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PATE SUSMIMBER carly fallis dhe vise a protision et sellow flowers but it ven can hold off uprooting
one time of seat vou can casi) throughout the summer, and. veur annuals until mid-December,
provide home-vrown seeds for the later. offer a ereat mans seeds. vou sive your birds a real treat
birds Letting plants go to seed may 9 -- and vourseH a) brief respite
Resistoat soucan, the summer uve oyeur garden oa slightly trom warden chores and birdseed-
time habit ot pinching off fading disreputable look tora short time, buying expenses,
flowers to keep your plants in full
bloom.
Instead, let the flowers wither
and the seeds swell in thet: pods.

Youll) have birdseed to spare, plus & i
enough seed for next sears &
generation of plants. You'll also fj

have plenty of bloom until frost.

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good birdseed? , %
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and others in the same daisy fami-
ly, including Mexican sunflowers
(Tithonia). Cosmos and zinnias §
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well, They do triple duty: They &
provide color, they attrier but.

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sparrows,

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pose. They not only brighten the
flower beds, they aet as companion

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many hybrid plants, rarely produce olly Urn Sunroo S

much good, meaty, fertile seed.) CPR SR I PRE TT
Four o'clocks produce seeds that

birds will eat.

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A WORKMAN clears debris from one of the new homes being con- substantial seed pods, ssi i€ S e€
structed at the 42-acre Tempe Heights subdivision. The 240-lot North St. John’s-worts (Hypericum)
Vancouver City project is approximately 50 per cent completed. The

entire devclopment is expected to be finished within a year.

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