prize win- 
ner. 
c-BLUE DELIGHT 
BLUE HEIRESS — outstand- 
ing. 
BRONZE BI-COLOR 
c-CARMEN 
GORGEOUS BLUE WOND- 
ER—Large flowers; every 
One’s favorite. 
GROTEI — the climber or 
“hanger”. 
GYPSY ALMA GIRL 
PINK DELIGHT—Exquisite. 
Also a small size plant at 
60c. 
PINK SHEEN—rose overlay 
on white. A best-seller. 
PURITY NO. 2—large double. 
PURPLE DAWN 
GROUP 3. LATEST VARIETIES (many spring 1952), Plants $1.50. 3 for $4.25; cuttings 60c leaves 35c. Described on February list. 
c-APOLLO—Natl. 
SAILOR’S DELIGHT-a fav- 
orite. 
SEA GIRL—lIuscious big dark 
blue double; our own fav- 
orite. 
SNOW GIRL—pure white. 
HELEN WILSON—med. size SNOW LACE—more deeply 
i eG. ice ounce $1.00. c-PURPLE KNIGHT— a best cut foliage. 
CRAZY QUILT — Different. c-INNOCENCE — a favorite ie cl cae a foliage; e-STAR GIRL — overlaid blue 
A MUST. WSs ; Ae est cacel star. 
CUSTARD CUP — It. blue; LADY CONSTANCE—purple ‘S"RNBW. DBL. ROSE strict: STAR SAPPHIRE — truly 
white eye. LUCKY LADY—blue edged. ly_top! different, 
c-DBL. BLUE WARRIOR 
c-MAGNIFICO (DBL ORCHID 
c-RED LADY—one of Ulery’s 
VELVET GIRL—very pansy- 
c-DBL. MENTOR BOY ; holds its like 
‘ s BI-COLOR) Exceptionall very best reds; holds ike. 
SMIEILDOL RE vatcceee motor ime peaureruls i ‘ RED VELVET—mighty nice VIOC ET LON ene aa 
c-DBL. ORCHARD NEPTUNE © OPAL GIRL ROSE LADY (Orchid-Bi Boy; ROSONNA JEWELL 
pet cat wed Laat itis | UAB RADE tO EY a2 E Red - edge White Boy)- ROSONNA MAPLE 
o- DELIGHT (DbI.) beautiful. c-ORCHID SUNSET—fine dbl. o HOSE 1a Mie IR aries rolls BSS Autrey Gysh 
DENVER RED—girl foliage. orchid. F ; i 
DUBONNET — fine semi- PAINTED GIRL—a favorite. aur ba ape sis oad ROSONN AW RIE ELE 
miniature. Medium - size Also, a few small plants at cC°ROYAL GIRL — lovely CP OCONNAREUTKEMIT: 
plants $1.00. 60c. foliage. SONIA SWIRL 
c-PANSY BEAUTY—dark tip- c-PETITE—dainty dbl. bright RUFFLED BEAUTY—beau- ROS 
ped orchid. blue. tiful girl. ROSONNA TROVE 
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GROUP 4. OLDER VARIETIES, still tops. Plants $1.00, 3 for $2.75. Leaves 30c. No cuttings this Fall. NAME SECOND CHOICES. 
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Blue Ohio Valley Fringettes— Lavender Beauty (huge bloom) Purple Prince 
Blue Chard Dark Blue Mentor Boy Red Beauty 
‘ Light Blue , 
Blue Warrior Blue-Lavender My Lady Elizabeth (blue) Red King 
Bronze Girl Red Lavender My Lady Frances (purple) Saffron Red Boy 
Double Neptune Mauve My Lady Sue (red) Sailor Girl No. 1 (pale) 
Double Red White Norseman Sailor Girl No. 2 (medium) 
Diplotrica Amazon Heavenly Blue Orchid Velvet (large bioom) Snow Queen 
DuPont Blue (medium) , Lady Grace Orchid Wonder Sunrise 
DuPont No. 5 (pale) Lavender Girl Pink Girl Violet Beauty 
Forget-Me-Not Lavender-Pink Princess Pink Queen White Cap 
Gorgeous Lavender Rosette (double) Polka Dot White Pixie 
Gorgeous Bi-Color Lady Geneva Purple Girl White Wonder 
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EPISCIAS (E-pish-i-ah) gorgeous foliage. Most scarlet flowering. Some call these ‘“‘hanging basket violet’’. Require light soil, mostly leaf- 
mold with little sand. Feed with Plant Marvel every week or two. Should be in every collection. Cannot stand low temperatures; 
will not be shipped after October 10. EXTRA FINE PLANTS 50c 
CHONTALENS!S—narrow green foliage; biue flowering. 
COCCINEA—dark bronze; silvery It. green veins. Most popular. 
DARK SPLENDENS—smooth; broad dark border with gleaming 
light green center and veins. 
SPECIES NO i—smooth; dark background, waxed green center. 
SPECIES NO. 2—dark bronze, iridescent lilac midriff. 
