HOW TO USE PEAT 
The superior grade of peat that we now offer to the home gar- 
dener has been shredded instead of ground. This leaves the fine, 
fibrous texture formerly available only in imported peat. It is an 
excellent soil builder and should be added when planting shrubs, 
trees, vines, palms, annuals, and perennials. It is absolutely re- 
quired for camellias, azaleas and gardenias. 
In making lawns, it has been found that the addition of several 
inches of peat before planting will pay for itself by hastening the 
growth of the lawn and making fewer weedings necessary. The 
following scale will be helpful in determining the quantity needed: 
1 cu. yd. covers 648 sq. ft. 14 in. deep 
1 cu. yd. covers 324 sq. ft. 1 in. deep 
1 cu. yd. covers 162 sq. ft. 2 in. deep 
1 cu. yd. covers 108 sq. ft. 3 in. deep 
When planting trees, shrubs, etc., the shredded peat should be 
mixed with the top soil for filling in around the plant roots or ball 
at the rate of half peat and half soil. 
When potting or repotting plants, it may be used 50-50 with 
top soil, or 50 per cent peat with 25 per cent top soil and 25 per 
cent leaf-mold (well-rotted leaves). 
PEAT PRICES—August 1, 1949 
$3.00 per cubic yard at peat mines or at the nursery. 
DELIVERED PRICES AS FOLLOWS: 
Per cu. yd. Per cu. yd. 
Destination 1 to 4-yd. load 5 to 10-yd. load 
LEESBURG] ee $4. 00 San 
Bushnell=e eee ee 5 00 4. 50 
Genter. ii eee eee 5 00 4 50 
Clermont?2325 oe eee 550 5 00 
Eustis: tae ace asec 5 00 4.50 
Briutlands Parke eee 4 50 4 25 
Groveland#- ose sone 5 00 4 50 
Inverness). ee oe eee 6 00 5 50 
MountaD orasee eee eee 5 00 4 50 
Okahwnpkars. 46, eee 4 50 4 25 
Silvers ia cae eee 4 50 4 25 
ARR igs ee oa Re a 5 00 4 50 
Wieirsdaletes aan eee 5 00 4 50 
Wald wood ae eee 5 00 4 50 
FERTILIZERS 
One of the most important factors in the growth of healthy 
plants, shrubs and lawns is the proper use of a well-balanced plant 
food. Our special fertilizers from scientific formulae are well bal- 
anced to stimulate good plant growth under our climatic con- 
ditions. Because of their high organic content—approximately 
40 per cent—these plant foods are not the flash type, but become 
available over a period of several months, stimulating a steady, 
healthy growth. Your plants will be sturdier in appearance, have 
darker, richer foliage, and will bloom in more abundance. 
Try our balanced plant food for a season, according to in- 
structions on the chart below, and you will readily see the 
difference a good plant food makes. 
LAWN SPECIAL. No need for you to envy others their dark 
green, velvety lawns. Our Lawn Special supplies the elements 
grass needs for ideal growth: nitrogen to develop top growth, 
and phosphorus and potash to encourage heavy root and stem 
development. Our Lawn Special includes Gamtox, which is 
an excellent control for chinch bugs, cricket moles, army worms 
and grasshoppers. 
100 Ibs. $2.95 

52 Florida Nursery & Landscape Co. 

