M PUDOR'S, INC., PUYALLUP, WASHINGTON 
SECTION 3 
Select Jllit &f cMasuuf, PeActuucd Plattti 
SUCCESS WITH PERENNIALS 
The chain of success with perennials is made up of the following 
links. The chain is no stronger than its weakest link. Lack of 
successful perennial planting will result when any one link fails. 
1. Prepare the soil deeply and thoroughly. Remember that a 
perennial bed must remain for some years. 
2. Use plenty of fertilizer. A complete fertilizer or bone meal 
will result in strong plants and abundant flowers. 
3. Arrange the plants so that they are suited to the space allotted 
to them; put the tallest ones at the back, using such sorts as may 
be depended upon for a good foliage background. Let some of the 
taller sorts extend toward the front, especially in the wider parts of 
the bed or border. This avoids monotony and gives interest. Pro¬ 
vide for choice edging plants which are compact in growth. 
4. Select plants which produce an abundance of bloom through¬ 
out a long season for the main stand-bys of the border. Tuck a few 
choice or lesser known sorts in the spaces between the dependables. 
5. Choose colors with care. Avoid the close association of the 
various shades and tints of the different reds, combining the scar¬ 
lets, oranges and salmons together, but not near the crimsons, 
magentas and lavender-rose colors. Use white flowers to separate 
doubtful colors; but do not use white too abundantly. 
6 . Be sure to buy Bordeaux Mixture in March, so that you are 
prepared to start spraying Peonies, Phlox, Hollyhocks and Del¬ 
phiniums early. Spray the plants and the soil as soon as growing 
starts, and repeat every week. Use according to directions on the 
can in which the Bordeaux Mixture is purchased. 
7. Have arsenate of lead and nicotine extract on hand. Use a 
spray or dust of arsenate of lead for all insects or caterpillars which 
chew holes in the leaves. Use nicotine sulphate or tobacco extract 
for the various plant lice, aphids or other sucking mouth-part in¬ 
sects. With the latter class it will be necessary to hit the insects 
with the spray. 
8 . Cultivate the soil between the plants so that there is a con¬ 
stant layer of loose soil about them. This will help to eliminate the 
need for watering perennials. 
9. Transplant each sort when it becomes greatly crowded, or 
seems to be ill-adapted to the location. Most sorts can be divided 
into several pieces to increase the number of plants. 
10. Give the plants a protection for winter. 
NO PLANT ORDERS ARE SOLICITED FOR LESS THAN 
ONE DOLLAR UNLESS YOU ADD 25c FOR HANDLING 
CHARGES AND POSTAGE 
SPECIAL NOTICE 
Seeds and all Unbloomed Seedlings, though offered in Separate 
Colors, must be accepted as from mother plants only of the colors 
indicated, with no warranty, expressed or implied, that the progeny 
will be constant to the parent colors. 
PLEASE DO NOTE 
The proportion of true color shades may vary from 85% to 95%, 
the balance being recessive types of earlier parentage. If you must 
have exact color lines, named sorts (from cuttings or division) 
alone are absolutely reliable. 
ATTENTION! IMPORTANT NOTICE. READ IT! 
Always add 10% to the total amount of your plant and bulb 
order, if you want them sent by mail postpaid, to cover pack¬ 
ing and postal charges, except where quoted as “postpaid”. IP YOU 
DON’T DO IT YOUR PLANTS WILL BE SENT BY EXPRESS, 
charges collect. At our low prices we can not afford to pay parcel 
post charges to Eastern points at the rate of 15c per lb. and 25c 
for 2 pounds. It is best to send perishable plants by express, any¬ 
way; they travel faster and much safer. Each parcel is handled 
individually and not stuffed into a canvas sack. It is especially 
important in the Spring, when the plants are full of rising sap and 
the weather liable to turn warm any day. If they must go by mail 
it is advisable to mail them by “SPECIAL HANDLING”. It costs 
10c per pound up to 2 pounds, and 15c over that, which kindly add 
to your remittance if you want them sent that way. 
NO PLANT ORDERS ARE FILLED FOR LESS THAN $1, UNLESS 
YOU ADD 25c FOR HANDLING AND PACKING 
CHARGES AND POSTAGE PAID. 
(And you must not count your seed and bulb orders as plants 
and add them to the total of your order; plants are handled separ¬ 
ately and packed and mailed separately from the seeds and bulbs.) 
No Shipment of Plants After March 20th 
(Except Small Seedlings up to May) 
Please note that owing to our mild winters plant life here awak¬ 
ens so early in this Puget Sound country that it is inadvisable to 
make shipments of DELPHINIUMS, AQUILEGIA, LUPINE, and 
BLEEDING HEART after March 20th, except to nearby states. 
