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POWELL SEED STORE, Louisville, Kentucky 
PLANT A GARDEN 
for Health - 
Happiness - 
Victory! 
The Victory Garden 
The Government’s call for better and bigger Victory Gardens this year is more urgent 
than last year. 
Plan your garden carefully. Consider the size of your space and select 
the vegetables which will produce the most and supply your needs fully. 
Do not forget the Flower Garden. 
spirit or build morale. 
Nothing can take the place of flowers to raise one’s 

For Beginners Only 
Success in gardening depends greatly on thorough 
preparation of the soil. Select a spot in full sun — 
poor clay soils should receive a liberal application 
of sheep manure. If you are going in for vegetables, 
start with the easiest-to-grow things: Beans, 
Lettuce, Tomatoes, Radishes, Carrots, Beets 
and Onions. 
Damping Off of Seedlings 
Seed planted in boxes and frames are subject to a 
fungus disease known as ‘‘damping off.’ The 
seedlings fall over as though pinched at the base 
of thestem. There is no cure for the plants affected. 
To prevent damping off: 
Avoid sowing seed too thickly. 
Water seed pans from below. 
Never water in late afternoon. 
Give plenty of air and sunshine. 
Use SEMESAWN as directed by the manufacturers. 
Notice 
Powell Seed Store gives no warranty, express or 
implied, as to description, purity, quality, produc- 
tiveness, or any other matter of any seeds, bulbs 
or plants it sells, and will not be responsible for 
the crop. 
Prices in this catalog are al! subject to change 
without notice. 
We pay postage on vegetable and flower seeds in 
packets, quarter pounds and half pounds. Heavy 
parcels of seed, fertilizers, or other garden supplies 
will be delivered to any part of the city where 
purchase amounts to one dollar or more. 
Prices in this catalog, except as noted above, 
are f. o. b. Louisville. 
Insect Pests 
Garden pests generally may be divided into two 
classes, the sucking insects and the chewing insects. 
The chewing insects are the most prevalent in the 
vegetable garden. The beetles, caterpillars, cab- 
bage and tomato worms, snails, and grasshoppers 
belong to the chewing class and are controlled by 
stomach poison and poisoned bait. Arsenate of 
lead is the most used poison. Sucking insects (the 
green aphis is most common) are controlled with 
contact sprays such as Black-Leaf 40 (Nicotine 
Sulphate) Rotenone and Pyrethrum. 
Plant Diseases 
The most common plant diseases are the fungus 
attacks on roses, grapes, delphiniums, lilacs and 
certain annual! flowers. Bordeaux Mixture or dust- 
ing sulfur may be used for the control of powdery 
mildew and black-spot of roses. Grapes and toma- 
toes should be sprayed with Bordeaux as soon as 
the fruits are formed. Either of these suggested 
treatments may be used on phlox, hollyhock and 
zinnias. 
A Complete Spray 
In the preceding paragraphs we have briefly 
shown our chief garden enemies — disease, chewing 
insects and sucking insects. In most cases all three 
may be effectively sprayed by combining Bordeaux, 
Arsenate of Lead, and Black-Leaf 40 (Nicotine 
Sulphate). 
Index 
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Canmnatcke. 225. SS a, fon Oe ee ae ee 11 
Fertilizets.c2 550 N a ee eee eee 15 
FPungicides.7.c5 Suh: sen ae ae 14 
Garden: Supplies.) eee ke eee 13 
Gladiolus: ot ee oe eee 11 
Grasses tae be eevee ieee bane tor enna an tore Oa 3 
Insecticides). te | Lane hee ee ee ee 14 
Perennials and Biénnials, .)) en. - ee 8 
Perennial Plants) 3) 43:1. spices eee 9 
ROSeS Wisco Addn dae oo ee 10 
Shrubstands Vinestnwet as, yee tee eee 12 
opray Material. We eee eae ee 14 
spring Bulbs. yk ioe 3s oe eee 11 
Vegetable Seed¢.% oo. alsn scarce coe 4 
