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Some plants require an alkaline or limestone soil while 
others cannot endure it, but must have an acid soil. If 
your soil is acid or deficient in lime, limestone-loving plants 
can be made to flourish in it by adding any material con¬ 
taining lime, such as air-slacked lime, ground limestone, or 
even old plaster. If your soil naturally contains lime, it can 
be improved for acid loving plants by adding leaf mold, 
peat moss, broken rotted wood or even saw dust. Some¬ 
times aluminum sulphate or alum is used for the same pur¬ 
pose. Unless otherwise stated, plants are easily grown in 
well-drained garden soil. 
When planting, dig holes of ample size to receive the 
roots. Plants should be planted as deep, or preferably a 
little deeper than they grew in the nursery. The roots 
should be spread out as much as possible and the soil worked 
in among them. Small bulbs should be planted rather deep, 
three to four inches, and lily bulbs even deeper, at least 
six inches. The distance apart at which plants and bulbs 
should be planted should be determined largely by their 
character of growth; tall plants may require one and one- 
half to two feet; spreading plants fifteen inches or more; 
while some small plants and bulbs may be planted as close 
as four to six inches. 
As a general rule, the best time to plant any plant is 
when it is dormant. With the greater number of plants 
this occurs in late summer, fall or early spring.. As a gen¬ 
eral rule too, it is best to plant in fall those plants which 
blossom very early in spring. This includes spring bloom¬ 
ing bulbs, and such other plants as blossom in April or 
early May. By planting in fall, such plants have a chance 
to get established before blooming time. Another group of 
plants which are seldom successfully planted in spring are 
those which make a fall growth or start into growth so 
early in spring that they cannot be readily handled without 
injury to the young shoots. These include such plants as 
Peonies and Dicentra Spectabilis. Oriental Poppies have a 
habit of going dormant prematurely when planted in spring 
and lose a year’s growth as a result, and should be planted 
in fall. In the northern states, plants or bulbs planted in 
fall should be given light protection during the first winter, 
not so much to keep them from freezing, as to prevent 
alternate freezing and thawing, from heaving them out of 
the ground. 
With the exception of plants such as referred to above, 
early spring is perhaps the best planting time. This should 
be deferred, however, until the soil has become sufficiently 
dry to be friable. Never plant in wet sticky soil. All 
plants which are inclined to freeze out or winter kill 
should be planted in spring. They will endure much more 
severe weather after they have had a year in which to be¬ 
come established. This is particularly true of such plants as 
Anemone Japonica, Tritomas, etc. 
CUARANTEE 
Guarantee—Owing to the nature of much of the material 
offered, and the low prices at which it is sold, and the fact 
that we have no control over it after it leaves our hands, 
we cannot guarantee it to grow, but we do guarantee safe 
arrival in good condition and will replace any stock not re¬ 
ceived in good condition, if complaint is made immediately 
when plants are received. 
PRICES 
Unless otherwise stated, all plants in the following lists 
are 25 cents each; three for 60 cents; $2.20 per dozen; 
$15.00 per 100; plants listed at 35 cents each are three 
for $1.00; $3.50 per dozen, $25.00 per 100; and those 
listed at 50 cents each are three for $1.35; $5.00 per 
