phosphoric acid and 14% potash. To use, one dissolves a rounded table- 
spoonful 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, 50c, (weight packed, 1 1b.); 1% lb. can, 
$1.00, (weight packed 2 lbs.); 4 lb. can, $2.00, (weight packed 5 lbs.). These 
are f.o.b. prices and apply to express shipments only. If wanted by mail send 
postage extra. Ask your post master what zone Los Angeles is in and the 
postage on the weight when packed, of size wanted. Be sure to include this 
amount extra. If you do not we have to write and remind you before shipping. 
Horticultural Peat. We offer a good grade of fine peat, 12 lbs., express 
collect, for $1.00. By mail for postage on 12 lbs. 
Danish Peat is more acid than our domestic peat. Price, 6 lbs. 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. Price 50c/lb. postpaid. 
Rootone. One-half ounce for 50c, postpaid. 1-lb. can, $5.00 plus postage 
if by mail. Dust seed, end of cuttings or base of bulbs for quicker rooting 
and more rapid growth. 
Vitamin B-1, 100 tablets, 75c. 
Directions for use, applying only to our own tablets. In transplanting 
bulbs or any plants, loose roots, dissolve 5 tablets in 1 gal. of water. Soak 
roots in this 15 to 30 min. Pour solution around plant when set. To stimulate 
growing plants, for the first application, dissolve one tab. in 2 gal. water. 
For succeeding waterings, use 1 tab. to 4 gal. water once a week. Warning. 
Do not soak dormant bulbs in Vit. B-1. It rots them. 
Garden Hose are a prime necessity for gardens everywhere and for 
greenhouses. The most economical and the lightest weight hose is the Airlite 
brand of Resinite Plastic hose. The inside diameter of this hose is only %” 
yet because the surface is mirror smooth and frictionless it delivers as much 
water as rubber hose of a larger diameter. Nothing can injure this hose 
except fire and very hot water and it is claimed to last forever. However, no 
one has yet lived long enough to prove this claim. It is not damaged by sun, 
weather, being run over by auto or truck. No chemicals affect it. It has no 
cotton to rot nor rubber to disintegrate with age. It is like Cleopatra, “Age 
cannot wither her.” Price, 25 ft. length, which weighs less than 4 lbs., $5.10 
f.o.b. La Verne. Or by mail, postpaid zones 1 and 2, 35c extra. Zones 3 and 4, 
45c extra. Zones 5 and 6, 55c extra. Zones 7 and 8, 75c extra. 
Don’t forget 3% sales tax due from California customers. 
Wire Baskets. Our wire baskets are useful for growing many types of 
orchids and for all hanging basket plants. They are electrically welded, 
galvanized steel. The best obtainable. Price 8” 90c ea. or $10.50 per doz. 10” 
for $1.10 ea. or $12.75 per doz. All are prepaid prices. 
Snap On Pot Hangers, for hanging any size pot under trees, in lath house 
or greenhouse. Galvanized wire, non-rusting. 40c, $4.50 per doz., postpaid. 
Baffle Spray Fogger, No. 215A. For greenhouse, lath house or outside. 
Throws a fog spray 6 ft., increasing humidity and lowering temperature. 
Adjustable. Fits a %” pipe. Price, $1.36 (plus 4c tax in California). Send 30c 
extra if wanted by mail. 
Hose End Fogger, No. 217AB. Useful for spraying Orchids, Tub. Begonias, 
etc., and for damping the greenhouse to increase humidity. Price $1.50 and 
35c extra by mail. _ ; 
Supplies do not take quantity rates as applied to bulbs. Thus a dozen of 
an item costs 12 times as much as one unless a dozen rate is quoted. If quoted 
at a dozen rate, one-half dozen would take the single rate. 
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