OREWORD 
A 
/ \S the years roll around and the period of bringing out the 
yearly catalogue approaches, I can only return my best thanks to 
our numerous customers for their generous patronage, which makes 
a business of this kind possible. 
Reduced to simple terms, life could get along without our annual 
list of Novelties in flowers perhaps, yet, “time marches on” and the 
Rose or Chrysanthemum that was good enough last year, may not 
be good enough for the more critical taste of 1937. 
Everywhere the fdybridizers are striving to improve the existing 
varieties, and the flowers of today show a definite progress, onward 
and upward, that is inspiring to the fdorticulturist. . . . We have 
been called “rainbow chasers” and “cranks,” and yet, the “cranks” 
of one generation are often the heroes of the next. 
We were fortunate enough to be the recipients this year of five 
Gold and several Silver Medals, one hundred and nineteen First 
Prizes, and a great many Certificates of Merit. This will show you 
that we still maintain the same high quality that has for so many 
years been our standard. 
Th is is our Thirty-Fourth Annual Catalogue, and when you have 
digested its contents, may I hope that you will not think that we 
have striven in vain. 
The trend in Chrysanthemums continues to run to the small 
flowered Singles and Pompons and FHardy types. . . . The fall just 
past was the finest of many years for outdoor Chrysanthemum 
displays, the Korean types being particularly prominent and popular. 
. . . Today the Chrysanthemum season covers a period of five months, 
as compared with a few weeks of over five years ago. 
If you are not keeping up with the latest in new outdoor Roses, 
you are out-of-date. Europe, Australia, and our own FHybrids are 
producing some phenomenal varieties, while the Delphinium is 
steadily surging ahead to bigger and better types and colors. 
Should you ever be in the vicinity of Madison, New Jersey, do 
not hesitate to come in and see us; we are always glad to meet our 
customers and friends. The address is Central and Ridgedale 
Avenues. 
Yours for Better Gardens, 
MADISON, NEW JERSEY 
