Lap ark Plant Department 
A GREATER VARIETY OF PLANTS IS PROPAGATED AT LAPflRK 
THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN AMERICA 
With every order from this Department of our Catalogue, we in« 
cludo FREE one extra plant, of our own selection and different 
from those you order, for each dollar the ord^r amounts to. 
We fill every order with strong, well rooted, healthy plants, carefully selected according to 
your order and guarantee safe delivery. Like every other grower of plants, we cannot always 
fill all orders immediately, for reasons not within human control, such as a long continued period 
of cloudy weather, which hinders rooting of cuttings and*, if too long, destroys many of them and 
this interferes with our superintendent’s plans for having stock of certain plants ready for mail¬ 
ing by certain dates ; an inferior car load of coal, preventing maintainance of sufficiently high 
temperature for growth of plants to a certain size within a possible number of days ; an unusually 
cold snap, which chills certain plants like Coleus and destroys their vitality so that a new stock 
has to be propagated. There are many such reasons, and knowing them we take all humanly 
possible precautions to prevent them. / 
Then, too, like everybody else, our order pickers are apt to make an error now and again. 
Sometimes it is quite difficult to be sure exactly what a customer does really order. But we are 
always glad to make good any mistake of ours. 
Please note that Plants and Seeds,or Bulbs,cannot be sent in the same package—seeds and Bulbs 
must be mailed dry while Plants require to be packed in. dampened moss. So thafrif you order both 
do not think we have made a mistake if you do not receive everything in the first package—the 
balance will follow. Generally we mail seeds first and usually enclose in the package a printed 
slip thanking you for your order and notifying you that the balance of your stuff will follow. 
Orders for Plants received too late in the season to be mailed without danger of freezing are 
held over until the weather makes it safe to send them. 
REMEMBER, WE PAY POSTAGE ON ALL PLANT ORDERS EXCEPT ON LARGE 
QUANTITIES CATALOGUED TO BE SENT BY EXPRESS 
When shipments are catalogued to go by express the receiver is expected to pay the transport 
tation charges, but we always figure our prices very low to make up for the express charges. 
vVe ship no orders C. O. D., because it necessitates extra time and delays the prompt arrival 
of Plants after they are shipped. 
When comparing our prices with those of "other growers pleas© remember the fact that we 
pay postage, whereas nearly.every other grower asks you to pay postage in addition. YouwiU 
find you can buy more for your money at Lapark than anywhere else. 
POT PLANTS FOR WINTER BLOOMING IN THE HOUSE 
SOIL: Almost any soil that will allow water to run 
through it readily will answer for potting plants. The 
following makes an excellent soil: one part good,garden 
loam, one part leaf mold, or turfy matter; add sufficent 
sharp sand so that, after thoroughly mixing, when you| 
squeeze a handful together it will fall apart readily.r 
Turfy matter can be secured by turning over a sod and] 
using that part of the soil that is full of grass roots. 
DRAINAGE: Pots 3 inches or more should have 
at the bottom a half-inch of broken flower pots, cinders, 
or something of that character, to allow proper drain¬ 
age. In repotting a plant, disturb its-roots as little as 
possible; try to slip it out of^ its old pot and into the 
new one without disturbing the soil; then fill in around ft 
the outside with fresh soil and water thoroughly. 
ABIJTILON, Flowering Maple. Showy, 
easily grown, continuous blooming pot plant in the 
North; in the frostless South can be set outdoors for 
permaner ornament on lawn. Reaches a height of 6 
to 8 feet, blooming from time it is a few inches high. 
Keep in sun. 
Eclipse. Drooping habit,leaves green and yellow 
blotched, with open yellotv flowers marked with brown. 
Savitzi. Bright, showy green foliage with white 
border, making it a highly ornamental window plant; 
flowers pinkish orange.One of the handsomest Abutilons. 
(Page 57) 15c each; 2 for 25c; 5 for 50c; $1.00 per doz.,all postpaid 
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