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PEONIES 
Peonies require good soil. The subsoil should be kept moist and 
the topsoil cultivated or mulched. They should be planted in a well- 
drained bed and without depressions about the plant, Occasionally 
used sparingly as shrubs near the side and back foundations of houses. 
See pricelist for varieties. Space 3 to 4 feet apart. 
IRiS 
Plant several of one variety together in a group for an effective 
mass of bloom. Groups may be located against side or back foundations 
of houses and in front of shrubs. Groups of different varieties may 
be placed in one bed for a nice Iris display. Space 18 inches apart 
See pricelist for varieties. 
CUSHION MUMS AND OTHER HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS 
We do not handle small plants such as strawberries and herbaceous 
perennials because they can not be shipped in the same manner as 
trees. Tree roots must be kept moist in shipment which is detrimental 
to most small plants which must be packed in material of slight mois: 
ture content. 
We are willing to advise customers on what and how to plant her 
baceous perennials -- also where they may secure them. (Peonies and 
Iris are the only perennials we grow. 
PLANTIANLILY, BLUE (Hosta caerulea) 
Grows about 18 inches high and wide. Very compact, good green 
foliage. Blue fliowers in July-August. Prefers semi-shade. Space 18 
to 24 inches apart. 
GLADIOLUS 
Place them in one bed in the yard. Not especialiy desirable for 
garden display but grown for their beautiful cut flowers. Often plac- 
‘ed in the vegetable or separate flower garden Plant in rows 6 inches 
apart -- 6 inches deep. Bulbs bloom approximately 90 days after 
planting. They should be dug as soon as the tops dry or at the time 
of the first frost -- and then stored. Store in napthalene flakes in 
a cool dry cellar. The following Spring before planting the stored 
bulbs, soak in lysol solution for six hours. A solution of 4 tabie- 
spoons full of lysol to a galion of water. 
