now. CANNAS 
IN INFORMAL GROUPS 
AMONG PERENNIAL FLOWERS 
We have become so accustomed to seeing Cannas 
in formal beds in parks that we feel they have no 
place in smaller plantings. However, the stately 
plants with their brilliant clusters of flowers hold 
their own when interplanted with shrubs or in 
bare spots in the perennial border, Try placing 
them in groups of three and let them highlight 
your garden this summer. 
"HOW TO MAKE A ROUND CANNA BED" 
See special 19 Canna offer below. 
HUNGARIA—312 ft. The best pink canna. Leaves 
bluish-green, never burn. Trusses are compact 
and of enormous size. 
CRIMSON BEDDER — 32 ft. 
crimson blooms, 
foliage. 
ORANGE BEDDER—4 ft. Bright orange with a 
scarlet suffusion. Green foliage. Very showy. 
THE PRESIDENT—4'2 ft. Rich glowing scarlet 
flowers, 7 inches across, on strong, erect stalks. 
The foliage is green. 
WYOMING—5 ft. Immense spikes of glowing 
orange flowers with recurved petals. Bronze 
foliage. Rich and showy. 
FIREBIRD—4 ft. A deep glistening red so firm in 
texture, petals do not wilt in brightest sun. Ex- 
cellent companion plant with Crimson Bedder. 
Green foliage. 
intense 
Green 
clusters of 
an excellent bedder. 
first row; twelve for second row. 
Special 19 CANNA ROOTS for $1.95 postpaia 
(Our selection from above varieties) 
In making a round bed, tall varieties should be selected for center of bed, and 
low-growing sorts for outside row. Plant roots 18 inches apart each way. 
A round bed, 7 feet in diameter, requires 19 Cannas — one for center; six for 
A round bed, 10 feet in diameter, requires 37 Cannas — one for center; six for 
first row; twelve for second row; eighteen for third row. 
CANNA PRICES 
Price, any of the 
above dormant 
roots, 5 for $1.00, 
10 for $1.75, 25 for 
$2.95, prepaid. 
Planting instruc- 
37 Roots $3.50 ppd. 
tions included. 
PEONIES 
BEAUTIFUL BLOOMS— 
ALWAYS DEPENDABLE 
COLOR COLLECTION 
CHOICE (1 Red $195 
PEONY <1 Pink per 
ROOTS (1 White) ppd. 
Ask for it. 
Select peonies by color—Red, Pink or 
White. All named varieties but labeled by 
color only. Strong 3 to 5 eye divisions. 
Price, your choice 85c each, ppd. 
OUR LEAFLET on Peony Culture tells how 
deep roots should be planted to give best 
results. 
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(Chem-Coated) 
Quality LAWN SEED 
About Our New “CHEM-COAT” Treatment: 
All of our high quality lawn grass mixtures are ‘““CHEM-COAT” treated 
with the new miracle fungicide which produces quicker results and 
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best dependable lawn grasses. Don't waste time and money on cheap 
mixtures which include annual or pasture grasses, inert matter, and 
weeds. Watch the analysis. 
HOW MUCH SEED TO USE 
Size Square Quantity Size Square Quantity 
of Plot Feet of Seed of Plot Feet of Seed 
10x 20 200 1 lb. 50 x 100 5,000 25 lbs. 
20 x 50 1,000 5 lbs, 200 x 200 40,000 100 to 
' 20 x 100 2,000 10 lbs. (One Acre) 125 lbs. 
For renovating an old lawn use half of above quantities. 
30 DAY MIXTURE 
(Chem-Coated) 
A Tile Lue of finest 
quick growing an B 
permanent grasses that $1.15 Ms 
will establish a luxuri- 
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normal conditions. Contains Ken- 
tucky Blue Grass—Red Top-—Creep- 
ing Red Fescue—Rye Grass and 
White Dutch Clover. Price: 1 Ib. 
$1.15, 3 Ibs. $3.25, prepaid. Not 
prepaid, 10 lbs. or more, at 93c 
per lb. 
SHADY NOOK MIXTURE 
(Chem-Coated) 
Hardy arasses that 
thrive in shady places LB 
—ideal for patching up $1.65 PPD 
lawns, filling in barren 
places under trees, and on north 
side of house. Price: 1 lb, $1.65, 3 
lbs. $4.60, prepaid. Not prepaid, 
- 10 Ibs. or more, at $1.35 per lb. 
This famous grass is 
LB 
$1.85 PPD 
all other grasses com- 
drained soils. Planted largely to 
1 Ib. $1.85, 3 Ibs. $5.35, prepaid. 
KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS 
planted more exten- 
sively for lawns than 
bined. Grows well on all fairly 
rich, moist, moderately well 
improve thin or worn lawns. Re- 
quires 28 days to germinate. Price: 
Not prepaid, 10 lbs. or more, at 
$1.70 per lb. 
Popular quality mix- 
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Contains choicest 2 PPD 
grasses that root deep- 
ly and withstand severe drought. 
Approximately 34% Kentucky Blue 
Grass—balance, Red Top, Creeping 
Red Fescue, Rye Grass and White 
Clover. Price, 1 lb. $1.40, 3 Ibs. 
$4.00, prepaid. Not prepaid, 10 lbs. 
or more, at $1.20 per lb. 
WHITE LAWN CLOVER 
Makes a 
close, com- 
pact growth—covering LB 
the ground like a car- $1.40 PPD 
pet. Grows quickly, 
producing small white flowers, 
thrives in sandy soil where other 
grasses fail. Price: 1/2 lb. 75c, 1 lb. 
$1.40, 3 lbs. $3.75, prepaid. 
CREEPING BENT GRASS 
Makes fine, dense turf. 
Ideal for terraces and s] 65 LB 
putting greens. Makes 2 PPD 
compact sod, due to 
its spreading habit — eventually 
crowding out other grasses. Price: 
1 lb. $1.65, 3 Ibs. $4.75, prepaid. 
Not prepaid, 10 lbs. at $1.40 per lb. 
This year, Try Merion Blue Grass — you'll need only 1/ as much seed! 
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Marvelous New MERION BLUE GRASS 
AMERICA’S MOST EXCITING TURF GRASS DISCOVERY! 
Here's the new miracle lawn grass you've read about in Magazines! 
Merion produces the kind of turf that proud home owners have dreamed 
about. It thrives wherever common blue grass grows, but Merion grows 
more vigorously, spreads faster, develops heavier roots with dense, lux- 
uriant foliage close to the ground. Its prostrate growth requires less mow- 
ing. It thrives when cut short — set your mower only 34 inch high and 
make a thick, springy green carpet of your lawn! 
Merion does not readily go to seed, therefore seed is expensive. How- 
ever it's such a robust grower and rapid spreader, you need only 1/3 as 
much Merion as _ ordinary lawn seed. Recommended seeding rate for 
Merion: 1 lb. to 1000 sq. ft. So Merion is even less costly to plant than 
common blue grass or good lawn mixtures at present prices. Genuine 
Chem-Coated Merion Blue Grass seed: 1/2 lb. (for 500 sq. ft.) $2.45, 1 lb. 
(for 1000 sq. ft.) $4.75, prepaid. 
The Severe Shortage of Kentucky Blue Grass, makes New Merion a Good Buy! 
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