GLORIOSA LILIES JUST 
SZ 
INSPECTING STOC 
Sieg a Oi ‘- 
K PLANTS OF LITHO 
BORN 
CHRYSANTHEMU 
POKING THROUGH THE SOIL 
SPERMUM HEAVENLY BLUE 
oe 
MS FOR AN ORDER 
PRODUCTION QUOTAS 
and 
PRODUCTION GOALS 
As you can well imagine, our business is filled 
with many unusual, interesting and sometimes 
perplexing facets. We start little plants out in 
life—we feed them—nurse them along and 
finally they are full grown, and we feel proud 
of the accomplishment. Yet——our plants are a 
commodity which must be marketed. 
There is no way of our knowing what plants, 
shrubs or trees will appeal to you this season. — 
However, three, four, five or even six years ago, 
we had to estimate what we thought you would 
want to buy this year—then set out to grow the 
large variety of items in quantities we believed 
would satisfy your desires. 
As long ago as 1949, we started many of the 
items we expect you will purchase this year. 
They began as cuttings, have been through the 
rooting, potting, hardening stages, and have 
been developing in fields for several years. 
While we do not want to grow too few plants 
of each variety and have you disappointed, on 
the other hand, we cannot grow too many and 
have a large surplus, since next year’s quotas are 
already growing in the fields to be at their peak 
of perfection for shipping and _ transplanting 
next year. 
WATER AT WAYSIDE 
We cannot resist telling you about Wayside Gar- 
dens’ experience with the ‘‘Dowsing Rod.”’ We 
think you will find it interesting as well as 
thought provoking. 
As every gardener knows, seedlings and young 
plants do not have the root growth or stamina 
to withstand long periods without water. There- 
fore, a nursery the size of Wayside must have 
huge quantities of water available, particularly 
during extended dry spells such as those we have 
had in the past several years. 
Faced with the problem of obtaining a large 
auxiliary water supply, we called in well-drilling 
experts, and at their suggestion, had several 
wells drilled at locations of their choosing. One 
turned out to be salt water (which cannot be 
used on plants), the others were totally inade- 
quate. 
The work of Henry Gross and Kenneth Roberts 
of Kennebunkport, Maine was brought to our 
attention, and in desperation, we turned to them 
for help. Upon the request of Mr. Roberts we 
sent to Kennebunkport a crude map of. our 
nursery. It is upon this map in Kennebunkport, 
that Gross located our supplies of underground 
water. Being sure there was water available, 
Mr. Gross came to Mentor, Ohio, and pointed 
out to us the locations on the spot, giving the 
depth at which water could be found and the 
amount of water to be expected. 
Fantastic as this may all seem, we have de- 
veloped the locations as instructed and, in every 
instance, found the amount of water at the 
depth the “Dowsing Stick’? indicated in the 
hands of Gross. 
During last year’s drought, the fourth and 
largest well was finished just in time to pour 
millions of gallons of water over the parched 
and caked soil of a section of our nursery, sav- 
ing it from complete ruin. This final well pro- 
duces so much water it could supply a smal! 
village with adequate water for all its needs. 
We do not know what there is about a ‘“‘Dowsing 
Rod” which makes it capable of detecting water, 
we only know that it worked wonders for us. 
We are grateful to Mr. Gross. and Mr. Roberts 
for their fine job done at Wayside. 
[4] 
