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Inter-State Nurseries . . Hamburg, Iowa 
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° ~When cutting off branches and limbs of 
Pruning trees, you will notice there is a shoulder 
or swelling right where the branch joins the larger 
limb or trunk. Cut off the branch right at the outer 
edge of this shoulder, making a smooth, clean cut. 
If the branch is large, paint over the cut with a pure 
lead and oil paint. Do not use a ready-mixed paint 
ee it contains turpentine which is injurious to 
e tree. 
How to Prune. Remove all the dead wood, broken 
branches and, in the case of trees, bad forks just as 
soon as they appear. A portion of the older wood 
should be removed each year from shrubs, especially 
that which is in center of bush. This allows the sun- 
light to reach entire plant and permits new growth 
to start. Your finest blooms will always appear on 
the younger growth. If no pruning is done you will 
soon have a bush with just a few leaves and flowers 
on the outside with an abundance of dead branches 
on the inside. If you have neglected to prune your 
shrubs as you should have, do not attempt to clean 
out all the old wood in one year. Do so gradually, 
taking two or three years to get rid of the old under- 
productive part of the shrub. By judicious system of 
thinning out the old wood each year in your shrubs 
you can maintain healthy, clean looking plants that 
will give you an abundance of bloom each year. 
° Under different paragraphs, we 
Winter M ulch have called your attention to win- 
ter mulch. This is very essential to various peren- 
nials, lilies and roses. This mulch should not be all 
leaves alone, unless you can get oak leaves, because 
leaves pack too tightly. 
You can make a mixture of leaves and straw and 
lawn rakings, or wild hay, or small evergreen boughs. 
This mulch should be put on after the ground has 
lightly frozen to prevent alternate thawing and freez- 
ing. 
° Hoe or cultivate frequently, stirring the 
Water ing ground after rain or watering. In dry 
weather water thoroughly once a week. The best plan 
is to make a basin around the plant and fill it full of 
water several times, until the ground is soaked 12 
inches or more deep. After the water has soaked 
away, then fill up the basin with dry dirt. 
It is much better to let the water run out of the 
hose without a nozzle than it is to stand and sprinkle 
with a nozzle. ; 
The best method of watering that we have tried is 
to screw a SOIL SOAKER on one end of your garden 
hose, and turn on the water. SOIL SOAKER is made 
of porous canvas and comes in four lengths—12, 18, 
and 30 feet. The water comes out all along this SOIL 
SOAKER without washing. Being flexible, you can 
place it among your roses, shrubs, perennials, around 
large trees, along a bank or on the lawn. It waters 
without getting the tops of the plants wet, which is 
very important, as this prevents sun scald. We recom- 
mend it highly. It’s inexpensive. 
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GENUINE HASTINGS SOIL-SOAKER 
An ideal way to water because the water 
seeps through the entire length of the 
porous canvas and wets the ground thor- 
oughly without waste and without wet- 
ting the flowers or foliage. Is flexible so 
you can place it right where you want it. 
You simply put it on the end of your gar- 
den hose. 
K12 12 feet long..... Each $1.40, postpaid 
K18 18 feet long..... Each $1.90, postpaid 
K30 30 feet long..... Each $2.90, postpaid 
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