A common method in nurseries is 

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

 this way 4840 are grown per acre. 

 Such crowding makes slender, 

 spindHng trees. 



With Moons', the practice is 4 ft. 

 X 3 ft. while small, then 8 ft. x 6 ft., 

 which reduced the number per acre 

 to 3630. But obviously trees given 

 so much space are best. 



Culture 



IPV^INE of the things that would have particularly im- 

 rSl pressed you in that same walk through the nurseries 

 l^^^l 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 



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

 at the packing rooms you would have noticed that all 

 I the piles of trees and plants, as they were being assem- 

 bled for different orders, were very 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 



HE impression sometimes prevails that it is best to get 

 one's trees and shrubbery nearby. This is not neces- 



sarily the case, for this Company is constantly shipping 



stock great 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 

 become spindly and Seattle, Washington, is reported as follows: 

 cannot develop a i • r ^-i ■ • ■ ■ u i ,• 



Replying to your tavor ot 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. W. Thompson, 



Supt. Seattle Parks, Seattle, Wash. 



Still another distant shipment is reported 

 by the purchaser in these words: 



"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, awaiting inspection. I immediately 

 ordered them out of the freight house and had 

 them all delivered 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 neiijhborhood or 

 section. Wher- 

 ever you live 

 Moons have 

 plants that 

 are easily ob- 

 tained and 

 quickly access- 

 ible for im- 

 proving your 

 property and 

 increasing the 

 enjoyment of 

 your ho m e 

 grounds. 



Tr(H > uniw n closely 

 together ' ' shoot up ' 



good spread of 

 branches. The roots 

 also suffer, making 

 transplanting un- 

 certain. 



One of Moons' trees, 

 showing the spread 

 of branches and 

 quantityandquality 

 of root growth as a 

 result of the trees 

 having plenty of 

 room to grow in. 



Service Helps 



ROPPING 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 every 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 

 Moons' stock would cosl him. 



Some of our trees packed and ready for shipment 



