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December 25, 1969     Shelton Mason County Journal
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T!ps On Care of P!an!00s Are Given 1 so ! s va t ot  a these bulbs do not bloom the rather idely eir so branches back to 2 every da following year but willbloom the moisture and temperature above the pot and either plant in the soil gets good and wet. Wipe next year. This non-blooming is requirements, the leaves off occasionally with a caused by the bulbs being forced particularly, the garden (pot and all) or simply LES FIELDS AUTO PARTS i ,mini IIII I III IIIiiiii I II I I J II I I II II I Greeting drawn by Cherie Tibbits, 6th Grade, Mt. View ii I I I I II APEX GROCERY IIII I I II IIII In I III ii I III " I . I II _. II I II .I I III III II Because some of these plants are grown under conditions quite different in homes where they are used, some special care greatly increase their value. Here are some suggestions for their care. Poinsettias, cyclamen, azaleas, Christmas cherries and Christmas peppers are among the pot plants commonly used for the Christmas holiday season. Keep the soil of your poinsettias fairly moist during the blooming period. When the blossoms finally drop, start cutting down on water. Water every other day for the first week, twice the second week and then let them slowly dry out. When the plant is completely dry, it becomes dormant. Put it in the basement in a cool place until spring. When the weather warms out-of-doors enough to plant tender seeds such as corn and grow it indoors as a pot plant. In 'either case, you should have a nice big plant next winter. Azaleas require considerable water. If the air in the home is moist, watering only every second or third day may be enough. Let the soil become fairly dry before watering. Don't try to keep it soaking wet. When the blossoms have all dropped, continue to water. When spring comes, plant out-of-doors. With winter protection, some azaleas will overwinter east of the Cascade Mountains. You can bring the plant in the house the following fall. Whether you do or not, remember azaleas like an acid soil. Use plenty of peat moss both in the graden and in the pot. Cyclamen are easy to keep blooming over a long period of time. Keep them moist at all Forest Service Ships Trees From Nurseries The-Forest Service's two tree nurseries in the Pacific Northwest Region shipped 9,700,000 seedlings for use in reforesting National Forest lands this fall. The total is 3,500,000 more than a year ago. The nurseries expect to ship another 17,300,000 seedlings for next spring's planting season. The total -- 28,400,000 - would be a record number for one year and about 5,000,000 more than the previous year. The nurseries are at Wind River, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington, and Bend, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon. The trees will reforest about 71,000 acres of National Forest land. In addition, more than I 0,000 pounds of seed were sown by aircraft this fall on 5,000 acres of land. Last fiscal year about 19,000,000 seedlings were planted on 50,000 acres and seed sown on 10,000 acres. The acres reforested were those from which about 3,000,000,000 board feet of timber had been harvested to help meet the Nation's need for wood products, according to Regional Forester Charles A. Connaughton. That volume would build about 325,000 &hree-bedroom ranch-style houses. Prompt reforestation of cutover lands will assure an even greater future yield through I I I intensive forest management, Connaughton said. The lands are planted or sown with carefully selected conifer species best suited to each area. Principal species used are Douglas-fir, ponderosa pine, noble and Shasta fir, and lodgepole pine. In a d d i t ion to the reforestation work, 73,000 acres of young timber stands were thinned last fiscal year in the 19 National Forests of the Pacific Northwest Region (Oregon and most of Washington). Purpose of the thinning is to remove worthless trees and brush" and leave the kind and number of trees that will grow most rapidly. Thinning is done in dense, stagnated stands too small for commercial use. Remaining trees in thinned stands increase their annual diameter growth rapidly. Thus commercial-sized trees will be grown much sooner than in unthinned, dense stands. There are other benefits from the thinning in commercial forest land area, Connaughton pointed out. it reduces losses from decay, insects, and other natural causes. Wildlife and livestock habitat is improved, water for irrigation and domestic uses usually increases, and the probability of destructive fire is reduced. Such timber stand improvements are the foundation of intensive timber management to produce more wood products for the Nation's growing population, the Regional Forester said. Intellectually I know that America is no better than any other country; emotionally I l know she is better than every D other country. - Sinclair Lewis damp cloth to keep them clean. A north window is better for them than full sunlight. When your cyclamen is through blooming, dry it off gradually. Put it in the basement, still in the pot, but water it lightly every three or four weeks to keep the bulb from drying out completely. When spring comes, remove the bulb, soil and all out of the pot and plant it in a partially shaded spot. Repot it before the first frost in the fall and bring it into the house. Florists seldom try to keep the plants over from year to year. They prefer to start new plants from seed. It requires about 18 months from seed to produce marketable plants. Christmas cherries and Christmas peppers require care such as you give geraniums. Allowing them to dry out causes the leaves to turn yellow and drop. They are quite tolerant to temperature changes and about as frost-hardy as tomato plants. Don't let them freeze, it is possible to keep the plants over in the house and plant them out in the spring. They like full sunlight. Florists prefer to start from seed every spring because the plants otherwise get too large the second year. Mother's Day and Easter Plants Tulips, daffodils, lilies, azaleas, hydrangeas, begoinias, roses, cinerarias, calceolarias, and cyclamen are the plants commonly used for Mother's Day and Easter. Keep bulb plants- tulip, daffodil and lily, - in the house at 60 to 65 degrees. Water them as you would a geranium. When the plants stop bloonfing, plant them in the garden. Usually into earlier bloom in the greenhouse. Keep hydrangeas at approximately 65 degrees in an east or west window. Keep the soil moist but not soaked. Too much moisture causes their roots to rot. Give each plant a teaspoonful of commercial fertilizer once a month. Dissolve the fertilizer in water. When the blooms dry up, slowly dry the plant but continue to water it about once every two weeks. The leaves will all fall off but continue watering just the same. When spring comes, plant it in a partially shaded place in the garden. Hydrangeas are semi-hardy and will winterover out-of-doors. Be sure to prune them back heavily when you plant them out. Begonias are easy to grow the year around in the house. You can plant them in the garden or in the window box. Keep the soil moist. Frequent watering is necessary. The plants bloom continuously when you keep the old blossoms picked off and fertilize them as you fertilize hydrangeas. Baby Rambler of Polyantha roses are hardy out-of-doors. Water and fertilize them regularly. Plant them in a permanent place in the spring. Cinerarias and calceolarias usually remain in bloom four to six weeks when given plenty of water and kept at 60 to 65 degrees constantly. Avoid drafts. East or west window exposures are good. The plants wilt badly in bright sunlight or high temperature. Both cinerarias and calceolarias are annuals so trying to keep them after blooming is not advisable. Greeting Drawn by Melody Walker Age 1 1, Bordeaux II II. "Live Better Electrically" I I II : J • • I I  I ill ii • i) i i i I i till i i 20- Shelton-Maon CotmtyJeumel - Thursday, December 25, 1969 MA8ON COUNTY P.U.D. No. 3 Mdw4n Tlor. President Hltrd W. Pm'ker, Vice Prcaldent Jslt Colo. 8eretm, Jerr Blmlples, ManaSr Greeting Drawn by Ann Armstrong, 4th Grade, Bordeaux NITA'S Nita and Jim Bariekman Ill 0 E L 325 Railroad ] 6th Grade, Evergreen . @\\; zd/ • "/, .///i MORGAN TRANSFER PANTORIUM CLEANERS Greeting Drawn by Jane Gerhold, 4th Grade, Evergreen PHYSICIANS SERVICE INC. and Kitsap Physicians Service Inc. 3rd and Cota Serving Kitsap and Mason Counties