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FLORIDA NURSERY GARDEN NEWS 
APRIL 1954 
REGULAR MAINTENANCE PROGRAM INSURES PLANT BEAUTY! 
If you want your plants to be as beautiful as God intended them to be, and to add to the attractiveness of your 
home grounds, it is very important that you set up a three-fold maintenance program; and follow it yearly. Plants 
need regular care if they are to do their best, and here are the three most important phases of plant care: 
PRUNING 
Some plants need more pruning than 
others, but here are some good reasons why 
we recommend pruning: 
1. To keep plants from growing too large 
for their present location. 
2. To remove old wood, dead flowers and 
seed pods. 
3. To keep the plants more shapely. 
4. To make slender plants spread more 
attractively. 
5. To encourage more blossoms. 
6. To make the plant fit the particular 
need in that location. 
7. To stimulate new growth from latent 
eyes on old wood. 
FERTILIZING 
Because our soil is so light and sandy, and 
there is so little food value therein, it is 
necessary to feed plants regularly: 
1. To keep the foliage and root system in 
good condition. 
2. To produce more and healthy growth. 
3. To encourage more and larger blooms. 
4. Because a healthy plant is more re- 
sistent to disease and pests. 
5. To keep the plant growing steadily, 
we give food regularly. 
6. Because different plants require differ- 
ent types of plant food, be sure to check 
carefully before appiying. 
SPRAYING 
It is wise to have a general cleanup spray 
in the spring and in the fall to insure beau- 
tiful plants: 
1. To keep plants clean of insect and 
fungus pests. 
2. To insure a healthy plant and good 
bloom. 
3. To keep infestation of pests in your 
garden at a minimum. 
IF YOU WOULD LIKE FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE CARE OF YOUR PLANTS, PLEASE CALL 
OUR OFFICE. OUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT WILL TAKE CARE OF THIS WORK FOR YOU IF YOU 
PREFER. WE HAVE MODERN EQUIPMENT, EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL, AND THE COMPLETE 
KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR PLANT NEEDS. 
FERTILIZERS FOR FLORIDA SOILS! 
One of the most important factors in the growth of healthy plants, shrubs, trees and lawns is the proper use of a well balanced plant 
food. Our special fertilizers from scientific formulae are formulated to stimulate good plant growth under our climatic conditions. Because of 
their high organic content—approximately forty percent—these plant foods are not the flash type, but become available over a period of two to 
three months, stimulating a steady, healthy growth. Your plants will be sturdier in appearance, have darker, richer foliage, and will bloom in 
more abundance. 
Because not all plants have the same food requirements, we have three separate formulas for fertilizers. 
Try our balanced plant food 
according to instructions on the chart below, and you will readily see the difference a good plant food can make. 
LAWN SPECIAL FERTILIZER. No need for you to envy others their dark green, velvety lawns. 
Our Lawn Special 
supplies the elements grass needs for ideal growth: nitrogen to develop top growth, and phosphorous and potash to en- 
courage heavy root and stem development. Our Lawn Special includes an insecticide to aid in control of lawn pests. 
$3.95 per hundred Ibs. 
AZALEA AND CAMELLIA FERTILIZER. A special fertilizer not only for Azaleas and Camellias, but all acid loving 
lants including Gardenias, Ardisia and Roses. $4.00 per hundred Ibs. 
TREE AND SHRUB SPECIAL. Good, well-balanced plant food for nearly all shrubs, trees, palms, citrus. Excellent for 
gardens, too! $3.95 per hundred pounds. 
FERTILIZER APPLICATION CHART 
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24-30 in. ik” Wy 1% Ibs. eee 2 Ib. 1% lbs. i iy 2 lbs. 1% Ibs. 1% Ibs 
30-36 in. eb: 1% lbs. 1% Ibs. 2% Ibs. | 1% Ibs. 1% lbs. 1% Ibs. ‘ 
36-42 in. 1% Ibs. 2 Ibs. 1% Ibs. 2%-3 Ibs. | 2 Ibs. 3 Ibs. 2 Ibs. 1% Ibs. 
42-48 in. 1% lbs. 2% Ibs. 1%, Ibs. 3-4 lbs. | 2% Ibs. 2% Ibs. 2 Ibs. 
4- 5 ft. 2 Ibs. 2%, Ibs. 4-5 Ibs. |3__ Ibs. 5 lbs 5.5 iba, 3 Ibs. 
5- 6 ft. 2% Ibs. 3 _ Ibs. 5-6 Ibs. | 3% lbs. 3% Ibs. 4 Ibs. 
6-8 ft 8-5 lbs. 3-5 Ibs. 8 lbs. Ane bse 6 lbs. 4 lbs. 5 lbs 
8-10 ft. 6-8 Ibs. 10 Ibs. | 4% Ibs. 10 Ibs. 5-8 lbs. 5-6 lbs. 
10-20 ft. T50lbsse| 5 me lbs 20 Ibs 8-10 Ibs. 10-20 lbs 
20-35 ft. 35 Ibs 
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Key FOR REPLICATION DATES: A is January, B is February, C is March, D is April, etc. 
NOTE: This application chart applies to our fertilizer only. For best results, use exactly as directed, since too much fertilizer is fatal to plants. 
