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NEW CULTURAL DIRECTION IN NEXT 
SEED CATALOG 
Beginning in the next Seed Listing which 
we hope will be finished in September, the 
cultural directions will be expanded consider; 
ably. A general list of various methods wilh 
be listed under a number for each, followed 
by one or two letters for special directions 
and added to these directions will be special 
cautions under the species. 
The zone map which is on the back cover 
of the magazine also will further help in 
knowing the territory in which a plant can 
be grown out doors. It is hoped that read- 
ers and customers will feel free to add ta 
this information as well as to make correct- 
ions, that the information be correct and 
helpful. 
There will be a charge of 25¢ for the Cat- 
alog after the new issue in September; unless 
you were a purchaser or subscriber to the 
magazine, enclose 25¢ in stamps or coin. 
This will save us mailing a postal advising 
of the cost: the 25¢ will be credited on any 
order of $2.00 or more; 1955 customers will 
receive a Catalog without asking as will 
also subscribers. 
PALM SEED 
Many Palm seed should be planted upon 
arrivel to us and thus it is advisable to place 
your order well in advance. Any seed com- 
ing from tropical areas or those that have 
to cross the equator, lose much of their germ- 
ination power and at best have a rather low 
germination percentage. d 
It is advisable to soak the seed in warm 
water for 4-6 days upon arrival, especially 
if the seed is dry. Most Palms seed must bea 
started under glass or in frame; open seed 
beds are usually used by greenhouse growers. 
A good soil medium for starting the seed 
is sharp sand to which a good amount of 
milled sphagnum moss has been mixed. 
When special treatment 1s required, note 
cultural directions under the listing in Cata- 
log for the species. Palms are not hard to 
grow. 
FOXGLOVE or DIGITALIS 
While some advise starting Foxglove im 
pots or flats, it may be best to grow them 
cutside, as seedlings under glass may become 
weak and spindling. — 
When grown outside 
strong and sturdy. Use 
and shading when the 
icked out. 
oe the autumn carefully lift the plant, 
being sure to preserve a good ball of earth 
on the roots which are very fibrous, for 
they will suffer a set back if done carelessly. 
The lifting of the plant hardens them for 
the winter and induces a floriferous habit 
to a very marked degree. 
they are always 
care in watering 
seedlings are Just 
PLANTING PANDANUS SEED 
Plant 
Joe Elias of Philadelphia writes: 
the nubby end up; if planted upside down 
they will not sprout. Cover with at least 
15 inch of soil and keep moist but not wet. 
I use half sand and half peat moss. You 
may receive from one to six trees from each 
seed. If more than one seedling sprouts 
from a seed, seperate when about 6-8 inches 
high, putting one in each can or pot. 
A friend in Florida suggested to him that 
it would be better to cover the seed only 1/3, 
leaving 2/3 exposed. 
ANTENNARIA TOMENTOSA 
This is one of the plants that makes a 
valuable ground cover in the Tulip beds. 
It forms a close dense carpet of silvery 
gray leaves and not being a deep rooter, it 
does not weaken the soil to such an _ex- 
tent that the bulbs beneath are not deprived 
of much nourishment. 
It is hardy in most gardens up into the IV 
zone. The flowers in themselves are not 
ornamental, it is the foliage that makes it 
especially attractive. Does well in a rather 
dry soil. 
GARDEN SUPPLIES 
SPHAGNUM FOR 
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It is simply impossible to germinate 
many seeds without the use of milled 
sphagnum moss. If you were over your 
seed pans all day long as the professional 
grower is you may find you could get along 
without it, but no professional grower 
would fail to have the fine moss on hand. 
It will save many a packet of valuable seed 
from loss due to an hours neglect, that can- 
not be avoided by one having other duties. 
Now packed in 12 bushel boxes contain- 
ing approximately 1/7 bushel; $1.50 postpaid. 
PEAT MOSS 
Necessary in the germination of many 
seeds such as Ilex, Vacciniums and other 
acid loving planis 
Postpaid 
He Peck @ Packages 5: tc. srsctcteassccvemcustacosthsetaents -70 
3Yn z . 1.30 
ROSE PLANT FOOD 
100% plant food, organic formula of 
dried blood, fish scraps, bone meal, guano, 
potash, cotton seed meal, nitrate of soda, 
sulphate of ammonia, poultry manure 
powder and superphosphate, a 7-8-5 for- 
mula. CONE LB. PKGS. 75¢ 
Du PONT 10% DDT INSECT POWDER 
Controls cockroaches, flees, ants, bed 
bugs, moths, ticks, carpet beetle and sil- 
ver fish. 
