the best book on Saintpaulias. Revised and enlarged, by Helen Van Pelt 
Wilson. The revision includes all the better new varieties. Discusses all phases 
of culture and classification of types and varieties. Price, $2.75. 
The New Garden Encyclopedia. By a group of Horticultural Experts, 
edited by E. L. D. Seymour, a well Known garden magazine editor and 
authority on gardening. This is a complete, practical guide for every detail 
of gardening. It gives pronunciations of plant names. 1380 pages, 10,000 
articles, fully illustrated. Price, $3.95. 
Favorite Flowers in Color. Edited by Seymour. 634 pages of descriptions 
and 800 flowers are shown in full natural colors. Everything that flowers 
from trees, shrubs, to bulbs. One of the most beautifully illustrated flower 
books published. Price, $5.95. 
The books are cloth bound and printed on book paper. Postage prepaid. 
Add 5c for insurance to $5.00. Sales tax 3% for California customers. 
GARDEN SUPPLIES 
Most of the following are mentioned in our General Culture Directions 
and are of use in the outdoor garden, window garden or greenhouse. 
Bug-geta Pellets, 25 lb. bag, express f.o.b. La Verne, $6.25. 
Ant-B-Gon. Set 4 dispensers, filled, 75c f.o.b. Cheaper by mail. Ask your 
P.M. the cost of 2 lbs. from La Verne and send this amount extra. Liquid for 
refilling, 4 oz. 30c postpaid. 
Garden Vole is a pure petroleum spray, effective for mites, mealy bugs, 
scale, red spider, white fly larvae, etc. Dilute with water to make 200 times 
its volume. It is also a good carrier for other insecticides like Black Leaf 40 
used according to their own directions. Use small fly sprayer for house plants. 
Price, 4 oz. for 40c postpaid. For extensive use buy one gallon cans for $2.85 
f.o.b. La Verne. We will ship by express, or send postage for 10 lbs. if 
preferred by mail. Before using any Spray it is best to learn first whether the 
plants are tolerant to that spray. If you do not find or know the information, 
try one plant, or even one side of a plant first. 
Fertilizers. Use tablet form that can be pushed down on side of pots to 
gradually melt down. Can also be used on outside garden plants. Plantabs, 
small package 13c prepaid. Large package, 65c, prepaid. Vigoro Plant Tablets. 
Vigoro is a well known and approved fertilizer. Try this convenient form 
for your house plants. They are just as good too in the garden. Per package, 
13c postpaid. 
Spoonit is probably the best all around fertilizer for house plants. 
Equally good, of course, for garden plants. It is our own preference and the 
one we use on all potted plants in our greenhouses. It is also the most 
convenient and economical to use. The analysis shows 18% nitrogen, 18% 
phosphoric acid and 14% potash. To use, one dissolves a rounded tablespoonful 
in a gallon of water. Soak the soil with this once a month. A pinch of Spoonit 
in a pint size vase of water preserves and keeps cut flowers fresh for a longer 
time. Feed seedlings after transplanting with half strength solution the first 
time. In two weeks, begin monthly feeding with full strength solution. 
Prices: 7 oz. can, 00c, plus 6c for postage. 1% lb. carton, $1.00. 4 lb. carton, 
$2.00. If wanted by mail, postpaid, add postage for 2 lbs. or 5 lbs. (since 
packing material adds weight) to remittance. Your postmaster will tell 
you the cost between your office and Los Angeles. ; 
Horticultural Peat. We offer a good grade of fine Michigan peat, 12 lbs., 
express collect, for $1.00. 
Danish Peat is more acid than our domestic peat. Price, 6 Ibs. for $1.00. 
Postage extra. Ask your P.M. what zone Los Angeles (a suburb of La Verne) 
is in and send parcel post postage for 6 lbs. Per 100 lb. bale, $8.50 f.o.b. 
Sphagnum moss is very uSeful for lining wire baskets for hanging plants 
and has many other uses. It has an acid reaction and retains moisture, hence 
is valuable in the soil for acid loving plants. We handle the very best from 
Michigan. Price $3.85 at our ranch. Please add 25c for packing charge on 
mail orders as we must repair bags when shipped. Weight 12 to 14 lbs. We 
ship by express, charges collect. 
Rootone. One-half ounce for 50c, ‘postpaid. 1-lb. can, $5.00 plus postage 
if by mail. 
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