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thing. 
I told you last fall in my column that I 
was mighty glad to be in the seed and nur- 
sery business and have never been sorry 
that my father, Colonel Gurney got me 
started growing things when I was just a 
lad. I have been growing them ever since. 
Food for the family, flowers for the 
soul. Wish you folks could see my home 
here at Yankton, you’d almost think after 
spending part of the day in the office and 
the rest out at the nurseries I would get 
tired of puttering around flowers and 
shrubs, but it just seems I never get 
enough of it. 
It looks like we are still going to be 
up against high prices for quite sometime, 
and no matter whether prices are high or 
low you can still raise your own cheaper 
than you can buy it. ‘There used to be a 
tobacco company had the slogan, “Roll 
your own and save your roll.” It seems 
to me as though a good slogan would be 
“Raise your own and save your roll.” 
A small garden, a few fruit trees, a lit- 
tle Strawberry patch will cut a hole in 
tle more often. 
I have to chat with you friends and customers of mine. 
It isn’t as good as meeting you all personally, but that 
is out of the question and this seems like the next best 

Sorry we don’t get the planting magazine out a lit- 
This column is about the only chance 
your living expenses like nobody’s busi- 
ness. That is why I figured this fall we 
should list more things in the planting 
magazine that will help you do just these 
things than any issue we have ever sent 
out before. 
We have had a good year here at Gur-. 
ney’s, can’t remember when we have ever 
sold any more seed and nursery stock. 
This spring the weather held us back a 
little bit and we couldn’t take care of all 
you folks in some cases the way we would 
like to. With a setup the way it is this 
fall, believe we will be able to take care of 
your needs better than ever before. 
We folks here at Gurney’s still believe 
xin full measure plus, your good fortune is 
ours and I want you to know that we do 
appreciate the many orders that you thou- 
sands of customers have sent in to us, and 
hope that at planting time you will remem- 
ber the home, of “Seeds and trees that 
grow and satisfy,’—-Gurney’s at Yankton. 
George W. Gurney 
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Pruning Roses 
me" Tn the fall Roses should be prun- 
ad 
ed back from 18 in. to 2 ft. to pre- 
vent being whipped by strong 
winds which would loosen the plant 
and break the newly formed feed- 
ing roots. They should be hilled up 
12 inches with soil and the tops 
eovered with leaves, evergreen 
boughs, 
will mot pack into a wet, soggy 
mass. When the covering is re- 
moved in the spring, cut out all dis- 
eased and dead wood first, making 
clean cuts and leaving no stubs. 
The more severely a rose is pruned, 
the more vigorous the resulting 
growth. 
About YOUR Name 
If you’re getting more than one 
catalog we'd sure like to know 
about it next time you write or 
erder. Sometimes you.folks send in 
your order under Mr.’s name. Next 
time under Mrs. and then maybe 
zon John and daughter Joan. Can’t 
always tell if it’s the same family. 
And since we don’t want anybody 
to miss a catalog if he want8 one, 
we send one out for each name. 
So, let us know if you get more 
than one catalog, and if you do, 
give it to a neighbor. 
or. some material which) 

\Direct from Holland 
remember the teautiful 
and daffodil bulbs 
Well, this 
You'll 
tulip, hyacinth 
we sent out last fall, 
year we're going to send bulbs 
that are even better. They’re di- 
rect from Holland, where our grow- 
ers tell us, bulbs are in perfect 
condition. As usual, they'll be 
mailed to you in late October or 
November, but again as usual, it 
will be the earlier order that gets 
the choice. Some of the newer 
varieties will be in short supply, so 
don’t delay sending in your orders. 
ee 
Nothing Hardier 
Than Junipers 
We get a good many letters 
every season from our good cus- 
tomers all over the country inquir- 
ing about Evergreens. It seems 
the first question always asked is, 
are the Junipers hardy in my 
area? Of course we can answer 
that in only one way and the an- 
swer is YES. Don’t know of any 
locality you can’t raise the Junip- 
ers. While their uses are many, 
the two purposes they are most 
often used for is the Windbreak 
and Foundation Planting around 
the home. They are fine in the 

All Gurney Nursery Stock Is 
GUARANTEED 
We guarantee our nursery stock to be absolutely 
true to name and we will 
items that prove otherwise. 
replace free of charge any 
We guarantee the stock to 
be of high quality, and guarantee it to reach you in 
good growing condition. 
receiving the stock, report at once and a satisfactory 
adjustment will be made. 
If you are not satisfied upon 
We are very careful in digging, handling, and packing 
all nursery stock but if any items fail to grow, we will 
stand part of your loss, and replace any items that fail 
to grow at one-half the purchase price but you must 
report your loss before August 1, 1948. 

