INTRODUCTION 
'^HIS General Guide to Correct Home Landscaping and More 
Profitable Orchard Planting has been prepared for the purpose 
of improving, wherever possible, the enthusiastic, helpful serv¬ 
ice rendered by our Local Representatives, particularly in the 
selection of the most suitable planting material so that our cus¬ 
tomers may obtain the utmost in satisfaction at a minimum 
expenditure. 
In appreciation of this service, we dedicate this book to the 
large force of loyal, intelligent, capable. Local Managers who 
represent us throughout the country. 
WHAT AND WHERE TO PLANT 
Within the pages of this Guide to Correct 
Home and Orchard Planting, will be found all 
the information necessary to make a selection of 
nursery stock that will thrive best under any 
particular conditions of climate and location. 
Our representatives recommend the best suited 
varieties. 
Attention is particularly directed to the 
introductory pages where several examples of 
proper home landscaping are shown. Plans 
were chosen which permit of variation in the 
particular layout shown to fit it into most any 
desired arrangement of home landscaping. 
Such changes as are necessary can be readily 
made without difficulty^ 
Attention is also directed to the information 
tables in the back pages of the book. Here, in 
convenient form for quick reference, is given 
all the information necessary for an intelligent 
selection of varieties best suited for any 
particular requirements. The constant and 
frequent use of these tables is urged. 
Wc realize fully the great responsibility that is 
ours. Interest in home landscaping was never as 
^eat as at present. To the thousands of our 
friends and patrons, both old and new, we pledge 
ourselves to maintain the rigid standards of 
quality which they have learned to expect in 
nursery stock ordered from us. 
The greatest service we can render, particular¬ 
ly to the home owner of modest means, the man 
who cannot afford to gamble on “cheap stock," 
is to help solve that troublesome question— 
“What to plant and where to plant it?" 
In addition to the consultation given by our 
direct field representatives, who arc always glad 
to advise the home owner in the selection of 
plant material, wc offer our customers the 
services of a highly efficient Landscape Depart¬ 
ment headed by experienced Graduate Landscape 
Architects. Plans and planting lists will be pre¬ 
pared and suggestions made for the proper 
landscaping of individual homes, both large and 
small, as well as schools, churches, private 
estates and parks. This professional service is 
cheerfully given without the high fee that is 
usually charged. 
To make certain of the lasting satisfaction of 
our customers, every shipment that leaves our 
nurseries is protected by a most liberal and 
unusual guarantee. This guarantee of satisfac¬ 
tion provides, “1/ Grows or We Replace If Free/* 
A Certificate of Inspection issued by the Dept, 
of Agriculture, setting forth that our nursery 
stock is free from insect pests and diseases, is 
attached to every shipment. 
BUY WITH CONFIDENCE 
'you can enjoy the satisfaction and benefit of Superior Quality Nursery Stock, even 
though you are located a thousand miles away, just as well as if you live next door 
to the Nurseries. Scientifically correct methods of packing, insure that your 
shipment will arrive in “field-fresh" ready-to-grow condition. 
Wc refer to the Chamber of Commerce, the First National Bank and Trust 
Company of Rochester, The Lincoln Alliance Bank & Trust Co., of 
Newark, the Dun-Bradstrcct Commercial Agency, and the Newark 
Grange. Our reputation for square dealing and for furnishing nursery 
stock of the highest quality is the result of many years of sincere 
effort on our part to please our customers. An ever growing host of 
friends and patrons in every community are the best of all references. 
