say, accord- type of dispenser. Do nDt close top ota wgrm clothes dr -<br />

er.<br />

~,*L<br />

~pr~td oaf a towel dr<br />

Eccentric ing to our Rutgers floriculture up ~he gugery until ell signs of<br />

Aroued Rthgers I’m known as specialist. Msiectht R. H~*rrison,<br />

Weight it With a hea envy<br />

life are g~e.<br />

book. Let it remain tm¯t<br />

the e~n{ric V:bo carries more is Ihat [eclil~ers a,’~ tlattlrsliy For further i~formatton write tha dryer co~l~.<br />

than f~ pounds of gardenia acsf. for the bul[etin. "House Ants<br />

p]anb pot and soil froi~t his He recomlnends one of the and Their Centre[*’, free or, rebeokyard<br />

to the office every soluble fertilizers ~uch as quest to Agri~Rurat Extensinn Washill<strong>gt</strong>oll (~Alup<br />

September a~d then carries the 15-t5-15 or 1540-18, dit~ted and Service¯ County Administration ISite of July 4 Sctwicc<br />

whole thing home again In May, used ac¢ordhlg to directiotls, Building¯ ~omervg[e,<br />

E<br />

Light from the office windows Aa for watering, let’s go hack Dr+ A, Angus Austen, chnlr. m<br />

a~d from overhead fixtures~ plus again to ~e USDA leaflet: man o~" lhe DivJ~iaa of ~eh<br />

a fair amount of hqmidity helps "Bloom failure may be caused end at~sistant profsaor of speech I<br />

keep my outsize gar~ecia nitre by poor iHumlnado13, by over- at Burgers University, will be<br />

over the winter, wsthrlng, by the soil becoming principal sl~eaker at the 74thl<br />

Then, when I plunge the pot dry, by sudden changes in tom- k.<br />

Washinglon Camp Ground Asth<br />

the SOB Jtl ~ half-shs’dy place peratore, by dry atmosphere or s~c’iation Independence Day ob<br />

for the awnner, there*8 ~t prettyhigh humidity comhthed with servar.ce in ~ridgeWator, angc~d<br />

chonce that It wilt bloom tack of ligkl, or by h~gh soiL nounces Robert R. Hmeheaon,<br />

during the summer, temperature.<br />

’~<br />

3resident,<br />

V<br />

’Unpoo~lsthg<br />

~<br />

In other words, you’re lucky Starting at ]0:45 a.m.. cere-<br />

2 leara~ a long I/me ago Irom if yea keep s bud on your p~a~t, ~onies will take pMce on the<br />

the experts and tile "Gardenia luckier ~[i]l it it stays to flower, association’s 20.acre tract on the<br />

CuRure" leaflet the U+ S. De- You can’t do worse than Let Heights oi Middlcbrook where<br />

partment of Agriculture pub- nature take care of y~ul" tha Continental Army encsmpod<br />

lishes, that the gardenia "is an gardenia outdoors, Dot and all, in 177%0. This Is where the<br />

unpromising plant for the home in the garden f~om now u~fil "Betsy was flying Ross" fMg of at 13 the stars Army head- LOI<br />

window gard~m." I~thor Day, Be happy if y~u can<br />

StilL quoting from the USDAkeep it alive over the winte~<br />

leaflet: "One of the most dif- near u sunny window, not tee hot<br />

quarters when adopted as the<br />

national flag by the Continental<br />

fieult problems in gardenia cul- nor too cold, .too dry nor leo Congress The a.~.xoctation keeps<br />

turn is bud drop, or bloom fail- wef, tmt/l next May,<br />

txre," Join u9 with the stubborn gas-<br />

And that ¯brings us up to the denis owners and see what you<br />

basines~ st hand, t letter from can do,<br />

Wken To Prlli~e<br />

SpYin// t}owering ~r~bs<br />

should ~at be pruned until<br />

after they have complcthd<br />

the ~[ag flying t~ere day and<br />

night,<br />

2 RAGWEED SPECIES IN COUNTY came thick arid numerous.<br />

remove a few at grOUnd<br />

O! tha weeds common Io S~rn- green, ~nson~pJcuous ~Iower I~vek<br />

erect Coanty, few aye more parts at the riPe of lhe branches.<br />

barmfci to ~ublic health thnn Since it i~ very Jlghl, Jl may be BFO~] Lea~ ]~vergreeBS<br />

ragweehs. Their pollen is the<br />

c~rrled easily by air currents Need Acid Softs<br />

~rinmry cause of hay fever<br />

prevele~ during August a~d far maIw miles, But the non- There bane been no.serous re-<br />

