SUCCESS COMES EASILY 
If Our Transplanting Direc¬ 
tions are Carefully Followed 
One of Our Big Fields of Hardy Perennial Phlox. 
2. Have your ground ready for planting by the time 
the trees arrive. It should be good growing soil such as 
you would use for a corn crop or garden, and prepared 
in much the same manner. Never plant on new sod. If 
there is sod where you wish to plant, strip the sod for 
a width of six feet the length of the row, or a space 
four by four feet may be stripped and a tree planted in 
the center of each space. Thoroughly work and pub 
verize the soil from which the sod has been stripped. 
3. Always plant as soon as the trees reach you. Do 
not expose the roots to the air. When you have every¬ 
thing ready to plant, unpack the shipment, putting the 
roots of each tree into a thick mud puddle, so that as 
much of this sticky thick substance as possible will cling 
to the roots. 
4. Plant deeply and firmly, spreading the roots out 
in their natural positions, and press the soil around each 
tiny root with all of your might. Evergreens should be 
planted from two to six inches deeper than they were 
in the nursery row, depending on the size of the tree. 
At the top of the ground leave a little loose soil to pre' 
vent the ground from baking. 
SPECIMENS NORTH OF OUR OFFICE 
Thousands of beautiful Evergreens of this kind are 
growing for Ferris customers in almost every section of 
the United States. 
Start a Successful Planting by Purchasing High 
Quality Stock Properly Handled. 
Good trees and plants are, naturally, the first 
step towards success. We have told you how we 
have been working these 65 years, producing 
strong, sturdy, heavy root systems, and ultimately 
the healthiest and most vigorous stock that can 
be grown. It is this kind of trees and plants that 
we send to our customers, and in addition pack 
them right. 
In our Direct-to-Purchaser method, our trees 
are dug fresh from the nursery row, packed care¬ 
fully, and are on the road to the customer within 
two or three hours time. There is no shipping to 
a distributing point, thence divided, handled two 
or three times and reshipped, or any other un¬ 
necessary delays such as are obvious when hand¬ 
ling through agents. We have four railroads 
through Hampton, going in all directions, and 
each and every shipment is billed direct to the customer. 
Good, careful packing is essential, also. We have spent 
considerable study on the best packing methods ever 
since we started in the business, and we feel that this is 
another place we are giving our customers No. 1 service. 
Ferris trees and plants are packed so that they reach our 
customers in as good condition as when they came from 
the nursery row. We have shipped into every section of 
the United States for many years, with remarkable suc¬ 
cess. A well known express superintendent has told us 
many times that we turn over to the express company 
the best packed shipments of nursery stock he ever had 
the pleasure of handling. 
Important Rules to Follow In the 
Planting and Care of Evergreens 
1. Examine the trees at express, freight or truck 
office, and call any damage to the attention of the agent 
at once, as all trees will be in perfect condition when 
they leave the nursery. 
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