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check. You will get prompt acknowledgment. When 
proper shipping time comes, you will get shipment— 
express charges collect. 
Order NOW, we ship at proper time later. Exact 
dates vary year by year, but generally these are safe. 
All evergtreens™ 22) 32 Mid-April to mid-May 
Deciduous trees and shrubs................ April to early May 
Rérerimnaliplonis =e ee Late April to late May 
Contact your express agent—he's human, will co- 
operate in letting you know promptly when trees or 
plants arrive. Don't let a shipment lie in the express. 
Plant as soon as you can—but if you must wait a 
few days, don't worry. They are well enough packed 
to stand it if you: Soak the bundle well, keep it from 
(1) heat or frost, (2) drying wind. Better yet, have a 
small handy garden area of loose, light soil where you 
can heel in bundles—cover roots and parts of tops 
with earth, well watered down. This can be done in 
minutes, and such plants can wait weeks for final 
planting in right places. 
BASIC Plant Culture 
PACKING COSTS—Charged at cost (usually 10% 
of cost of stock unless “B&B”). Free if cash accom- 
panies order, except stock dug with a ball of earth. 
EXPRESS charges are extra (except in a few prepaid 
Special Offers). They are paid by you to the Express- 
man. We will estimate the costs if you like, on your 
order completely delivered. 
PRICES—Net at the nursery. Transportation to be 
added at actual cost. Usually 5 sold at rate per ten, 
50 at 100 rate. 
ORDER FORM—Printed on back wrapper. 
OUR GUARANTEE 
We will allow a credit of 50% of the 
catalog value of any stock that dies 
the first year. Credit to be used on 
future orders as you wish. 
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Stock that arrives in bad condition 
will be replaced free if reported with- 
in ten days. 
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as noted in 
this catalog 
In this short guide it is taken for granted that most trees and shrubs require normal food, 
dir and water. Plants very easy to grow are referred to as “tolerant,” or may have no notes 
whatsoever. 
Light—"sun,” “shade.” Plants that get along on 
little light are marked “shade” in this Guide. Those 
that need a great deal are marked “sun.” Normal 
plants are not marked—they in sun or part shade. 
Soil—"barren.” Clay has no air, sand, no water 
or food. Even mixed clay and sand alone does not 
make soil fit for most plants. 
“Loams.” As soon as humus is added, the soil 
becomes a “normal’’ soil. Air, food and water all 
complete. In addition, soil bacteria start living on 
the humus and release nitrogen thus making “top- 
Soles 
“Rich,” “fertile.” Soils with much humus are 
fertile. By renewing the humus and bone meal 
such soils are permanently fertile. Commercial 
fertilizers must be repeated every year, as the 
fertilizer leaches away. 
“Loose,” “heavy.” Roots get oxygen from air 
that filters into the earth. Some plants need more 
than others; these must have loose soil and will 
suffocate in heavy damp clays. Such plants are 
marked “drain” in this Guide. 
“Damp.” Roots can only use chemicals that are 
dissolved in water. Some plants need more than 
others and are marked “damp.” A loose soil 
quickly dries, a heavy soil keeps damp. Thus 
water and air for the roots are both present in a 
mixed soil. Normal plants that thrive in this 
“ordinary garden soil’’ need no notation. 
Humus. In some form, is useful to all plants. 
1. Lightens heavy soil; lets light soil hold mois- 
ACID. To acidify soils, aluminum sulphate is quickest, 
but there is danger of damage in heavy soil. Straight 
sulphur (in commercial form as powder) does the same 
job in about 2 weeks and is harmless and easily obtained. 
An ounce to a square yard, sprinkled on the surface. 
Fertilizer. All plants in gardens benefit by having plenty 
of food. 1. Strong growth (hardier). 2. Healthy. 

Is it hardy in Your Garden? 
MAP: The numbers 1 to VI in the map refer to Zone 
ture. numbers printed after each plant name throughout this 
2. Is nature’s own food (nitrogen via bicteria). 
3. Renew every two years. 
Lime. 1. “Sweetens” the soi]. 2. Promotes decay 
(humus into nitrogen). 3, ‘“Flocculates” clay 
(makes it into loam). 
Guide. It shows the northern limit beyond which any given 
plant cannot grow. (East of Indianapolis, a damper climate 
makes all evergreens hardier, West of Indianapolis hot 
summers make deciduous trees hardier than rated in this 
Guide. 
