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PLEASE ADD 35c 
Here are the reasons why we ask you to add 35 cents 
to your remittance on order for less than $5.00. 
First of all, we insist on maintaining that standard of quality which has 
been responsible for our part in making many of America's most beau¬ 
tiful gardens. 
Second, we insist on charging the lowest possible price for the quality 
responsible for these results. 
In order to maintain these two vital requisites, we base our prices in this 
catalog on the assumption that orders received will be $5.00 or more. 
If your purchase is for a lesser amount than $5.00, we consider it a 
privilege to serve you and we feel sure you will gladly add 35 cents addi¬ 
tional to your remittance so we may maintain at the lowest possible price 
these standards, which have done so much to give great pleasure and 
beauty. 
ROOT 
STRENGTH |C 
All Important to You! 
Sound Reasons Back of Wayside’s Pedigreed 
Plants 
Breeding 
"Breeding" or "growing" pedigreed plants is 
much the same as breeding pedigreed dogs or 
cattle. For stock breeding purposes, registered 
and prize animals are selected. So with Way¬ 
side's Hardy Plants. At our nursery pedigreed 
stock plants are set aside for reproducing pur¬ 
poses exclusively. Cuttings or divisions taken 
from these selected stock plants are grown into 
salable specimens, and retain throughout their 
life the superior qualities of the parent from 
which they originally were cut. Therefore, only 
this method of reproduction is followed at Way- 
side Gardens. 
Cuttings and seeds taken indiscriminately with¬ 
out any thought of "blood" or "parentage" only 
produce indifferent plants. These plants, no 
matter how big or how old, can do nothing more 
for you than their parents, usually less, simply 
because of natural laws. 
Blooming Age 
To these fundamental facts we want to add 
another reaeson why it's best and cheapest to 
buy from Wayside Gardens. No plants are sent 
out until we are sure they are old and big 
enough to bloom for you the first year. A rigid 
system of inspection is constantly maintained. 
Any plant, no matter how valuable, is destroyed 
if there is the least doubt about its health. 
Buying on Looks 
To a purchaser dormant plants and roots look 
alike. It is not possible to see that intangible 
quality which really is your definite assurance of 
a beautiful garden. 
What Other Growers Think 
Our careful and scientific methods of repro¬ 
duction are so well known in the trade and to 
responsible growers that they come to Wayside 
Gardens for their "stock plants," offering to 
pay us a premium. 
What You Buy 
And What You Get 
You are really purchasing an abundance of 
flowers. To have that, you must have "ROOT 
STRENGTH" quality plants such as Wayside is 
known to furnish. Bear in mind that if you pur¬ 
chase roots-dormant plants from various sources, 
they look about the same even though they may 
differ in size. Only when planted in your garden 
and when they have started to bloom, can you 
tell a thing about their inherent stamina and 
flowers. It is then too late to change. All Way- 
side plants are pedigreed. We know, and thou¬ 
sands of critical gardeners know, they will per¬ 
form, giving you lasting satisfaction year after 
year. 
7/»*Wa\|,ricle Gjardenj 1 Co 
MENTOR, OHIO 