September. cenlrat~on Df ragweed 10ellen ports of rhododendrons, azalea, i<br />

Two species ~3t ragweedare that taut;ca the most trouble is<br />

OFUOUg~E<br />

andromeda and laurel showing J<br />

found in the" County: commonfound near tile areas where signs of p0Ol" grDw~, yeMowish:<br />

ragweed--ambrosia arienllsL there is an abuedshee of plants, foliage and a drying of branches<br />

folia -- and giant ragweed ~ Any rnelhod of Cont~l {hat this gpr~ng.<br />

ambrosia trifldn, prevcal~ the seed from maturing Although we usually think of<br />

Common re#weed reaches a will be effective. Meuhaniea[nn irl~ec~ or disease, It is often<br />

hulght of one to five feet, The nx~thods suuh ~s cutting, tnow- a weather, cultural or soil<br />

slam is hairy sad ~aoy-hraneh- tog* pollthg or hoeing are g~od dillon csusting the tro~ble.<br />

ed. The leaves are on[y slightly Ion smsR nreas, The weed-kith ~hvdodevdro., a~sfsa.<br />

g<br />

~ " ", s song y h’lden edo ’ par - . ins el en col 2 4-D is very el- dromeda and lanrel require<br />

ed, ~*nd mostly oppc~slle on the recline if applied early and be- special soils fat’ best growth. A<br />

sl~m and branches, fore seeds are formed, light, porous, wetl-dralncd soil<br />

Giant ragweed often grows Further informatlan on rag- quite acid or sour wflh an abun-<br />

Rein five’to Inure than 15 feel weeds IS fotlnd in a free circular, dsnee of organic matter ls<br />

l~dl. The slams al~ creel, rank "Ragweed and its Cocirol," necessary if satisfactory growth<br />

[~W[~ ~N0 ~hg0~ TR~.~TO~<br />

This sporty Work horse mow|<br />

lawn, ti~I$ soil, c/ears allow..,<br />

spe=dsandeasessl[lawnaadgardan<br />

tasks with more power than<br />

aay other suburba0-sized tractor.<br />

Over 20 Wheel Horse attaching<br />

If year f~m~ly ~eefls "r~om to<br />

grow~’~ ¢orfie In oi~d ~lk OVer<br />

eerlcw colt homelmproverae#<br />

pinna. ’~erm$ are r¢,ason¢lb[e,,,<br />

poymenU, tt*bedth your buds-<br />

~f, ArrangemenB can u~ualb/<br />

be mode in one vllih<br />

s~ coarse, ha~ry and have ~vailablo from the AgrJcuhura] , Is expected, tools I~l~de cem~cr~em~led 3d"<br />

many branches,<br />

Flower Pollen Jministration Tile pollen<br />

¯<br />

~s produced In tha vdle.<br />

Building, ~omerrOtBl~<br />

mower, gelPpowfr~d tJg~<br />

with iron deficiencies, swe~t snow-dozer blade,<br />

young leaves of the plant appear ~,<br />

:<br />

, oo.oocio.a.k --°"hell<br />

ye’’°W<br />

leaves have ycgow ~reas be- ~’ .....<br />

’I’h~ proper a]~oun[ of 0him [’l~iii~<br />

inum suitvfe, theogho,0er,00ves<br />

I~n sulfate, or bee<br />

¯ .All Leading Blran~ ~ FIXTU¯Eg of ~he "chelated" irene can be<br />

¯<br />

Plumbthg ¯ Heafthg recommended if the ~ii lacks<br />

¯ PAecirleaI ¯ ¯ardware - i acidity. After the soil aeidit~ tall rRFA gOgSJ~ ~eOD~IFI<br />

¯ ¯<br />

i<br />

Aluminum FteduetJI adlusted, ~nly apply fertUizer<br />

. for acid loving plants. Never<br />

Seeforyour~ffwhyWh~lHottl<br />

gets mole 6one Rrid gives mot*<br />

apply time to this gr~uo<br />

@ Pi 6- Cut & ~hreaded<br />

plant~, Tour<br />

h<br />

test rlde, ~tt .<br />

For bulletins,fUrther in[croat[ca,<br />

¯ ~ Ftgd~ Gcivecized.~pper.-~lrass ~1-<br />

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