Archive for March, 2010

Coral Tree

The coral tree was new to me when I saw it in bloom last June. But it was so lovely I wish everyone could have it. It is a shrub and will winter-kill if not protected, but if not’ hurt too badly it will send up long branches that soon are covered with scarlet, pea-like [...]

Milkweed Uses

Some flower friends were telling me the virtue of the tall wild milkweed, the milk rubbed on warts or corns being a very , effective cure. One lady showed a finger that recently had lost a troublesome wart, by use of the milk of this plant (rubbed on). Our . minister’s wife said they always [...]

Wages and Unemployment

You hear it everywhere: Wages must be kept high in order to increase the purchasing power of the wage earners, so that they can buy back the products they make in our factories, and thus keep everybody working and prevent depressions. But in both theory and practice, that “high wage and spending” clichÈ confuses the [...]