Spider Flower: They are good at the back of the border because the individ¬ual blossoms—which close at night—are large and easily visible from a distance. Germination takes two to three weeks and they are hardy annuals. Set plants 6 inches apart and make successive sow¬ings over the summer.
The cardoon (Cynara cardunculus) has made such an impressions on my consciousness that it has a special essay on page 26.
Spider flower (Cleome Hasslerana.) gets its name from the spider-like (or more truthfully, daddy-longlegs-like) blossoms with many long, waving stamens. Planted in large masses, spider flowers look j like blooming shrubbery.
Capture: Spider never jumps; when disturbed, it retreats to farthest corner of its ragged web; push broom into web against spider, which usually remains quietly among bristles; with small stick gently push it from broom into quart jar
The black widow spider is included in this discussion, first, be¬cause it is the only spider that is, to date, known to be deadly to man; second, because it is so common across the country that chil¬dren should be taught to recognize it (knowledge is necessary for protection); third, because it can be easily maintained in captivity without fear, and its habits observed.See Also Many A Flower Photographer:There need be no question in your mind about the market for good flower photography. One of the big slide film dis¬tributors has found flower fanciers the most consistent buy ers of all among slide collectors, even though the pictures offered are strictly of specimen flowers. These cannot possibly have the same appeal as pictures of flowers grown by the buyer in his own soil. The only flower fancier who is not an eager prospect for pictures of his blooms is one who has never seen a color slide transparency of a beautiful flower projected. A close-up of a lovely flower on a screen is a sight to make anyone, flower lover or not, gasp at its beauty.
To many a flower photographer, color films are the "last word"— particularly Kodachrome in miniature sizes, which affords both
On The Other Hand See Sunlight For Flower ¬ing:Since the birch, maples, and white ash are deciduous trees, theirs is a seasonal shade and there is plenty of spring sunlight for flower ¬ing for flower¬ing bulbs. Only the area under the rhododendron bushes is really dark most of the year.
The minimum amount of direct sunlight for flower ¬ing (that is light uninterrupted by buildings, trees or other shade-casting objects) needed by turf is two hours each day be¬tween 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., or three or four times as long a period of dappled sunlight for flower ¬ing (light filtering through trees in such a way that patches of sun and shadow play across the grass as the sun moves).
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