


(Wayside Plant Giod Produces Strength and Color 
Food for Thought as Well as for Your Flowers 
Why treat your flowers in a way you would openly resent if 
done to you? You wouldn’t put up with any old food that comes 
along, so to speak. For your children, you are no end fussy about 
being sure of their having enough, and the right vitamins. You 
are particular about a balanced diet. 
Plants, anything that grows in the soil, are exactly the same in 
their food needs as humans. 
There are plenty of the ‘’shot-in-the-arm” kinds of ready mixed 
fertilizers. But, they are mostly only stimulants. 
What your plants need is a balanced organic food. Not just a 
stimulant. 
They need one containing in right amounts, those things that 
make plenty of strong roots; produce good, sturdy stalks, thrifty 
foliage and an abundance of good sized blooms. 
That’s exactly the kind of Plant Food we use at Wayside. 
Much of our success in growing such unfailingly fine plants is 
dut to it. 
Gia Overios Finest Plant Good 
So declared by experts. For Bulbs, Lawns, Flower Gardens. Used exclusively at WAYSIDE 
in the production of millions of fine plants. It is whole-heartedly endorsed for our customers. 
Beauty — Strong Roots 
Thousands of customers and strangers alike have visited WAY- 
SIDE GARDENS. They have marvelled at our 600 miles of plants. 
They have been known to actually gasp for breath at the sheer 
beauty of 400 acres of flowers brought to such a high degree of 
perfection. Invariably, they ask us the same question. 
“To what do you attribute the superior qualities of your 
flowers?”’ 
And invariably our answer is the same: ‘’The chief reason for 
the high quality of WAYSIDE products is due to the fact that we 
use only the very finest Plant Food that skill and money can 
produce * 
You will agree that we have entirely too much at stake to 
afford to use any other kind. In addition to the enormous invest- 
ment represented by our nurseries, we have a reputation to main- 
tain among thousands of the most critical floral customers in the 
land. We prize and guard very jealously such possession 
Contented only with the best we advise our customers to adopt 
the same attitude, in order that the fine specimens grown at 
WAYSIDE may be duplicated in your own gardens. We recom- 
mend only that which we ourselves use. 
We Learn from an English Gardener 
We are indebted to a noted English gardener for the Exclusive 
Plant Food we use in growing millions of plants of superior quality. 
Among other things, he said: 
“A lawn should not be treated like a hayfield, but like a permanent garden. 
Therefore, I object to chemical fertilizers for lawns. It is not the QUANTITY 
of grass cut from the lawn each week, but the DENSITY AND LUXUR- 
IANCE OF THE GRASS which produces the effect of walking over a thick 
velvet carpet that counts. If you want a thick lawn in which there is no 
room for weeds, it is essential that you use a properly balanced ORGANIC 
Plant Food—one that sinks deeply into the soil for the grass or plant roots to 
go after. That is where the moisture is, and you will find it unnecessary to 
water so much in summer.” 
How to Use Wayside Plant Food 
Bulbs. In making a new garden, double the amount 
and mix with the soil. Planting may be done at once. 
No burning is possible. For old lawns, use 10 to 25 
pounds for top dressing 500 square feet. For potted 
plants, a 3-inch potful mixed with a bushel of soil will 
give you splendid results. 
Nor do we need to use much of it to obtain the 
lasting magical results it produces. Furthermore, it is 
easy to use and apply it. If your garden is an estab- 
lished one, apply twice a year, March first and October 
first. Use 15 to 25 pounds for top dressing a space 
500 square feet for Hardy Plants, Rock Plants, Roses, 
Annuals, and other Flowering Plants, Shrubs, and 
Wayside Gardens Plant Food Contains No 
Useless Weight, or Bulk Producing Fillers 
A 100-Ib. bag for $7.00; 500 Ibs. for $25.00; 2000 Ibs. for $90.00 
The above prices include free delivery by freight east of the Mississippi. Detailed instructions with every 
shipment. 
This Plant Food may only be obtained direct from WAYSIDE GARDENS. The best proof of its superior quali- 
ties is that it is used in enormous quantities right here at WAYSIDE. Knowing its value and importance in your 
garden, we feel no hesitancy in urging you to include some of it in your order for plants. 

WAYSIDE’S superior Plant Food is made from bone meal, dried 
blood, ground fish, and muriate of potash, in proportions recom- 
mended by the “‘old country’’ expert. These long-lasting ingre- 
dients, heavy with life-producing qualities, give your flowers a 
well balanced diet, containing in just the right amounts those 
things that go to make strong roots, sturdy stalks, bright green 
leaves, a profusion of foliage and an abundance of large and 
healthy blooms year in and year out. It does not stimulate, but 
nourishes any and all plants and imparts to them a youthful and 
lusty vigor. It disintegrates slowly. It is excellent to use in bulb 
plantings as well as in Rose beds, or hardy plant borders. Use it 
consistently year after year, and your garden will be among the 
most beautiful. 
USE WAYSIDE PLANT FOOD 
in the Autumn 
Although many garden lovers do their fertilizing in the spring, 
the fertilizers are of a quality that obtain quick results but not 
lasting ones . . . WAYSIDE GARDENS Plant Food enables you 
to apply it to your ground in the late autumn, just before the 
beginning of snow and cold weather. 
Its high quality is such that it disintegrates very slowly. It re- 
mains highly fertile, penetrating into the soil through the winter 
months, reaching the root level of the plants when spring breaks 
through again. 
Ideal for Rose Beds and Bulb Plantings 
Also it is excellent for spading into the Rose bed when you are 
preparing the Rose bed for winter . . . Use it generously in your 
bulb plantings and in any hardy flower border. 
In late summer and autumn your soil is in better condition than 
in early spring. By working and preparing it prior to the approach 
of winter, you will have more leisure to enjoy its greater beauty— 
the satisfying rewards of your efforts—when Nature reanimates 
your bulbs and Roses next spring. 

