Southern - Grown Plants 
for Southern Planters 
OUTHERN- GROWN PLANTS are far superior for southern 
planters. Plants from the North must get acclimated to our hot 
climate before they will do well, as the change from a cool to a hot 
climate affects them the same as from a hot to a cool climate 
does. Some people have the impression that plants from the 
North are more hardy than those grown in their own climate. This 
is a great mistake, and one which we have had lots of chance to 
find out from actual experience. Besides, we can deliver our goods 
to you fresh from the houses, while those from the North have to 
travel 48 hours under all kinds of unfavorable circumstances, and 
are often damaged beyond recovery when they reach you. The following is a sample 
letter, of which we have hundreds on file in our office : 
* 
Sherman, Texas, September 8 , igoi. 
Gentlemen: For years I have been buying Roses from the North, and upon the 
advice of a neighbor last March I gave you an order for 24 Roses; at the same time I 
placed an order with a northern firm for the same number. Both orders came to hand in 
due time. The plants had the same care and treatment. I lost six of the Roses from the 
North and one from your order ; besides, the plants from you have made twice as strong 
growth as those from the North. The plants from you are now one solid mass of bloom, and 
convince me without a doubt that plants from you are better adapted to our climate than 
those from the far North. You can count on me for a steady customer in the future. 
Yours truly, 
Mrs. H. L. Davis. 
