Our jrlends of the rarer roses and 
other items available only here, will 
not, we are sure, take it amiss that 
we ask them also to purchase of us 
the more ordinary items. It is as 
we thus sell a general assortment 
that prices for the unusual Roses, 
for example, can be kept much more 
reasonable than if they had to carry 
the burden of maintaining in small 
quantities, but many varieties, so 
great a collection. 
T he roses, vines, and perennials of the most im¬ 
portant collection of garden material in eastern 
America are described and moderately priced in 
the following pages. 
We have, we feel, a responsibility to the gardens of 
America which we have done so much to furnish and 
maintain during the last great garden generation. It 
is ours to select and obtain all that is best and newest 
for the whole garden, and to have these selections 
ready on these pages and in the great nurseries of 
which much is expected. 
Roses have always been, with us, more than busi¬ 
ness. It is our love for them that has caused us to 
maintain here by far the largest collection in America. 
Here are all the new roses that are worth while, and 
here also, and here alone, are the “old roses” that 
are again being cherished for their worth, their 
loveliness. 
Our customers will notice several changes in the 
make-up of this catalogue. In order to best serve our 
rose-loving friends we are again giving the name of 
the originator and the year of introduction of all 
hybrid roses, and to the introducer’s description have 
added our own comments on all Hybrid Teas, Teas, 
and Hybrid Perpetuals. 
In a great collection of roses such as this it is not 
possible to have field-grown plants of all the rare 
varieties, and we wish our customers to know that in 
some of the weak-growing sorts, such as the Law- 
ranceanas and some of the Bengals, we will send pot- 
grown, 1-year, grafted plants which will give perfect 
satisfaction. 
Rare perennials are in this great and most accessible 
nursery, and many out-of-the-ordinary trees and 
shrubs as well.* But ten easy miles from New York’s 
center, and just as convenient by good roads from the 
north, the south, and the west, v/e have always much 
to see. In our vast indoor nurseries under glass are 
grown many exotic treasures for your winter pleasure, 
and we have long specialized in home plants that will 
endure human living conditions. 
We, therefore, welcome visits from our friends, 
summer or winter. There is always something to see, 
and often to carry away with you in your car. 
So, visit our 600-acre nurseries, our great green¬ 
houses, for garden delight! 
*lf interested, write for catalogue of nursery stock. 
Spring, 1937 