Windbreak because of the year- 
!round protection they give and for 
j unequaled beatity, nothing will do 
| the job of an upright Juniper on 
either side of the front entrance to 
your home with several of the Pfit- 
zer’s or Bar Harbor Juniper in the 
foreground. Plant only balled and 
burlapped Evergreens in. the Fall 
and remember, as, soon as they are 
in the ground, you have a planting 
that will add beauty to your prop- 
erty for years to come. 

Allow at least 3 square feet of 
floor space for each laying hen. 
GURNEY'S PLANTING MAGAZINE, AUGUST, 1947—GURNEY. SEED & NURSERY CO., YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA 
Fall Best Time 
to Plant Lawns 
Mid-August through September is 
now considered the best time of 
year to plant a new lawn or re- 
make bare spots in old lawns. The 
one great advantage of fall lawn 
planting is that seed cam be ger- 
minated at a period when weed 
seeds lie dormant. The cool nights 
and ample moisture of fall gives 
ithe lawn a chance to get well start- 
ed. By spring of the following 
year, the lawn will be so heavy and 
thick that weeds will find it diffi- 
cult or impossible to grow. 
Follow the following three easy 
steps to making a perfect lawn: 
(1) Spade deeply to a depth of 6 
ins. and thoroughly pulverize the 
soil. (2) Apply a good commercial 
plant food at the rate of 4 Ibs. per 
100 sq. ft., or sheepolizer at the 
J rate of 8 lbs. per 100 sq. ft. (3) Use 
1 only a good lawn seed mixture. We 
recommend our Sunshine Lawn 
Mixture made up mostly of high 
germinating Kentucky Bluegrass 
with a little White Dutch clover, 
'| plus a small amount of Rye Grass 
and Red Top as a nurse crop. Do 
not plant a lawn mixture contain- 
ing Timothy. It is not a perma- 
nent lawn grass mixture. Plant 1 
lb. of seed to each 200 sq. ft. of 
lawn for a new lawn. Reseed an 
old lawn at the rate of 1 Ib. to 
each 400 sq. ft. Always roll a new 
lawn. 

/Plant Something New 
Nothing makes a garden more 
‘interesting than something new. 
That’s why we send you a new 
catalog each season, Of course 
there are a lot of the old depend- 
ables that just can’t be beat, but in 
almost every class there is some- 
thing new each year. ; 
For instance, this Fall there are 
Henryi Lilies and the Purple Sweet- 
heart Phlox that haven’t been 
available for several years. There 
are new varieties of iris, including 
some amazing baby doll iris in 
bright colors. There are new col- 
ors and types of tulips and daf- 
fodils. 
And a hundred other things. So 
look over the catalog pages, and 
order at least a few “new” things 
this fall. z 

Hyacinths show off to best ad- 
vantage when set in clumps of 5 
to 7 with bulbs spaced 8 inches 
apart. 
my will, but I don’t know just how 
to word it.” 
Lawyer: “You needn’t worry— 
just leave it to me.” 
Client: “Yes, I suppose that’s 
how it will turn out anyhow.” 
s s * 
“Johnson is our best salesman— ~ 
that guy could sell anything.” 
“That so? Prove it!” 
“Well, yesterday a widow came 
in to buy a suit in which to bury 
her husband, and he sold her one 
with two pair of pants.” 
* s s 
““T suppose you carry a memento 
of some sort in that locket, Mrs. 
Jones?” 
“Yes—a lock of my husband’s 
hair.” 
“Oh, forgive me—I didn’t know 
he was gone.” 
“He isn’t, but his hair is.” 
* * * 
A man phoned his doctor. “Come 
quick!” he pleaded. “My wife has 
appendicitis!” Z 
The docter gave a telephone dou- 
ble take. ‘Huh! I. took out your 
wife’s appendix three years ago 
and I never heard of anyone hay- 
ing a second appendix.” 
“Doctor,” replied the anxious hus- 
band, “have you ever heard of any-— 
one having a second wife?” 
* s * 
The regular customer came into 
the restaurant a little late for 
“I’m awfully | sorry,” 
said his waiter, “but the coffee is 
exhausted.” 4 = 
“T’ve been expecting. it,” growled 
the customer, ‘ 
weaker and weaker every morn- 
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ing 
breakfast. 

Voice on the phone: Is this the 
Salvation Army? 
Answer: Yes, it is. 
Voice: Is it true that you save 
young girls? - : ‘ 
Answer: Yes, it is. ‘ ; 
Voice: Well, please save me one 
for Saturday night. ae 



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