Lawns 
FEED: an application of fertilizer when the grass first begins to 
show green gives the grass roots a good, start before weeds 
'begin their growth. Later applications are helpful but less 
necessary. 
SEED bare and thin spots in spring 'and fall. 
WEED regularly. Weeds removed when small have no opportunity 
to deposit seed or to crowd out lawn grass. Crab-Grass 
goes to seed about August 15th. After this seed is in the 
ground weeding accomplishes nothing beyond a certain 
tidiness. 
SPECIAL LAWN FERTILIZER, .$2.75-100 lb. bag. LAWN GRASS SEED MIXTURE :$.70-1 lb. to $58.00-100 lbs. 
Apply 20 lbs. to a thousand square feet Mixture for shade runs @ $.10 more per pound. 
for early spring feeding Fcr renovating use 1% lbs. to 3 lbs. to a thousand feet 
MICHIGAN PEAT-SOIL SPONGE 
$25.00-ton 
For top-dressing lawns use alone or mixed with two parts compost. 
One ton will cover a thousand square feet approximately 1/4 inch 
deep. 
Annuals 
Success with annuals is largely due to a knowledge 
of how, when and where to start the seed. 
Because of difficulty in handling or long period between 
seeding and flowering many annuals are better started in 
greenhouse of hot bed; among these are PETUNIA and 
LOBELIA. 
Unless wanted for early bloom many are entirely satis¬ 
factory when sown in the open; some, such as ALYSSUM 
and CORNFLOWER, may be sown while the ground is 
still cold; others, such as MARIGOLD and ZINNIA, 
must have warm ground. Some resent transplanting 
and should be sown where they are to bloom, examples 
are MIGNONETTE and POPPIES. 
Those annuals that do not come true from seed should be 
raised from cuttings; the fragrant double iv hit e 
CARNATION-FLOWERED PETUNIA is one of these. 
We will welcome inquiries as to our seedlings 
as we only have space to mention a few. 
FOR edging the light blue LOBELIA CAMBRIDGE 
BLUE and the darker and dwarfer CRYSTAL PALACE, 
good in combination or alone. 
FOR picking MARIGOLD YELLOW SUPREME, ZIN¬ 
NIAS, DESERT GOLD, pale yellow, PINKIE, PURITY, 
large white, and CRIMSON MON ARCH. 
FOR garden effect PHLOX DRUM MON DI CIIAMOIS- 
ROSE and ISABELL1NA, buff, are lovely together. 
DAHLIA COLTNESS HYBRIDS, mixed, are particular¬ 
ly good for bedding the first year from seed. In follow¬ 
ing years the plants from tubers will be taller. 
PETUNIAS are indispensible; FLAMING VELVET, 
deep velvety red, ELK’S PURPLE, SNOWSTORM are 
but a few. 
FOR pale blue, August to frost , SALVIA FARINACEA 
BLUE BEDDER. 
Spring Underplanting for Tulips 
MYOSOTIS ALPESTRIS VICTORIA: 
Forget-me-not, azure.$2.00-doz. 
PANSIES, blue, yellow, white and mixed, $.60-doz.; 5.00-hundred 
PRIMULA POLYANTHA: Bunch Primrose, mixed, 3.00-doz. 
May all be planted when the ground is cold. 
Summer Bloom 
GORDONIA ALATAMAHA, generally a large shrub on L. I. 
5 to 6 ft.$7.50 ea. 
ROSE SUNSHINE, small-flowered Polyantha, . 1.00 ea. 
VITEX MACROPHYLLA: 
Chaste-Tree, lavender-blue, 4 yr. 1.50 ea. 
The earliest large white flowers of the GORDONIA come 
in August. The golden-yellow flowers of SUNSHINE are 
intensely fragrant. The VITEX, August-September, may be 
kept to a few feet high when pruned in the manner of a 
Hybrid Tea Rose each spring. 
Autumn Yellow and Bronze 
CUSHION CHRYSANTHEMUMS, descendants of the familiar 
pink Amelia. 
King Cushion, bronze, and Yellow Cushion .$4.50-dcz. 
HYBRID KOREAN CHRYSANTHEMUMS, . 3.50-doz. 
King Midas, double yellow, Ceres, single yellow. 
Ember, double bronze, Apollo, single bronze. 
The above and other varieties, including late blooming 
“Garden Chrysanthemums”, will be ready from pots about June 1st. 
