STATE OF IOWA, CERTIFICATE OF NURSERY INSPECTION 
Office of State Entomologist, Ames, Iowa. 
This is to certify that in accordance witli Chapter 53 of the Acts of the 
Twenty-seventh General Assembly, as amended by the Thirty-first General 
Assembly, the nursery stock for sale by the Mount Arbor Nurseries, B. S. 
Welch, Propr., of Shenandoah, Iowa, has been inspected by a duly authorized 
Inspector and has been found apparently free from dangerously injurious in- 
sects and plant diseases. This certificate is invalid after July 1, 1908. 
Certificate No. 8. H. E. SUMMERS, State Entomologist. 
Dated, July 10, 1907. 
SPRING OF 1908 ESTABLISHED 1875 
E. S. WELCH, Proprietor. 
We offer one of the largest and most complete lines of General Nursery Stock 
on the market. 
REPEUENCES: 
SHENANDOAH NATIONAL BANK MERCANTILE AGENCIES 
ANY BUSINESS FIRM IN SHENANDOAH. 
Use Nurseryman's Code in Telegraphing. 
Long Distance Bell Telephone No. 77 Independent Mutual Telephone No. 385 
TO THE TRADE. 
In presenting our Seventeenth Annual Spring List, I wish to thank our 
many customers for the liberal trade extended us in the past and to assure 
you of our appreciation of your continued patronage, which we shall make 
every effort to merit. 
We urgently request correspondence and trial orders from new custom- 
ers, feeling confident that you will be well pleased with our stock and method 
of doing business. 
We have added to our equipment and plant until we now have one of the 
most complete and best equipped nursery plants to be found anywhere, plac- 
ing us in a position to give the best of service. 
Stock Handled Under Cover. We have the exposure of stock reduced to 
the minimum. After digging, all stock Is immediately sent to our large pack- 
ing houses where it is graded, packed and handled under cover. Customers 
may rely on receiving stock In prime condition. 
Large Assortment of Stock In Storage. Shipments made at any timi. 
Everything offered Is young, thrifty, well-grown stock and graded to the 
highest standard. 
We are always pleased to submit prices hy letter on large lists of want*. 
