Start spraying the plants in the garden 
before the insects get a start. It’s too late 
after the damage is done. 
Plant all vine seeds in warm soil; they 
may rot if the soil is cold. 
Be sure to thin plants to the distances 
given on Ferry’s seed packets; both flowers 
and vegetables need lots of room to grow. 
Soak beet seeds over night before plant- 
ing if the garden soil is dry. 
Our Spring Flowering Sweet Peas are 
winning a wonderful reputation for endur- 
ing hot weather and for producing loads of 
blossoms all summer. The stems are long 
and the colors exquisite. Don’t fail to pick 
some of these from Ferry’s Red-and-Silver 
Display! 
A plot 30 x 50 feet will supply a family 
of four or five with fresh vegetables. all 
summer with plenty left over for canning. 
Your dealer will be glad to get special 
flower or vegetable seed items for you. 
Select seeds of one or two new vegetables 
or flowers. They'll add interest to your 
garden. 
Grow a few flowers just for fragrance, — 
mignonette, heliotrope, nicotiana, sweet 
alyssum, for example. 
If weeds come up in your newly planted 
lawn, don’t blame the grass seed; most 
soils contain hundreds of weed seeds wait- 
ing for a chance to grow. 
Tomato vines make a good winter 
mulch for perennials that need protection. 
Mix fine soil or sand with small seeds 
before sowing; it saves thinning. 
There’s no bother and no delay when 
you buy your seeds from the Ferry Display. 
Recipe for attractive edging: Mix one 
part Lilac Queen Alyssum seed with four 
parts Carpet of Snow Alyssum seed and 
two parts clean sand. Sow mixture evenly 
in prepared soil in foreground of flower 
border. 
_ Be sure to plant succession crops of 
your favorite sweet corn; then you'll 
enjoy corn-on-the-cob for a long season. 
Use a sharp knife or shears when you 
cut flowers; twisting or pulling them off 
may harm the plant. 
Make meals more tasty and appetizing 
with home-grown herb seasonings. 
If you want lots of beans from small 
space, choose pole varieties. 
BOOKLET CUPBOARD —tThe following folders have been prepared for home 
gardeners and will be sent free upon request: 
Getting the Most from Your Vegetable Garden Starting Perennials from Seed 
Flower GardensOld Fashioned and New Let’s Have a Beautiful Lawn 
How Do Your Onions Grow? If It’s a Matter of Taste (A list of choice vege- 
Grow Lettuce Successfully table varieties selected for home gardens) 
You, Too, Can Grow Fine Tomatoes Old-timie Herbs for Modern Gardens 
Fall Bulb Planting Quick-growing Vines for Beauty and Use 
Rock Garden Plants from Seed Ferry-Morse Sweet Peas—and How to Grow Them 
Flower Garden Recipes (14 groupings of annuals for making attractive borders) 
We give no warranty, express or implied, as to description, purity, productiveness, or any other matter 
of any seeds, bulbs, or plants we send out and will not be in any way responsible for the crop. When mentioned 
purity and germination tests are for information only and without guarantee. (Description includes kind, 
variety, and name). ; 
Prices subject to change without notice 
FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 
Detroit, Michigan e San Franeciseo, California 


