listed materials for making them. We still do this but many prefer to buy a ready made 
mixture. 
Black Magic. African Violet Mix. Has been used by many and the users praise it. 
The formula is an excellent one and most plants should thrive in it. It contains ne 
earthy soil but is entirely organic with exception of materials for improving drainage 
and aeration. 8 oz., price 45c. 
Peat. Best Holland Peat in highly compressed bales. 4 lbs., 50c; 10 Ibs., $1.00. F.O.B. 
If by mail, add 2 lbs. for carton and send the postage. Bales weigh about 100 lbs., up to 
115. Price $7.00, plus 50c packing charge if shipped. F.O.B. Express. 
Sphagnum Moss. Best we can get. 70c per lb., postage extra, for 2 lbs. 
Osmundine, best Florida brown fiber $1.35 per lb. package, postpaid. 
Plant Labels. The following are plastic labels, easily written upon with pencil. 
Pot Labels, length 414”, 35c doz. Length 3%”, 30c doz. Small labels for African 
Violets, 2” long, 30c doz. Orchid Labels. Perforated on one end, but without wire or 
cord, 244", 30c doz. Aluminum Tree Labels. Emboss name on label with sharp pencil 
or ball point pen. Two sheets of Aluminum make this strong and permanent. Aluminum 
wire to tie on. 35c doz. Package of 50, $1.00. Please include with order of $1.00 or 
more or send 15c extra for handling if order is under $1.00, on all label orders. 
Plastic Garden Hose. The best made. Cheap plastic hose will disappoint. you. This 
hose is not damaged by sun, weather, being run over by trucks. Only hot water under 
pressure will injure it. It should last 8 years or longer. Weighs only 3% lbs. per 25 ft. 
Price, 25 ft., $5.50, plus postage on 4 Ibs. 50 ft., $10.75, plus postage on 7 Ibs. 
Wire Baskets. Our wire baskets are electrically welded, galvanized, non-rusting steel. 
The best obtainable. They look better, last longer than painted, soldered baskets and cost 
but little more. Price with hangers: 8”, 95c, $10.50 per doz.; 10”, $1.20 ea., $12.75 per 
doz.; 16”, $2.75, $25.00 per doz. Postpaid. 
Snap On Pot Hangers, for hanging any size pot in tree, lath or greenhouse. Galvan- 
ized, non-rusting steel. 45c ea., $4.50 per dozen. 
Baffle Spray Fogger. For greenhouse, lathhouse or outside. Fits 12” pipe. Adjustable 
fog spray thrown 6 ft. increases humidity, lowers temperature. Price, $1.36. If by mail 
add 10c. 
Hose End Fogger. Coarse or fine spray. Useful for spraying orchids, tub. begonias, 
etc., and for damping greenhouse to increase humidity or as a moveable fogger. $1.50. 
Postage, 10c extra: 
Rootone. Dust seed, roots of transplants, end of cuttings or base of bulbs for quick 
rooting, more rapid growth. % oz. 50c, postpaid. 1 !b. can, $5.00, plus postage for 6 lbs. 
Vitamin B-1, 100 tablets, 75c. 
Directions for use, applying only to our own tablets. In transplanting bulbs or any 
plants, loose roots, dissolve 5 tablets in 1 gal. of water. Soak roots in this 15 to 30 min. 
Pour solution around plant when set. To stimulate growing plants, for the first appli- 
cation, dissolve one tab. in 2 gal. water. For succeeding waterings, use 1 tab. to 4 gal. 
water once a week. Warning. Do not soak dormant bulbs in Vit. B-1. It rots them. 
CATALOG ARRANGEMENT 
is by Plant Families, according to their relationship. 
In the following lists the genus (plu. genera) is mentioned first. After it, the species 
(plu. also species) or horticultural variety is named. The initial of the genus is used for 
the second and succeeding species. Thus A. will stand for Amaryllis or Agapanthus 
depending on the genus last named in full. When a person’s name in parentheses follows 
a plant’s name, that person is the botanical authority for the name. 
THE AMARYLLIS FAMILY — Amaryllidaceae 
This Family includes the following bulbs, Agapanthus thru The Alliae. 
The American Plant Life Society was founded in 1934 as The American Amaryllis 
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