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ES RSS TERY SE BT SO TP NE 
We all like to have something really 
new and outstanding in the garden each 
year. And it isn’t often that I get a 
chance to tell you about new Tulips as 
amazing as the 3 I’m listing with this 
story. They’re pretty high priced, and 
I don’t want you to go off buying too 
‘many of them. MHaven’t got ’em. But 
you should have a few. Here they are: 
HCLIPSH—Q-1: Very large, brilliant, 
dark fiery-red with black center. Will 
make a showing in any garden. 25c 
each, 3 for 54c, postpaid. 
NIPHETHOS—Q-2. The most beautiful 
soft yellow outside, inside a bright 
Primrose yellow. These Dutch put 
some awful names on their tulips but 
this is a variety you will never forget, 
once you see it. 25c.each, 3 for 54c, 
postpaid. 
MARJORIE BOWEN—Q-3. This is it, 
folks. I’ll guarantee no neighbor will 
pass without stopping to admire this 
tulip. One of the most outstanding of 
all. Sort of a combination of buff and 
_ salmon at the bottom of the flower, and 
bright rosy-pink and salmon at the 
top. A great big, tall growing, showy 
tulip. 25c each, 3 for 54c, postpaid. 
‘3 I have just i, 000 each of these new 
: ones. And to those of you who want a 
* few of each J’ll send a collection of four 
of each, 12 bulbs in all, for only $1.98, 
: postpaid. No. XQ-10. © 
Grows Well in Indiana 
“Dear Henry: I sure enjoy your SEED 
SENSE and also your seeds and plants. I 
sure have had lots of compliments on the 
Aztee Lily I received from you last spring 
and my gilads were beautiful. We raised 
a pumpkin from Jumbo King of the Mam- 
moth seed that weighed 87 lbs. Your seeds, 
bulbs, and shrubbery grow here ‘as well as 
 elsewhere.”—Mr. & Mrs. Glenn C. Everetts, 
Woodard Avenue, Hamilton, Indiana, 
i. Write Me a Letter 
Don’t know how I could ever continue 
in business without all the letters and 
2) pictur: you folks send me. First, I’d 
have to quit sending out Seed Sense, and 
then I expect I’d lose so much interest in 
the business that it would stop, too. 
. keep on sending them in. 
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_ Three at a Time 
ee en a ead 
ee mas pel ! Guess I made a mistake here. 
They aren’t triplets after all. The two 
on the right, Larry and Shirley, are twins. 
he one on the left is Moe Ann, They are 
_ grandchildren of Mrs. Geo, Stumpf of 
An protean ier. Wisconsin. 


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HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR AUGUST, 1946—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 

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An Easter Lily That Blooms Outdoors 
I’ve been wanting to offer you a hardy Haster Lily for - 
we all want in our gardens. And here it is. A beauty as delicate and wonderful as 
any grown in a greenhouse. And you can have.it right in your own backyard. Plant 
it this fall and you’ll have blooms year in and year out. It grows 214 to 3 ft. tall. 
Just like what you pay $3 to $5 for at the florists. You can see from the picture 
how free-flowering it is. 
Some of the boys in the seedhouse wanted me to get a big price for it. And most 
people would have paid it, too. After all, you don’t find something so unusual every- 
day! But I’m pricing it right in line with any of my other lilies. This way we can 
all afford to have it. U-10—Price is 49c each; 2 for 89c; 5 for $1.98, postpaid. And 
you’ll thank me for bringing it to you. 
When to Dig Tulips ~ 
Don’t dig your tulip bulbs until the 
tops die down naturally. When the leaves 
wither, this means that the bulb under 
the ground is “‘curing.’’ This curing pe- 
riod is necessary. After bulbs are dug, 
remove the dirt, store in cool cellar and 
replant in late October or November. 
Some people leave tulips in one location 
for 4 or 5 years without moving. This 
isn’t necessary, but it won’t hurt the 
bulbs either. : 
Most Popular Offer 
Best perennial offer I ever made was 
on the envelope of my catalog last spring. 
You’ll remember it. I called it my 
“GREEN THUMB” Collection, because 
it was made up of hardy perennials that 
never fail. All you have to do is plant 
them, almost anywhere, and they’ll grow 
for you and bloom and bloom. -Here’s 
what I offered: 1 Hardy Carnation (like 
a greenhouse flower), 1 Long Spurred 
Columbine, 1 Tall, Stately Delphinium, 
1 easy-to-grow Pink Cushion Mum, and 
1 Rosy Veil Baby’s Breath. Am offering 
them again this fall. All five plants— 
big healthy ones, too—for only $1. 00 
postpaid. Send for No. XW-45. 

50 years. It’s something 


H. F. Popcorn & Tomatoes 

“Dear Mr. Field: The enclosed picture 
of my father, John B. Ross, was taken last 
summer in front of our patch of So. Amer. 
Hybrid Popcorn and he is holding a basket 
of Oxheart tomatoes, both of which are 
from your seed. Father-will be 88 in Feb. 
and has always had a good garden, but I 
think he never raised such big tomatoes 
and popcorn before.’’—Mrs. in K. Hall, 
Kent, Connecticut. 
