trickle of water from a hose or a soil soaker. Sprinkling 
spreads black spot fungi and encourages mildew in humid 
weather. 
FERTILIZATION 
Soils vary in fertility so much that it is not possible to 
establish a general rule. Perhaps nothing is better than 
well-rotted cattle manure for both humus and plant food. 
However certain soils may be deficient in trace minerals, 
which the better brands of chemical fertilizers have. It is 
always well to consult local agricultural and horticultural 
people about your fertilizer problems. When you fertilize, 
follow directions carefully; don't use too much and damage 
your plants. 
CULTIVATION 
Avoid deep cultivation but keep the ground loose to a 
depth of 11/, inches, and during hot, dry weather keep a dust 
mulch about your plants. A better method of mulching is 
to use peat moss, dry grass cuttings, cotton burrs, cotton- 
seed hulls, grain hulls. These mulches will hold moisture in 
the soil and will eventually improve the soil as they decay. 
WINTER PROTECTION 
Very little protection is needed in the South unless the 
winter is unusually severe. On the other hand roses need to 
be protected in the North by hilling soil 10 inches high about 
the plants. The spaces between hills should be filled in 
with straw or hay. Remove mounds of soil just before the 
spring growth is due. Take tender climbing roses off the 
trellises, wrap them in straw and protect as bush roses 
INSECTS AND DISEASES 
Black spot and mildew are the worst enemies of your 
roses but both can be prevented or controlled with a good 
fungicide. It is best to prevent rather than to undertake a 
cure. Dust or spray with your favorite fungicide regularly, 
following directions on the package. 
Ai the first sign of insect damage, begin spraying or 
dusting with a good insecticide and continue as long as there 
is danger of an infestation. If your dealer can not supply 
you with fungicides and insecticides ,call on us and we will 
supply you with our best products. 
Buy the best plants you can secure and keep them healthy. 
They will repay you with great beauty in which you will 
take a deep pride. 
For further information write us or call on the Agricultura! 
Agent for your locality, your Agricultural Colleges, the State 
or National Departments of Agriculture. We especially refer 
you to THE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY of Harrisburg, Penn- 
sylvania, from which you can secure invaluable information 
THE PLANTING AND CARE OF TREES 
Trees need room to grow into the form and beauty that 
nature designed for them. Visualize the trees you are plant- 
ing, ten, twenty, fifty years from now. Have you given them 
room to grow into the great, spreading trees you desire for 
your pleasure and that of those who will inherit your estate? 
Like other plants, trees need soil that is adapted to their 
particular requirements. Poor soils can be greatly improved 
by adding humus and water, along with the best of ferti- 
lizers, thus creating a favorable environment for irees. Good 
trees need and deserve good ground. 
Unwrap your trees as soon as you receive them, moisten 
the roots and cover them with wet burlap or newspaper. 
If they are not to be planted at once, heel them in the 
ground at a 45 degree angle, soaking the ground about the 
roots with water. 
Dig holes large enough and deep enough so that the 
roots will have ample room to grow. Set the trees about one 
inch deeper than they grew in the nursery. Tramp the dirt 
about the roots as you fill the hole. When the hole is about 
half filled, soak with water. Then finish filling, make a low 
ridge about the hole and fill the resultant basin with water 
until the ground is thoroughly soaked. Afterward, keep the 
ground moist. 
Trees need food. Well-rotted manure or other organic fer- 
tilizers may be added to the soil. Chemical fertilizers should 
be applied in a shallow trench at the edge of the filled hole, 
watered down and covered by filling the trench. Follow direc- 
tions on fertilizer packages. Do not use too much. 
The chief objective in pruning is to develop a well bal- 
anced, symmetrical growth. Small trees sometimes are not 
branched when you receive them. Cut them back to the 
point where you wish the lowest branches to grow. As your 
trees grow prune only when it is necessary to shape them 
to your fancy. There are bulletins and tree service agencies 
from which you can secure a wealth of information about 
tree pruning. 
PLANTING DISTANCES 
Peach and Plum, 20 to 25 feet 
Pear, 25 to 30 feet 
Pecan and Walnut, 40 to 60 feet 
Strawberries, 1 foot apart in beds or rows 
Texas Everbearing Figs, 12 to 15 feet 
Grapes, 6 to 8 feet 
