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We’re seedsmen by trade and gardeners by nature, 
and that’s why we know that the cultivation of 
beauty and the achievement of satisfaction depend 
to a great extent on the understanding with which 
they are practiced. 
This year there will be more gardens than ever be- 
fore, because Americans are realizing that both 
flowers and vegetables are essential to good living. 
Modern science has done much to make the gar- 
dener’s work easy, to help him grow bigger and 
better flowers and vegetables and growers are con- 
stantly striving to make these disease resistant and 
more productive. 
Scientists are tirelessly searching for ways to im- 
prove the soil structure, enrich it, eradicate weeds, 
get rid of insect pests and to provide tools which 
make gardening a pleasure instead of a chore. 
The last two years have seen the introduction of soil 
conditioners which transform poor soil into loam, 
rendering it more friable and loose, increasing water 
retention, better aeration and facilitating plant root 
development. 
There’s even a weed preventer, preventing weeds 
before they grow!! This product kills the weed seeds 
when they are in their most vulnerable state, just 
as they are beginning to sprout. This alone helps 
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prevent most of the home gardeners’ weeding 
“backaches,” because the weeds are killed before 
they get a chance to become a problem. 
The real secret behind this weed preventer is that 
it isn’t weed killer when it’s sprayed. But soil bacteria 
work on it and actually change it to another chem- 
ical, one that kills weed seeds as they’re starting to 
sprout. And, since it isn’t a weed killer when you 
put it on, there’s little or no danger of damaging 
the leaves of other garden plants. 
There is no limit to miracles of science, and each 
step is in the right direction, encouraging more and 
more men and women to “grow their own.” 
We are glad that the public interest is centered on 
home gardening and we want to do everything we 
can to help you enjoy your gardens and to learn how 
to better take advantage of the miracles of science, 
right in your own yard. 
Gardening is an expression of one’s self... be it 
the beauty of a flower garden, the even turf of a 
well-kept lawn, the wealth of a bountiful vegetable 
garden, well tended shrubs or even one plant or one 
garden. But whatever it is, it’s there because you 
put it there yourself and the responsibility of its 
well-being, and the beauty and satisfaction it may 
give, isin your hands, Happy gardening to you! 
A bountiful vegetable garden for the whole family. 
