A. X. PIERSQN, Inc., CROMWELL, ( OXN. ^ 



Evergreen Planting with Juniper Sabina (see page 23) in foreground 



Nursery and Landscape Department 



The appropriate use of trees, shrubs, vines, and herbaceous plants in the adornment of city, suburban, or 

 country home grounds gives a charm and beauty which is interesting and pleasing to the passer-by as well as to 

 the occupant of the house. 



Plants are a means of expressing restfulness and beauty. Their gradually changing aspect each season height- 

 ens their pleasing effect and relieves monotony. The leaf, the branch, and the flower, as well as the form of the 

 plant, manifest a grace and beauty which art endeavors to copy. While art cannot take the place of nature, it 

 plays an important part in teaching us to see and appreciate the beauties of nature. 



In the artificial adornment of grounds by means of plants, nature is our best instructor. From her we learn 

 the uses of plants and how to combine them to best advantage. The various classes and species of plants have, by 

 growing together, developed forms, habits, and requirements which enable them to live and thrive in harmony 

 and actually to assist one another. 



Man should first provide for his necessities, then for comforts, and finally for pleasures. In a new country 

 such as ours, the adornment of grounds has received too little attention, but a stage of development has now been 

 reached where Americans will give more attention to the embellishment of their home grounds. 



In this connection, we beg to recommend our Landscape Department for your service. It is composed of 

 practical men whose lifelong experience has made them experts in their business, and we believe you cannot do 

 better than consult us before doing any planting, whether on a large or small scale. 



The first essential in the adornment of a home area is the formation of a suitable plan. In making this plan, 

 the principal things to be considered are the size of the area, the amount which the owner feels able to expend for 

 the purpose, the soil, exposure, climatic conditions, peculiarities of the site, and the style of treatment, whether 

 formal or natural. Large suburban places or country estates should, in order to maintain harmony and unity, 

 be treated in the natural style, while smaller places of an acre or less, situated among others of like dimensions, 

 can be improved only by the use of the formal style. Hence, the two general styles of landscape gardening have 

 been developed. One of these may be adopted, or both may be combined to suit the circumstances. 



WHAT OUR LANDSCAPE DEPARTMENT WILL DO FOR YOU 



Acquaint us with your wishes and problems, and we will arrange for an interview with one of our landscape 

 architects. If desired, he will call on you on your home grounds and give you expert and practical advice. He 

 will prepare a comprehensive and attractive planting plan and estimate for your approval. Upon your accept- 

 ance of plan and estimate, men in charge of competent foremen, under the supervision of the head of the Landscape 

 Department, will begin operations to develop your grounds in an economical and workmanlike manner, which 

 is sure to meet with your approval and satisfaction. 



SPECIALTIES OF OUR LANDSCAPE DEPARTMENT 



We specialize in laying out new or remodeling old home grounds or gardens, whether situated in the city or 

 in the country. 



We lay out and plant ro.se-gardens and hardy-perennial gardens in any style consistent with the architecture 

 of the house, surroundings, or lay of the land. 



We build rock-gardens the superiority of which was attested at the last big New York Flower Show. 



We plant bulb-gardens and borders that will dazzle you with a show of color almost as soon as the snow is 

 gone from the ground. 



IN SHORT ! We furnish anything from a plant to a planting, with a guarantee of the Cromwell Gardens' 

 Service behind it. 



