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easily grow ericaceous plants. There is much more 
technical knowledge to be desired, to be sure, but 
sometimes we wonder if we can’t do just as good a 
job “flying by the seat of our pants”. When someone 
comes up with what looks like a good idea, we often- 
times want to try it. And really, the quickest and 
simpliest way is to run a batch of plants through, 
and see what happens. 
A very fine book, authoratative and interesting is 
“The Azalea Handbook” by a group of members of 
the American Horticultural Society. If interested 
order it from the American Horticultural Society, 
1600 Bladensburg Rd., N. E., Washington, D. C. You 
will find it a most complete and up to date record of 
varieties and information. Might pay you to have a 
copy in your library. 
+o, 
About Sundays 
Unfortunately our plants don’t know about Sunday. 
Greenhouses and frames need ventilation and water- 
ing Sundays as well as any other days. So we are 
here. And you are perfectly welcome to visit us on 
Sundays after 9:30 A.M. And you are perfectly 
welcome to pick up stock on Sundays if you wish. 
However, because only one person will be here, we 
find it impossible to fill orders on Sundays. If you 
wish to pick up stock on Sundays do let us know 
sometime not later than Friday night (so that the 
orders will go out for filling on Saturday) prior to 
the Sunday you will call. 
During our shipping season we start loading our 
trucks at 3:00 P.M. Sundays, and therefore we must 
limit Sunday visits to that hour during the rush. 
+<or 
MY COMPETITORS 
MY COMPETITORS sometimes do as much for me 
as do my friends. My friends are too polite to point 
out my weaknesses, but my competitors go to great 
expense to advertise them. 
MY COMPETITORS are efficient, diligent and 
attentive. They make me continually search for ways 
to improve my service. 
MY COMPETITORS would take my business away 
from me if they could. This keeps me alert to hold 
what I have, get and create even more. 
MY COMPETITORS prevent me from becoming 
lazy, incompetent and careless. I need the discipline 
they enforce upon me. 
MY COMPETITORS deserve my highest praise. I 
salute them. They have been good to me. 
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