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items offered in this catalog are objects of life that, with a few warm days in spring, burst forth in 
foliage and flower, and throughout the season surprise us with gay burdens of brightly colored 
fruit. The catalog is prepared with the purpose of helping a prospective customer buy intelligently 
by accurately describing the time of flowering, ultimate growth of tree, shrub, or hardy plant. 
The surest way to succeed with your gardening is to select those varieties that are most 
suited to your conditions. Obviously a garden in Vermont planted with Roses of Sharon and But' 
terfly Bushes is doomed. Likewise on Cape Cod where the preceding are perfectly satisfactory, trees 
and shrubs such as Junipers, Pines and other types more suited for sandy soils should be selected to 
give the most satisfactory results. It is our experience that most varieties that are hardy in our rig' 
orous New England climate can be satisfactorily planted in any section of the United States. We 
make shipments anywhere. 
Let us help you to buy intelligently by giving you our experience regarding any items about 
which you may be in doubt, and if not adapted to your conditions or satisfactory for the effects 
you wish to obtain, we will quickly tell you so. 
There is no mystery to planting. Common sense helps, and watering abundantly after 
planting and during periods of hot, dry weather is most important—more than any other one thing. 
You will find within the pages of this book the better of the recent introductions, together 
with the best of the old types which have already demonstrated their worth. There is nothing 
listed herein just because it is a novelty of perhaps doubtful merit. 
Make 1939 a wonderful year in your garden. Re' 
arrange the old, rejuvenate overgrown borders and plant some 
of the newer types here and there where they will help most 
to put a new interest in your planting arrangement. A garden 
should provide privacy, and the planting within should be 
arranged for your own pleasure. Let your garden express your 
own individuality. 
BAY STATE NURSERIES, Inc. 
Telephone: Rockland 26 
North Abington, Mass, 
18 Miles South of Boston on Motor Route 18 
and Motor Route 58 to Cape Cod 
