Wit a Lifetime Experience EVE ROR« N s p EC |ALISTS 
We ore Glad to Tell You How 
to Grow Evergreens 
—Successfully 
Good trees and plants are, naturally, the first step towards suc¬ 
cess. For 66 years we have been diligently building our reputation 
of “Quality Nursery Stock”—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. 
Start a Successful Planting by Purchasing 
High Quality Stock Properly Handled. 
In our Direct-to-Purchaser method, our trees are dug fresh 
from the nursery row, packed carefully, and are on the road to 
the customer within 2 or 3 hours’ time. There is no shipping to 
a distributing point, thence divided, handled 2 or 3 times and 
reshipped, or any other unnecessary delays such as are obvious 
when handling through a- 
gents. We have four rail- 
roads through Hampton, go- 
ing 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 an' 
FOUR 
GENERATIONS 
of 
FERRIS 
NURSERYMEN 
Quality and 
Service Since 
1869 
S. W. FERRIS. 
During the Civil War days of 
1869, S. W. Ferris founded our 
nursery, building a reputation 
for unusual Quality and Service. 
other 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 thfe United States for 
many years, with remarkable success. A 
well known express superintendent has 
told us many times that we turn over to 
the express company the best packed ship' 
ments of nursery stock he ever had the 
pleasure of handling. 
Children of S. W. Ferris II. 
Patsy Jean Ferris. S. W. Ferris EH. 
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. 
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 6 feet the length of the row, or a space 
4 by 4 feet may be strippd and a tree planted in the 
center of each space. Thoroughly work and pulverize 
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. 
Earl Ferris II. 
