FERTILIZERS 
P LANTS of all kinds need food. Too many gardens fail to produce the best 
results because they are not sufficiently or properly fertilized. Not only 
must liberal quantities of fertilizer be mixed deep with the soil when the 
garden is planted, but it must be applied afterward as a top dressing several 
times through each season. We use the following fertilizers in our nursery and 
recommend them for home gardens. We can advise what kind and what amount 
of fertilizer to use if we know the extent of the garden, the kind of plants, and the 
character of the soil, to which it is to be applied. 
MARKET GARDEN FERTILIZER 
This 5-8-7 complete fertilizer is used by mark¬ 
et gardeners, but is also good for flower gardens. 
Though it contains no valuable base material as 
in Victory Fertilizer, it has the three principal 
plant food elements in inexpensive form. 
Less than 25 lbs. at 4 cts. per lb. 
25 lbs.$ .75 100 lbs.$2.00 
50 lbs. 1.25 M ton. 9.50 
VICTORY FERTILIZER 
This is made of Humus with chemicals added 
in the proportion of 4-8-4. It has all the value 
of a first-class fertilizer (usually made with sand 
as a "base”)plus the advantage of the Humus 
which makes up its bulk, thus making it all 
available plant food. For flowers, vegetables, 
and lawn. Clean and practically odorless. 
Less than 25 lbs. at 5 cts. per lb. 
25 lbs.$1.00 100 lbs. $3.00 
50 lbs. 1.75 M ton. 14.00 
TANKAGE 
Tankage is a long-lasting organic fertilizer 
rich in nitrogen (734%) and phosphoric acid 
(9%), but lacking potash. With potash added 
it is good for all garden purposes. 
100 lbs.$3.00 Mton.$13.75 
HUMUS 
Humus is a natural product, not a chemical 
fertilizer. It is peat dug from deep bogs, finely 
ground and dried. It contains very little Nitro¬ 
gen and Potash but is especially valuable for the 
organic matter, and for its capacity to hold 
moisture, making it excellent for use on light 
soils. Rhododendrons, Kalmias, Azaleas, Blue¬ 
berries, and Lilies like a peatv soil. 
100 lbs.$1.50 J4 ton.$11.00 
Y\ ton. 6.25 1 ton. 20.00 
BONE-MEAL 
This is a valuable, though not a complete 
fertilizer. It contains a large amount (23%) of 
Phosphoric Acid and should be supplemented 
with Nitrogen and Potash. It is excellent espec¬ 
ially for the few plants, like Iris, which do not 
need much manure, also for bulbs in the fall. 
Less than 25 lbs. at 5 cts. per lb. 
25 lbs.$1.00 100 lbs. $2.50 
50 lbs. 1.50 ton. 11.50 
COTTONSEED MEAL 
The plant foods in this material analyze about 
6-2-2. Being rich in nitrogen it makes an excel¬ 
lent, inexpensive fertilizer for lawns. Combined 
with bone-meal it is good for general garden pur¬ 
poses. 
100 lbs.$3.35 M ton.$15.50 
MENDERTII 
This is not a fertilizer in the usual meaning. 
It is a soil builder made of a special kind of finely 
ground rock containing mineral elements val¬ 
uable to plants. Some users find it discouraging 
to pests and diseases. Should be supplemented 
by humus in some form. Valuable for worn out 
soils* 
100 lbs.$2.50 M ton.$8.75 
GROUND LIMESTONE 
Lime is used to correct acid soil, to transform 
plant-foods in the soil so that they will be 
available to plants, and to improve the physical 
condition of the soil. Certain plants such as 
bearded Iris and many rock plants are especially 
benefited by lime. It should not be applied near 
Rhododendrons and other plants of the Heath 
family which need acid soil. 
50 lbs. $.60 100 lbs.$.90 
PEAT MOSS 
A dried, partly decayed, fibrous moss imported from Germany. This contains little or no 
plant food and is not used as a fertilizer but to improve the physical condition of soils. It 
benefits light dry soil by absorbing and holding moisture; and it improves heavy soil by 
breaking up the stiff particles, aerating it, and making it suitable for root penetration. Being 
slightly acid in reaction it is the ideal mulch for ericaceous plants and Lilies. If used around 
other plants the slight acidity can be corrected by occasional use of lime. The neat appear¬ 
ance of Peat Moss on the ground makes it very desirable for mulching Rose beds. Largest 
size bale, (about 150 lbs.) $2.90; 5 bales, $13; 10 bales, $24; half bale, $1.75. 
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