should. It takes about a thousand years 
for Nature to make one inch of soil. To 
a city person it looks as if we have a 
boundless supply of soil; but only the 
top couple of inches is rich enough for 
the type of plants we sell. If we gave 
soil to all of our customers we would 
soon have as devastated a piece of land 
as if it had been subjected to severe 
erosion. To lower the demand we are making 
a charge of 50 cents for a pint box of 
soil; $1.00 for a quart. And it can be 
sold only to customers within the soil 
transportation region which includes 
Long Island and parts of New York State. 
Because wildflowers are so rigid in their 
requirements we do not make up our own 
peat-compost soil as other types of nur- 
series do. We use only the natural,wild 
soil, and no fertilizers. So we have no 
right to be generuus with Nature’s price- 
less plant food. 
THE CHANCES OF SURVIVAL 
May we suggest, in the interest of 
conservation, that you buy at least three 
of one kind of wildflower. When you buy 
only one of a kind, cross pollination 
cannot take place. Also, it has been our 
experience that wildflowers seem to want 
the company of their own kind. One lone 
plant either doesn’t live long or it sur- 
vives in a weak sort of way, even in the 
best habitat. Two do a little better, but 
still not as well as they should. A clus 
ter of no less than three seems to be the 
best assurance of survival, assuming, of 
course,that other factors are suitable 
such as soil,moisture and shade conditions. 
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