JEPENDABLE NURSERY STOCK 

Helpful Hints On Planting, 
Care And General 
Maintainance 
Good nursery stock well grown and 
carefully handled is essential in estab- 
lishing a planting, but good care is 
Careless planting 
and inadequate maintainance is an all 
too frequent cause of death or weak 
equally important. 
growth in nursery stock. 
PLANTING: 
Most nursery stock can be planted 
either spring or fall with equal success. 
Fall planting of evergreens starts in early 
August and continues until freeze-up, but 
the fall planting of shrubbery and other 
deciduous stock does not usually start 
until early October. Bare roots of plants 
must be protected at all times from un- 
due exposure to sun and wind, as even a 
small amount of ‘‘drying out’’ will de- 
finitely impair the chances of the plant 
making a satisfactory growth. The hole 
for planting should be larger than the 
spread of the roots and only the best 
black top soil should be used around the 
roots. It is safest not to use any manure 
in the hole, although pulverized peat mix- 
ed with the soil may be highly beneficial. 
The roots should be well spread, the soil 
worked carefully around them (avoiding 
air pockets) and then well firmed by 
tramping or by water packing with a 
running hose. 
PRUNING (at planting): 
Evergreens require no pruning at the 
time of planting but practically all other 
nursery stock should be heavily pruned 
at that time. When moved ‘‘bare root’’ a 
large part of the root system is of neces- 
sity lost or destroyed and it is to com- 
pensate for this loss that the top is cut 
back. Approximately 50 per cent of.the 
bud bearing wood should be removed in 
most shrubs and shade trees. This should 
be accomplished both by heading 
back and thinning out. In some plants 
such as roses, hydrangeas, certain vines 
and other plants, very severe pruning 
back should be practiced. 
WATERING: 
The hose, with nozzle detached, should 
be allowed to run at the base of the 
plant, thoroughly saturating the ground 
around the plant. It is a good idea after 
one watering has been given to repeat 
the operation again.- In spring planting 
there should be another soaking of the 
ground after two or three days and then 
once a week until the plants make a sat- 

The lawn is the most extensive part of 
any home grounds. It is the canvas on 
which the rest of the landscape picture 
is painted. It should be good. The found- 
ation of the lawn is good soil. There 
should be a considerable layer of rich 
black soil for root dvelopment and under 
this a layer of moisture retaining clay. 
New lawns may be established either by 
planting seed or by sodding. Where there 
are not steep slopes, and where quick 
use of the lawn is not a major consider- 
ation we recommend the use of seed in 
establishing a lawn. 
The ground should be leveled perfectly 
and raked to a loose, friable condition on 
top. Only the best available pure seed 
mixture should be used. Daniels lawn 
mixtures have been building outstanding 
lawns for many years. We know of no 
finer lawn seed, and if it were possible 
to produce a better one we would do it. 
Our mixtures are correctly proportioned, 
isfactory unless rainfall 
growth, 
takes care of the watering for us. In new 
ample 
plantings especially, but also in older 
plantings weekly soaking of the ground 
is desirable in periods of sparse rainfall 
or extreme heat. Fall planted nursery 
stock should be watered the same as in 
the spring. As fall draws to a close and 
freeze-up time approaches weekly satur- 
ations of the soil are desirable so that 
the plants will go into the winter with 
the ground around them in moist condi- 
tion. It is wise to practice this in even 
old established plantings in any fall when 
there is not abundant rainfall shortly be- 
fore the ground freezes. 
CULTIVATION: 
All growing plants thrive best when 
the surface soil around them is kept 
loose and mellow from frequent hoeings 
and cultivations. No farmer would con- 
sider planting a crop and then not cul- 
tivating the ground around it. The fact- 
ors that make this important to the 
farmer and his crops are just as import- 
ant for the home owner and his plants. 
This cultivation should be kept up until 
fall. In the hot dry weather of mid-sum- 
mer, cultivation labor may be avoided by 
mulching the ground with lawn clippings, 
peat or other suitable materials. If mulch 
is used it should be spaded into the 
ground the first thing in the spring. 
FERTILIZERS: 
In addition to good 
watering, judicious fertilizing will do 
much to stimulate the growth of all 
plants. Any good, all around, well bal- 
anced garden fertilizer is satisfactory for 
most plants. Greater care should be used 
in the fertilizing of perennials and ever- 
greens than any other plants. However, 
if the instructions given by the manufact- 
WANT A NICE LAWN? 
the seed is the purest, cleanest, heaviest 
and highest germinating available. For 
shady locations a different mixture is 
used than for sunny spots. After planting 
and rolling, the ground should be water- 
ed with a fine spray and from then until 
the seedlings are thoroughly established, 
the ground should be constantly moist. 
Sufficient moisture will make the soil 
black in appearance, If it turns gray, 
there is not enough moisture and some 
of the delicate seedling roots from newly 
germinated seeds are sure to be dried 
out and killed. To do this correctly some- 
times takes rather continuous and always 
intelligent attention. The most critical 
period is the first week or ten days, 
until the nurse crop becomes establish- 
ed, but great care should be exercise'd 
for the first month. 
Sod requires much less careful atten- 
tion but, it is imperative that, for the 
first few days, the sod be kept constant- 
cultivation and 

urers are followed their use 
should be safe. 
PEST CONTROL: 
Unfortunately most plants are subject 
carefully 
to attack from some insects or ‘diseases 
at one time or another. Fortunately, 
though, most of them can be controlled 
easily by the use of simple home methods 
IF the right control measures are used. 
(On pages 11, 20 and 23 of this little 
booklet will be found many suggestions 
helpful to the home gardener in meeting 
these problems.) 
WINTER PROTECTION: 
With the exception of tender roses and 
perennials little thought need be given 
to winter protection of the ornamental 
varieties we list in this booklet. Rabbits 
and mice constitute the most common 
winter hazards. Suggestions for their 
control will be found on page 11. Peren- 
nial beds should be protected for winter 
by covering with marsh hay or similar 
non-packing mulch material late in the 
fall, just before the ground freezes deep- 
ly. This should be removed in the spring 
when ‘danger of severe freezing is past. 
SUBSEQUENT CARE: 
Careful following of the suggestions 
made above should result in a truly beau- 
tiful and enjoyable home grounds. One 
other matter is however very important 
the manner of pruning. Suggestions 
regarding the correet pruning of Shrubs 
will be found on page 6, Roses on page 
7, Evergreens on page 18 and Fruit on 
pages 20 and 25. No planting ean be at 
its best if neglected, but if given a small 
amount of intelligent care any planting 
should furnish continuous and delightful 
sources of beauty and contribute much to 
ones health and enjoyment of life. 

ly moist, not only on the top, but all 
the way through. The first few days are 
the most critical in establishing a sod 
lawn. A few hours of drying out in the 
hot sun may damage newly laid sod ir- 
reparably. 
After a lawn is established, good care 
is essential if an outstanding turf is de- 
sired. It should be fertilized once or 
twice a year—first in early spring and 
again in late summer. After more than 
20 years of lawn building and maintain- 
ance, we feel that the one outstanding 
satisfactory lawn fertilizer is Milorganite. 
We'll be glad to give you ‘‘the dope’’ on 
Milorganite and costs of both the ma- 
terial and its application if desired. 
Spring top dressing with rich. screened 
dirt is often effective too. Clippings 
should be left where practical and wate¥- 
ing (thorough soaking) should be given 
as necessary in hot dry weather. 
