FOR BEST RESULTS WITH 
VEGETABLES and FLOWERS 
TEST THE SOIL 

Sudbury Home Gardener’s 
Soil Test Kit (Model D) 
A 20-test kit. Tests for nitrogen, phosphorus, 
potash and acidity, giving all essential informa- 
tion to produce maximum crops with least ex- 
pense for fertilizer. Complete with instructions 
ond data on plant needs. Inexpensive refills 
available. Price: $2.50, postpaid. 
Junior Professional Model 
Makes 50 individual tests for nitrogen, phos- 
ohorus, potash and acidity. Cased in a hand- 
some, sturdy imitation leather. Complete in- 
structions. Helpful chart. 
Price: $4.75 

WISS PRUNING SHEARS 

Anvil Pattern. Well known Wiss quality. Best 
steel blade, bright nickel handle; cuts easily. 
8 inches long, $2.65, postpaid 
6-inch Anvil Pattern Shear for $1.95, postpaid 

A light weight, easily operated shear of the 
best steel. Popularly known as a “Ladies 
Pruning Shear.” Made by Wiss. 6 inches long. 
$2.25, postpaid 

GRASS TRIMMER 

Wiss made of drop forged steel, this popular 
type of grass trimming shear makes the job 
easier to do, the blades hold their sharpness a 
long time. 12 inches long. $2.35, postpaid 

FAN SPRAY 

Ideal for watering roots without wetting fo- 
liage. A splendid rose nozzle to use when 
watering just after seeding. Puts lots of water 
on gently. Heavy brass body and nut. | 
Price: 65c; postpaid 75c 
Fertilizers and Plant Foods 
If you wish us to prepay carrying charge, add 5c per pound. 
Adco. The addition of Adco to the compost 
pile, or to other vegetable refuse, grass clip- 
pings, leaves, etc., at the rate of two pounds 
to each wheelbarrow-load of refuse, will pro- 
duce a clean, odorless manure within three or 
four months. 
7'2-\b. bag $1.25; 25 Ibs. $2.50 
Aluminum Sulphate. Creates acid soils in 
which rhododendrons, azaleas, ete., are grown. 
5 Ibs. 75¢; 10 Ibs. $1.35; 25 Ibs. $2.25 
Bone Meal. For sweetening the soil in the 
garden or lawn it is unequalled. Helps grow 
grass in shady places. Use 10 Ibs. to each 100 
sq. ft. >) lbs50c, LOnlbsS5¢; 25elbs> Sluio; 
50 Ibs. $3.25; 100 Ibs. $5.95 
Bovung. Dehydrated liquid cow manure. We 
hear more good things said about this fertilizer 
than any other we handle. For feeding your 
plants with liquid fertilizer it tops all other 
kinds. Splendid on roses, shrubs, trees, lawns, 
vegetable and flower gardens. Will absolutely 
not burn the plants or the grass. No live weed 
seeds, sterilization has taken care of this. Use 
on lawns and gardens at the rate of 10 pounds 
per 100 square feet. 
25 Ibs. $1.25; 50-Ib. bag $2.35; 
5 50-Ib. bags at $2.25 per bag 
Hyponex. Grows superior plants in soil, sand 
or water. Contains Vitamin B1. Clean, odorless, 
soluble powder, will not spoil nor lose its vital- 
ity. 1 teaspoon makes 1 gal. liquid plant food; 
1 Ib. makes 100 gals. l-oz. pkg. 10c; 
3 ozs. 25c; Ib. $1.00; 10 Ibs. $8.00 
Lime, Agricultural Hydrated. Sweetens sour 
soils and adds plant food; binds loose soils; 
breaks up clay. Use 4 Ib. to 1 sq. yd. 
10 Ibs. 35c; 50 Ibs. $1.50 
FULTON’S 
PLANTABBS 
White, completely 
dissolving plant food 
tablets with the high 
analysis: 11% nitro- 
gen; 15% phosphoric 
acid; 20% potash; 
plus Vitamin B-1. 4 
tablets to | gal. water. 
10 tablets ....$0.10 
30 tablets <...7.5 4.25 
Wo tabletsiee eco 
200 tablets .... 1.00 

