



HOW TO GROW THEM 

And, we mean room to grow under- 
ground, as well as above. Azaleamums come 
to size and form by means of stolons that 
reach out from the mother plant, below the 
ground, and from which new shoots appear. 
If you prepare a piece of ground only six 
or eight inches across for your Azaleamum, 
because the plant is small in the beginning, 
how on earth can you expect that you are 
going to be successful in having a large 
plant in September? 
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THE AZALEAMUM ABOVE IS WRONG- 
LY PLANTED. Note the small hole, with 
no room for the roots to spread. The 
ghost line shows what you want. How can 
you expect to get it if you plant as above. 

If you are planting in a border, the 
plants may be placed as closely as 12 to 15 
inches apart, for solid effect, but the strip of 
soil prepared should still be at least two feet 
wide, and 2% feet to 3 feet is better. 
Depth for Soil Preparation 
ZALEAMUMS are shallow-rooted plants, 
and therefore it might be expected that 
they can thrive with shallow soil preparation. 
Actually, they can, if the soil is naturally 
loose, open and porous. But, if it is not, then 
prepare 10 to 12 inches deep; at least: Lis 
deep preparation will help to supply that 
drainage that we talk so much about. 
The same rule applies to other flowering 
plants. Perhaps they can do well in shallow 
soil, but you as a gardener, do not care to dig 
one depth here and another depth there, and 
so why not dig rather deeply for the entire 
piece allotted to your spot o’ beauty? 
The only place you should confine your. 
self to shallow soil preparation is in those 
spots where there are stones, hard-pan, or 
other impediments just beneath the soil 
which prevent you from doing anything else. 
And, in such spots, confine yourself to flowers 

Violas 

on page 6 

Hardy Verbena 
Here is a flower of great 
usefulness and great beau- 
ty. Fine for covering un- 
sightly spots, fine for 
rockeries. It has a creep- 
ing habit, with beautiful 
foliage as well as beauti- 
ful flowers. Foliage dark 
olive green. You will like 
them, we know. At left 
is a picture of Hardy Ver- 
bena. In coloring they are 
a beautiful rose-pink, and 
each head is 3 to 4 inches 
across. Bloom all summer 
and into fall. Pot-grown. 
1 for 60c; 2 for $1.05; 3 
for $1.50; 4 for $1.95; 6 
for $2.85. 
Pink Forget- 
Me-Nots 
PINK BEAUTY. The 
answer to many years of 
patient effort by the 
plant *hybridizere, A 
dainty 6 to 8 inch plant 
literally covered the en- 
tire season with lovely 
little pink Forget-me- 
not flowers. The lush 
foliage is fine at all 
times and the flowers 
are always there. With- 
out doubt the finest 
thing we ever offered 
in the Forget-me-not 
family. PRICES: 1 for 
75c; 2 for $1.30; 3 for 
$1.87; 4 for $2.45. 


These charming Hardy Pansies bloom all 
summer; hence, a, very valuable addition to 
your garden. Beautiful in groups or low ever- 
blooming borders. Ultimate height 6 to 8 inches. Bloom April to 
frost. Plant 6 to 8 inches apart. Sun or shade. Will stand moisture if 
drainage is good. These come in four colors: Apricot, Blue, Yellow, 
Red. PRICES: Field-grown, 50c each; 2 for 88c; 3 for $1.25; 4 for 
$1.63; 8 for $3.13; 12 for $4.63, 
See Index on page 40 {7} 
that can do well with shallow soil prepara- 
tion. 
(Continued on page 8) 
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