N this Bay State Garden Book a serious attempt has been 
made to describe briefly but accurately the great assort¬ 
ment of plant materials, grown by Bay State Nurseries, 
for garden and landscape development. 
Two methods of description have been combined — the graphic 
and the written — using the latter only sufficiently to explain fea¬ 
tures which cannot be shown in the drawings. The sketches them¬ 
selves have been rendered from the standpoint of illustrating the 
more salient features of form, branching habits, or foliage and 
flower details. 
The descriptions given cannot be absolute on account of the 
many variables involved. Colors vary with the soil, moisture, and 
temperature; also in the eye of the beholder. Rates of growth 
vary between young and old plants. Rates of growth and ultimate 
sizes both vary under different conditions of soil fertility and mois¬ 
ture, exposures and various climatic factors. 
Relatively, however, the descriptions are quite accurate. We 
believe the manner of presentation will afford a welcome relief to 
the gardening public which all too often has to make its selections 
from long-worded descriptions more confusing than clarifying. 
General Index 
PAGE 
Evergreen Trees . 3 
Evergreen Shrubs . 25 
Rhododendrons . 31 
Deciduous Trees . 34 
Large Tree Moving . 53 
Landscape Service . 53 
Deciduous Shrubs . 54 
Vines . 83 
PAGE 
Perennials . 87 
Herbs .145 
Roses .147 
Fruits .149 
Terms .151 
Conditions of Sale .151 
Our Location .152 
Sales Gardens .152 
