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PETRIE LANDSCAPE NURSERIES 
Morning —The view we saw. Afternoon — The view we left 
We want to draw your attention to the various groupings in this cata¬ 
logue. Among the evergreens you will find an extended list of Junipers 
that are new. Nearly all have thrived through three or more years. Among 
the retinosporas you will note a reduction. Recent severe winters have 
thinned them down to a select clan of hardy ones. 
Among deciduous trees you will find few new names. The past years, 
however, have given an increased appreciation and a growing demand for 
many of the smaller flowering types: peaches, crabs, cherries, sophoras 
and koelreuterias. Look them over. There is a world of beauty in the list. 
Among shrubs we have a galaxy of ancients and honorables as well as 
new ones of good estate. We constantly try out in quantities new and little 
known shrubs. At present we have many scarcely known species of bar¬ 
berry, cotoneaster and broom which we are trying out. Some of them will 
be good. Azaleas, too, are being grown more and more as people take a 
greater interest in the finer and perhaps just a shade more difficult plants. 
Don’t hesitate to try new things. Once in a while you will be disappointed 
but by the law of averages your pleasure and experience with the successes 
will overbalance the poor guesses. 
Our perennial lists have grown very extensively. Today, we can furnish 
in some quantity several hundred varieties. Our iris and peonies have long 
been well known. We can take as much pride today in our listings of aster, 
phlox, primulas, pinks, day lilies, campanulas, chrysanthemums and ver¬ 
onica. 
In vines we have many of the old and new favorites and draw your 
attention particularly to our long list of pot grown large flowered clematis. 
Everyone knows Jackmanni, but the others are just as good. 
We are not a big nursery. Our stocks are not large but they are at least 
90 per cent grown here under our own eyes. What you need or want, order 
soon. Some things will play out before the season is over. They always 
have. 
SECOND — OUR SERVICE 
Our landscape service is older than our nurseries; indeed the nurseries are the 
outgrowth of the effort to get the stock we needed in our construction activities. All 
