ACID SOIL 
We make no claim as to the success 
that you may expect from the acid soil 
plants. These are all difficult to grow 
except for folks who have a green thumb 
and a working knowledge of woodland soils. 
We sell them to you in good faith, as- 
suming that you won’t order acid soil 
plants unless you have a suitable place 
for them. If you haven’t the right soil 
you can prepare it with just a little 
trouble. Set aside a specific bed, ina 
dense shady to broken shady spot; if pos- 
sible outline it with small logs or boards 
to keep the soil from washing out. Mix 
into the surface two inches of soil a lib- 
eral quantity of decomposing,well-rotted 
if possible, pine needles and oak leaves,and 
rotting pine,cedar and hemlock stumps, 
logs and their bark. The more hemlock mat- 
erials you can get the better.A small bed 
will take at least two bushels of this 
material. If it isn’t rotted, the bed 
should sit for at least a year before 
transplanting acid soil plants into it. 
But such fussing is worth the trouble, 
for fair to excellent results can be ex- 
pected. You can start with a small bed 
and enlarge it each year. Goldthread, 
Clintonia, and Arbutus will thrive in it. 
The Painted Trilliums will do well, if 
the acid material goes down at least six 
inches; plant their bulbs three to four 
inches deep. 
WILDFLOWERS IN GENERAL 
Most people plant wildflower roots too 
deep. If the plants are still in a dormant 
state when they arrive, plant them so that 
no more than an inch of soil covers their 
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