HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR AUGUST, 1949—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 

Crocus—Snow Bunting 
This is a brand new variety of Crocus 
that John Res, my Dutch bulb grower, 
told me about the Jast time he was in 
Shenandoah. John has grown Dutch 
bulbs for ‘me for many years in Holland 
and knows that I am always interested in 
buying new things, so he is always on the . 
watch for them. 
John was pretty enthusiastic about this 
Crocus. Says it is enormous—a big white 
one. Much bigger than anything else in 
the Grocus line. And puts on a grand 
show in the spring. 
Now I like Crocus anyway because they 
are just about the first flower to bloom in 
the spring, and they aren’t afraid of early 
spring snows and sleets but keep coming 
right on through them and yet they look 
so fragile that you wouldn’t think they 
could stand up against an ordinary sum- 
mer zephyr. Now Snow Bunting is some- 
thing extra special and I would like to 
have you try it. Iam going to plant some 
around the seedhouse here-and you plant 
some in your garden. 
I had to pay a little more for these 
erocus, but not much, so I will pass them 
on to you as cheap as I can. Now I 
couldn’t get many so it’s first come, first 
served. 
BN906—Price: 60c dozen; 25 for 98c; 
50 for $1.98. Take all you want as long 
as they last. 
Fast-Growing Plants for 
Quick Results 
~ With all the building and moving go- 
ing on today, many people are interested 
in getting plants that will give fast re- 
sults so as to provide landscaping and 
“prettying up’’ in general. I thought it 
might be of interest if I list a few of 
those that give about the quickest re- 
sults. 
Roses are ideal ornamentals for most 
of them bloom the first summer. Shrubs 
such as Spirea Anthony Waterer, Hy- 
drangea A. G., Hydrangea P. G., Crape 
Myrtle, Butterfly Bush, and Tamarix also 
bloom the first year and are particularly 
pretty. In trees you can’t beat our Hybrid 
Elm. It gives the quickest possible shade 
of all, with the Chinese Elm second best. 
Since these things can be planted this 
fall, I suggest you get your order in soon. 
Fall planted stock usually gives the best 
Tesults, and quickest, too. 
The Best Patent Roses 
Patent Roses cost a little more, but 
some of them are so outstandingly beau- 
tiful that I think they are worth it. Par- 
ticularly these: 
AN430—ECLIPSE (Patent #172)—I 
think this has the most beautiful bud 
and opening flower of any rose I know. 
Clear yellow with long green stipules lay- 
ing up along the flower. $1.35 each; 3 
for $3.40, postpaid. 
AN417—MIRANDY (Patent #632)— 
Huge roses from long pointed buds of 
deep, rich red. $1.50 each; 8 for $4.00, 
postpaid. 
AN474—PEACE (Patent #591)—Gen- 
erally acknowledged the most beautiful 
rose in the world. Rich dark green foli- 
age adds to the beauty of its blossom— 
yellow changing -to pale gold to cream 
with fringes of pink. $2.00 each: 3 for 
$5.00; 12 for $20.00, postpaid. 
AN418—SHOW GIRL (Patent #646)— 
Finest of the new pinks with superlative 
bud form. Tall, free-bloomer of vigorous 
habit. $1.50 each; 3 for $4.00, postpaid. 
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Bug Dust Protects Bulbs 
Here’s a useful tip and one that may 
save some of your prize bulbs. Before 
you set them out this fall, put some 
Henry Field Bug Dust in a paper sack 
and then put in a few of your bulbs. 
Shake the sack up and down gently so 
that you will get a good covering of Bug 
Dust on all bulbs. This dusting will pro- 
tect the bulbs while in the ground from 
insects, fungi, and even moles because 
it’s both an insecticide and a fungicide. 


Early Cherry Picking 
“Dear Mr. Field: I am sending a snap- 
shot of our son, Teddy, taken when he 
was 18 months. He is picking cherries 
from our Montmorency tree, which was 
planted just a month before his birth. I 
certainly enjoy your catalog and Seed 
Sense.’”—Mrs. B. J: Ferguson, Nawka, 
Idaho. 



Best Wishes from ILF. 
“Dear Sir: Here is a wedding picture 
of my daughter and her husband, Mr. 
and Mrs. Alton Goerlitz, of Marienthal, 
Kansas. She will be so pleased to get a 
rose bush from you. We like your seeds 
so much.’’—Mrs. J. W. Snowbarger, 
Marienthal, Kansas. 
Congratulations. Hope you liked and 
enjoyed the fine rose we sent.—H.F. 
Likes Low Prices, Gifts 
“Dear Mr. Field: Just a little note to thank 
you for my free gifts I received with my 
orders. If you have the flowers in your 
catalogs that I want, I will always buy them 
from you. Your prices are lower than any 
other catalog I have had.”—Miss Alice Shel- 
ner, 182 Alton Ave., Dayton, Ohio. 
A good way to widen out the straight 
and narrow path would be for more peo- 
ple to walk on it. 
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age of White Lead. Lots of 
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Beautiful but tough and 
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Won’t blister, fade, crack 
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highly resistant to weath- 
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RAW LINSEED OIL. 
Non-poisonous to live- 
stock. 1 gal., $3.59; 5 gals., 
$17.45. Prepaid. 
PAINT THINNER. Use 
same as turpentine. 99e 
gal., prepaid. 
PURE GUM SPIRITS 
OF TURPENTINE. $1.45 
gal., prepaid. 
RUBBERSET BRUSH- 
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$2.84; 3” size, $2.12. 

