A common method in nurseries is 

 to grow trees 3 ft. x 3 ft. apart. In 

 this way 4840 are gro\vn per acre. 

 Such crowding makes slender, spind- 

 ling trees. 



With Moon"s, the practice is 4 ft. 

 X 3 ft. while small, then 8 ft. x6 ft., 

 which reduced the number per acre 

 to 3630. But obviously trees given 

 so much space are best. 



Culture 



NE of the things that would have particularly im- 

 pressed you in that same walk through the nurseries 



would have been the high state of cultivation of the 



entire acreage, and the evident systematic pruning, spraying 

 and individual care that each tree or plant receives. 



Packing Care 



HEX on the way back to the office, if you had looked in 

 at the packing rooms you would have noticed that all 

 the piles of trees and plants, as they were being assembled 



for different orders, were ver>- carefully handled, and as far 

 as possible protected from exposure or drying breezes. 



With all this care and expense of labor and packing ma- 

 terial — apparently used without stint — you would have won- 

 dered how we could afford to do it in such a liberal way and 

 still make no special charge for packing; as you know is cus- 

 tomary with many nurseries. 



Shipping 



IHE impression sometimes prevails that it is best to get 

 one's trees and shrubbery nearby. This is not necessarily 



I the case, for this Company is constantly shipping stock 



i^reat distances as well as to nearby places. Peach trees we 

 shipped out a few years ago are fruiting on the hills of 

 Manchuria. Another distant shipment made to the Parks of 

 Seattle, Washington, is reported as follows: 



" Replying to your favor of the 22d inquiring how the shipment 

 of stock reached here. I have had the planting foreman check this 

 up and he claims that it was the best packed stuff we have received 

 this season. It was received here on April 5th and shipped by you 

 on March 17th. The shipment came through rapidly and is 

 extremely satisfactory." (Signed) J. \V. Thompson. 



Supt. Seattle Parks. Seattle. Wash. 



Still another distant shipment is reported 

 by the purchaser in these words: 



Trees grown closely 

 together "shoot up" 

 become spindly and 

 cannot develop a 

 good spread of 

 branches. The roots 

 also suffer, making 

 transplanting uncer- 

 tain. 



One of Moon"s trees, 

 showing the spread 

 of branches and 

 quantity and quality 

 of root growth as a 

 result of the trees 

 having plenty of 

 room to grow in. 



"On April 24th, I returned home from the 

 East after an absence of three weeks and learned 

 that the Trees had been here for a week, await- 

 ing inspection. I immediately ordered them 

 out of the freight house and had them all de- 

 livered the same night. Found them all in 

 first-class condition, leafed out quite a good 

 deal, but very satisfactory to all to whom 

 they were shipped." 



(Signed) E. A. Winstanley, 



Missoula. Mont. 



Instances like these are not uncommon and 

 go to show that the activities of this concern 

 are confined to no particular neighborhood or 

 section. Wher- 

 ever you live 

 Moon's have 

 plants that 

 are easily ob- 

 tained and 

 quickly access- 

 ible for im- 

 proving your 

 property and 



increasing the ^ 

 enjoyment of 

 >■ o u r home 

 grounds. 



Service Helps 



ROPPIXG in at the office before leav- 

 ing you would doubtless have over- 



heard fragments of conversation and 



:aught bits of letter dictation that convinced 

 you of the particular care this Company 

 takes in answering its correspondents' ques- 

 tions, and in giving planting suggestions 

 about landscape problems of ever>- kind. 



Such questions as "How can I screen my 

 laundry yard?" "How can we relieve the 

 bareness of our house foundations?" "What 

 is a good tree for street planting?" or "What 

 can I plant in a shady place?" 

 along with countless similar 

 queries are answered by "men 

 who know." Their knowledge 

 is definite and based on daily 

 life with plants, growing under 

 all sorts of conditions. Their 

 answers are so clearly given 

 that even an amateur, with 

 little or no experience, would 

 know what was best for his 

 purposes and just how much 

 Moon's stock would cost him. 



Some of our trees packed and ready for shipment. 



