The /. W. Scott Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. 
FERTILIZERS 59 
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Wizard Will Make Your Lawn and Garden Thrive! 
O NLY natural plant-foods restore the 
humus and essential food elements 
used up by your plants each year. 
Wizard Brand Manures will bring out the 
real beauty of your lawn and garden because 
they enrich soils Nature’s way. They release 
their abundant food-supply gradually over a 
long period. Consequently, your plants do 
not suffer from overfeeding or starvation. 
Further, Wizard improves the physical con¬ 
dition and puts new life into worn-out soils. 
So to be sure that all the needs of your plants 
are supplied correctly—use Wizard Natural 
Plant Foods. Wizard Sheep and Cow Ma¬ 
nures are pure manures, free from straw and 
rubbish, highly concentrated and sterilized 
to kill all weed seeds. They are safe for all 
plants and most economical. One bag equals 
a whole wagon-load of stable manure. 
Lawns 
For a thick velvety green turf use 6 to 10 pounds 
to 100 square feet in spring and fall. 
Flowers 
A handful mixed with the soil under each new 
plant, or 10 pounds to 100 square feet of bed area, 
will insure luxuriant green foliage and an abundance 
of bloom. Wizard is ideal for making liquid plant- 
food. 
Vegetables and Fruits 
Wizard promotes quick, tender growth of high- 
quality vegetables. Apply in hill or row or broad¬ 
cast at the rate of 6 pounds to 100 square feet. 
Apply at same rate for small fruits. 
Shrubs and Trees 
The lasting qualities of Wizard make it the ideal 
food for shrubs and trees. It releases plant-food 
continuously over a long period. 
Sheep and Cow Manures 
STERILIZED CONCENTRATED WEEDLESS 
Prices 
2 lbs.$0 20 
5 lbs. 30 
10 lbs. 50 
25 lbs. 1 00 
50 lbs. 1 75 
100 lbs. 3 00 
500 lbs.12 50 
1,000 lbs.22 50 
2,000 lbs.42 00 
COW MANURE 
Same price as Sheep Ma¬ 
nure. Delivery: Refer to bot¬ 
tom of page 57. 
Soilless Growth of Plants 
Interesting, timely, and instructive is 
this comprehensive book on the art of 
growing plants without soil. Gives com¬ 
plete instructions for carrying on plant- 
culture; how to build containers; how to 
make up “tested” nutrient solution from 
the raw materials; chemistry of plant-life; 
explains 5 different growing methods, 
etc. By Carleton Ellis and Miller W. 
Swaney. 160 pages, 60 illustrations—^3 in 
color. $2.75. 
Plantet 
A Nutrient Mixture 
Developed and prepared by the authors 
of “Soilless Growth of Plants” after 
several years of extensive research of 
growing plants by the use of nutrient 
solutions. Seven-ounce bottle, sufficient 
for preparing 30 gallons of growth solu¬ 
tion. 75 cts. 
G. P. M. Peat Moss is the finest grade, pure organic Peat Moss obtainable. It loosens 
heavy clay soils, gives body to sandy soils, it improves the texture of any soil; increases 
available fertility; stores up valuable moisture and water-soluble fertilizers for full use of 
plants. It aerates the soil and prevents hardening, and it promotes the development of 
vigorous root-growth—the secret of all luxuriant top-growth and beautiful flowers. 
HOW TO USE G. P. M. PEAT MOSS 
For Lawns and Gardens, mix moistened G. P. M. with the soil to a depth of 8 inches— 
about 1 bale to every 150 square feet—then add fertilizer and seed in the usual manner. 
As a Protective Mulch against extreme heat of summer and freezing blasts of winter, 
spread G. P. M. around base of plants to a depth of 3 to 4 inches. 
V^-bus, bag, 30 cts.; 1-bus. bag, 50 cts.; V4-bale sack, $1.35, not prepaid. Large bale, $3.25; 
5-bale lots, $3.15 per bale. Delivery prepaid in Pittsburgh and suburban districts 
Sorhpv Ppnf Made from selected high-qualitj'^ Moss Peat, ground 25 times finer 
* than ordinary peat moss. Ideal for top-dressing and potting-soil 
mixtures; corrects hard baked condition of turf. Bag containing 10 bus. material when 
loosened, $3, 5 bags $14.50, 10 bags $27.50. 
The Sudbury Home Gardener’s 
Soil-Test Kit 
Simple, practical, easy to use. Tests for 
nitrogen, phosphorus, potash, and acidity. 
Contains enough material to make at least 
three separate tests for each element. The 
information will enable you to make intel¬ 
ligent adjustment of your soil to the 
requirements of your plants and grasses. 
Complete with instructions and data on 
plant needs, $2. 
Sudbury Horticultural Soil-Test Kit. Con¬ 
tains enough material for 60 individual 
tests. Complete, $9.75. 
Sudbury Professional Soil-Test Kit. Con¬ 
tains enough material for 200 individual 
tests. Complete in metal box, $18.50. 
Testing Fluid for Refill (Specify whether 
for nitrogen, phosphorus, potash, or 
acidity). 2 ozs. 75 cts., 6 ozs. $1.50. 
Improved Driconure 
An all-organic fertilizer embodying the best qualities and benefits of Dehydrated Cow 
Manure, Poultry Manure, and a high-grade Peat Moss. IMPROVED DRICONURE is 
recommended for lawn top-dressing at the rate of one bag to 500 to 1000 square feet, and for 
general fertilization in garden work at the rate of one bag to 250 to 500 sq. ft. 
50-lb. bag (2J^ bus.) .$2 
100 lbs. 4 
Hofmann Fertilizer Spreaders ^ y 250 lbs. 9 
500 lbs.17 
Hofmann Fertilizer Spreaders are sturdily built 
and easy to operate. They will spread any dry com¬ 
mercial fertilizer as well as grass seed evenly and 
accurately, and soon pay for themselves in a saving 
in material and labor. 
Size 
Capacity 
Price 
14-in. Junior 
18 lbs. 
.$2 50 
16-in. 
35 lbs. 
. 5 75 
30-in. 
75 lbs. 
.11 00 
24-in. * 
65 lbs. 
.12 50 
36-in. * 
100 lbs. 
.17 95 
* Heavy Duty Model for large estates, cemeteries, 
golf courses, landscape gardeners, etc. 
