
PRUNUS JACQUEMONTI. Combines pink 
bloom and edible cherries. See page 27. 
FLAME TOKAY GRAPE. Large red 
fruit. Excellent keeper. 
MALUS IOENSIS BECHTEL. Bechtel 
Flowering Crabapple. See page 38. 
WHEN, HOW AND WHAT TO PLANT 
with notes on 
PEST CONTROL — IRRIGATION — FERTILIZATION 
We all enjoy working in the garden. The feel 
of the soft cool earth, the garish display of neat beds 
of colorful flowers, the thrilling spectacle of a spring 
or fall rose garden all dressed up in its clean foliage 
and multi-colored bloom bring joy to our heart and 
calm to our soul. Fruit trees hanging heavy with 
ripening fruit delight the eye and stimulate the 
jaded appetite. 
Read First 
GENERAL INFORMATION 
WHEN TO PLANT. In Southern 
California most material, grown in con- 
tainers, may be planted throughout the 
year, However, some items such as Hi- 
biscus, listed in our catalogue as sensi- 
tive to frost, may be more safely planted 
between March 15 and August 1. Bare 
root stock, deciduous fruit trees, shade 
trees, roses, etc., and also field grown 
balled stock may be planted whenever 
available. 
PLANTING. Dig a hole twice as 
large in depth and width as is necessary 
to accommodate whatever is to be 
planted. Place plant in hole. Fill in 
top soil about plant, tamping soil down 
firmly. Do not plant material deeper 
than top of soil in container or ball in 
which you receive it. Do not remove 
burlap from balled plants. In planting 
container stock care should be taken, 
when removing plant from container, 
not to disturb soil in which plant is 
growing. 
BARE-ROOT STOCK,’ that is 
plants delivered to you without soil 
about the roots, such as Roses, Fruit 
Trees, Berries, Deciduous Shade Trees, 
should be unpacked immediately upon 
But to derive the most pleasure from our garden 
efforts we must have a good measure of success 
with our plantings. So, to help those of you who 
do not possess the greenest of “green thumbs” and 
those of you to whom gardening is a new adventure, 
we have compiled the following planting informa- 
tion. This information has been acquired through 
many years of most pleasant association with thou- 
sands of varieties of plants. 
delivery. Plant at once or dig a trench, 
cover roots with soil and keep well 
watered until stock can be planted. In 
planting cover only to depth plants 
were growing in nursery. This may be 
determined by the difference in color 
_ of bark that has been above and below 
ground. 
IRRIGATION. Build basin about 
plant larger across than the plant itself, 
fill with water twice. Repeat in three 
days; thereafter as often as needed. 
Apply sufficient water to wet the soil 
to a depth of three feet at each subse- 
quent irrigation. 
FERTILIZATION. Generally speak- 
ing, shade loving plants enjoy peat, 
leaf-mold and cottonseed meal or other 
acid fertilizer and plants that require 
sun usually call for manure and general 
purpose fertilizer such as Gro-Master. 
There are, however, exceptions to these 
statements. See requirements for cer- 
tain plants as listed further on. 
For plants not enumerated in this list 
see text of catalogue. If no mention is 
made in text of catalogue or under 
“Treatment of Certain Varieties’” which 
follows on these pages, you may con- 
sider that well rotted manure and gen- 
eral purpose commercial fertilizer 
should be satisfactory. 
Commercial fertilizer should be ap- 
plied first at the time a plant starts its 
spring growth; further applications may 
be made at six-week intervals. Make 
your last applications of the year not 
later than September 1. Water thor- 
oughly after applying commercial fer- 
tilizer. 
New additions to your garden should 
not have commercial fertilizer until they 
are thoroughly established in their new 
location. 
REMEMBER. Commercial fertili- 
zers are quite concentrated. Use no 
more than instructions on package call 
for. Some plants may be severely in- 
jyured by too heavy an application. Also, 
applying too much is a waste of time, 
money and good material. 
SOIL SULPHUR. The addition of 
1% to 3 pounds of soil sulphur per 100 
square feet, where applied to hard, 
sticky soil, will greatly improve the con- 
dition of the soil. Spread evenly and 
spade in. Do not apply oftener than once 
a year. The addition of manure, peat 
or compost will also help relieve the 
condition mentioned above. 
PEST CONTROL. There are many 
good sprays and dusts on the market for 
the control of insect pests. Directions 
for their use will be found on the pack- 


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