4 GURNEY’S PLANTING MAGAZINE 
Published by THE GURNEY SEED & NURSERY COMPANY 
Gurney Building Yankton, South Dakota 




EDITORS AND ASSOCIATE EDITORS 
Geo. W. Gurney Sidney Gurne i i 
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pee ted Wik Elmer Lundberg 
é ilfiams Jal < 
7  Gootes Walter Koons 
and alt other members of the Gurney organization 


Sent FREE to all regular customers and friends of Gurney’s 
all over the United States 
Place Your Spring Order NOW! 
Avoid Shortages Next Spring 
_ (You May Order at Low ’43 Prices Until January 1) 
There is no doubt, now, that some serious shortages in garden seeds and 
plants will prove to be ten times worse next spring than they were this 
spring. Imports from Europe of some vegetables they grew have been 
shut off for several years now and stocks in this country are becoming 
exhausted. Manpower shortages have caused many growers to reduce 
acreages of seed fields and nursery fields. And to top it off, the demand 
is many times greater than pre-war years. 
This simply means that people who order early will be the most likely 
ones to get what they order. It’s a good idea to make sure you get seed 
so you can have a garden next year. To encourage early ordering, we will 
accept orders at LAST SPRING’S LOW PRICES UNTIL JAN. 1st. You 
may order from the 1943 catalog and we will accept the order and reserve 
the stock for you until time to ship in the spring. This applies only to 
garden seeds and nursery stock. In most cases, prices will be slightly 
higher in the new 1944 catalog, so you have an advantage in not only 
making sure you get the stock, but also in a low price. 


But remember, orders will not be accepted on this basis after Jan. Ist. 
FREE GIFTS For You When You Order 
Nursery Stock or Bulbs At Gurney’s 
We always like to give you something just a little extra when you buy from 
Gurney’s. This fall, we’re going to give you your choice WITH EVERY $2 
WORTH OF NURSERY STOCK OR BULBS you may choose to have included 
FREE 3 LOVELY DAFFODIL BULBS OR 2 GIANT DARWIN TULIP BULBS. 
And if your order is $4, you may double this amount and if it is $6 you may 
triple the amount, ete. 
The important thing, is to be sure and ASK FOR YOUR FREE GIFT. Other- 
wise, it might not get included. 
Be Sure To Plant Plenty 
Of Gurney’s Tulips This Fall © 
Every spring it always happens!! You look at your neighbor’s tulips 
and wish you had some planted yourself. 
Since tulips must be planted in the fall (and at no other time) many 
folks don’t think of it until they see them blooming in the spring and then 
write in and ask if they can set some out. 
Tulips being one of the first flowers to bloom in the spring their color 
and beauty is often more welcome than any other flower. 
Don’t miss their beauty in your yard next. spring. Plant plenty this fall 
—in your shrubbery in clumps of three or five, in your flower border or in 
beds in your yard. 
FALL 1S THE IDEAL TIME 
TOSEED YOUR LAWN!! 
Fall, with its cool nights and plenty of moisture, is the 
ideal time to get a beautiful green lawn established. 
And you will have good success, if you use hardy, vigorous, 
northern-grown seed from Gurney’s. All our seed comes from 
northern fields—hardy sure-to-grow bluegrass seed. 
Rake your area to be seeded well, sow 1 pound for every 
200 square feet of new lawn and 1 pound for every 400 square 
feet for thickening up an old lawn. Roll the seed in, if you 
possibly can. 
5 MIXTURES TO CHOOSE FROM 
“Sunshine” Lawn Mix “Capital” Lawn Mix 
The finest in lawn mix- 
tures. A careful blend to Vy, An ideal mixture for the 
give you QUICK lawn and A7 26 great northwest. A careful WV 
serve as a nurse crop for the blend of choice lawn grasses 37 2¢ 
Kentucky Blue grass and lb. in (including lots of FO GY 
White Dutch clover which 16-Ib. lots Blue grass) that will do well Ib. in 
will give you a beautiful, despite hot, dry weather. 10-2b. lots 
ever PERMANENT LAWN. Only choice, Absolutely permanent. Clean, 
plump, northern-grown seed ie into this vigorous seed. 
ne ricer 1 Ih. S56: 8 Ibs. $1.49. 8 Ibs. $2.45; Price: 1 Ib. 45¢; 3 Ibs. $1.25; 5 Ibs. $1.95; 
10 lbs. $4.75. Postpaid. 10 Ibs. $3.75, Postpaid. 
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Straight Kentucky ite Gurney’s 
Blue Grass Bent Grass Shady Spot 
This is the likes Bent Lawa Mix 
finest, extra- WZ grass. This 98c Special mix 
heavy plump. 37 2¢6 is the true developed for I 
northern - ereeping va- ib. those shady A720 
grown blue b, i 
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riety. hardier Postpaid spots where 
ib. in 
grass youcan  10-Ib. lots and more 
buy. Weed drought resistant than 
free. Being northern 
grown, is the only good 
grass for northern lawns. 
Hardy anywhere. 
grass is usu- Ib. he 
ally hard to 10-Ib, lets 
any other we know of. grow. Sim- 
Requires more care and ilar to our Sunshine Mix, 
moisture than blue grass but with special shade- 
but worth it. One pound loving grasses added. 
plants 400 square feet. 
Price: 1 Ib. 55c; 3 Ibs. 
Price 1 Ib. 98ce; 3 ibs. 
2 Ts & Re 4 $1.49; 5 Ibs. $2.45; 10 Ibs. 
2.75; 5 Ibs. $4.45; 10 Ibs $4.75, Postpaid. , 
$8.50, Postpaid 
Price: 1 Ib. 45c; 3 Ibs. 
$1.25; 5 Ibs. $1.95; 10 Ibs. 
$3.75, Postpaid. 

