VIRIDIFOLiIA—smooth Nile green foliage; best bloomer. 
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MISCELLANEOUS PLANTS 50c each: Maranta (Prayer Plant; or Rabbit Track Plant) 
Pothos (Devil’s Ivy) 
{richosporum (Red Bugle Vine)-very light soil (just leafmold, moss, sand; feed Plant Marvel) 
Begonias: Lettuce Leaf; Star; Watermelon; Double Rose in white, red, pink. 
(Begonias require same soil as violets but are very easily overwatered; water little at time) 
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FALL 1952 SPECIAL—Our selection, varieties in surplus at moment, fine named varieties, 50c each, plus $1.00 per order for p.p. 
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VIOLET SUPPLIES with plant orders only at these prices. If ordered separately, add 25c for packing and postage. 
HYPONEX 10c and 25c sizes only. 
PLANT MARVEL 35c; 80c; 1.30. We have found Plant Marvel the best food we have ever used. If you haven’t used Plant Marvel yet on 
your violets, by all means try it. After 6 weeks, YOU BE YOUR OWN JUDGE!! 
NNOR SPRAY 35c; $1.10. Best spray for violets. Mix only 1 teaspoon in a cup of water, then mix that cupful into a gallon of water, room 
temperature. Set pliant in this solution, being sure ail foliage is completely covered, for 2 minute (count to 30), then remove 
plant and set it in shade to dry. For Mealy Bugs (resemble flecks of mold), dip every 10 days for three or four dippings, brushing 
toliage well with soft brush dipped in solution each time, to loosen eggs. For cyclamen mite, dip entirely first time for V2 minute; 
then every four days, spray heart of plant only, until the plant has been heart-sprayed 7 or 8 times, four days apart. Two teaspoons 
of NNOR per gallon of water is rather harsh on foliage and is nct necessary; and if 2 tsps. are used, after plant which has been 
dipped or sprayed. has set in shade for about a two-hour ‘‘insect-killing-period’, foliage should be well rinsed off by the 
kitchen spray with water tempered to room-temperature. If 2-tsp. solution is not rinsed off, it will in time harshen foliage, if 
used frequently as mite-treatment requires. ALWAYS MIX A FRESH SOLUTION EVERY TIME YOU USE NNOR. 
DIMITE $1.10. For mites only—not for Mealy Bugs. Use 1 teaspoon per gailon of water—NEVER more. SPRAY PLANT ONLY—DO NOT 
DIP. Montague Free in his note-worthy book ‘‘All About African Violets’? recormmends Dimite for mites. One good spraying 
usually gets them. If you deem necessary, spray again in about a month. 
AFRICAN VIOLET LETTERETTES—beautiful Gibson note stationery, 50c and $1.00 boxes. (Add 10c for p.p. If ordered separately). 
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POTTING SOIL. Get all plants, even gifts, into your own favorite potting soil that you are used to handling in your own home conditions. 
Dealers usually use a heavier soil, to ship in, than violets really like. They like iots of leafmold, which would loosen from roots 
during shipping. Experiment until you find a soil-mix that gives you success in your own home conditions and then use that mix 
exclusively. Beginners might start out with this mixture: 1-3 old leafmold (woods earth from oak or hard maple woods preferable); 
1-3 sharp coarse sand; 1-3 old well-rotted cow manure, screened. Mix thoroughly, then bake at low temperature, about 180 de- 
grees, until a medium-size potato worked down into the center of the soil mix, is done. A high temperature wilt burn out the 
humus in your mix. When the potato is done, aerate the soil by spreading it out for a few days—perhaps on clean newspapers. 
Help aeration by rippling your fingers through it. Then, to a bushel of soil mix, add a pint of bonemeal; and if you can obtain 
it, a pint of superphosphate and a quart of crushed charcoal. Be sure to put a good layer of drainage materials in the bottom of 
your pot—smail stones; gravels; broken pottery. Water a newly-set-out violet very littie, preferably from the top, and Just enough 
to tantalize the roots—don’t attempt to soak up all the soil. A newly-set-out violet is very easily overwatered, and remains so the 
first 2 or 3 weeks; because this new soil is very porous and holds too much water about the roots for too long a period. To offset 
this very porous condition, you Just water less, each time, until the soil settles down to normal condition. 1T 1S VERY EASY 
TO OVERWATER A NEWLY TRANSPLANTED VIOLET! Have your soil all mixed and ready for your violets before they reach 
you. In a pinch, you can set plants out in Starter-Mix or even plain coarse vermiculite, for two or three weexs, giving them 
weekly feedings of Plant Marvel, and being careful not to overwater them, but at same time, never allowing roots to go into a 
state of drouth. 
JOIN THE NATIONAL AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY. The quarterly violet magazine you will receive is simply WONDERFUL! 
CHECK OR MONEY ORDER FOR $3.00 TO: 
MR. BOYCE M. EDENS; TREAS., AFRICAN VIOLET SOCIETY; 2694 LENOX ROAD N. E.; ATLANTA GEORGIA. 
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