ROSS ROOT FEEDER 

Sturdy practical appliance that puts food 
and water directly in the root zone of flowers, 
trees, lawns. Attaches to any standard garden 
hose. Equipped with control valve, food cham- 
ber and steel feed tube. Price: $4.98, complete 
with 12 nutrient cartridges. Additional car- 
tridges, $1.00 per doz. 
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Nitrate of Soda. Most rapid-acting of all 
fertilizers, furnishing nitrogen to plants almost 
immediately. Do not apply until plants are 
above the ground and then very carefully. 
Lb. 15c; 5 Ibs. 55c¢; 25 Ibs. $1.75; TOO Ibs. $5.75 
Potting Soil. A mixture of loam, leaf-mold, 
and sand made especially for use in potting 
ferns, house plants, and bulbs, and for window 
and porch box plants. Pk. 30c; bu. $1.00 
Peat Moss (Canadian Pioneer). A vegetable 
product splendid for mulching the rose and per- 
ennial bed. It retains moisture, keeping the 
earth from drying and cracking, breaks up clay, 
and binds together sandy soils. Spread over and 
raked into the grass, it holds moisture and 
keeps the lawn areen throughout the summer. 
1 bale covers 600 sq. ft. 1% jinch deep. 
Full bale $5.25 
Salt, Agricultural. Occasionally used as a 
top-dressing for Asparagus. Also effective as a 
weed killer on roadways, paths, etc. 
25 Ibs. 75c; 100 Ibs. $2.25; 500 Ibs. $8.00 
Sheep Manure. A highly concentrated pul- 
verized Sheep Manure, free from straw and 
rubbish and sterilized by heating to a high 
temperature which has killed all weed seeds. 
This manure not only feeds the plant roots, but 
builds up the soil. Absolutely safe to use; it 
will not burn the plants. Spread it 10 Ibs. to 
each 100 sq. ft. 10 Ibs. 75c; 25 Ibs. $1.25; 
50 Ibs. $2.25; 100 Ibs. $4.00; 500 Ibs. at 
$3.75 per 100; 1000 Ibs. at $3.50 per 100 
Sulphate of Ammonia. Makes soil acid for 
such plants as Rhododendrons, Azaleas, Blue- 
berries, Bent Grass lawns, etc. 5ulbs 5563 
10 Ibs. 95c; 25 Ibs. $2.00; 100 Ibs. $5.85 
Tobacco Stems. Shredded tobacco leaves and 
stems that make a wonderful mulch and top- 
dressing for lawns and gardens. Retains mois- 
ture feeds nlants, drives away buas 
25 Ibs. $1.25; 50 Ibs. $2.25; 100 Ibs. $4.00 
Complete Plant Food 
Feed Everything 
You Grow 
with 
this complete 
balanced diet 


2584s rar een, 
Complete Plant Food 
FOR LAWNS, FLOWERS 
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VEGETABLES, SH 5 Ibs. ...$0.45 
NOM Ibs o> 
25 Ibs 1.50 
50 Ibs 2.50 
100 Ibs 4.00 

VERMICULITE 
THE HORTICULTURAL SENSATION OF 
1947 
Makes Seeds Start Growing Quicker 
Makes Cuttings Root Better 
Makes Bigger and, Stronger Plants 
Start Your Early Flower and 
Vegetable Seeds in Vermiculite 
Vermiculite is granulated and processed 
mica ore, light in weight, porous, sterile, 
used by professional growers to start 
seedlings, slips and cuttings with amazing 
results. A perfect growing medium. 
SIZE B-2 
This is graded to the proper size to 
root cuttings in. 
SIZE B-3 
Fine ground and very successful as a 
medium for the growing of plants from 
seed. 
Price: 4 qts. 50c; bags of 2 cu. ft. $1.85 
