YOUR PLACE.FROM ROOTS TO FRUITS: I think that I shall never see two books more helpful about trees. With planting and pruning season upon us, there are two new volumes from Firefly Books on choosing and maintaining trees and shrubs. ``Best Trees for Your Garden'' by Allen Paterson ($24.95 trade paperback trade paperback n. A paperback book that is typically of better production quality, larger size, and higher price than a mass-market edition, intended for sale in bookstores. , $39.95 hardcover) begins by exploring different varieties in the natural world in order to better understand how to help them to thrive perhaps hundreds of miles from their habitat. Steven Wooster's dazzling color photography brings the reader up close to the velvety vel·vet·y adj. vel·vet·i·er, vel·vet·i·est 1. Suggestive of the texture of velvet; soft and smooth: velvety skin. 2. petals of a magnolia in bloom and shows assorted varieties in their lush and dormant stages as seasons change. ``The Tree Doctor: A Guide to Tree Care and Maintenance'' by Daniel and Erin Prendergast ($19.95 trade paperback, $35 hardcover) is brimming with useful information, such as how to choose a healthy tree and how to diagnosis problems without dragging an entire dead limb to the local nursery. Many Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, tree trimmers should read the chapter on pruning, which advises that topping trees leaves them not only ugly but also unhealthy. - Valerie Kuklenski GET A PIECE OF EBAY SHOW HOUSE: This summer, six interior designers were challenged (on a budget of $8,750 to $15,000 per room) to transform an empty 5,000-square-foot Manhattan penthouse into a chic, stylish space with furniture and accessories bought mostly on eBay (except for custom-made items). The gimmick was to have the rooms available for virtual online tours only. You can view the decorated rooms in the showhouse - a children's room by Laura Bohn, a kitchen and bathroom by Glenn Gissler, a master bedroom by Christopher Coleman - at www.ebay.com/showhouse. If you see something you love, now you have a chance to buy it. From Thursday through Oct. 30, more than 200 items displayed in the showhouse (worth $70,000 total) - ranging from a signed Henri Matisse lithograph to a vintage rattan rattan (rătăn`), name for a number of plants of the genera Calamus, Daemonorops, and Korthalsia climbing palms of tropical Asia, belonging to the family Palmae (palm family). tiki Tiki Tick of Dow Jones Industrial Average component issues. sofa with new upholstery to a DeLonghi toaster See intranet toaster and Video Toaster. (jargon) toaster - 1. The archetypal really stupid application for an embedded microprocessor controller; often used in comments that imply that a scheme is inappropriate technology (but see elevator controller). and 1960s lucite flowers - are available for bids on www.ebay.com. Starting prices range from $2 to $200. Proceeds from the auction will benefit Alpha Workshops, a decorative-arts studio for people with HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. . -Natalie Haughton FRANKIE SPEAKING: Ex-teen idol Frankie Avalon hosts a special at 9 p.m. Sunday on HGTV HGTV Home and Garden Television that takes viewers back to the era of his heartthrob heyday. ``That '50s Home'' looks at architecture and interior design of the atomic age, from blond wood and kidney-shaped coffee tables to boxy box·y adj. box·i·er, box·i·est Resembling a box, especially in simplicity or rectangularity. box  i·ness n. divans, pastel appliances and western bric-a-brac. This should bring back fond memories for baby boomers, with or without a reminder of the popular backyard bomb shelter. - V.K. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1) no caption (book: ``Best Trees for Your Garden'') (2) no caption (book: ``The Tree Doctor: A Guide to Tree Care and Maintenance'') (3) Living room design by Jamie Drake (4) Frankie Avalon in ``That '50s House'' |
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