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Heieialt * Wire Thay ‘Not to ‘with of th M lh some gre i tage of this s with a well matured tree in glass »: ipreciate the beaut this be @ lower gr: “Members of thé Bignonia fdm- ily,,to which Bigonia venusta or so called “Flame Vine” belongs, Bailey says, of them: “The Spa- and large and very. showy orange- red or geariet flowers, They can be grown ‘in, subtropical gr tronica® bodhirice and demand rich apd well-drained soil with sufficient moisture during the growing pelied. Propagation by seeds or by cuttings.” ! In Jaya, where it is one of the mpst ‘beautiful. evergreen flower- ing. trees, .B, T. Galloway _of the“U, S. De ent’ of Agri@il- ture was so | fascinated by the gorgeous blpom of the Spathodea that he obtained’ seeds and in- troduced ittin this country wort tiea in campi lows: “An bi filena Dr. E. Bonayia, ‘sent me jost forty =as the following description. ° + India: ‘Thig,is a tall tree ynusually dark green ante bell-, ith with masses of scar- let upwards. Peleg ums. The tree is a per- doll eni pei : fmervel of the vegetable iy and matched only, I think, by elnciana regia. Its’ common name is Flame of the Forest. An avenue, of Spathodeas, full grown ang in full bloom, wuld bea subject 'on which to write a poem.) : si A “Sothe. of the forest trees..of ers Pi lOtiea, with crimson scar- i larger thana brgak- fast cup, and not: very: dissingifar in shape. These flowers. gro#fin maf Me lJargé boquets'dhd when’ Hossom one of these trees aflame with red lights is a ronmmticers » spectacle... :. We wall ider «canopies * of. richly toltaye rees,, many. of them bad brated for'their brilliant flowers, like ste nificent Spathodea whose iflowe: hos Ts sare of the shape and. alm the size of’ Ranfan lar sa vivid scarlet so that the "TobKs jas_ though ~it"itad béen'titing with “crimson lights f9r)some' illumination.” +s Bvide val are missing much in» gorge bs winter. flowering tyeesi when. Wwe fail.'to -inclade Spathodeanilotica in our tropi- eal plant collections. ¢ mant «. was an imagigary substance, ¢ither a metal t? stone, “which the ancientg be- lieved was of impenetrable hard- ness. thodeas gan: evergreen | trees with@arge pinnate foilage some faped | flowers turned ds. At .a short distance look. like bunches of scarlet JAY, APRIL 21, 1949 ¥ variously known as the ‘ loom one 5 te he “wrote. as ‘fol-|/ foilage, | | i 's. Sir Harry J ohns- wre Fe | ngepitigent dian ss of, s. There is one, Spatho- be overlooked in the enumeration of winter flowering; laws ts is the Spathodea, a tall growing tree, native of; 9andparents each week. I of which twé species have been introduced into ida, viz, Spathodea cempanulata and S. nilotica. er. season the former—most common! a am divorced from friends says that I do you think about it? ask ! y met with—) Answer: great masseég of large scarlet, bell-shaped flow- Tulip Tree” and “Flame of] to .Though not infrequently seen in parks and gardens| the pl i area, I do not recall a flowering specimen in Fort|If ies is that it grows so tall that, to love these children regardless ; of the lofty flower-heads, For nilotica is preferable. GUM BOX LATEST IN PUBLIC SANITA- TION in New Orleans is this gum disposal box, demonstrat- ed here by Miss Obeline Jar- yis. City officials, annoyed for years by gum-dropping pedes- trians who forced special clean- ing crews to work nightly scraping the sticky stuff from 3 Cagal : Street dand- other. main: thoroughfares, decided to“ in- vite folks to dispose of their gum in the new boxes. WILL YOU SMILE? 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ONE ate we family can be shopped for | | | | oe J SIMONTON and FLEMING STS. almost needs an opera} °® re | Qi (®) Wirephoto Pe f-whether or not the parents can cal a go of marriage. Tauyour case, if you are fond of ryoi former in-laws I see no reason, for you to stop seeing i them. If it doesn’t cause you! or your former husband any embarassment I do not see’ where It should bother anyone else. | LOUISA. "i Dear Louisa: I make a fair salary, but I have a very beautiful wife who is fond of nice things. She has always had lovely clothes and’ the best ‘of everything. She made%fgood money before. she w arried and spent it all ensaeel and now that one ¢ “has to do for” two people she is dissatisfied because ‘she cannot- have what she wants. | She says that she could’ have married a rich man and this} makes me mad. I try, to be fair and budget our mongy—so much for living ex- 2 » an emergency fund and aig what is left in half be- tweerthe two of us. But if she ; sees something she wants — she tries fo get me to let her have the emegency fund. but I won't | AdMte If one of us should get sic have some misfortune} that fund is the only thing that, would keep us from _ getting! swa Don’t you think I am’ the sensible thing? ! * YOUNG HUSBAND. ! 'E I certainly do and I think your wife is acting like a spoiled child whewShe wshes to spend évery nd not look out. for the wife evidently. knew | what you were making when. she j > John Curry's UMBING SHOP Corner of FLEMING and WILLIAM Streets FOR BARGAINS PL } Long ago people who divorced each avoid each other and their respective fs s very much. I have two children and they go to see their ‘- with them occasionally but one ouldn’t D W.—New Jersey. other were supposed families'as they would aque but in recent years this is not considered necessary. there are children, the father’skem————— ‘ears ago one was seen on the estate of} parents are still ; the - children’s sretiiation Canadian winter resident of Naples. The one|&tandparents and they continue | Interesting. Notes The of cocaine leaves. is} forbidden to ewomen ” in- South Galileo, in 1581, discovered laws of momentum involving the pendulum * Prear dy: The gas ‘utility’ companies «in this country, employ about. 160,- 000. workers,“ ¢ Salvation Army workers around : the world use a total of 81 dif- ferent languages in their work. ee dl The Salvation Army, in 1948, maintained 21,767 establishments in 94 countries‘and: golonies. Four Frenehi ‘kings’ were born in the old Chateau of Fontaine- bleau, ,still Standing near Paris. 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