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HENRY FIELD’S- SEED SENSE FOR APRIL, 1040—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 
This Beautiful Garden — All Field’s Plants 
Isn’t this a beautiful sight? It shows real care and thought¬ 
ful planting. I’m certainly proud that a gardener of Mr. Holza’s 
ability sends to me for all his plants. Here’s what he says, 
“Dear Mr. Field: I have always had good luck with your plants. 
Am sending you a picture of our back yard, but only a part of it shows. 
All of the plants and shrubs came from Henry Field. I wish you 
could see our 4 Chinese Elms we got from you. They are just beau¬ 
tiful. I am sending an order for more nursery stock with this letter.” 
F. J. Holza, Clarkson, Nebr., Box 26. 
Roses — Vitamin Treated! 
We’re going to lead the pack again—this time by being the 
first to offer you roses heavily treated with Vitamin B, — the 
new miracle plant stimulant. We’ve been testing it out care¬ 
fully in our greenhouse and have been amazed at the wonder¬ 
ful results it has given! 
Because of the great amount of extra equipment we have 
to add to do this treating, we won’t be able to treat everything. 
So I decided to give you rose fans first chance and will treat 
all rose collections (collections only) heavily with Vitamin B,. 
These treated roses should transplant much more easily—with 
less shock and should bloom sooner and with bigger blooms 
than untreated sorts. 
This extra treatment is only going to cost you 10c per col¬ 
lection, but you must ask for it on your order and include your 
money or, of course, we’ll ship you the regular untreated col¬ 
lections. You can get any rose collection treated—the Royal 
and Radiance collections on the back cover of the catalog (both 
real bargains), the lc sale of roses on the catalog envelope, 
or any rose collection inside the catalog. 
As far as I know, this year the only place you can get this 
service is right here at Henry Field’s. Later on, I suppose others 
may add it.—H. F. 
Vitamin B t Selling Fast 
Everybody seems to be trying Vitamin B, this year. Since I 
put it in the last Seed Sense, I have had over 800 orders in the 
first two weeks. Vitamin B, is the sensational discovery for 
stimulating plants. Better Homes and Gardens who announced 
the discovery report almost unbelievable things done by Vita¬ 
min Bt—huge dahlias 12 in. across, 5 in. rose buds and the like. 
In our greenhouse, results have been spectacular, too. No 
trick to use, simply dissolve in water and pour on your plant. 
A little goes a long way. Be sure and order some with your 
seeds. You’ll want to work some miracles with your garden 
this spring. Can furnish two forms: 
TABLET FORM—Easy to use. Simply dissolve one tablet in 2 
or 3 gallons of water. Use solution to water flowers or to 
dip roots of plants in. Full directions on bottle. 100 tablet 
size, SI.00; 25 tablet size, 50c postpaid. 
STOCK SOLUTION FORM—Concentrated solution. Conies in 
bottle with eye-dropper. One drop of this solution in 1 or 2 
gallons of water is enough. Bottle will make 500 to 1,000 
gallons—enough for entire season. Bottle only $1.00 post¬ 
paid. * * * * * 
A pupil who was well known for his unexpected answers was 
one day asked to define “magazine—a publication.” 
He drawled out, “a small body of literary matter, completely 
surrounded by advertisements.” 
Don’t Forget To Plant Fruit Trees 
I believe in plenty of flowers and shrubs to make a home look 
decent, but don’t forget to plant plenty of fruit trees. Nothing 
in the world will return you so much for so little invested. 
Every home should have at the least three or four fruit trees 
to keep it supplied with fruit. One big basket of fruit pur¬ 
chased down town costs more than a few trees which would 
give you bushels of fruit every year for years. 
This was taken at Luke and Georgia’s (my daughter and her 
husband) place near Marionville, Mo. They have a big orchard 
there. This is a Jonathan. No reason why anybody can’t do 
as well with good trees to start with. 
The Different Hedges 
If you’re interested in something newer and finer in hedges 
and want to try something different, here’s a list I can furnish 
in a limited quantity. These are all the extra-nice kind—more 
unusual, more striking than the commoner sorts. Quantity 
limited on some, so order soon. All are postpaid. 
Red Leaf Barbery—Grows 2 to 3 ft. tall. Blight red all 
summer. Can be trimmed or untrimmed. Plant 18 in. 
apart—10 for 98c; 25 for $1.98. 
Rugosa Grootendorst Rose'—Covered with roses. Grows 3, 
to 4 ft. tall. Red or pink. Set 2 ft. apart—Hedging grade 
10 for $1.98; 25 for $3.75. 
Hansens Bush Cherry—Grows 2 to 3 ft. tall. Loaded with 
blooms and cherries. Makes tight low hedge. Plant 2 ft. 
apart. Hedging size 10 for 98c; 25 for $1.98. 
Russian Olive—For tall hedges—Silver foliage. Plant 12 in. 
apart. 1 to 1 /2 ft. plants 25 for 98c; 100 for $3.39. 
Chinese Elm—Tight hedge, trimmed or untrimmed. Tall 
or low. Set 9 to 12 in. apart—2 ft. trees—Special bar¬ 
gain 70 for $1.01 pp. 
Persian Lilac—Special 1 yr. hedging plants for a tall hedge 
loaded with lilac blooms. Quick grower—10 for $1.98; 
25 for $4.25 pp. 
Other beautiful, unusual hedges that cause comment wher¬ 
ever growing are Silver King (silver hedge); Baby Roses (al¬ 
ways blooming); Anthony Waterer Spirea (low, everblooming 
hedge); and Bridal Wreath (a breathtaking sight when in full 
bloom—easy to grow). 
Our Planting Directions Free 
If you’re worried you don’t know how to plant something or 
are not just sure how to take care of it, don’t forget that each 
order that goes out of here has free planting instructions with 
it. There’s not any mystery to planting anyway—just plain 
common sense, but just in case you don’t know how to plant 
some particular item, we make it a point to see that you’re 
furnished the information when you get your plants. That’s 
part of Field’s service and it’s free. 
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“Casey,” said Pat., “how do yez tell th’ age of a tu-u-rkey?” 
“Oi can always tell by the teeth,” said Casey. 
“By the teeth!” exclaimed Pat. “But a tu-u-rkey has no 
teeth.” 
“No,” admitted Casey, “but Oi have.” 
