by express, f.o.b. for that price. Ask your express agent the cost before ordering as 
these bales weighed when we received them over 100 lbs. 
Rootone. We know of really remarkable results from the use of Rootone, a plant 
hormone powder that induces quicker rooting of cuttings and bulbs and sprouting of 
seed. As a result of its action, bulbs make a more vigorous root system quickly and 
thus the flowers are earlier and larger; the foliage stronger and when dormant the bulbs 
will be found to be larger and with greater increase in number. We suggest you touch 
the base of a bulb to the powder until covered by a thin film. Or you can apply it with 
a soft brush or from a salt shaker after bulbs are set. Dip the end of cuttings into the 
powder. Tumble the seeds in a jar or in the seed envelope with the powder. When 
the seeds are coated, roll them out and save remaining powder. Treat your victory 
garden seed. Rootone will treat from 60 to 300 times its weight of seed and thousands 
of times its weight of bulbs. 
We especially advise its use with spring planted Amaryllis bulbs as at this time the 
roots are likely to be absent or mostly dried up. 
Price. One-half ounce is a good supply. Mailed, postpaid for 50c. Use directions 
above. We can supply in | lb. cans (for extensive plantings) at $5.00, postage 15c extra. 
Vitamin B-1 is a useful stimulant for plants, we believe. We have soaked the roots 
of Amaryllis in flower in the solution, when transplanting and the flower was uninjured, 
lasted for days and seeds were ripened. We have used it successfully with other plants 
in transplanting. Price. Bottle of 100 tablets, 75c. 
Directions for use, applying only to our own tablets. In transplanting bulbs or any 
plants, loose roots, dissolve 5 tablets in 1 gal. water. Soak roots in this 15 to 30 min. 
Pour solution around plant when set. 
To stimulate growing plants, for the first application dissolve 1 tab. in 2 gal. water. 
For succeeding waterings, use | tab. to 4 gal. of water once a week. 
Warning. Do not soak dormant bulbs in vit. B-1. It rots them. 
Information Please. I am always seeking for more and recommend that you do 
the same. That is why I belong to The American Amaryllis Society, (see under 
Amaryllidaceae) and The American Horticultural Society. The latter society publishes 
the American Horticultural Magazine, four large copies on heavy book paper, per year, 
which members receive. The topics covered are the entire field, not merely bulbs. The 
annual dues are $3.00 per year which you may send to me if you wish. 
You should join a local Garden Club, and subscribe for Flower Grower, Albany, 
N. Y. Send direct to them, $2.00 per year. 
Bailey’s Cyclopedia of Horticulture. This 3-vol. set of over 3,600 large pages describes 
almost every cultivated plant. A wealth of culture information is also included. For 
$20.00 we will send the complete set, postpaid. Sales tax in Calif. 50c. 
BULBS AS POT PLANTS 
Bulbs are the most desirable of pot plants and may be easily forced in the living 
room or kitchen. Their response is much more rapid than that of a recently potted 
non-bulbous plant because of their storehouse of food and energy in the bulb. The 
reward is often an outstanding flower in a few weeks. 
The proper time to pot will usually be given under the listing. It is very important 
to pot at once the following: Callicore, Haemanthus coccineus, Amaryllis advena, 
Lycoris radiata, Sternbergia or others that bloom very early in fall. Pot soon the Arum 
Palaestinum, Veltheimia, Lachenalis, Cyrtanthus, Nerines and Oxalis. White Callas, 
Freesias, Baby Glads, Sparaxis, Tritonias, Babians, and those that flower from mid-winter 
on, may be planted from Oct. 1 to Dec. 15. Colored Callas may be potted as early as 
Dec. 15 if watered only lightly until well started. They start easiest about Feb. 15 and 
are less likely to rot from too much water before growth starts. Amaryllis hybrids and 
most Amaryllis species can be potted from Dec. 1 to Apr. 1 but the early date is | 
preferable. 
The Ismene, Elisena, Agapanthus mooreanus minor, A. pendulus, are sent as soon 
as dormant as all are deciduous. They do not usually start before about Feb. and 
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