A s president and manager of the D. Hill 
Nursery Co., I want to tell you some¬ 
thing of our growth and success. I 
want you to fully appreciate the superiority of 
the famous Hill Evergreens. I want you to 
feel that in ordering my evergreens you 
are not taking the slightest chance of 
failure or dissatisfaction in growth. 
C It has been 58 years—-more than half 
a century—since the original Hill Nur¬ 
series were established. In 
1855 a small nursery devoted 
exclusively to evergreens was 
started at Dundee, Illinois. At 
this time not much was known 
about growing evergreens from 
a scientific standpoint, and 
only a few acres and a small 
number of men were employed. 
In these early days we did not 
have the advantages of our 
modern experimental and test¬ 
ing grounds to aid us in our work. We did, however, insist 
on quality. We made sure that every tree sent out was true to 
name, symmetrical, strong, healthy and harder. 
D. HILL, Presiden t 
C This policy has ever since been adhered to, and to our painstak¬ 
ing efforts in this direction is due the reputation Hill’s Evergreens 
enjoy for certainty of growth and beauty. Everyone who has had 
any experience with our stock knows that HILL’S EVERGREENS 
GROW. 
C So from a mere acre or two of evergreen trees the Hill Nurseries 
have expanded until at the present time our nurseries, greenhouses, 
seedling beds, testing grounds, etc., cover a space of more than four 
hundred and fifty acres. And let me say right here that there isn’t 
a more ideal spot anywhere in the United States for the propaga¬ 
tion of evergreens. We are located just far enough North to insure 
hardiness and just far enough South for good SUBSTANTIAL 
growth. I don’t believe Nature could have provided a more fertile, 
soil-perfect country for growing evergreens than this famous Fox 
River Valley of which my nurseries comprise some of the finest 
acres. 
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