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 thick film. 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. 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 may be absent or partly dried. 
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 tables, 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. The flower lover should be a student as well as an experimenter. 
We make our Culture Directions in this catalog as complete as possible and until and if 
we write a book on the subject we are able to add little. __ 
You should subscribe to the Flower Grower, Albany, N. Y. Price $2.50 per year or 
two years for $4.00 in U. S., Canada, Mexico, Cen. and South Am. Other countries, 
$3.00 per year. 
I suggest you join the American Horticultural Society and receive their Quarterly 
Journal, The National Horticultural Magazine. Send us $3.00 for membership and 
subscription for one year. 
All plant lovers should also join the American Amaryllis Society as suggested under 
“Amaryllis Family.” 
Bailey’s Cyclopedia of Horticulture is probably the most complete work ever 
published about cultivated plants. Arranged alphabetically. Three large volumes, 3639 
pages, profusely illustrated. We will send postpaid for $25.00. Sales tax in Cal., 63c. 
Bailey’s Hortus Second. This large, 778 page volume is useful even if one owns 
the Cyclopedia as it lists additional plants and bulbs. Not illustrated. The culture 
directions are brief. But our own are usually sufficient. 
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 bulbs. Even 
the flower bud has formed. The reward is often an outstanding flower in a few weeks. 
But their desirability scarcely needs any promotion. Our grandmothers grew and loved 
their potted bulbs.. They are more popular today and there is a greater need for them 
than ever before. Many returning service men, former customers and prospective new 
ones are asking for our catalog. They state they are happy to get back to normal living 
- and the enjoyment of flowers in the house and garden. Flowers are a stabilizing influence 
for the war-weary, those who are sorrowful and depressed as well as the gay and carefree. 
It is not too late to. pot bulbs. Many can be planted in the garden in the south now 
or in the early spring in the north. This is the best time to pot Pink, Yellow and Spotted 
Leaf Callas. In Feb., begin to start Tuberous Begonias and Gloxinias. Fancy Leaf 
Caladiums require either warm weather (about June) outside or a warm room if potted. 
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