Perkins Flower Garden Ffews for 1936 
offers for your help and convenience a listing of carefully chosen favorites as 
well as many new straws of splendid performance worthy your fullest consideration. 
You Are Cordially Invited to Drive Out and 
See Our Gardens 
Judge for yourself the hardy quality of our plants 
and the wide variety of species, and if you desire sug¬ 
gestions or help in planning your garden arrange¬ 
ment, we shall be glad to assist you. 
Easily Reached by Auto or Bus from Saint Paul 
or Minneapolis 
Our gardens are located on the St. Paul-Stillwater 
road (U. S. Highway 212) about one mile east of St. 
Paul’s East City Limits. 
1. From St. Paul’s Business District drive out 
East Seventh Street, turning right at and out 
East Minnehaha to East Avenue, turning left on 
paved road (Highway 212). 
2. From St. Anthony Park, drive east on Larpenteur 
Avenue and Wheelock Parkway to Arcade Street, 
south on Arcade to Maryland, east on Maryland 
to White Bear Avenue, south on White Bear Ave¬ 
nue to Kerwin St. (enters Stillwater Road) east 
to nursery. 
3. From Minneapolis by way of Lake Street or Uni¬ 
versity, come to St. Paul and follow route as given 
in Number 1 above. 
4. From Minneapolis by way of East Hennepin Ave¬ 
nue, drive out East Hennepin to Larpenteur Ave¬ 
nue and follow route indicated in paragraph 2. 
Hourly bus service from St. Paul to Stillwater 
passes our nursery. Fare from St. Paul 15c. 
From Wisconsin points, cross St. Croix River at 
Hudson or Stillwater—follow Highway 212 from 
Stillwater to our nursery. 
Perkins 1 Plants Will Please You with Their Quality 
and Performance 
It is almost always more satisfactory to buy 
Perkins’ plants than to bother raising plants from 
seed—you are able to select hardy growths and are as¬ 
sured much longer blooming season. 
Our Guarantee of Satisfaction 
While we agree to correct any mistakes in filling 
orders, and expect our plants to give satisfaction if 
handled properly, we cannot, because of causes beyond 
our control guarantee the hardiness or growth of any 
plant sold by us. 
We will, however, replace any perennial that fails 
to grow for one-half the purchase price providing we 
are notified before October first. 
As to annuals, it is impossible to guarantee that 
plants grown from seed will be true to color unless they 
are in bloom at time of purchase. 
How to Save When Buying Plants 
By grouping your friends’ orders with your own 
and buying 6 or more perennials of a kind you get the 
advantage of a lower “quantity” price. 
Whenever possible buy your annuals by the flat 
(100 plants). 
Our Nursery is State Inspected, Assuring 
Disease Free Stock 
We prepare and plant Gardens, Window Boxes and trim Shrubbery. 
H ow to Order and Care for Plants Shipped You. 
Terms of Sale 
Cash with order from unknown parties or satis¬ 
factory credit references. 
When order amounts to $2.00 and is made up at 
price of single plants, we prepay postage charges. 
We do not pay postage on perennials bought at dozen 
or hundred lot prices nor on annuals at quantity prices. 
When Ordering 
Please write as plainly as possible. Write only 
one item on a line. Print your name, street address, 
number, town and state. Give express office if dif¬ 
ferent from post office. 
ORDERING EARLY enables us to give you bet¬ 
ter service. 
If Possible Plant at Once for Best Results 
If sent by mail or express unwrap as soon as pos¬ 
sible so as to reduce danger of heating. PLANT AT 
ONCE. Do not leave any kind of plant lying around 
in the wind, sun, or exposed places. If impossible to 
plant immediately put some moist soil around the 
roots, and place in a shady place out of the wind, but 
where it is not dark. 
When planting, place the plants the same depth 
or only a little deeper than they were before. Do not 
bury any part of the leaves. Press the soil firmly 
around roots, so firm that the plants cannot be pulled 
up easily. Water thoroughly, especially if the ground 
is dry. If the weather is hot and dry or there is a 
strong wind give the plants some protection. If im¬ 
possible to protect the plants wait and do the planting 
in the evening. 
We shall be glad to send copies of this pamphlet to your friends upon request 
PERKINS BROTHERS' FLOWER GARDENS 
P. 0. Address—St. Paul, Minn., R. R. 6 Located on St. Paul-Stillwater Road, U. S. Highway 212 
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