soil. No chemical knowledge is required. Directions for use are included with lists of 
plants and their preferred pH. Price $1.00 postpaid. 
If soils are too alkaline or if plants to be grown in them require more acidity the 
best remedy is to incorporate much humus. Also improve the drainage, as lack of 
good drainage increases alkalinity. Peat is most acid usually, though some American 
peat has become alkaline. Oak leaf mould is more acid than other leaf moulds. Use 
much leaf mould or peat (preferably imported) for Gladiolus, Callas, Arums, Lilies, 
Haemanthus, Nerines, Orchids and all plants that require acid soil. It is best to buy 
peat locally on account of the high cost of transportation. But be sure it is imported 
Canadian peat with acid reaction. It should be pH 2.5 to 4. Test the. peat offered you 
with Soiltex and don’t buy poultry peat. 
Canadian Peat. The most acid now obtainable. We can furnish this to local or 
near by customers who call for it at $5.50 per bale. 10 Ibs. for $1.00. Or we will ship 
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 Ibs. 
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 1 Ib. 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. 
Hortus Second (Bailey). A Concise Dictionary of Gardening and General Horti- 
culture. This large 778 page volume lists nearly all plants offered in catalogs. There 
are fewer culture hints than in the Cyclopedia but we use and recommend both. Price, 
$5.00, postpaid. Sales Tax 13c to Calif. customers. 
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