^ Seventy-Nine Years A’Growing 
For seventy-nine years Swain-Nelson’s staff of experts has brought order and 
beauty into the gardens and grounds of hundreds of homes and estates in the 
middle west. Half a century ago this organization made the original plans and 
developed the first landscaping for Lincoln Park. The technical staff and physical 
equipment of this organization were more than equal to the task of carrying out 
this great project. At that time, as through all the years since then, wherever 
perfection and beauty in landscaping was intended, Swain Nelson have played 
their part. It makes no difference whether the project is a huge park, a great estate, 
or the small grounds of an ordinary home—the same care, the same fine skill and 
lovely artistry go into the task. 
^ Unlimited Resources 
One of the great poets of our time immortalized himself when he wrote a poem 
about trees. The last line of that poem, “Only God can make a Tree,” is not only 
familiar but true. Swain Nelson use the great wisdom of Nature in the growing 
of thousands of trees and shrubs on their great four-hundred acre tract of land in 
Glenview, Illinois. Every type of tree and shrub adaptable to this climate is care¬ 
fully nurtured by expert nurserymen. Here are natural resources equal to any land¬ 
scaping task which the home-owner may face. Perfection of selection results in 
the production of beautiful effects in any garden or ground anywhere. 
Artistic Planning 
You may have a great estate or a small yard. It matters not. If it is to be beautiful, 
a joy to the eye, a lovely place for relaxation and enjoyment, it must be planned 
well. Not all men are equally capable of visualizing the perfection that they seek. 
Here again Swain Nelson comes to their aid. Designs and plans showing in 
perspective as well as in proportion the way in which true loveliness may be gained 
are made before a shovel of earth is turned or a plant moved. Artists and architects 
employed as permanent members of the technical staff of this company place at 
your disposal the accumulated experience of seventy-nine years of growing. 
