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University of Dayton eCommons Ozark Gardens Catholic Organizations and Publications 9-1966 Ozark Gardens, September, 1966 Follow this and additional works at: https://ecommons.udayton.edu/imri_stokes_ozark Part of the Catholic Studies Commons Recommended Citation "Ozark Gardens, September, 1966" (1966). Ozark Gardens. 6. https://ecommons.udayton.edu/imri_stokes_ozark/6 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Catholic Organizations and Publications at eCommons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Ozark Gardens by an authorized administrator of eCommons. For more information, please contact [email protected], [email protected]. - . VOLUME 1 J September 1966 25¢ A GARDEN ~MAGAZINE FULL OF PEOPLE NEWS FROM The large Pachypodium, housed in a 50-lb. lard can, has put on many new SPINY RIDGE branches, and it bloomed in June. In fact, all my African succulents have done unusually well this summer, while Edith Bestard my cacti, for the most part, look a bit Eureka ?pr1ngfi sad, I had always heard that 1.Hoodias ' Ark. 72632 are very tricky subjects to grow, but I · have two plants, which I give no spec ial attention at all, that are growing by leaps and bounds. They have never bloomed, but I confidently expect them Is there anything quite as delightful to do so this year. Both of my Tavar as the feeling on~ has ' after rains have esias are blooming, and the Trichocau broken a sizzling drouth? We had had lon, Euphorbias, and Stapeliads are six weeks without rain, combined with thriving. 100-plus temperatures most of the time, If any of you grow the Edithcolea, but during the. past ten days we have you know that it is a bit difficult, had three good rains. but so attractive that it is worth the It is surprising how soon suffering trouble. It belongs to the Caralluma pl~ts, if · they are not entirely dead, section of the Stapeliads and is native respond to the blessing of rain. I had to British Somaliland, South Africa, abandoned many annuals in the farthest where it was discovered in 1894 by E p~ts of my yards, not even looking at dith Cole, member of a botani cal exped t m because I hated to view the havoc. ition. There it grows in rocky, sandy, N w I see many surprising things: a bed porous soil, and can endure long peri of zinnias bursting into bud and blos ods without rain. som; a long row of gourds that I was The plant has many branching, slender sure was completely gone, now lustily arms, closely set with short, reddish climbing the fence; a large plant of spines, each circled by a dark ring at wild Goat's Beard, set out this spring, the base. The blossoms, coming from leafing out along its apparently dead the tips of the branches, are scalloped stems; a healthy bunch of foliage in "saucers", with edges like dull red the spot where a tuberous rooted wild velvet, stippled with fine, soft hairs. four o'clock had apparently perished The face of the flower is pale gold, last year. ridged with broa~, lengthwise wrinkles, Sights like these keep us gardeners stippled with flesh-colored dots ar always trying. I saved many of my ranged in cross rows, and in the center plants this summer by mulching, though of the blossom is a high ring. The :it was a phenomenal task .to go to the whole effect of the flower is like a woods four miles away for pine needles, Persian carpet or a Paisley shawl. I during such terrible hot days. If I have several nice Edithcoleas, and I am had not done this, however, I feel sure thrilled to see a bud on a branch of I would have lost my fantail willow, one of them. purple-leaf beech, Jap. larch, Hemlock, Nothing has been more rewarding this Franklin tree, and a curly leaf willow summer than my sedums. They displayed which I started from a cutting. My ex carpets of white, yellow, pink, and red perience has been that if you can get a blossoms, and since the rains their tree or shrub through .the first year, foliage is beautiful. I am always eag it can endure anything except extraor er to buy or trade for sedums (hardy), dinary severe conditions. and this fall would be a good time to The cacti got along fine until the establish them. rains started, but when showers b~~ To those who have planned to buy some gan to fall on soil still rain-soaked,I of .Mrs. Call's books but have put off carried a great many of them into the doing so and now have inquired about greenhouse. I had previously given them, I have a few copies of her won them a feeding with my epsom salts-salt derful cookbook, "From My Ozark Cup petre-baking powder-ammonia combination board," and "Within My Ozark Valley," and the moisture they received produced the story of her early life. These are immediate results. The Sand Dollar, priced at 11.50 ppd. I also have Powder Puff, Euphorbia bupleurifolia, "Stairstep Town," the story of Eureka and Obregonia denegril at once burst Springs, at 50¢, and quite a few copies into bloom, and new growth appeared pn of her last work, a small book entitled nearly all the plants. My Testudinaria "For God and Country," a sincere and is spending the summer in a flower box thoughtful effort to defeat atheistic of geraniums, Joseph's Coat, scarlet communism by giving God his rightful petunias, etc., and I see that it is place in the United States. This little sending up a twining shoot, set with book would be a fine gift for a young small l~aves. The b~lb sits on the person, or for use in Sunday School soil, and there is good drainage. classes. It is 25¢ and a 5¢ stamp. The Boy Scout on the cover will be a member of my senior English class this fall. COPYRIGHT.O T • C • Leopold 0 1966" -2- The sale went off fine, everything being sold to the satisfaction of the buyers and sellers. Grandma even sold all of the her.bs from her "gunny sack" that she carried in'back of the buggy. I heard one old ' man say, "You know, that little old 'herb peddler' is the best auctioneer I ever saw." On the way back home'Grandma grinned and said, "Look in the covered dish and see if there is enough water cress left for supper. There was none left as I am sure she knew and believing she was "fishing" for a compliment from me when she said, "My water cress must have been pretty good." I said, "Oh, Grand ma that li-as just a hungry bunch of folks." Dr.R.L. Sanders Prairie PGin,L_ Miss. '9:55:5 CREDIT -WHERE CREDIT IS DUE !HE FASCINATING WORLD OF HERBS PASSING IN REVIEW There are a number of people, espec My Grandmother prided herself on be ially in the Professional walk of life ing some kind of a specialist in all that refuse to give natural' barks or kinds of herbs and their uses, and I natural methods any credit at all., remember one of the "sayings" she was neither do· they give credit to people famous for was, "Everyone should learn that really discovered the curative a little something about how to do a powers of natural medicines. little of everything so they can become I wonder how many have tried the a Jack and Jill of all tra.des." famous Dolphin eye drops that are pro I remember attending,a farm auction cessed from three of the leading natu sale once with my grandma and most ral barks? Being familiar with the de everyone carried a basket and spread rivatives of Slippery Elm Bark (Ulmus dinner on the ground,and in grandma's Fulva), White Pine (Pinus Strobus) and basket there was Cushaw pie, sweet po White Oak Bark and knowing of their tato pie, stewed prunes, dried apple soothing and curative virtues, being a "fritters" all sweetened with wild hon graduate in Chemistry, I decided I ~ ey; there was smothered chicken in but would take a long hard look at this ter, egg bread made with home ground preparation as several close friends of corn meal and buttermilk and there were .mine had praised it so highly. I had a • 3 gallons ice cold homemade apple cider friend to order two bottles so that I sweetened with ground Licorice root and ~ould do a little research and I found to cap it all off there was a dab of that it not only contained the proper boiled water cress and this was the ingredients as stated but they were in dish that kindly embarrased me,as after proper proportions,and I further found all I was 15 and I just told grandma it to be far superior to any pharmaceu she shouldn't carry that old water tical on the market that is put up as cress even if it was in her best cov a ~reparation for the eyes. ered china dish. I told her people I want to say right here I do not don't eat water cress cooked with "sow know nor have I ever met anyone connec belly• at fancy picnics and all she ted with the Dolphin Enterprises, nor said was, "it will be plenty "puny" have I ever sold anything to this com folks there that will need to eat some pany.