How To Use This Catalog 
N THIS SHORT GUIDE it is taken for granted that most trees and shrubs require normal food, air 
and water. Thus a plant needing more air than usual at its roots is marked “loose soil’ or “drain”. 
Plants very easy to grow are referred to as ‘tolerant’, or may have no notes whatsoever. 
f =F, i Light—"“sun”, “shade”. 
f 3 Light makes the chlorophyl factory turn its wheels. All plants 
Il SSeS need some. Those that get along best on little light are marked 
Jr \ “shade” in this Guide. Those that need a great deal are marked 
J ¥ “sun'.—Normal plants are not marked- 
ee Air—“loose”, “heavy”, “drain”. 
EA Roots get oxygen from air that filters into the earth. Some plants 
a need more than others; these must have loose soil and will 
\) suffocate in heavy damp clays. Such plants are marked “drain” 
Water—“damp”, “dry”. 
Roots can only use chemicals that are dissolved in water. Also, 
water is the means of transportation up the stem. Some plants 
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CLIMATE MAP 
The numbers | to VII in the map refer to Zone numbers printed after 
each plant name throughout this Guide. It shows the northern limit 
beyond which any given plant cannot grow. This is not a perfect rule. 
Two modifications might be mentioned. East of Indianapolis, a damper 
climate makes all evergrens hardier. West of Indianapolis hot western 
summers make deciduous trees hardier than rated in this Guide. 
need more than others and die in severe droughts. In the de- 
scriptions such are marked “damp”. A loose soil quickly dries, 
a heavy soil keeps damp Thus water and air for the roots are 
both present in a mixed soil. 
Food—"“humus”, “rich”, “barren”. 
a. Potassium—most soils have plenty. 
b. Phosphorus—needs to be added in most soils with fertilizer. 
c. Nitrogen—Fertilizer supplies it, but water quickly leaches it 
out, so permanent plants depend on bacteria in the soil. These 
bacteria depend on:— 
1. Acidity of soil (lime, etc.). 
2. Drainage of soil (air). 
3. Humus in the soil (food). 
[t Pays to Plant Things Small 
Nursery stock, unlike any other merchandise, increases in value as it gets older. More precisely, a plant- 
ing worth $1000 can be set out two years earlier for $500, or four years earlier for $250. Plants just 
about double in value every two years. Moreover, the labor of planting more than doubles every two 
years: Three men might take two hours to plant a 20-foot tree; the same tree when 6 feet high can 
be set out by one man in twenty minutes! 
In most trees and shrubs there are three sizes: 1. Babies that have to be nursed. 2. Transplanted young 
plants that need only a year or two of ordinary growth. 3. Landscape sizes, already shaped and filled 
out. For most gardeners, the second size is the most fun and the most economical. | 
Never buy the wrong thing because a young plant of it looks nice—or is cheap—because plants grow 
up and when mature they may not look nice nor be suitable and must be thrown away. Whatever you 
spent is wasted. If you cannot afford a large size of the right kind, then buy a small size and wait 
ORDER THESE NATURAL FERTILIZERS: 
Freight extra on arrival—80c to $1. per 100 lbs., within 250 
miles of shipping point in N. J. Freight is slow, order early. 
(Express, twice as expensive). 
©50-lb. Bags Shredded Cow Manure, each........... $2.00 
Well rotted, can be applied as a direct mulch. Feels dry. 
(Covers 150 sq. feet.) Excellent soil conditioner. 
e50-lb. Bags Mulchnur, each....................... $2.00 
Contains peat-moss, manure, and enough tobacco dust to 
discourage cutworms, moles, etc. Fertilizing value is high. 
Clean, dry, shredded, ready to use. Lawns: Use 1 pound to 
10 square feet. Beds, etc.: 1 pound to 2! » square feet. 
e50-lb. Bags Hyper-Humus, each................... $2.00 
Peat, screened and bagged, full of soil bacteria. Fine for 
Rhododendrons, though only slightly acid. 
eManure Bricks—dried, pressed, cow manure. A one- 
pound brick readily dissolves in 4 gal. water. Fine plant 
stimulant. (Postpaid E. of Miss.); 8 bricks for $2.50. 
@(50 bricks’ not: postpaid )sioy ter ies a oe ee $13.00 
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FAR BETTER THAN CLAY POTS 
Ferto-Pots are manufactured from a rich 
rotted cow manure mixture in automatic pot 
machines and then kiln dried. The pots soften 
up in the moist soil and place the plant food 
where it is readily available to the roots of 
the growing plants. (No chemical fertilizers 
whatsoever are used in the manufacture of 
Ferto-Pots; they are entirely organic.) 
Start your seeds, seedling plants, cuttings, 
bulbs, etc., in Ferto-Pots and insure quicker, 
better results; no wilt, no setback in transplant- 
ing; larger profits in catching the early market; 
less plant loss. Pot goes into the ground with- 
out disturbance or shock to the root system 
and continues to feed the growing plant. 
(Postpaid)—-2-in. diameter, 100 for $2.50; 
Ferto-Pots 2'-in. diameter, 100 for $2.75; 3-in. diameter, 
100 for $3.25. 
