POT-GROWN PEONY PLANTS for SPRING, 1953 
Supremely beautiful and of life-long permanence, Peonies form the basis of every well- 
considered flower garden. As individual clumps or in borders in front of shrubbery they 
are magnificent in flower and handsome in foliage throughout the season for many years. 
Something New. Instead of planting dormant Peony roots this fall 
order live, growing Peony Plants in 7 by 9-inch pots for Spring, 1953 
You will have no risk of loss over the winter and will know that the Peonies you buy are fully 
alive and growing. All will be well-rooted and may easily be planted next spring in your garden 
without loss or set back. Place your order now. Please include a 50% deposit. 
DOUBLE VARIETIES 
Festiva Maxima. 9.3. Early white with crimson 
markings in the center. $1.45 each; 3 for 
Karl Rosenfield. 8.8. Free-blooming; very 
bright crimson flowers. $1.45 each; 3 for $4. 
Longfellow. 9.0. Full flowers of distinct, fade- 
less bright crimson. $1.75 each; 3 for $4.95. 
Mons. Martin Cahuzac. 8.8. Dark purple- 
garnet with black reflex. $2.25 each; 3 for $6.45. 
Primevere. 8.6. Deep creamy yellow with sul- 
phur yellow center. $1.75 each; 3 for 
Sarah Bernhardt. 9.0. Deep rose-pink, fragrant 
flowers tipped silver. $1.45 each; 3 for $4. - 
Solange. 9.7. Waxy white with orange and golden 
brown center. $1.45 each; 3 for $4. 
Walter Faxon. 9.3. Free blooming; delightful 
SINGLE VARIETIES 
Le Jour. 8.8. Two rows of long, wide over- 
lapping white petals. $1.75 each; 3 for 
Mischief. 8.7. Late; huge light pink with golden 
center. $1.75 each; 3 for $4.95. 
Pocahontas. 8.2. Late; tall rose-red single. De- 
pendable bloomer. $1.45 each; 3 for $4 
ORDER NOW FOR SPRING 
Pot-grown Peony Plants to set 
_out in your garden next spring. 
Fully alive and growing when you 
get them. Equal to roots planted 
this fall but without risk of loss. 
Please include a 50% deposit 
HOW TO GROW TULIPS 
OUTDOORS. Tulips like lots of water but the soil must be well- 
drained. Avoid places where water stands. Enrich the soil with bone- 
meal or old, well-rotted manure but avoid fresh manure. They will 
bloom very nicely if bulbs are planted only 4 inches deep but for con- 
tinued bloom through several years, plant the bulbs 8 or more inches 
deep, placing an inch of sand below the bulbs. Leave them undisturbed 
until the bulbs throw several stems and small flowers after which they 
should be replaced. Tulips must have a sunny location to be at their 
best. They are most attractive in groups of one variety, which sim- 
pliffes planting as the soil can be forked out for the entire group, the 
even bottom of the area sanded, the bulbs placed in irregularly, 5 to 8 
inches apart, and the enriched soil back-filled. For individual planting 
use a trowel to make the openings at a uniform depth and drop in some 
sand before planting the bulbs. Water thoroughly when completed. 
Don’t mulch as it may harbor field mice. After blooming, as soon as 
the flower petals fall, snap off the seed pod at the top of the stem. Two 
__days later cut off the stems just above the foliage but don’t ‘cut off the 
foliage until the bottom Jeaves show brown on the under side. By this 
delay you permit the leaves to store up food for the next year and the 
sap to flow back into the bulb. For the same reason, when cutting the 
flowers avoid cutting the leaves where possible. If you find it necessary 
to move Tulips, dig them up after blooming and plant them at once in 
the new location. If this is not possible, trench them until they dry back, 
cure the bulbs in the shade, store them, and plant them the next October. 
INDOORS. Plant 6 bulbs of one variety ina 6-inch bulb pan, covering 
salmon-rose flowers. $1.75 each; 3 for $4.95. 
HOW TO GROW DAFFODILS 
OUTDOORS. Daffodils like a moist, humusy soil but should have good 
drainage. They do well in both sunny and half-shaded places and are 
very hardy. The depth of planting depends on the size of the bulb but 
a good rule is to cover the noses of the bulbs with 3 or 4 inches of soil. 
Plant them in groups of one kind for best effect, which permits forking 
out the soil to the proper depth, layering the leveled bottom of the 
area with an inch of sand for drainage, placing the bulbs irregularly 
from 6 to 10 inches apart, depending upon the size of the bulbs and of 
the variety, and back-filling with the soil, enriched with bonemeal. 
Avoid the use of rotted manure. Leave the bulbs in to bloom year after 
year. Daffodils increase rapidly, each year you’ll find an increased 
number of flowers, up to the time when they become too crowded, 
after which the flowers will get smaller each year. When this occurs 
fork out the bulbs right after blooming and immediately replant the 
larger bulbs, properly spaced out. They are great feeders and a liberal 
application of bonemeal in December will help them retain their 
quality. After blooming, allow the leaves to become yellowed before 
you cut them off. Plant your annual plants right among them. 
INDOORS. Plant the bulbs, the number depending on their size and 
the size of the container, so that they have one inch or more between 
bulbs and with the nose of the bulb barely under the surface. Use a 
mixture of good garden soil and some humus to which has been added 
a little bonemeal. After thoroughly watering, plunge in a coldframe; 
or dig a hole in the garden for each pot, line each hole with leaves and, 
after putting in the pots, cover with 6 inches of coarse leaves or salt 
hay. Leave them undisturbed for 8 to 10 weeks until well rooted, then 
bring pots indoors to a cool temperature, later to living room tempera- 
ture to bloom. All hardy Daffodil—Narcissus types may be used. 
with one inch of a mixture of two-thirds garden soil and one-third 
leafmould or humus to which a tablespoonful of bonemeal has been 
added. After thoroughly watering, plunge the pots in a coldframe, or dig 
a hole in the garden for each pot, line each hole with Jeaves and put in 
the pots. Cover each with 6 inches of coarse leaves or salt hay and leave 
undisturbed for 8 to 10 weeks until well rooted. Then bring pots in- 
doors to a cool location, Jater to living-room temperature to bloom. 
The Single and Double Early Tulips are the best for indoor culture. 
We have over 375 varieties of perennial flowering plants and over 30 hardy 
flowering vines, all established in 5 or 6-inch pots. See Spring Catalog for full list. 
FREE DELIVERY + Minimum Value $4 
We deliver FREE, by our own delivery service, all merchandise offered, to 
points within the area shown on the map on page 1. This includes all of 
Essex and Union Counties, part of Morris and Somerset Counties, Kearny, 
Arlington, North Arlington and Lyndhurst. 
We ship, transportation FREE to any point in the United States, only Bulbs and . 
Lawn Grass Seed Mixtures offered in this catalog. 
In all other cases purchaser pays transportation charges by Parcel Post, Express 
or Freight (except Pot-grown Roses and Plants, which we cannot ship). 