AJUGA 
A. REPTANS. Forms a close carpet 2 to 3 inches high of richly 
bronzed purple leaves; it has creeping stems, rooting at every joint. 
Flowers are like a mint and blue; an excellent evergreen; beautiful 
in winter. It forms a good ground cover for damp or shaded posi¬ 
tions where grass will not thrive. Situation, sun or light shade; soil, 
any, not dry. A good rock plant. Per dozen $2.50; each 25c. 
ANEMONE 
PULSATILLA. The Pasque Flower. Large flowers varying in 
color from deep lavender to violet purple, filled with golden yellow 
stamens on 12-inch stems. Any situation and soil, but appreciates 
some lime. One of the first spring flowers. The seed heads are 
very beautiful and silky and ornamental. Large plants that should 
be planted early in the spring (or fall). Each 35c. 
B No plant orders are solicited for less than one dollar, un^S 
JS’less you add 25c extra for handling charges and postage. 
AQUILEGIA—COLUMBINE SEEDLINGS 
BLUE KING. Long spurred, a beautiful clear blue. 
PINK SHADES. Long spurred. 
SNOW QUEEN. With extra long spurs. 
DOBBIE’S LONG SPURRED IMPERIAL HYBRIDS in wonder¬ 
ful pastel colors in mixture only. 
PRICE for any of the above by the dozen lot only of each variety 
(not less than a dozen of any variety sold), per doz. 75c, postpaid; 
3 doz. for $2.00 (different colors). Large plants, 15c and 25c each. 
BLUE ROCKY MOUNTAIN COLUMBINE. If grown well under 
right conditions it is probably the handsomest of all. Large long- 
spurred sky-blue flowers with white petals. We secure our seeds 
from plants grown high up in the Colorado mountains assuring vigor 
and purity of color. Requires moist peaty soil and light shade. In its 
wild state it is often found along the banks of streams. Seedlings, 
75c per doz. No reduction in quantity. Advanced larger seedlings at 
$1.50 per dozen. 
CRIMSON STAR. A bright crimson long-spurred variety; the long 
spurs are a rich crimson and the center is white tinged carmine. The 
flowers measure 3 inches in diameter and are borne on graceful erect 
2-foot stems. There will be a few rogues amongst the seedlings. 
Really a sensational Columbine. Seedlings, 75c per doz. Advanced 
large seedlings, $1.50 per doz. 
SCAB IOSA CAUCASICA HOUSE’S STRAIN. If you have never 
grown the charming perennial Scabiosa, you have certainly missed 
a lovely garden flower. Blooms when quite small in lovely shades 
of blue on long stems. An excellent cut flower. Plants, 15c and 25c 
each; $1.50 and $2.50 per dozen. Plant in the sun, in not too rich soil 
and give the plants a dressing of lime; they will not grow in wet soil. 
ASTERS—PERENNIALS; MICHAELMAS DAISIES 
SPRING DELIVERY ONLY 
IMPORTANT. For the finest display and largest flowers you 
MUST transplant and divide these asters every spring—only 2 or 3 
roots to the hill. If you neglect doing this your flowers will be only 
mediocre and you will miss the finest display of these lovely flowers. 
READ: In the early stages of growth, watch out for the red lice. 
Spray with a strong tobacco solution or any good lice powder; keep 
it up two or three times during the heat of the day when the air is 
still and they won’t trouble any more. 
LITTLE PINK LADY. Surely you can’t pass this charming little 
lady by, even so you have no use for Michaelmas Daisies. For years 
we have grown over a dozen of the best varieties, offering them to 
the garden public at small prices and every year the sales have 
fallen off until we finally had to give up the ground to some more 
profitable crop. But we couldn’t discard the LITTLE PINK LADY. 
A most beautiful pure pink, the plants smothered with the large 
single starry blossoms with their bright yellow centers. Height only 
18 inches, in neat compact growth, altogether charming. Plants are 
sold in the spring of the year only. 25c each, 6 for $1.25, postpaid. 
KING GEORGE. The best, by far, of all dwarf perennial Asters. 
Height 24 in. Glorious hortense violet flowers of huge size in great 
and prolonged profusion in the late summer. Good for the rockery 
or the perennial border. Strong plants in the spring, only 25c and 
35c each. 
ASTILBE (Spirea) 
Beautiful hardy garden perennials with large flower trusses; pre¬ 
fer rich, moist soil. Most attractive in the garden and a fine cut 
flower. 
A. PINK PEARL. A delicate salmon-pink. Height about 3 feet 
with attractive foliage. A beautiful attractive hardy plant for any 
garden; they also force well indoors. Strong blooming size plants, 
each 45c. 
