Gardening is easy. The beauty of it 
is that you can do the job on as small 
or as large a scale as you like, from a 
flower pot to a park. You can adopt 
gardening to suit your own liking, as a 
hobby, or a business, or combined. 
Many gardening hobbies grow into fine 
businesses. Small sun porches, etc., are 
often diverted into a fine propigation 
room for house plants which are redily 
sold. Many herb gardens become a 
cottage business, as there is always a 
demand for fresh herbs once the public 
tinds out about them. Young tender leaf 
lettuce is preferred by many. A large 
quantity of these plants can be grown 
on a very small plot. Violets, house 
plants and herbs are a good combina- 
tion. 
About insectides, we use N NOR 
freely on African Violets and all tender 
plants for all insects. Red Arrow is also 
very effective. 
Try dampening a soft cloth in sour 
milk and wipe off foliage on plants. This 
cleans and gives foliage a healthy look.. 
Attract small birds to your garden by 
setting up a few bird houses and feed- 
ing stations, they will repay you several 
times over in destroying insects. 
Geraniumg like small pots and a poor 
soil. Keep on dry side before blooming. 
Ferns and palms respond well by be- 
ing fed a little dried blood meal bone. 
ao blood meal to Begonias and Vio- 
ets. 
A little Hyponex to the lily pool 
makes all water plants respond. 
Plant water lillies in rich soil mostly 
composed of cow manure and sand, 
A flagstone walk with Thyme planted 
along it is attractive and fragrant when 
walked upon. 
Plant mints in sunken tin tubs, etc., 
with bottoms out and about two inches 
above soil line. This keeps them in 
bounds, 
One part cinders, one part sawdust, 
two parts rich garden soil makes a good 
poreous potting soil for African Violets, 
Gloxianias and Begonias. 
For those not familiar with named 
plants in each section, we list collec- 
tions. These will include many new var- 
ieties and the best of old varieties. This 
is an economical way to get acquainted 
and started. All plants labeled with in- 
structions when ordered. In multipuls 
each collection will be different, all our 
selection. 
