
Number DESCRIPTION Amount 
SOIL-TEST KITS 
e@Sudbury Kit tests for nitrogen, phosphorus, potash and 
acidity. No technical skill required. Results apparent 
immediately. (Complete with instructions) postpaid $2.00 
Soil 
@Larger Kit—Enough to make 10 complete tests. 
postpaid $4.75 
ORDER THESE NATURAL FERTILIZERS: 
Freight paid extra on arrival—60c to $1. per 100 lbs., 
within 250 miles of shipping point in N. J. Freight is 
(Express much quicker, half again 
slow, order early. 
as expensive). 
@100 lb. Bags Shredded Cow Manure, each 
Well rotted, can be applied as a direct mulch. Moisture 
25 to 40% (feels dry). Sold in 100 lb. bags—$1.50 each. 
(Covers 300 sq. feet.) 
@ 50 lb. Bags Mulchnur, each 
Excellent soil conditioner. 
For spreading on lawns, gardens, etc. It contains peat- 
moss, manure, and enough tobacco dust to discourage 
cutworms, moles, 
Fertilizing value is high:—Nit. 
2.8°%,, Phos. 1.5%, Pot. 1%. Comes clean, dry, shredded, 
ready to use. 
Lawns: Use | pound to 10 square feet. 
Beds, etc.: 1 pound to 24 square feet. 
@100 lb. Bags Hyper-Humus, each 
’ Peat that has been spread out, fertilized, and planted 
to a crop. Then screened and bagged. Full of soil bac- 
teria. Best top-dressing there is. Fine for Rhododen- 
drons, the only slightly acid. 
@®Manure Bricks—dried, pressed, cow manure. A one- 
pound brick readily dissolves in 4 gal. water. Fine plant 
stimulant. (Postpaid E. of Miss.); 8 bricks for $2.00. 
@(50 bricks not postpaid) for 
@20 bushel bale PEERLESS PEAT MOSS, Each 
We believe this to be the best Peat Moss obtainable 
anywhere—BETTER THAN PRE-WAR IMPORTED! A 
pure sphagnum peat, f.o.b. Hazelton, Pa. Weight 175 to 
200 lbs. per bale. Averages 94% pure organic matter; 
water capacity more than 10 times its own weight. 
Mildly acid (Ph.5.5) strong enough for Rhododendrons as 
a mulch (1 inch thick, bale covers 300 sq. ft.). Yet not 
too acid for humifying with inch layer on ordinary 
garden soil, scratched into the surface (see opposite 
page). 

BOOKS OF REAL HELP (postpaid Prices) :— 
@ GARDEN DICTIONARY (Taylor) 
—(Gold Medal of Mass. Hort. 
Soc.) —1,200,000 words, 896 
large pages, 500 illustrations. 
Very complete and satisfactory. 
Sold (new) at $17, now te- 
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GARDEN FLOWERS IN COLOR 
(Foley)—Here is the only 
book to show the important 
garden flowers in accurately 
colored photographs — 350 of 
them. Also brief culture de- 
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GARDEN BULBS IN COLOR 
(McFarland, Hatton, and Foley) 
—275 color plates form an 
invaluable aid to the selection 
and arrangement of varieties 
for your garden. Also 100 
half-tones and cultural direc- 
tions. 296 pages........ $2.49 
Hortus SECOND — GARDEN 
DICTIONARY (Bailey) — Per- 
haps the best dictionary for 
America. Covers everything 
from Forest trees to vegeta- 
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PARES Aeris chee ochre: $12.00 

@ MANUAL OF CULTIVATED TREES 
AND SHRUBS (Rehder) — 
Unique. In a mere 990 pages 
is all most of need for com- 
plete reference. Our hardiness 
chart adapted from this author. 
ING wrceditiota enn sunene ieee $10.50 
THE Book OF TREES (Hottes) 
—Fine introduction to trees. 
Complete, except on conifer- 
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THE CULTIVATED CONIFERS 
(Bailey) — The best for the 
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STANDARD CYCLOPEDIA OF 
HORTICULTURE (Bailey) — 
Again, in our opinion, the 
best non-technical complete 
reference book. New edition 
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DwarF FRuit TREES (Lucas) 
—A brief, well illustrated 
manual. How to choose, train, 
prune, etc. New 1946. . $3.00 
Page 4 

“loose”, “heavy”. 
Roots get oxygen from 
air that filters into the 
earth. Some plants 
need more than oth- 
ers; these must have 
loose soil and will 
suffocate in heavy 
damp clays. Such 
plants are marked 
“drain” in this Guide. 
“damp”, “drain”. 
Roots can only use 
chemicals that are 
dissolved in water. 
Also, water is the 
means of transporta- 
tion up the stem. Some 
plants need more than 
others and die in se- 
vere droughts. In the 
descriptions such are 
marked “damp”. A 
loose soil quickly 
dries, a heavy soil 
keeps damp. Thus- 
water and air for the 
roots are both present 
in a mixed soil. Nor- 
mal plants that thrive 
in this “ordinary gar- 
den soil” need no 
notation. 
“rich”, “fertile”. 
a. Potassium — most 
soils have plenty. 
b. Phosphorus—needs 
to be added in 
most soils with fer- 
tilizer. 
c. Nitrogen — Fertil- 
izer supplies it, but 
WwW chtierm: qu tolk dey; 
leaches it out, so 
permanent plants 
depend on bacteria 
in the soil. These 
bacteria depend on: 
1. Acidity of soil 
(lime, etc.). 
2. Drainage of soil 
(food). 
d. Iron, lime, etc., in 
small quantities us- 
ually present any- 
where. 
“Barren” — Clay has 
no air, sand no water 
or food. Even a mix- 
ture of clay and sand 
alone does not make 
soil fit for most plants. 
“Loams’”—As soon as 
humus is added, the 
soil becomes a “nor- ~ 
mal” soil. Air, food 
and water all com- 
plete. In addition, soil 
bacteria start living 
on the humus and re- 
lease nitrogen thus 
making “top-soil”. 
