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REVIEW
THE HOME BOOK OF
CHRISTMAS Edited by
May Lamb rton Becker.
Dodd, Me and Company
(Canada ),/Limited, Toronto.
766 pp. /
/Reviewed by
ERCYMADOUX /
he Home Book 6f
Ch istmas" is a sparkIng
a thology of prose nd
ersecompiled by May
Lamberton Becker. It is an
attractively manufactured
volume with a ribbon as a
book marker and all
selections are printed in
large clear type. All the well-
known avistinas carols are
here. The prose selections
are from famous writers on
Christmas, and, of course,
Dickens' "A Christmas
Carol" is included.
This makes excellent
reading and is a splendid ref-
erence book.
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burned up while doing phys-
ical activity. Liz tried var-
ious tests, such as mowing a
lawn, vacuuming a room,
typing, and watching tele-
vision. Afterwards, she mea-
sured how many calories
were burned up by each acti-
vity. Wouldn't it be nice if
watching television burned
up the same number of ca-
lories as a rigorous fitness
class? CTV, Monday, Nov. 18
at 7:30
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Plant paperwhites now
for Christmas blooms
Fortunate indeed are those
indoor bulb gardeners who
have held off planting paper -
white narcissus until now.
They shall have fragrant
blossoms at Christmas -time.
A little idiosyncracy of
paperwhites is that they de-
velop and mature as winter
advances, with the result
that the later the planting,
the faster the flowers. That
is why bulbs planted before
the third week of Octoher
seem to take forever to grow
and bloom. Paperwhites
planted early to mid-Novem-
ber are pretty much sure-
fire bets for Christmastime
flowers.
By planting a few paper -
white bulbs every two weeks
from November through
mid-February, it's possible
to enjoy their beauty and
fragrance from mid-Decem-
ber through March. To keep
the bulbs in good condition
while they are waiting to be
planted, store them in open
bags in a spot as cool as pos-
sible, but frost free. Start the
last batch before the end of
February, however, when
they will begin • to lose their
vitality.
There are actually ,two
forms of these popular
winter -flowering bulbs, the
more commonly grown
white -flowered kind and the
golden yellow Soleil d:Or.
There is a third, the Chinese
Sacred Lily, a creamy white
with lemon center, but this
one is not commonly offered
for sale, so far as I can deter-
mine. All are half-hardy po-
lyanthus narcissus suited
only to indoor growing in all
but totally frost -free ch -
mates.
Most people grow thenpa-,
perwhites in bowls in water
ith pebbles or clean gravel
his is an easy, clean and at
active method that .allows
e bulbs to be shown off in
y watertight containers at
ast 4 inches deep. Groups
four or more usually are
anted in a decorative bowl,
t even one will look good,
often each large bulb will
oduce three perfumed and
aceful clusters of flowers,
n the water -and -pebble
thod of planting pdper-
ites, the first considera-
is to start off with bowl
pebbles squeaky clean.
ouid not be a had idea to
ce the pebbles in a col-
er and pour boiling water
r them.
o plant the bulbs, a layer
ebbles is placed in the
land the bulbs settled on',
of them about an- i nett
rt. More pebbles are
ad around the bulbs to
t a half-inch below the
f the bowl. The bulbs, in
method, should be posi
d so that their top two-
s remain exposed above
ebbles.
ter is then poured into
owl unlit it comes to just
ath the base of the
. The level can be test -
poking a finger into the
es, This is the water
that must be maintain-
ght through the bulbs'
of flowering.
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At thig point, the container
should be placed in a dim,
cool spot as close to 50 F as
possible for the bulbs to form
a good root system. In two to
three weeks, as soon as care-
ful poking in the pebbles
reveals a thick root system
and some pale green shoots
have begun, bring the bowl
gradually to light and warm-
th over several days as the
shoots color up. Then bring.
the bowl to full sunlight, and
turn it each day to keep
growth even. When the flow-
ers open, remove the bowl
back out of direct sun and
keep it as cool as possible for
long-lasting bloans.
There are a few disadvant-
ages to this method of grow-
ing paperwhites. Very often
the growing roots push the
bulbs up above the pebbles.
Watering is a little tricky —
too high a level will rot the
bulbs, while too little will
cause the roots to shrivel and
die.
Personally, I have better
results, and superior
flowers, when I pot paper -
whites narcissus just like
other bulbs in a commercial
Dotting mix. In soil, only the
top third of the bulbs is left
exposed, and the pots are
brought out of their cool
rooting area and placed in-
side decorative baskets or
bowls when rootlets begin 1)
protrude from the pot's
drainage holes
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