BUY & PLANT NO 
ce NARCISSUS 69c 
These are the lovely narcissus that bloom so 
easily indoors and are so fragrant they perfume 
an entire room. You should have some coming 
off and on all winter and some potted up for 
gifts. 7 
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How To Grow 3 
Force in bowls or pots filled with pebbles (to 
hola down the bulb) and water or in dirt. Keep 
out of light in cellar until roots develop (about 
3 weeks) and then put in sunny window to 
bloom. Plant 3 bulbs to pot. 
Blooming Dates 
To help you plan your planting, here are the 
dates your narcigsus will bloom: 
Plant Bloom Plant Bloom 
Oct. 1 Dec. 5 Nov. 1 Dee. 25 
Oct. 15 Dec. 15 Nov. 15 Jan. 5& 
Now! Choice of 2 Colors — ee 
m4 PAPER WHITE NARCISSUS—The old favorite— oo ie 
avery easy to grow, very pure and white. Price, * 
2 for 25¢; 6 for 39¢; 12 for 69¢e, 
NEW YELLOW NARCISSUS (Soleil D’or)— 
Just like the paper whites, but in a beautiful at 
yellow -color with an orange cup. A grand, new od 
and better one that will surprise your friends. i See 
ePrice: 3 for 39c; 6 for 69c; 12 for $1.29. = 
BEWARE OF BUYING 
CHEAP BULBS IN STORES 
Their blooms (if any) are inferior. 

Peonies, like these, we believe give you more bloom and 
MORE GORGEOUS BLOOM than any other flower you can : ¢C eee 
plant. Easy to raise—simply set root with eye EXACTLY a 
2 inches under ground in good soil. You'll be rewarded with era 
Up 
hundreds of huge, double, fragrant blooms. Plant plenty 
of them. Here’s the most choice varieties now grown: 
AVALANCHE: Late midseason. Pure snow-white with a touch of carmine in center. : : 
@ 45c. a 
FELIX CROUSSE: Late midseason. Full, rich, even shade of red. Rich, brilliant, dazz- - r 
ling ruby-red. @ 49c. 
MADAME DUCEL: Midseason. Very large, silvery-lilac pink er mauve rose. Very dis- 
HA yee Rea eAat ory Indispensable. @ 45c. iy 
SIE RE: Semi-double, midseason. White petals with center of flower larg: 
of golden yellow stamens. @ 49c. Pp > %; ger = 
MODELE DE PERFECTION: Late. Enormous double. Light rose, pink, attractive very —. 
Rett ae ee reagon. @ 49c. : hee 
EMOURS: Early. Double white with center light cana 
a His JACQUING Meee and good keeper. @ 45c. = ay eee 
) : idseason. Pale pink, changes to white. 
ra stamens in center. @ 39c. of 2 Bie plea ee ae 
4 RD KITCHENER: Very early. Brilliant cherry-red, dazzling hue, free bloomer. 
COURONNE D’OR: Late. White illuminated near center oe rine-of yellow pM 
Large floriferous. Very dependable white. A 49c 
MONS DUPONT: Midseason. White with yellow glow from buried stamens. Conspicuous 
crimson blotches on central petals. Large, free blooming. @ 45c. _ 
NIGRACANS: Midseason. Dark red, long strong stems. @ 45c. 
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Gurney’s Decoration Day Peony Collection 
The best of early-blooming varieties for cem- 
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etery planting and the ones which bloom early— 
usualy for Decoration Day. You get in this bar- 
gain offer: 
1 Red 
1 Pink 
1 White eee ewer ee estes eeseeeseeeseeseseese 
FREE: With each collection 2 Giant Darwin 
Tulips. 




