THE GARDENERS' CHRONICLE OF AMERICA. 



>.... .c new lease of life by using Alphauo Htinuts. Name of est.i-. 

 ta itiUing of the wonderful results obljiined by the use of Alphaiiu 

 ntliusiastic endorsers of it. 



Why Alphano Humus is a Superior Soil 

 Builder and More Lasting Than Others 



Alphano Humus is a soil builder and plant food combined. It makes light soils heavier 

 and heavy soils lighter. It is nature's balanced ration. Read on and prove it to yourself. 



AL P 1 1 A X () HI' M L'S c o iii c s 

 from nature's own factory 

 established thousands of 

 years ago. Rich deposits of this 

 1-lunnis are found at .\lphano, Xew 

 Jersey. There it is tliat we prepare 

 it in powdered form for your use. 



This preparation is no secret 

 process, it being simply the driving 

 out of its excessive moisture and 

 adding further enriching properties. 

 It is then in a pow-dered, odorless 

 form, already for easy mi.xing with 

 the soil. 



To bring .Alphano Humus to the 

 desired high marketable fertilizing 

 value, we received from various parts 

 of the world samples of the richest 

 soils obtainable — notably the black 

 alluvial deposits of Russia. The 

 humus and plant foods contained in 

 these soils we carefully analyzed and 

 found .Alphano Humus to be corre- 

 spondingly rich in all of them save 

 two. We promptly added sufficient 

 of each to bring the .Alphano up to 

 ihe analysis. "This then is the .Al- 

 phano Humus we are asking you to 

 buy. That's the whole story. 

 There's no mj'stery about Alphano 

 Humus. No special process. No 

 secret formula. No anything but 

 just following along the lines laid 

 out by Dame Nature herself. Al- 

 phano Humus as it is now sold to 

 you. cither in bags or bulk, is a soil 

 builder and fertilizing stimulant 

 possessing both great strength and 

 Iring endurance. 



It has a distinct advantage over 

 animal manures in being perfectly 

 sanitary and entirely odorless. It is 

 much the richest in nitrogen and the 

 several other elements so essential 

 for vigorous plant growth. Being 

 in powdered form it can be easily 

 and thoroughly mi.\ed with the soil. 

 No lugging and tugging with a fork 

 — no task breaking up chunks and 



luni]is a.-> with animal manure^. X' 

 lalxn-ious spreading on and then in 

 variably raking part off. 



.Alphano can lie spread on e\enl> 

 and ea.-ily. All of it can be left on 



Think of the advaiua:.;e of ii> n-i. 



A mulch of Alpliano Humus, dug in. pro- 

 duced in one season that top story of roots. 

 Nature built where buildinj was best. 



on your lawn where manures are 

 both offensive and unsightly, and 

 eventually have to be raked off. tak- 

 ing much, of their fertilizing value 

 with them. 



Manures are laden with weed 

 seeds. Alphano is guaranteed to be 

 free from them. 



Top soil taken from the woods, 

 everybody knows is particularly 

 valuable for building up old soils or 

 making new ones. 



Wood soil is simply soil rich with 

 humus, but such humus is apt to be 

 acid and inert. The difference be- 

 tween it and Alphano Humus is: 

 .Al]iIiano is richer, extremely active 



$12 a ton in bags 

 B8 by the carload in bulk 

 F. O. B. Alphano, N. J. 



and tlorouglily decomposed ami 

 more readily available tl;an wood 

 soil. 



\Vood- bmnus is nii.xed with a 

 large iiroporiion of soil, but .\1- 

 pliano Humus is practically all 

 humus — every part of it contributes 

 to the upbuilding of the soil it is 

 mi.xed with. 



In one season you can convert a 

 practically worthless soil to one of 

 surprising productivity. Being so 

 reasonable in price you can use it 

 freely. Spread it on your lawn and 

 rake in (not off). 



I'ut it on your garden and spade 

 in. Sow it in your garden seed drills 

 or trenches. Dig it around your 

 shrubs and trees. L'se it as a mulch 

 for your Khododendrons. Boost 

 along your Howers with it. I-Vom 

 start to liiiish garden this spring 

 with .\lphaiu). 



Send for our Humus Book. It 

 tells about humus in general and 

 .Mphanu llumus in particular 



ALPHANO HUMUS CO. 934 Whitehall Bldg., New York City 



