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Praise children early and often
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Brewer says. Very rarely is a
simple smile or hiog misinter-
preted. “Then the children
take what they need finm
you. It’s not you deciding
what to give, it’s what they
decide to take away from it.”
Praise and love aren’t the
same thing, Hartley-Brewer
reminds parents. Praise is to
show appreciation of what
your children accomplish;
love is about who they are
and should be xmconditional,
she ejqjlains.
But kids often have just as
hard a time separating the
two as parents do.
Boys shy away from praise,
especially as they get older,
because they don’t want to
feel responsible for their par
ents’ pleasure, Hartley-
Brewer says, but they also
need it. Boys also need more
space and privacy
Of course, boys still need to
be praised—it’s validation
that they’re being noticed.
“Everyone tikes to hear
praise,” Hartley-Brewer
says. “They’re kids, they’re
people.”
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When you want to be belle of
the ball, what do you wear?
Chances are, you wrap your
self in a stAming something
done in basic black.
Designers generally agree
black is the best choice for
knockout simple, center-of-
attention fashion.
Now move that eye
catching concept fiom ball-
room to flower garden. Dark
or black-appearing plants are
making fashion statanents of
their own in residential prop
erties across the nation.
“Black is being used in
nature by your more sophisti
cated gardeners,” said Debbie
Knitz, sales manager for
Tbrra Nova Nurseries Inc.,
Tigard, Ore. ‘Tt brings more
drama and more excitement
to the garden.”
Black-appearing blooms
are not, as you mi^t imag
ine, drab and uninteresting.
No wallflowers, these. Some
are real lookers. Dark fotiage
plants are great choices for
accenting borders, adding
punch to containers, defining
water and rock gardens. They
make sensuous centerpieces,
too.
“Dark foliage plants —the
darker the better—can evoke
a number of different emo
tions,” Knitz said. “A lot of
that depends upon what you
have them planted with.
They need to be offset. They
need to be companion-plant
ed.”
Tbrra Nova is promoting a
distinctive black calla vari
etal in its current catalog.
The; German import is caU&i
Edge of N^ht and is said to
be one of Europe’s most popu
lar cut flowers.
“The dramatic richly col
ored three-inch flowers
resemble black velvet
and add a new
dimension to this
popular group
of plants,”
out the black.”
The Edge of Ni^t varietal '
is part of a plant group com
monly called “caUa tities,”
although it actually is a mem
ber of the water-loving arum
lily family Most caUas
flower in a creamy
white but some
have been
hybridized to
bloom in red,
yellow, pink or
black.
Nova
horti-
cultur-
ists say in
the cata-
log.,
“Black
edges-
outline the •/,
glossy,.:
green, silver- ^
flecked leaves
and provide the
perfect backdrop
for the flco’al display In colder
regions. Edge of Night can
also be moved indoors for
winter-long enjoyment.”
No flower is truly wholly
black but the funnel-shaped
Edge of Night bloom comes
close, Knitz said.
“You’re probably looking at
deep purple, dark red, bur
gundy or rich chocolate for
what the industry calls
‘black’,” she said. ‘Many of
these plants look black in the
right color light. The more
sim the better fiar bringing
Blacks escaping New
York in record numbers
watering
and feeding
with a balanced liquid fertil
izer every couple of months.
In colder climates, they do
well as tender perennials,
grown outside in summer
and over-wintered indoors.
For more consistent flower
ing, rest the rhizomes in a
cool area (50 degrees) for a
month or so before repotting
them in rich and moist but
well-drained soil.
If callas don’t interest you,
then consider some of these
other dark-foliage plants:
• Colocasia:
(1/2 Black Magic) A mois
ture loving form of taro. It
looks great when planted
aroimd ponds and water gar-
deixs.
• Oxalis: The so-called
“shamrock plant,” some of
which produce deep purple
leaves. (1/2 lone Hecker).
Beware your choices, howev
er. A few aggressive oxalis
varieties are considered inva
sive.
• Actaea: (Black Negligee)
Lacy, purple-tinted fotiage
that devdops fragrant white
flowers. A good accent plant;
one that can provide contrast
ing foliage in border planti-
• Geraniums; Also called
Cranesbfll. The Midnight
Reiter is a semi-dwarf vari
etal with deep purple foli^e
and dark tilac flowers.
• Roses: Black Magic, Black
Beauty Black Baccara. All
are so deeply red that they
appear almost black.
• TVilips: Black Diamond,
Black Parrot, Queen of Night.
Their names speak for them
selves.
Some other dark, nearly
black plants to consider
include iris (Dark Vader,
Superstition), pansies
(Bowles Black), dahlias
(Arabian Night), columbine
(Black Barlow), and dajiilies
(Starting, Blackjack), amor^
others.
On the Net:
For more about the calla Edge
of Night, see the Terra Nova
Nurseries Web site:
http://wwwlerranovanurseries.co
m. Or visit the
Virginia Tech Web site for more
generic informaiion about grow
ing calla or arum lilies:
http://www.ext.vl.edu/depart-
ments/envirohort/factsheets/cut/c
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NEW YORK-For the first
time since the Civil War, the
black population in New York
City is declining, according to
a published report.
Preliminary census esti
mates indicate that the dty
had 30,000 fewer black resi
dents in 2004 than in 2000,
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Monday’s edition.
Though more American-
born blacks have been leav
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since at least the 1970s, the
1.5 percent dedine sv^ests
that the arrival of black peo
ple fix)m abroad and higher
birthrates among immi
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