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CRABGRASS—Annual. Spread by seeds. Mow often at I! inches. Hand pick young seedlings. 
Feed lawn heavily in the fall. 
BROAD LEAVED PLANTAIN—Perennial. Use hormone-type weed killer in late summer or drop 
acid or gasoline in centers of rosettes. 
YELLOW FOXTAIL—Annual. Must be cultivated frequently. Use chemical weed killer. 
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DANDELION—Annual spread by seeds and from the crown. Cut below crowns any time of the 
year. Drop gasoline in crowns. Spray with hormone-type weed killer. 
LAWN PENNYWORTH—Perennial. Seeds are distributed by lawnmower and rake. Must be dug 
out and ground reseeded or sodded. 
QUACK GRASS—Perennial. Spreads by creeping, jointed rootstalks. Smother with mulch or 
remove all visible shoots three times a week as long as they show. 
GROUND IVY—Perennial. Dig out or spray with a sodium chlorate solution. 
HEAL-ALL—Perennial, especially bad in shady lawns. Roots at nodes and spreads by seeds. 
Cut out by hand or spray with hormone-type weed killer after bluegrass is dormant. 
YARROW —Perennial. Cut back repeatedly or dig out. Spray lawn with sulphate of iron. 
NARROW LEAVED PLANTAIN—Perennial. Prolific seeder. Cut off tops, pierce a hole in the 
crown of the root and apply a few drops of carbolic acid or sodium chlorate. 
BROAD 
LEAVED 
PLANTAIN 
HOW TO CARE FOR 
YOUR GARDEN TOOLS 
A well kept tool makes.any job easier 
and gives better results, Dirty, rusty 
spades and hoes don’t slide into the soil 
or make clean cuts. It is also important 
to keep these and similar tools with a 
sharp cutting edge throughout the sea- 
son. Any tool which comes in contact 
with the soil should be cleaned after 
each job, since soil will adhere to a dull 
and rusty tool. An oily rag may be run 
over the blades and handles and the 
metal parts rubbed dry with a rag. 
Hang tools up, each in its place when 
not in use. Handles are roughened and 
edges dulled if tools are not placed in 
special racks. Brooms and brushes soon 
become crooked if allowed to rest on 
the bristles. 
A great deal of damage is done to the 
garden hose by allowing water to stand 
in it, especially during the hot summer 
months. The most harmful treatment a 
hose can receive is to be left in the 
sun. When the water gets hot, the 
rubber rots and hardens on the out- 
side, which shortens its usefulness. 
All sprayers must be washed out with 
clean water after use, and the nozzle 
should be examined to get out any 
particles of grit which are bound to 
choke it. 
If you use a rubber bulb syringe spray, 
examine it frequently for grit and keep 
it away from hot sun or steam pipes. 
In the spraying equipment, the leather 
washer in the pump needs frequent at- 
tention. Remove this washer, clean and 
oil it frequently, Examine all the at- 
tachments to the sprayer to be sure 
that they don’t leak air, 
The maxim for every gardener should 
be ‘buy the best tools and always keep 
them clean and in the best condition.’ 
PRICES 
subject to change 
As is usual in seed catalogs, we must 
notify you that prices are subject to 
change without notice. We shall of 
course, make every effort to maintain 
our listed prices. 
GARDEN SUPPLY PRICES 
NOT PREPAID 
While prices quoted on garden seed 
include our shipping costs, this is -not 
the case on our other lines. So, when 
ordering garden supply items by mail, 
please remember shipping costs are 
EXTRA. 
