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peat moss and fertilizers 
FERTILIZER for Better Crops 
The highest grade only. Guaranteed analysis. Prices net cash and subject to market changes. All F. O. 
B. St. Louis. If you are in the market for Ton Lots, please write for price. 
aluminum sulphate 
For making acid soil. Also used in benches that contain too 
much lime. 100 lbs. $2.75. 
ARMOUR’S SPECIAL FLORISTS’ MIXTURE 
All inorganic and quickly available—5% nitrogen, 15% available 
phosphoric acid, 5% potash. Highly recommended to the com¬ 
mercial grower for all types of plants either under glass or out¬ 
side. Promotes thrifty growth and profuse blossoming. Before 
planting apply 6 lbs. per 100 square feet and work thorougly 
into soil. For soil piles, mix 4-inch potful with each wheelbarrow 
of soil. 100 lbs. $3.25. 
“NEW PLANT LIFE” 
3-oz. Bottle—(25c sellers)—In beautiful four-color display 
carton, in concentrated form. 24 bottles to each carton. 
Per carton.$ 
1-gallon container. ..... 
5-gallon container. 
4.00 
2.65 
10.00 
NITRATE OF SODA 
16% inorganic nitrogen, readily soluble and quickly available 
for side or top dressing, or in liquid manures. For the Home 
Garden apply as a solution one ounce to two gallons of water. 
Price (subject to market changes), 25 lbs. $1.00; 100 lbs. $2.85. 
ARMOUR’S BONE, BLOOD AND POTASH 
Fertilizer Mixture (Analysis) 5-8-7 
This is our best brand of concentrated manure; excellent for 
mixing into potting soil or as a top dressing. It is a money¬ 
maker. For potting soil, use about 20 lbs. to a cubic yard of 
soil, and for the dressing scatter it about as thick as lawn grass 
seed is sown, after loosening the surface of the soil. It is excellent 
for Carnations if applied by the end of October or in November. 
100 lbs. $3.65. 
ARMOUR’S 10-8-6 
A complete fertilizer for lawns, trees and flower beds. 100 lb. bag 
$2.90. 
BONE MEAL 2-24 
Best grade of steamed bone for general use. 2% nitrogen, 24% 
total phosphoric acid. Used under glass or outside for nearly 
all plants. 100 lb. bag, $2.75. 
NITROPHOSKA 
15% nitrogen, 30% phosphoric acid, 15% potash. 100 lbs. $6.75. 
MICHIGAN PEAT (P. P. P. Brand). The Ideal All Organic 
Soil Builder and Plant Food 
Michigan Peat is the ideal organic soil builder and plant food 
for seed flats, and mixing for potting and greenhouse bench soil. 
A neutral peat containing 3% nitrogen. For seed flats, use 
peat with Yi good loam; for potting use M peat with % soil. 
100 lb. bag $1.75. Write for price on bulk car lots. 
PEAT MOSS (Granulated) 
A moisture retaining humus for mix¬ 
ing potting soil. Large standard 
bale. 
Write for prices. 
SULPHATE OF AMMONIA 
BONE AND BLOOD. 
Use one pound to bushel of soil for potting soils, one-fourth pound 
to square yard as top dressing. 100 lbs. $2.90. 
CATTLE MANURE (2% Nitrogen, 1% Total Phosphoric 
Acid, 1% Potash) 
This is a very high grade material, heat dried, and free from 
straw, being all pure Cattle Manure. 100 lb. bag $1.60. 
SHEEP MANURE—Pulverized (2% Nitrogen, 1% Total 
Phosphoric Acid, 2% Potash) 
This is a pure, natural Manure. It is excellent for mixing with 
the soil for greenhouse plants—one part Manure and six parts 
soil. 100 lb. bag $1.60. 
DRIED BLOOD (13^% Nitrogen) 
For top-dressing, for mixing with the soil, and for applying in 
liquid form, it is one of the best and safest nitrogenous fertilizers. 
Ideal in manure mulch on bench plants. Two to four pounds per 
100 square feet. 100 Lb. bags $5.25. 
Used for its nitrogen. A very desirable fertilizer for all plants 
in which a large leaf development or rapid growth is desired. 
Use 1 lb. to 50 square feet of ground or bench. 100 lb. bag, $2.70. 
SUPER ACID PHOSPHATE (20% Phosphoric Acid) 
Used for Carnation soil and other crops requiring phosphoric 
acid. 100 lbs. $1.75. 
SWIFT RED STEER 12-6-4 
A golf and lawn fertilizer that is also good for feeding trees and 
shrubs. For golf courses and lawns, use 6 to 8 lbs. per 100 
sq. feet.; 400 to 500 lbs. per acre. Price, 100-lb. bag $2.50. 
Write for price on ton lots. 
SWIFT RED STEER 4-12-4 
A well-balanced plant food for commercial growers for feeding 
and making potting soil. Use 5-inch pot for wheelbarrow of 
earth. 100 lbs. $2.00. 
SWIFT RED STEER 4-8-6 
A balanced food for Dahlia, Narcissus and all root crops. 100 lb. 
bag $1.95. 
HARDWOOD CHARCOAL (Granulated Fine) 
For mixing in soil in seed flats, cutting benches and pot plants. 
50 lb. bags $1.50. 
HORN SHAVINGS (13% Nitrogen) 
Best used for mixing potting soil; quick acting. 50 lb. bag $4.00. 
LOMA 
Use Loma for feeding carnation, snapdragon, and all greenhouse 
plants. 100 lbs. $2.90. 
MILORGANITE 
Milorganite contains no weed seeds 
or harmful bacteria. Scientific 
processes assure purity. Being or¬ 
ganic, Milorganite stimulates de¬ 
sirable soil bacteria of all kinds 
• . . necessary for conversion of 
water insoluble elements into plant 
food. Being granular, Milorganite 
is dustless and free-flowing . . . easy 
to apply even in windy weather 
and it doesn’t cling to vegetation. 
50 lbs. $1.25; 100 lbs. $2.10; ton 
$38.00. 
WE RECOMMEND IT 
100 lb. bag.$ 2.75 
100 lb. bags in ton lots. 55.00 
50 lb. bag. 1.70 
25 lb. bag. 1-00 
10 lbs. ( 6 pkgs to case)... 3.36 
5 lbs. (14 pkgs to case).. . 4.06 
1 lb. (32 pkgs. to case)... 1.92 
Delivered freight prepaid in lots of 
300 lbs. or over, within a radius of 
.500 miles. 
Year-round Money-maker 
Plant food in tablet form for all plants, flowers, shrub- 
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