1 Oz. Puffer Cans, Postpaid................ .25¢ 
SO ze PULLOT es CATS 1. cietresrersscaccverdusescasexs 50¢ 
ACTIVO 
Quickly and cheaply makes rich, soil 
building humus from house and garden 
wastes. 
neers bed, pot, garden and orchard 
soils. 
COMPOSTING- Bring following types 
of materals into well drained heap, large 
barrel or hogshead, or ventilated garbage 
can: table scraps, fruit wastes, leaves, 
TEMPERATE ZONE PLANTS 
Many temperate zone plants require a 
period of storage in a moist condition and 
at rather low temperatures to induce germ- 
ination. 
It is a sort of after-ripening and included 
in what is termed ‘“‘stratification.” 
Seeds must always be soaked at start of 
stratification; this is especially required in 
many tree and shrub seeds. 
LIME HATERS 
If you are growing any lime haters and 
they start too “yellow”, it most likely can be 
checked by adding a teospoonful of Epsom, 
Salts to 2 gallons of water and using this 
grass clippings, garden rubbish, sewage 
or sludge, citris pulp, peat, etc: 
Use as much garbage and other 
wastes as possible. 
rich 
Neutralize with ground 
limestone, and add a few shovels of or- 
dinary soil for compacting the mass. Mix 
in 1-3 lbs. of ACTIV-O for each (approx) 
250 Ibs. compost: Moisten. Keep moist, but 
NOT wet. Use greater amounts of garden 
soil to compact leaves and other light, 
dry materials. 
Better, mix in a handful or so (for each 
bushel of compost)) of commercial fertil- 
izer or plant food or ammonium sulphate, 
ammonium nitrate, etc. 
No.2. (approx. 215 lbs. gross) 
No. 7: (Approx. 614 lbs. gross) 
BERTOSPOES 
FERTO-POTS have taken the gardening 
world by storm. Users highly enthusiastic. 
Millions sold. 
$1.35 
$2.20 
Pots made of rich rotted cow manure 
in automatic pot machines and kiln dried. 
No wilt, no set-back; quicker, better re- 
sults if seed, bulbs, plants, cuttings are 
started in FERTO-POTS. When §trans- 
Planted outdoors pot and all goes into the 
grour'd. Pots soften up in the moist soil 
and feet the plants. Excellent resulis as 
liners inside clay pots for African Violeis 
and other house plants. FERTO-POTS 
are a boon to professional growers and 
home gardeners alike. Shipped prepaid 
at following prices: 
Coast States). 
PRICES: All prepaid by parcel post. 
(Add 10% for Pacific 
No. 2. Dozen 55¢; 100, $3.00; 500, $11.50 
No. 212 Dozen 75¢; 100, $3.50; 250, $6.60. 
No...3 Dozen 85¢; 100, $3.50; 250, $8.50 
HY-GRO PLANT FOOD 
A SOLUBLE PLANT FOOD 
A soluble plant food that can be used 
while you water your plants. It is immed- 
iately available as the solution penetrates 
into the soil and continues to feed over a 
long period. Will not harm roots or leaves. 
Can also be used in transplanting. Best 
applied to pots when they are dry and 
need watering. 
Starter Solution for Transplanting 
for flower and vegetable seedlings, peren- 
nials, shrubs, ete. Checks wilting and 
gives transplants a healthy start for rapid 
growth. 
FORMULA: 13-26-13 
$ Oz. Bottle. Postpaid 60¢ 
3 Bottles, postpaid $1.10 
HAMMOND’S SLUG SHOT 
Destroys many insects that prey upon 
house and garden plants. 
It is most effective when used as a 
powder and applied lightly over the in- 
fected parts. One application is generraly 
sufficient. 
Ioelb. Cans, Postpaid sciccscsscseccsessoessate 75¢ 
3 Cans. Posipaid sc.ccetce $1.50 
to water the plants. This is also good where 
the water used is ‘hard’ and contains an ex- 
cessive amount of lime. 
SEEDS WANTED 
The Japanese wild flower, Glaucidium pal- 
matum. There has been 3 new subscribers 
from Japan this month and we would ap- 
preciate their cooperation. Old sources in 
Japan have mostly disappeared, to our sor- 
row and new contacts will have to be estab- 
lished. 
Clematis verticillaris, (Bell Rue), it is a 
native American species, not commonly 
found. 
