January 1956

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Research often proves that an old-fashioned idea was based on sound practice. For years, a friend insisted he cured diseased gladiolus corms by dunking them in a mixture of BHC and tar oil.

Mirrors help you decorate

Ideas for a double-duty room

Silver is practical for serving dishes

The new ambulance that flies

On October 21, 1954, just outside of Buffalo, New York, ex-test pilot Bill Gallagher gently maneuvered a helicopter down to a green platform with a bull's-eye in its center. He opened the transparent plastic door and motioned to the nun standing a few feet away.

Three-step way to divide your house plants

This is the year to improve your home

There's a rainbow at your fingertips

More super-roads coming!

This year you'll be able to hop into your car, set your speed at 60, and "cruise" halfway across America-- without "nerves" or fatigue, and without getting into a single traffic jam.

Flowers always in sight

Here's living on three levels

Better Homes & Gardens Five Star Home No. 2601 (about which you've just read) is one of a series of one- to four-bedroom homes published each month which make up our Five Star Home Plan Service. This service-- through which you can purchase complete plans for the home of your dreams-- includes the following points:

Hottest news in flowers for 1956!

Your child has financial problems, too

We take for granted that financial problems don't become a reality for young people until they're well into adolescence and "out on their own."

We found our Eden in Mexico

For three months my wife and I lived on less than $2 a day! This, after a nine months' search covering over half of Mexico. We logged all that mileage to find some spot answering the overworked connotation of "Shangri-la."

Personal help in home building, remodeling, and decorating

When you're looking for ways to make your home more comfortable and attractive, look for this seal. It identifies the Better Homes & Gardens Home Planning Center, where you can get personal counsel on your home-planning problems.

How to teach your dog to obey

Recently a safe, humane method has been devised for the surgical removal of the toenails of cats. This new technique is done under anesthesia and does not cause any discomfort, nor does it disfigure the feet. At first many people were skeptical of this operation, but it has proved satisfactory to both the cat and the owner.

Towels with a personal touch

Imagination saves this room

Check list for handymen

Now's the time to...

Make a note of those evergreens in your neighborhood that look best during the winter, and that you might be able to plant in your own garden next spring... Add to the list early-flowering plants that start blooming this month-- Oriental witch-hazels, fragrant viburnum, and Korean azaleas... Start pruning deciduous trees and shrubs during milder days...

Groundcovers to solve your problems

The diary of a Plain dirt gardener

A wonderful day for Georgia or Texas, and temperature nearly as high here as out in sunny California at the big Rose Bowl game.

THE MAN NEXT DOOR

''Babies babble a lot, and on them it's cute," says neighbor Herb Leggett, a banker. "But so do economists. The latter are relying on the former to help keep our national economy in high gear. We only hope that the hungry darlings will get busy and nibble away on some of our agricultural surpluses."