4 Wednesday, July 3, 1974 University Daily Kansan Kansas Staff Photo by MICHAEL RIEKE Both Exotic and Common Houseplants Are Selling Well in Lawrence House Plants' Popularity Growing Back to Nature Trend Spreads Roots to Plant Business By NANCY DICKERSON Kansan Staff Reporter Walk down any number of streets in town, especially those known to be populated by college students, and chances are there will be plants thriving in their windows. Another fad? Seemingly so. "House plants go along with this current back-to-nature trend," according to Jim Freeman, employee at the Garden Center, 15th and New York streets. Whatever the reason for the widespread popularity of house plants, area plant shops and greenhouses agree that sales have doubled in the past year. And it doesn't seem that any particular kind is most popular. "Everything we stock, from succulents to foliage plants, sells well," Xr Morris, employee at Gardenland, 914 W. 23rd St., said vestderay. BUT WHERE DOES the beginner start? With the mass of plant enthusiasts growing each year and a variety of books on the subject, it is reasonable that there is plenty of information. So much, in fact, that the problem becomes one of condensing that information to the beginn- "Get a plant that can be coped with." PARK 25 Apartments Spend your next year with us and get your Free 10 speed Bike She warns beginners to "stere away from the hotbed of terror, terrestrial terror." recommends Cheryl Wagner, who orders plants for Bash, 12 E. 8th St. Several plants fall into the easy-to-care-for environment of the kitchen, about the amount of light they receive. We care about your happiness 2510 W. 25th Phone 842-1455 Continary to accepted belief, no plant can tolerate direct sunlight from a south window doe extent for cacti. Apple, jade, ivy, African violet and rubber tree plants are tolerant of some indirect receive good lighting, tolerating some direct light if for only a couple of hours each day. Boston fern, philodendron, Chinese evergreen, baby's tears and spathiphyllum are examples of minimum-care plants that require very little care such as that received from north windows. Certain plants, especially ferns, like to be misted, said Morriss. This provides the higher humidity that plants often need. Succulents are the exception and can be killed if water is sprayed on them. Grouping plants also helps to increase moisture. ACCORDING TO JOEL RAPP, author of *Mother Earth's Hasle-free Plant Book*, an edition in which the author has written Besides proper light, they need water, humidity, air, food and soil, grooming and an occasional transplant. He also suggests that children better when they receive music and love. The plant is getting too much water if the leaves turn yellow. If the leaves are droopy, the plant may die. *Beginners have a tendency to overwater or improperly water plants.* Freeman Air is essential to plants, but a draft can be harmful. To aerate the roots, Hupp advises poking a fork into the soil once a root has grown long enough the dirt enough so that the roots can breathe. Fish emulsion is suggested by both local greenhouses and book experts as a good fertilizer for plants because it cannot burn the roots as chemical fertilizer can. Soil can be bought in packages ready to use and offers a mixture free from bacteria. IF LEAVES become brown or need to be trimmed, don't be afraid to do so, the books say. The efforts of the plant to grow will then be directed to the healthy parts of the plant. Occasionally, transplanting is necessary. A good indication that a plant needs to be re-potted is when the roots grow out the hole in the bottom of the pot. But the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, an agency that didn't even exist 14 months ago, has already gone on record to 4 to 1 against firecrackers of all sizes, aerial bombs and percussion ball pitches, which children sometimes missile for candy. James Seaver, chairman of SenEx and professor of history and western studies at Harvard Richard Paaxson, Baxter Springs graduate student and vice chairman of SenEx, would meet with Dykes to find out more about the hoc committee. The meeting will be held on Thursday. Two members of the Senate Executive Committee (SenEx) will meet with Chancellor Archie R, Dykes to discuss the formation of ad hoc committees. WASHINGTON (AP)—This Fourth of July may mark the last time Americans get a bang out of celebrating their independence. The explosive issue of banning firecrackers, now legal in 18 states, will be aired at a federal hearing later this summer. Some SenEx members had criticized the committees because they were formed outside the University governance system. Recent criticism had centered on a Library Task Force formed last week by Delbert Shankel, executive vice chancellor. Seaver said a closed meeting of SenEx with Dykes and Shankel to discuss the committees might be possible after Shankel returned from vacation. This May Be the Last Explosive July Fourth Some members of SenEx thought the task force would be duplicating the work of the other group. Part of the SenEx meeting yesterday was closed to hear reports from two members who had talked to Shankel last week about the committees. The commission had planned to ban firecrackers last June 18 and to impose new safety and labeling requirements on all other types of fireworks legal in 33 states. turers and dealers from the Orient and Oklahoma, who complained they would be stuck with $50 million worth of goods they couldn't sell. SenEx Members To Meet Dykes On Committees That meant at least a 120-day delay after the public hearing, which cannot be held before the hearing. The regulations were stayed by last-minute objections by fireworks manufact. 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