r) HENRY FIELD'S SEED SENSE FOR FALL, 1947—Henry Field Seed .& Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 

12 Narcissus, 79¢ 
Paper White Narcissus 

The old favorite we all know. Makes 
ideal Christmas presents. Get enough 
bulbs so you can keep planting them at 
intervals of two weeks, and have flowers 
in the house throughout the spring. BN- 
920—3 for 34c; 6 for 54c; 12 for 79c, 
postpaid. 
Chinese Sacred Lily 
Much 
Looks like a Golden Narcissus. 
surer to bloom than the Narcissus Soleil 
D’Or, which I offered last year. Clusters 
of flowers on tall stems like paper white. 
Petals are cream yellow with brilliant 
golden cups. BN-921—3efor 39c; 6 for 
69c; 12 for $1.29, postpaid. 
NARCISSUS COLLECTION—4 Sacred 
Lily of China and 4 Paper White Nar- 
cissus for 79c.—BN-930X. 10 Sacred 
Lily of China and 10 Paper White Nar- 
cissus for $1.95, postpaid.— BN-931X. 
HOW TO PLANT 
Force indoors in bowls, filled with peb- 
bles and water orin dirt. Let roots form 
growing out of light. Then bring into 
light, 3 bulbs to a pot. Pot up a lot extra. 
They make ideal Christmas gifts. 
TABLE OF BLOOMING DATES 

Bloomed the First Fall 
‘Dear Mr. Field: Here is a picture of 
one of your giant Hydrangeas. We got 
83 plants and they all grew fine and 
bloomed the first fall. This is my cousin, 
Ray, in the picture. Would like to see 
this in your next issue of Seed Sense.’’— 
Darleen Schaeffer, Rt. 1, Grantville, Penn- 
sylvania. 




Tulip Like’ 
No, this isn’t a picture of a peony, 
although it surely looks it. Not a double 
tulip either. It’s a peony-flowered tulip. 
And a beauty you should all have a few 
of. The stems are 2 ft. long. Blooms are 
as big as a peony and as fragrant as can 
be. Have 3 of these Holland-grown 
rarities. EROS—BN-820, double flowered 
clear, old rose pink; MT. TACOMA— 
BN-821, double and pure white; UNCLE 
TOM—BN-822, rich, deep red like Karl 
Rosenfield peony. 3 for 60c; 6 for 98c; 
$1.49 a doz. postpaid. COLLECTION— 
BN-874X, 12 bulbs, 4 of each, not la- 
belled, only $1.45 postpaid. 
Tomorrow’s Tulips Today 
“Last yoar in Seed Sense I made an offer 
of 3 new and outstanding tulips, and IL 
guess most all of you got a few of them. 
Thought I’d do it again. The three this 
year are the newest and most amazing 
of all. They’re pretty high priced, so I 
don’t go buying too many of them. 
MRS, JOHN SCHEEPERS—BN-S813. Many of 
the tulip experts claim this is the best of 
all yellows. We had it blooming at 
Shenandoah in the trial garden and most 
folks here thought the same thing. 
MARSHALL HAIG—BN-814. Redder than 
red. Large flower of brilliant red with 
pure yellow base, Extremely large—very 
tall stems. 
WHITE CITY—BN-815. 
makes the reds look even redder. One of 
the largest blooms I ever saw. 30 in. 
stems. As beautiful as fresh sifted snow. 
Prices: 25e each; 3 for 54c postpaid. 
COLLECTION: BN-876X—4 of each, 12 bulbs 
in all, only $1.98 postpaid. 

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Enjoy Flowers this Winter 
by Growing Them Indoors 
A great variety of flowers may be 
forced into bloom indoors with very little 
trouble. The easiest plants to grow in- 
doors are the bulbs, both the hardy kind, 
and tender varieties which will not stand 
our winters but grow vigorously indoors, 
Some of them need potting in soil, 
others can be grown in bowls with fibre, 
moss or even pebbles and water. All 
bulbs can be grown in soil, a smaller 
number in fibre, and still fewer in water 
with pebbles, or moss. 
Tender narcissi known as Paper Whites 
(white), Soliel d’Or (yellow), and 
Chinese Sacred lilies can all be grown in 
water with pebbles or moss, ‘ 
In bulb fibre, which is a mixture of 
peat and plant food, 
grow in bowls without drainage all the 
above, together with daffodils, early 
tulips, crocuses, freesias, calla lilies, 
grape hyacinths and scillas. 
In- pots with soil all the above can be 
grown, together with garden tulips and 
narcissi, amaryllis and some lilies. 
No skill is required, some knowledge 
of plants, plus patience and care, are all 
that are needed, and the reward is rich. 
H.F. Roses in Florida 
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“Dear Mr. Field: Just wanted to tell you 
how well everything I have gotten from you 
has turned out for me. Have some of the 
finest and most beautiful roses I ever saw. 
Never knew the blooms could be so large. 
I tell my friends if they want a fair and 
square deal to buy from Henry Field’s”— 
Mrs. John A. Oerting, Pensacola, Florida. 
Payment in Nursery 
Sometimes we receive orders from our 
customers that include both postage free 
items and others which should be shipped 
express collect. When these two go out 
together, which sometimes happens, the 
customer has to pay express charges on 
the items which he bought at a postpaid 
price. Naturally, this isn’t fair. So to 
make it right with the customer, we 
always try to send along extra nursery 
stock that is worth MORE than the post- 
age charges involved. This seemed better 
than to make up two packages, and the 
customer actually gets a@ very good bar- 
gain out of it. 


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it is possible to 

Plant Bulbs in the Fall for Spring Beauty’ 
Take care in planting fall bulbs to see that they have every chance of success and 
play their full part in beautifying the garden. The above Bulb Planting Depth Chart 
will show you the depth and distance apart to plant bulbs. If the ground has been 
newly spaded, and is quite loose, the depths should be increased an inch or so to allow 
for settling, and because of the increased effect of frost heaving on newly turned soil. 

Also, laté planted bulbs which have no opportunity to make roots before the soil 
freezes, may be set a little deeper to protect them from frost action. All fall bulbs 
can be planted as late as March 1st, and we have done this with great success. — 
