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Plants are living, growing things. Like everything else that lives, they 
need a congenial environment. For plants, this means a favorable climate, 
and more important still, a correct soil. Soil is made up of two kinds of 
material: one is mineral or inorganic; the other is vegetable or organic. 
Both are essential as sources of plant food; but the organic material, gen' 
erally called humus, plays by far the most important part. Peat Moss is 
the most desirable type of humus that is known. 
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HOLLAND PEAT PRODS CO 
HOLLAND MICH. 
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Superior Brand Peat Moss gives the soil a loose, soft texture that absorbs warmth and energy 
from the sun. It takes up surplus available plant food and gradually releases it as the plants need it. 
Besides, the Peat aids in the growing of certain bacterial organisms essential to the plant’s activity. 
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Superior Brand Peat Moss results from the partial, natural decay of great deposits of the sedge 
moss laid down ages ago in the bogs of Michigan. It is pure vegetable matter, free from weed 
seeds and excessive woody tissues, disease spores and impurities. It improves soils that are too 
light and sandy, giving them body and coherence and to heavy soils it gives life and porousness. 
As it has a loose, spongy texture it takes up from ten to fifteen times its own weight in water. 
By holding the moisture longer, Superior Brand Peat Moss tends to keep down the water bills 
even while it is growing more lovely gardens. 
Superior Brand Peat Moss is excellent as a mulch. A layer of the loose, fluffy material on the top 
of the ground will greatly check evaporation. Applied from one to five inches deep it conserves 
soil moisture and prevents erosion. In winter it protects plant roots from severe cold. 
PRICES: Superior Brand Peat Moss is sold in bags, each containing two bushels. We will ship 
by freight, charges collect, unless you instruct otherwise. Shipping weight per bag of two bushels 
about 50 pounds. Price of 2 bushels (1 bag), 99c; 4 bushels (2 bags), $1.77; 6 bushels (3 bags), 
$2.57; 8 bushels (4 bags), $3.37. Larger quantities for lawns and large plantings, $6.50 per cubic 
yard. (1 cubic yard equals 22 bushels.) 
2-WAY MONEY SAVING. Two bags (about 100 lbs.) can be shipped as cheaply as one bag, 
since freight companies make no reduction under 100 pounds; thus you save on freight when two 
bags are ordered. And when you order two bags you pay only 78c for the extra bag. Order two 
or more bags, and save money. 
Tulip City Brand Raw Bone Meal 
Ideal for lawns, shrubbery and all bulb stock. This is a safe fertilizer, and quicker acting than 
the steamed Bone Meal. We have used this brand for years on our own bulb fields. Tulips or 
other bulbs require from one to two pounds for one hundred bulbs. Available in: 25-lb. bags at 
$1.35; 50-lb. bags at $2.50; 100-lb. bags at $4.00, not prepaid. 
At your request we will gladly mail you free of charge a complete catalog of Gardex SoiLFlow 
garden tools. 
NELIS NURSERIES, Inc., Holland, Mich. 
