Gardening is easy. The beauty of it is that you can do the job on as small or 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, ets., are often diverted intoa fine propigation room 
for house plants which are readily sold. Many herb gardens become a cottage business, 
as there is always a demand for fresh herbs once the public finds 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 combination. 
About insecticides, we use N N OR freely on African Violets and all tender plants for 
at’ insects. Red Arrow is also very effective. 
Try dampening a soft cloth in sour milk and wiping 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 feeding stations, 
they will repay you several times over in destroying insects, 
Geraniums like small pots and a poor soil. Keep on dry side before blooming. Ferns 
and palms respond well by being fed a little dried blood meal bone. Feed blood meal 
to Begonias and Violets. 
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, ets., 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, Gloxianas and Begonias. 
For those not familiar with named plants in each section, we list collections. These 
will include many new varieties and the best of old varieties. This is an economical 
way to get acquainted and started, All plants labeled with instructions when ordered. 
In multipuls each collection will be different, all our selection. 
