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Usf Botanical Garden Annual Report, March 1978, Frederick B. Essig

USF Archives and Documents

Annual Report of the USF Botanical Garden dated March 1978. Topics include plant acquisitions, goals, landscaping ideas, master plan formulation, facilities updates, finances, mission statement, educational outreach, staffing, and design.

Ec78-1233 Pruning Fruit Trees, Don Steinegger

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Productive fruit trees with an abundance of high quality fruit don't just happen. They result from good cultural practices, including pruning. Pruning is often neglected either due to a lack of pruning skills and knowledge or a fear that one is going to injure or kill the tree.

A major requirement for the backyard farmer is a small tree open enough to allow effective spraying with home equipment and ready gathering of fruit. Pruning, combined with growing dwarf fruit trees will help accomplish this requirement. Although pruning is essential in development and maintenance of fruit trees, excessive pruning in young …

Kikuyu Grass : Establishment, Management And Utilisation In The South West., R. Sprivulis

Bulletins - 3000 - 3999

Kikuyu grass (Pennisetum clandestinum), kikuyu for short, is a summer growing turf-forming perennial. In the absence of winter frosts and with sufficient summer moisture it remains green all year round. It is a vigorous and aggressive grass spreading by means of prostrate above and below ground stems rooting at the nodes. Some selections and recent introductions of this species are fertile and produce seed. The seeds, when eaten by stock, can be widely spread in their droppings.

Garden Club Council Of South Carolina Records - Accession 173, Garden Club Council, South Carolina

Manuscript Collection

The Garden Club Council of South Carolina Records consist of yearbooks, bulletins and other publications produced by the Garden Club Council of South Carolina which was founded on April 22, 1930. The Garden Club of South Carolina was federated with the National Council of State Garden Clubs in 1932, becoming the 25th state to join the national organization.