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HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR FALL, 1948—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 23 
iy HP. Wedding 
“Dear Henry: We have been your cus- 
tomers for over 30 yrs., and we bought 
hundreds of dollars of your baby chicks, 
seed and nursery stock. We 
were always well pleased. We’re enclos- 
ing a wedding picture of our daughter 
and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Wynell C. 
Watson of Troy, Kansas. I’m sure they 
would like the rose bush you offer.’’— 
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Siebels, Riverton, 
Nebraska. 
Congratulations, and we’re very hap- 
py to send one of our rose bushes to 
the happy couple. H. F 
Keep Your Knife Sharp 
My father used to say that the time 
fo prune was when your knife was 
sharp. 
There’s a good reason for pruning. 
It leaves less tops for the roots to sup- 
port. I’ve seen plants newly set out 
that wouldn’t put out leaves until some- 
body pruned them, And then you ought 
to have seen them grow. Pruning makes 
a plant bush out more, too, and that’s 
what we usually want. 
Hedging shrubs I prune down to with- 
in 3 in. of the ground. It will grow just 
as fast, or faster, than if you had left 
the tops on. Fruit trees need to have 
the top cut back a little and all the side 
branches pruned back pretty severely. 
Brightest Flowers of All 
Oriental Poppies will brighten up a 
garden like no other flower. And you all 
should have at least a few. Have some 
beauties this fall that I grew here in 
Shenandoah. Can give you an amazing 
price on them, too. Here’s my offer: 
1—WHITE KING, pure white with black 
cross at base; 1I—HELEN ELIZABETH, 
best of the light clear pinks; 1—GLOW- 
ING EMBER, large, very brilliant 
orange. All 3 for only $1.49 postpaid. 
BN-543X. 
Dig two spades down in preparing a 
bed for lilies which must be planted 
deep, particularly the stem rooting 
types. 


How to Move Tulips 
Dig your tulip bulbs after the tops 
die down naturally. When the leaves 
wither, the bulbs under the ground are 
“curing’”’, After bulbs are dug, remove 
the dirt, store in cool cellar, and re- 
plant in late Oct. or Nov. 
Some people leave tulips in one lo- 
cation for 4 or 5 years. -This might not 
hurt them, but they usually do better 
if moved at least every other year. 
S. S. Rose Bargain 
You Folks Liked This Offer So Well 
Last Year, I’m Going to Repeat It 
I always like to have a real rose bar- 
gain here in Seed Sense and always try 
to tuck one away somewhere for the 
benefit of sharp-eyed readers. Always 
know whether you’re reading Seed Sense 
if you find these bargains. And when it 
comes to roses, I want all of you to have 
them so bad that I just can’t help mak--» 
ing one tremendous offer. Here it is: 
1—TALISMAN, most beautiful red and 
yellow, 1—PINK and 1—RED RADI- 
ANCE, favorites in these colors. All 3 
roses for $2.10. AN-438X. Isn’t that a 
bargain? 
Reorders Bug Dust 
“Dear Mr. Field: I found out how good 
your bug dust was and am ordering some 
more. One of my rose bushes had black 
spots on the leaves and I sprayed bug dust 
on it and they have all disappeared. It 
made a great improvement on all of my 
other rose bushes.’—Mrs, Sarah Miller, Rt. 
2, Friendship, Tennessee. 
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; an Easter Lily That Blooms Outdoors 

A Real Beauty 
“Dear Mr. Field: Three yrs. ago I 
bought 3 Lily bulbs from you. I am en- 
closing a picture of one hill. It was the 
most beautiful flower I ever saw. Had 
8 stalks. One had 42 blossoms, 1 had 
33 and the rest had from 21 on down. 
The stalk was like a broom stick. The 
little girl beneath is our baby, Anna- 
bell.””,—Mrs. Tom Fritzmeyer, Rt. 1, 
Hermann, Missouri. 
The records show that the tortoise 
won only one race with the hare. 
I’ve been wanting to offer you a hardy Easter Lily for 50 years. It’s something 
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 21% 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. BAN11—Price is 49c each; 2 for 89c; 5 for $1.98, 
postpaid. And you’ll thank me for bringing it to you. 
