Holm & Olson, Inc.— Home of Flowers —Saint Paul 
Spring and Summer Plants 
MAY 1st, 1937 
It is soon planting time and garden lovers are busy developing the plans made during a long 
winter, and finding the best place for some of the newer introductions and novelties, and making 
changes here and there. 
In this spring catalog we again offer a very complete list of the newest plant introductions 
as well as the older, time-tested favorite kinds. 
We have supplied plant materials to a great many satisfied customers for many years, through¬ 
out the northwest, including practically all the show places, both public and private, as well as 
the more modest gardens, and believe that the ever increasing patronage is in a great measure 
due to the high quality of our plants, together with the service rendered. 
All of our plants are grown from the highest quality tested seeds, and are propagated from 
healthy, clean stock plants, by the most experienced growers, and our constant effort is to produce 
the finest plants possible. 
The size plants offered are in just the right condition for transplanting. Potted plants with 
a fine ball of roots will produce results much sooner than weak seedlings, and a great deal more 
pleasure will be derived from the garden when planted with the proper plants. 
ORDERING AND TIME OF SHIPPING 
It is desirable to place orders early to assure getting select stock and also to avoid stock being 
sold out. We grow all varieties in large quantities, but cannot anticipate unusual demands for 
every kind. 
Unless definitely instructed otherwise we will use our best judgment in sending orders at proper 
time, depending on weather conditions and forecasts. 
Rush orders will be given all possible attention, but plant orders should reach us 24 hours or 
more before shipping time. ON SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS we have no mail deliveries. Letters 
and orders mailed to reach us on those days should be mailed “Special Delivery” and thus avoid 
disappointment and delay. If the order is urgent and there is any doubt about it reaching us in 
time, you had better telegraph or telephone. 
HOW TO SHIP 
Shipments can be sent by freight safely where the distance is not too great. We would not 
advise freight shipments where the time in transit exceeds three days. Freight rates are usually 
much less, from one-third to one-half that of express rates. Truck line shipments are now quite 
satisfactory, and we deliver shipments to either St. Paul or Minneapolis Terminals. We advise 
that the small order or single specimen plant be sent by express because of better service and where 
the minimum charge is about the same. 
In ordering please state how you wish order shipped, whether by Express, Truck or Freight. 
When not so advised we will use our best judgment. 
All plants ready for shipment May 15th unless otherwise noted. 
PACKING CHARGES 
To pack and send out plants properly, so as to reach destination in the best possible condition 
requires skilled packers as well as packing material. Because of the expense of packing we are 
obliged to make an extra charge for packing orders amounting to less than $1.50. Orders for 50c 
and under packing charges are 10c extra, orders for 50c to 75c packing charges 15c extra, orders 
over 75c to $1.00 packing charges 20c extra, on orders over $1.00 and less than $1.50 packing 
charges 25c extra. On All Orders Amounting to $1.50 or More There is No Extra Charge. 
Exceptions to packing charges will be found noted. 
All bedding plants will be taken out of pots and wrapped carefully in paper; for shipping this 
reduces weight and cost of transportation as well. 
Bedding plants shipped in pots require special packing and more packing material, and to 
cover this additional cost a 10% addition to the price of the plants will be charged. This does not 
a PPly Decorative or House Plants and which are not intended for transplanting into the garden. 
HOLM & OLSON, Inc. 
PHONE: Cedar 6083 ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA 
Minneapolis Phone 
Midway 2772 
Customers are requested not to call our greenhouses or nursery when ordering. Please call above numbers only. 
HOLM & OLSON CO., Rochester, Minn. 
Our Rochester greenhouses will supply all the stock listed in this catalog to the local trade, but are not equipped 
to pack plant orders for shipping. All plant orders will be shipped from our Saint Paul greenhouses only. 
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