PACKING AND MATLING CHARGES 
California eyo: Shade 1h of Total Cost 
(This ; ‘Includes: tax) a 
Other States’ Aad oe or’ Total Cost 
Alaska, Canada, — 
and Lealands* = mot RG. O59, of Total Cost 
(Extra charge for airmail) 
_VIOLEE FACTS | 
"DOUBLE VIOLETS" do not have to be es ee 
back to rest..and dry out but runners 
should be kept cut off. They should be | 
kept damp in summer. They must be pro-. 
tected in cold places. They will stand 
light freeze, but NOT hard long spells. 
Also they can have the water from cow, 
 gERGS por commercial fertilizer poured. 
around. their roots but not on. their foli- 
age. 
the CULTULYEr aL violets has been con- 
tinuous for Centuries. “Many have been — 
improved in. recent years which bear 
little or no resemblance to théir ances 
tors, being larger and sturdier stemmed. 
Most violets accommodate themselves 
and thrive in sunlight or shade. Their” 
natural food is leaf mould, the mulch OLy 
which also protects them in their dormant 7 
period. 
Baro ree Rant auaTRa BES. | prepare your 
soil, deep, at least twelve inches.’ Vio-  ~ 
lets do best in slightly acid SLomie iyi By, 
tee good "practice:“to"* duet thesoi 
lightly with sulphur’ about every six 
_ weeks. Mix a-tablespoonful of bone meal | 
with the soil in the’ bottom ofthe hole 
where you set the ‘plant. Leaf mould or © 
peat moss should be worked into the soil 
liberally. 
~ “When the plants: arrive, aba they” “are 
fresh and moist, you: may dip the roots 
in water and plant at* once. If they seem 
ELLY, hoe wilted immerse them, tops and ali 
in a pail’ of -water’ and let them soak’ 
three to twelve hours: ‘Always thorough- 
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