Introductory 
IN preparing this catalogue of trees, shrubs and plants we have endeavored 
to give to our customers, as clearly as possible, descriptions of desirable 
species and varieties for New England. Where possible, we have used 
the common rather than botanic names of the various plants, beheving such 
arrangement to be advantageous to both our friends and ourselves. It is 
our purpose to make this booklet an abridged handbook of hardy trees, etc., 
and one that may be retained as a handy reference. 
Constantly new introductions are tried out in our trial beds, and as 
fast as they prove valuable are added to our lists for sale. 
Location. Our home grounds, office, greenhouses and part of our 
storage houses are located in Springfield between North Main and Chestnut 
Streets, and are readily reached by trolley cars on either street. 
Owing to the great increase in our business during the past few years, 
it became necessary to enlarge our growing end. In the spring of 1912 we 
purchased a large farm in Westfield, Mass., located on the main highway 
to the Berkshires. This place is about two miles east of Westfield; and 
shipments can be made by B. & A. and N. Y., N. H. & H. R. R. from this 
place. Trollies pass the grounds at frequent intervals. In selecting this 
location its accessibility and the fertile nature of the soil were great con- 
siderations. 
Visitors are always welcome to call and look over our grounds. 
Our Equipment includes, besides sufficient land of the best quality, 
fifteen thousand feet of greenhouses, modern storage cellars, a cement 
packing house entirely under cover, thus insuring the best possible care in 
packing of stock, and all of the best methods of propagating and growing 
nursery stock. 
Quality. We spare no pains to have our trees and plants of the very 
best, and do not believe it desirable to sacrifice quality in order to reduce 
our prices. 
For the sixty-five years we have conducted this business we have 
endeavored to build up a reputation for honest goods at reasonable prices, 
and our constantly increasing business leads us to believe that we have suc- 
ceeded to a considerable extent. 
Landscape Planting. We are always pleased to give advice for the 
proper planting of grounds, whether private or public, and offer our expe- 
rience of more than sixty years of study along this line. During this time 
we have laid out hundreds of private estates, parks, school grounds, 
cemeteries in all parts of New England. 
