It’s easy to grow your own trees and shrubs from seed 
SU aay to the sowing of shrub and tree seeds apenas in 
seed beds or garden is starting them indoors in flats, and a few SNOWBALL 
; pat EAE delta es % peda paces a weeks later at gardening time, transferring them to cold frames om Large white flowers, hardy, 
Hard yi eumiuchil Osed ie fan 1 y ee ape Cod. Has outdoors . . . still later to outdoor beds. Enbe ; diciduous grows to 10 ft. 
Chri teerebs ; yellow owers green Under this plan you should first sterilize the soil. This is easily done Not particular about soil. 
S 5 : winter branches. by mixing the soil with some sand or peat and place in a pan, 
and a small quantity of water, use another pan as cover and place 
the whole in an oven and heat until the water becomes steam. 
Continue the heating for an additional half hour, remove and permit 
to cool for at least a day. Provide flats that are about 14°’ wide by 
2 3/4 deep by 20” long. Into these flats place soil previously 
heated; but sift it and on the bottom of the flat place the coarser 
soil, less coarse above this and the finer soil on top. Water it 
so that it is moist, not wet. Then take a piece of board two or 
three inches wide by about 3/4” thick and with length just under 
the width of the flat. About /2’’ from the end of the flat and 
parallel to the end, press the edge of this board into the soil to 
form a trench. About 11/2’’ from the edge of this trench and parallel 
to it make another trench and continue across the flat. This will 
result in 9 trenches. Into these trenches sow seed that may 
be sown quite thickly, since each flat can handle about 1,000 of the 
ordinary sized seed. 
After sowing the seed cover lightly with more of 
the finest soil, firm the trench by pressing the HINOKA CYPRESS 
soil again with the marker. Cover these flats Hardy, needs a moist cli- 
with paper or burlap, removing when the seeds mate. A beautiful evergree! 
begin to germinate; but provide some shade. The from Asia. eg ete 
arrangement of the soil, heavy on the bottom and 
lighter above, with small cracks in the bottom 
of the flat will provide drainage. 
oon Soil must be kept moist, not soaking wet .. . it 
Nels : is best that the top soil be dry. This can most 
CANADIAN HEMLOCK effectively be done by watering when top soil 
Dark green foliage,hardy will dry quickly. As the seeds germinate and 
evergreen. seedlings develop, at gardening time outdoors, 
. place the flat in a cold frame outside. Cover 
so this cold frame with coarse burlap, so that moisture 
* wu be Gonsereed and the seedlings have shade 
and air, with protection against the cold nights. 
~,RHODODENDRON [ater in the season these seedlings may be fangs 
An evergreen WIth jDjanted outdoors in seed beds. At the time of 
various colored transplanting be careful not to permit the roots 
flowers. of the seedlings to dry out by exposure to the 
q air. Spray them with Bordeaux mixture to prevent 
the spread of any disease from one to another, if 
any are diseased. Ordinarily seedlings are not 
transplanted so soon as this; but since they were 
started indoors they must eventually be removed 
from their flats and transplanted. 
The above explanation of indoor plant- 
ing is not intended for large scale 
operations but it is designed to enable 
anyone with limited space to grow their 
own shrubs and trees from seeds with 
a minimum of space and minimum loss. 
The sterilization destroyed insects, weed 
seeds, and some of the bacteria and 
germs which may cause damping off. 
If damping off does start, remove shadey 
sprinkle dry sand between the rows’ of 
seedlings, or sprinkle Cuprous oxide 
between them. Destroy the diseased 
seedlings. 
JAPANESE RED PINE 
Evergreen. Foliage bluish- 
green. Bark orange-red. 
__ Hardy to Massachusetts. 
MAGNOLIA STELLATA 
Bushy slow growing shrub 
with flowers white, some- 
times pink. Hardy 
SCOTCH PINE 
Another. attractive ever- 
green, a contender 
as Christmas tree. 
Hardy 
a. VIBURNUM 
Has creamy white flowers 
y and bright red _ berries. 
=: Hardy to Massachusetts. 
A shrub growing to 6 feet, 
with dull green leaves, é& 
ad 
white flowers. 
CALIFORNIA “REDWOOD. 
This tree at one time grew 
all over the United States. 
Its field is now more re- 
JAPANESE ANDROMEDA 
SWEET GUM ow om 
: , ; t : 
Has large maple-like leaves, A rapid growing shrub eee ee Baculled 
pecemne Speen Seeiscerics Seth aa rene lowers, ACACIA be an attractive addition KATSURA TREE 
ee ond Poel with ae any Henk oieee ag Feathery foliage and beav- to any landscape. leaves are dark green 
atl rae areynTO Virgina: tiful flowers. Sow in March above, silver green be- 
Br: or April. neath. From Asia. ‘ 
WOODLOT SEED CO. @2 LEO NORWAY - MICH 
