THE REASON 



NO memories of youth are brighter than those of 

 visits to the woods in early autumn days. The beau- 

 tiful nut trees with their glorious foliage standing in 

 the hazy sunlight like "Indian Princes" were objects of joy 

 and happiness never to be forgotten. " 'Twas a pictur' that 

 no painter had the colorin' to mock." We cannot live 

 again in those happy, bygone days, but we can now all 

 bring to our homes fine trees like those we loved so well. 



Among the myriads of trees in the forests and fields of 

 the north, nature occasionally made an aristocrat — one 

 that bore finer, sweeter, and larger nuts than all the rest. 

 Do you not remember some such trees? We do, and with 

 what pleasure! The wonderful pecan, the king of all nuts, 

 the hickories, the butternuts, the walnuts — will you ever 

 forget them? It was our desire to have an orchard of the 

 best of all these that first led us to propagate from the 

 fine original trees. Others wanted some of our trees; we 

 began sharing our surplus with our friends and finally, in 

 order to supply the increasing demand, we planted a spe- 

 cial nut nursery and are offering you the opportunity to 

 have in your yard and garden some of our trees. Read 

 about them in this catalogue and come to see our orchard 

 where we have them growing. See how we bud and graft 

 the thousands of little seedlings to make them bear true 

 to variety. When you see how beautifully they are grow- 

 ing and how they respond to care and cultivation, you 

 too, will want some of them to wave their familiar foliage 

 around your home and remind you of the happy trips 

 along the golden-rod highways. And the boys and girls — 

 after all America's greatest crop — how they will thank you 

 and remember you! 



And here's a word of gratitude to our friends who have 

 co-operated with us to help save for future generations 

 these delicious gifts of nature from the fast disappearing 

 forests. 



MARYLAND NUT NURSERIES 



BOWIE, MARYLAND 



OFFICE— ROOM 605 UNION TRUST BUILDING 



WASHINGTON, D.C. 



Thomas P. Littlepage Paul White 



