SHREDDED LEAF MOLD (Acid Soil Mulch) 
A thin layer from the top of an oak forest, shredded arid 
bagged. Very loose yet firm, goes a long way. Maintains 
an acid soil, wonderful for Azalea, Rhododendron, Blue¬ 
berries, Holiy, Dogwood, etc. Large 3 bushel bag. it>l.UU. 
(Nitro. Phos.. Potash) 
SHREDDED COW MANURE ( Vz — Va — Va ) 
Well rotted, can be applied as a direct mulch. Moisture 
25 to 40%. Sold in 100 lb. bags—$1.00 each. ($1. covers 
300 sq. feet). Excellent soil conditioner. 
PULVERIZED MANURE (1 — Vz — Vz) 
Bone-dry (under 5% moisture) and safe to use, as well as 
economical. Sold in 50 lb. bags which are almost the equal 
of 100 lbs. of the above. Price, $1.00 per bag. You save 
on freight. ($1. covers 300 sq. feet). 
PULVERIZED HEN PEAT (3«/ 2 — 3 — 2) 
Bone-dry powder of poultry manure • and peat moss. A 
superb all-round food supply. Must be used sparingly, and 
spread thin, for it is 3 times stronger than the above. The 
most fertilizer you can buy for your money. Price, 50 lb. 
bags for $1.00 each. ($1. covers 1000 sq. feet). 
There is a northern limit for 
every plant, beyond which it 
cannot live. For practical use 
the map at the right divides 
the country into Zones. Each 
plant description in this 
Guide has a related Zone 
limit (e.g., Abies Balsamea, 
page 14, it is Zone II). Look 
up your garden on the map 
and you can select hardy 
material. 
THE YEAR AFTER PLANTING, these little White Pines were about IV 2 feet 
high, twice transplanted, and cost about 30c each. 
TWENTY YEARS LATER the photo taken nrar the same place shows a young 
forest. Trees are 25 to 30 feet high. Worth $50.00 or more each! 
Small Deciduous Trees 
Deciduous trees and shrubs “need” 
pruning bark upon planting. With 
deciduous shrubs cut to the ground 
upon setting them out. Trees with 
a single stem: prune bark within a 
few inrhes of the ground and then 
a month later go over the planting 
again and cut away all but one 
single stem. 
Rooted Cuttings 
Many varieties do not come true 
jto type from seed. These are prop- 
ligated by cuttings of branches 
rooted in sand. For this reason, 
puttings are much more expensive 
,han seedlings. They require the 
,'ame care (for the first year) as 
seedlings, but once they have 
passed a Winter in the beds they 
c*an be treated as transplants. 
Seedlings (“S'”) 
Many varieties are raised from 
seed. These very small plants must 
be handled with extra care. They 
should be planted about four Inches 
apart in beds. Here they are left 
two years and for the first year, 
during the heat of the first Summer, 
should be shaded by a lath screen. 
Transplants (“X”) 
Evergreens that have been moved, 
or have had their roots pruned, 
tend to throw out extra roots near 
the stem, forming a close compact 
ball of fibrous roots that can be 
easily dug up. The transplant Is 
sufficiently sturdy to be planted out 
in the open field in rows. Here the 
root8 have room to grow, and the 
tops have room for shapely devel¬ 
opment. 
