51.   GM is shifting its Arlington, Texas, plant from production of big cars to big pickups and sport utilities.

52.   Frito-Lay bought four closed Eagle Snack plants from Anheuser Busch Cos., after the St. Louis company said it would exit the salty-snack business.

53.   GM sought to exclude some plants from the job security pledge, including parts plants.

54.   Growing plants from seed is a wonderful exercise.

55.   He expects that the General Motors Corp. will address some of the shortages as it converts plants from manufacturing cars to trucks.

56.   He got a couple of plants from Maggie Randolph, a tomato fanatic.

57.   He has plans to propagate new plants from root cuttings.

58.   He conceded that such gardeners were unlikely to order from a catalog and that they did not have the patience to grow plants from seed.

59.   He shipped crates of plants from Galveston to New Orleans then up the Mississippi River to Engelmann in St. Louis.

60.   He was the first European to introduce the wild plants from Japan.