ose ph F. Martin 
PERENNIAL PLANTS, SEEDS 
BULBS, ROSES AND SHRUBS 
Painesville, Ohio 
Lear Friend, and Patron: 
We are pleased to place into your hands our new 1936 wholesale 
perennial catalog. With this we begin a new year with new hopes and 
new enthusiasm. We are offering you practically every worthwhile hardy 
plant in existence, in addition an assortment of shrubbery of the 
better order, also Cannas, Lahlias, Roses, etc. This makes it possible 
for you to order a general assortment of material from one source. 
We have produced wonderful quality plants for our trade this 
spring. If you will turn over the pages of this book slowly you will 
discover that our assortment is such that it will take care of almost 
any type of planting or any selection desired for cut flower purposes. 
You will also find various floral pieces displayed where perennial 
flowers play an important part. All of the plants we offer are beyond 
the experimental stage. Therefore, you can purchase from us with every 
confidence 
You will note, we are listing for the first time novelty plants 
in the front part of our catalog. Also throughout our book in proper 
order you will find additional new items. All of these we have grown 
and tested in our own nurseries. Therefore, we know that they are 
worthy and ask that you give them a trial. 
There are always various classes of plants that have an especially 
lively demand. The last three or four years Hardy Chrysanthemums en¬ 
joyed this popularity to such an extent that it was a problem to pro¬ 
duce enough of the real worthy novelty varieties. This year we placed 
into our greenhouses in early December enough stock plants to produce 
in the neighborhood of one half million rooted cuttings and 2" pot 
plants. You will find all of these listed in proper order at reason¬ 
able prices. 
It is of greatest interest to you also to know that we are growers 
strictly for the wholesale trade. We believe that you would much 
rather do business with a concern who does not come into competition 
with you on your retail sales. 
Permit us at,,.this time to thank you kindly for all past favors 
and we sincerely hope that we will have the pleasure of continuously 
serving you. 
Sincerely yours, 
