
FERTILIZERS fal 
Fertilizers— Continued 
Platco 5-8-7. A high-grade balanced fertilizer 
for general purpose, especially potatoes and gar- 
den truck crops. Also in making of new lawns, 
where it is generally used at the rate of 50 Ibs. per 
1,000 square feet. Price: 5 lbs., 40c.; 10 lbs., 75c.; 
25 Ibs., $1.25; 50 Ibs., $2.00; 100 Ibs., $3.50; 14-ton, 
$16.00; 1 ton, $56.75. 
Platt’s Special Lawn Fertilizer. Contains 10% 
Nitrogen, 5% Phosphoric Acid, and 5% Potash. 
For best results apply 10 lbs., in early Spring, 5 lbs. 
in early summer and 5 lbs. in early Fall on each 
1,000 sq. ft. of lawn. This is a nearly neutral fer- 
tilizer composed of a number of products; each 
selected for its proven desirability in a lawn main- 
tenance formula. The ratio and amounts recom- 
mended are based upon results from a large num- 
ber of extensive trials over a period of many years. 
A substantial proportion is in organic form and 
due to the small amounts required (400 lbs. per 
acre) is very economical to use. Price: 12% lbs., 
$1.00; 40 lbs., $2.25; 80 Ibs., $4.25; 6 bags (480 lbs.), 
$24.00; 1 ton, $85.00. 
Ground Bone. A _ special 3.70% nitrogen. 
Unsteamed, high grade for roses, grape vines, 
shrubs, perennials and florists’ use. Price: 5 lbs., 50c.; 
10-Ibs;, 85¢.; 25albs:,- $1.753850: lbes, $3350; 100 1bs:, 
$6.00. Supply limited. 
Driconure. Contains dehydrated cow manure, 
poultry manure and Peat Moss, blended in correct 
proportions to assure better growth. Price: 50-Ib. 
bag, $2.25; 5 bags, $10.75; 1,000 Ibs., $41.00; 1 ton, 
$78.00. 
Lime. Ground Limestone. High Magnesium. 
Price: 50 Ibs., 70c.; 100 lIbs., $1.00; %4-ton, $4.75; 
ton, $12.50 (In paper bags). 
Land Plaster or Gypsum. It is an excellent ad- 
dition to land requiring lime and sulphates, par- 
ticularly for such crops as clovers, grasses, pota- 
toes, and turnips. Quantity required, broadcasted 
and harrowed in, one-half to one ton per acre. 
Price: 100-Ib. bag, $1.50; 1 ton, $19.00. 
Nitrate of Soda. This is valuable solely for the 
nitrogen it contains. It is very quick in action and 
hastens the maturity of the crops. Being extreme- 
ly soluble, it should not be applied until the plants 
are above ground, when 100 to 500 Ibs. per acre is 
generally used. Price: 5 lbs., 45c.; 10 Ibs., 80c.; 25 
Ibs., $1.50; 100 Ibs., $5.00, subject to change. 
Muriate of Potash. Eighty per cent pure, equiva- 
lent to 48 or 50% actual potash. Price: 5 lbs., 45c.; 
10 lbs., 80c.; 25 Ibs., $1.50; subject to change. 
Sulphate of Ammonia. Koppers (25% Ammo- 
nia). An improved product in fine condition. Price: 
5 Ibs., 50c.; 10 Ibs,, 90c.; 25 Ibs., $1.75, subject to 
change. 

Superphosphate. Guaranteed 20% phosphoric 
acid.a Etice: 10 Ibs., 50¢.; 25) Ibs, $1.00: 100° Ibs., 
$2.75; per ton, $39.00. 
Salt for Asparagus and Other Crops. In sacks 
of 100 Ibs., $1.85. For %-ton or more ask for spe- 
cial quotations. 
Vigoro. A complete plant food. 
Vigoro supplies, in scientifically 
balanced proportions, the vital food 
elements growing things must have 
from the soil. Helps you get finer 
flavored, nutritious vegetables—an 
all around bigger and better crop. 
Proper feeding is the key to gar- 
dening success. Well-nourished 
plants can take advantage of every 
hour of sunlight, every drop of rain. 
They are better able to resist 
disease and insect injury. And for a lovelier lawn 
feed Vigoro early in the Spring, even before the 
frost is out of the ground. Prices: 1 lb., 15c.; 5 lbs., 
SO0ceal0) lbss 906.2 2551bs) $1.60" 50: Ibs..4$2:65; 100 
Ibs., $4.25. 
Hormodin Powder. The Root-Forming Chemi- 
cal. Hormodin is a hormone-like plant growth 
substance. Its principal use is to stimulate rapid 
root growth on cuttings. It has widespread. use 
in propagating cuttings, whether rooted with ease 
or normally rooted with difficulty. Many cuttings 
formerly impossible to propagate may now be 
rooted with the aid of Hormodin. 
No. 1 for soft cuttings. 134-0z., 50c.; 1 lb., $3.00. 
No. 2 for semi-woody growth. 134-0z., 75c.; 1 
Ib., $4.50. 
No. 3 for evergreens, etc., 1 oz., $1.00; %-lIb., 
$4.50. 
Combination Package, %4-o0z., No. 1, %4-oz., No. 
De S/,-OZ NN Ome, (OC: 
Sudbury Home Gardening Soil Test Kit. Com- 
plete with instructions and data on plant needs. 
Acidity Kit, $1.00. Home Gardener Kit, $2.50; Jr. 
Professional Kit, $4.75. 
Peat Moss. An organic ma- 
terial that contributes to the 
humus content of the soil. It 
is free from fungus, silt, sand 
or weed seeds, highly absorb- 
ent and retentive of moisture. 
It is used by gardeners and 
florists in a great variey of 
ways; such as mixing with 
soil, propagating, mulching evergreens, roses, top 
dressing lawns, etc., which are covered more fully 
in a special folder, mailed upon request. G.P.M. 
Peat Moss is put up in machine-compressed bales. 
The contents will cover 250 square feet, one inch 
deep. It is not sold by weight because that depends 
on the technical moisture content. Price: per bale, 
$4.95; Jubilee bale (6% bu.), $3.25; Cub bale (4 bu.), 
$2.60. Price subject to change. 

