FOREWORD 
O NCE again we greet you, our patrons, with the annual booklet which we send as our 
personal representative. Much time and thought has gone into its making, in the hope that 
it may prove an efficient guide when you need our products, our services, or our advice, which 
is always gladly given. 
At the beginning of this, our fifty-fijtb business year, we feel that we cannot do better than to re¬ 
peat a bit of the message given to you by our founder, George Lindley Taber, at the beginning of our 
forty-fijth year: “The best trees and plants that can be produced, is to us much more than a high- 
sounding phrase. It carries with it a continuous incentive to betterment.” The constant application 
of the word “betterment” is still our highest aim. 
Always we are adding new equipment, testing new plants, experimenting with new methods of 
growing, all with the thought of “betterment” uppermost in our minds, and to the end that we may 
give to you our best, in both plants and service. 
The worth of a plant depends solely on the integrity of the grower. The buyer sees only the out¬ 
ward appearance, while the grower sees the entire life of the plant, from its inception as seed, cutting 
or graft, to its maturity, and be alone knows if it has been given the proper care and attention to make 
it a worth-while investment for the purchaser. 
Upon the experience gained in plant-production over a period of more than a half century, 
plus constant striving for “betterment” in all branches of our work, we commend to you the 
results of our efforts. 
GLEN SAINT MARY NURSERIES COMPANY 
