



Loves Flowers, Too 
“Dear Mr. Field: Several years ago 
we lived a couple of miles outside of 
town and had a very large garden. I 
used all of your seeds and never had 
a better garden. Enjoy your Seed 
Sense very much. Here is a picture 
of my 8 yr. old granddaughter, Nancy 
Irene Brubaker, and her cat, Fluffy. 
Nancy has inherited her grandmother’s 

love for flowers.’’—Mrs. Chas. D. Ches- 
nut, 937 35th St., South Bend 15, Indi- 
ana. 
Fix That Lawn 
The unusually dry weather of last 
summer and fall, plus the very cold 
winter, did a great deal of damage to 
lawns, but in most cases the damage 
wasn’t noticeable until too late this 
spring to do much about it. 
The one great advantage of fall lawn 
planting is that seed can be germinated 
at a period when weed seeds lie dor- 
mant. The cool nights and ample 
moisture of fall gives the lawn a chance 
to get well started sand -get some root 
growth. By spring, the lawn will.be so 
heavy that weeds will have trouble 
growing. 
Follow these 3 easy steps to make a 
perfect lawn: 
1. Spade to a depth of 6 ins. and pul- 
verize the soil well. 
2. Apply a good commercial plant 
food at the rate of 4 Ibs. per 100 
sq. ft. or Sheepolizer at the rate of 
8 Ibs. per 100 sq. ft. 
3. Use only a good lawn seed mixture. 
We recommend our Evergreen Lawn 
Mixture, which is made up mostly: of 
Kentucky Blue Grass with a little- White 
Dutch Clover, plus a small amount of 
Rye Grass and Red Top as a nurse crop. 
Do not plant a mixture containing 
Timothy; it is not a permanent lawn 
grass. Plant 1 lb. of seed to each 200 
sq. ft. for a new lawn, and 1 lb. to each 
400 sq. ft. in reseeding an old lawn. 
Always roll a new lawn. 
If you water your lawn, water it deep. 
That is, soak the top 4 or 5 in. at least 
so the roots will go down. Surface 
watering only keeps the roots too near 
the surface. One good soaking is better 
than many sprinklings. 
A man’s reputation is a blend of what 
his friends, enemies and acquaintances 
say behind his back. 

Fall Planting Pays 
If for no other. reason, fall planting 
is wise because most of you have so 
much to do in the spring that it is just 
about impossible to get around to every- 
thing. So by getting most of your 
nursery. stock planted this fall, you 
have that out of the way so that next 
spring you can take care of the spring 
planting that has to be done: : 
Of course fall planting also gives the > 
plants a head start. The roots of plants 
grow continually unless the ground is 
frozen around them, You. get root 
growth in the fall and very early in 
the spring. It means a lot more growth 
the first year. 
Every year I do more fall planting 
on my place in Missouri, and every year 
I like it better. 
little lazier in the spring anyway. 
H. F. Seed the Cleanest 
“Dear Henry: Received my Lespedeza 
seed and am well pleased with it. It is 
the cleanest seed I hawe ever seen. Have 
ordered seed from you for 35 years and 
have always gotten good seed.”—K. M,. 
Montgomery, Uniontown, Arkansas, 
Anybedy Can Grow These 
Best perennial offer I ever made was 
on the envelope of my catalog last 
spring. You’ll remember it. I called 
it my “GREEN THUMB” Collection, 
because it was made up of hardy per- 
ennials that never fail. 
do is plant them, almost anywhere, and 
they’ll grow for you and bloom and 
bloom. Here’s what I offered: 1—Hardy 
Carnation. (like a greenhouse flower), 
1—Regal Lily, 1—Sparkling Red Phlox, 
1—Pink Cushion Mum, 1—Long Spurred 
Columbine. Am offering them again 
this fall. All five plants—big—healthy 
ones, too—for only $1.00 postpaid. Send 
for No. BN-490X. 
Strawberries Need a 
Different Mulch 
Strawberries, and all perennials with 
a leafy crown over which dirt cannot 
be piled, should have a mulch of 4 to 
6 inches of rye or oat straw or some 
other litter that will not pack and rot. 
Of course you don’t mulch until after 
the ground freezes. The mulch should 
be taken off gradually in the spring 
after the ground thaws. 
From 
“MIDWEST’S LEADING SEEDHOUSE” 
Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co, 
Shenandoah, lowe 
THIS SEED SENSE 
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picture of my little brother and his 
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A Ist Prize Pair 
“Dear Mr. Field: I am sending you a. 
playmate. We had a fair and they won 
Ist prize on bride and groom in the 
parade. He is 2 and the little girl is 
214. We always enjoy Seed Sense and 
like your seeds very much. We hoped — 
you would send him a rose, too.’”’—E. — 
Paul Dieckhoff, Stover, Missouri. _ 4 
Yes, I think "such a fine picture de- — 
serves a rose and one is being sent to 
him. H. F. : 
—) 
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What NOT to Plant 
Peaches and Apricots don’t do well 7 
when fall planted in the north, but most 
other fruit trees do. Among shade trees, ; 
the Mountain Ash and White Birch 
should be planted in spring only. In 7 
shrubs, the Butterfly Bush and Crepe 
Myrtle are best spring planted. 3 
Most generally everything else I list ; 
can be fall planted, and will do as well _ 
or better planted then. s 
Don’t Let Bugs Get Bulbs ae 
Henry Field’s Bug Dust is a fungicide : 
and is just the thing to protect bulbs. 
Before you plant, put the bulbs in a . 
paper bag, then put some Bug Dust in 
the bag, and shake them up and down ; 
gently. This will protect the bulbs in 
the ground not only from insects, but zt 
Pon PERS op Sevits 
fungi, and even moles. — Ee. 

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