HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR MARCH, 1940—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 
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Grew This Tall in 2 Years! 
Here’s another proof of how fast Chi¬ 
nese Elm will grow. This picture was 
taken just two years after the Chinese 
Elm was planted. It was a 6 foot tree 
when set, and must now be over three 
times that. Picture sent hi by Margaret 
Pulley, Elmore, Minnesota. Chinese Elm 
are hardy, too, as far north as you want 
to plant them. 
Left Out of Catalog 
Every year, I find something that I 
meant to put in the catalog and didn’t. 
Here are two, I don’t see how I forgot, but 
1 did. I apologize. But it don’t matter. 
You can buy them here from Seed Sense 
and get them in plenty of time for plant¬ 
ing. 
First is the OLD FASHIONED PURPLE 
LILAC. You all know it and love it. It 
will never go out of style. Grows tall 
(about 9 ft.), flowers are immense. 
Plants: Select, 24c ea.; 5 for $1.00; or 
Extra Select 29c ea.; 4 for $1.00, postpaid. 
The other is FLOWERING UMBRELLA 
TREE (Rose Acacia). Grows just like an 
umbrella catalpa except it is more grace¬ 
ful with fine foliage (that stays on most 
all winter) and has lovely flowers like 
sweet peas every spring. Going to make 
a special price on this unusually beautiful 
ornamental of $1.19 ea.; 2 for $1.98, post¬ 
paid, in the 3 to 4 foot size and $1.49, 
2 for $3.69 in the big 4 to 6 foot size. 
The big size goes express collect as it is 
too big to mail. 
Field’s Stock Lives 
“Dear Mr. Field: 
“I have bought nursery stock from sev¬ 
eral different firms the last few years, and 
none of it has lived, so this year I thought 
I would send to you again, because I 
know that anything I buy from you will 
be all right in every way.”—Charles A. 
Brown, Taylorville, Ill. 
* * * * * 
I attribute my few wrinkles at my age 
to the fact I generally let others do the 
worrying about their own business. 
Don’t Buy Cheap Roses 
Don’t, for heaven’s sake try to save a 
few pennies on roses this year and buy 
some cheap stock. Roses you know come 
in many grades—the cheap ones being 
the culls and throw outs and broken- 
rooted ones that won’t grow. We burn 
them and they don’t even make good fuel, 
but don’t for goodness sakes pay out good 
money for them. 
Stick to plants that are strong, and 
hardy, and heavy-rooted. What you want 
is lots of rose blooms, not dead plants that 
cost you 2c less! To keep you from buy¬ 
ing cheap roses, I’ve priced my giant 2 
yr. everblooming roses as low as possible. 
They won’t cost you hardly any more, but 
what a difference in growth and bloom! 
One costs 37c postpaid and in lots of 10 
they are only 2 9c postpaid. Think of 
that! And that’s for the BEST grade. 
All will bloom the first year. 
My Nursery Guaranteed 
It’s foolish to buy cheap, second-grade 
nursery stock like is sometimes offered for 
sale. You might save 10c, but 5 years later 
when the tree is supposed to bear apples 
and bears just leaves instead, you’ll wish 
you hadn’t fooled with it. 
I don’t fool around with sickly, cheap 
nursery stock. Everything that isn't first- 
class, heavy-rooted, and of the highest- 
quality is thrown out and burned. That’s 
why I’m able to guarantee my nursery stock 
with this Iron-clad guarantees This guaran¬ 
tee alone, is reason enough to buy your 
nursery stock of Henry Field. I guarantee 
everything to reach you in first class, live 
growing condition. If you’re not pleased in 
every way, notify me within 5 days and I will 
replace it at onee. After that, up to Oc¬ 
tober 1st, we take half the blame (weather 
one-half) and replace at half price anything 
unsatisfactory' through any’ fault of the 
stock. Fair enough, isn’t it? 
State Approves Our 
Nursery 
Notice sometime the label on the pack¬ 
age of nursery stock you get from me. 
You will see a notice signed by state offi¬ 
cials, stating that they have inspected 
and approved my nursery stock as being 
clean and free from disease. This ap¬ 
pears on every shipment. If the shipment 
can’t get that approval, it isn’t sent out. 
This means something to you. You 
want good healthy stock, of course. So, 
if you should decide not to buy of me for 
some reason, just keep in mind you want 
to buy from a nursery that can get this 
official approval. It means something to 
you. 
My Most Papular Offer 
Don’t believe I ever had a collection as 
popular as the Royal Rose collection on 
the back cover of the catalog. It’s going 
to even beat the Radiance Rose collection, 
I believe, which always was most popu¬ 
lar. 
Of course, it’s a real bargain—those are 
all the best varieties. Bought alone, they 
would cost you over $2.32, but I’m selling 
them in this collection for $1.49, postpaid. 
Have only about 900 of these collections 
left, so if you haven’t gotten yours, better 
hurry. 
Incidentally, if you are just starting off 
rose gardening, you couldn’t do better 
than buy this collection. Just ask some 
rose “fan” if these aren’t the best vari¬ 
eties. Chances are the “fan” will have al¬ 
ready bought one or more of these col¬ 
lections. 
A Sample of My Mo. Giant Blackberries 
Don’t they look good? This is an actual photograph Mrs. Field took of our Mis¬ 
souri Giant blackben-ies growing down in our Ozark garden. Last summer, they 
just bore and bore and bore. We had more fruit than we wanted to can and had 
to give a lot away. Look at the size of those berries. They’re bigger than any berry 
I’ve ever seen, but still they’re sweet as sugar. Easy to pick, too—few thorns. 
Hardy everywhere in middle west. You’ll find the description of them on page 23 
in the catalog. Better put in a dozen this year. I’ll send you 12 of the big 2 yr. 
plants for $1.09 postpaid. 
