control measures must be used. We have found the very best, Bug-geta Pellets. They 
save time and back bending work. They also kill cut worms and grasshoppers. Best 
and cheapest to buy 25 Ibs. Price $3.75 f.o.b. La Verne. Ants are a pest in the house 
and in the garden. They distribute such pests as Aphis and Mealy bug and tend them 
like domestic animals. Use Ant-B-Gon. Set of 4 dispensers, filled, 60c. Postage extra. 
Ask your P.M. the cost of postage on 2 lbs. from La Verne. Ant-B-Gon, liquid for 
refilling, 4 oz. 25c postpaid. Mealy bugs do much damage to garden and house plants. 
Use Volc Oil Spray in any type of sprayer. Fly sprayer will do for small jobs. Use this 
spray also for scale insects. 4 oz., 30c post paid. These remedies are the ones we use 
ourselves and by long experience have found most effective. 
Alibis. Many amateur growers refuse to accept responsibility for their failures when 
they result. They blame the bulbs, but not themselves, the weather, their soil or pests. 
Therefore they do not learn from the best teacher, experience. Luther Burbank said, 
“A failure is an accomplishment.” It is, if you learned by it. 
ACID AND ALKALINE SOILS 
Most plants thrive in neutral, mildly acid or mildly alkaline soils, but some will 
thrive only in distinctly acid soils. In the latter class are included Rhododenrons, Callas 
and most shade loving plants. 
The acid-alkali balance is expressed in pH units. pH 7 is neutral. Below that 
the acidity increases; above it the alkalinity increases. 
Soiltex Outfit. This little testing kit will enable you to determine the pH of your 
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 $5.00 per bale. 10 lbs. 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 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. 
Price. One-half ounce is a good supply. Mailed, postpaid for 50c. Use directions 
above. We can supply in 1-lb. cans (for extensive plantings) at $5.00. 
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. 
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