What Makes Really Worth-While Plants 
Did you ever notice what 
happens after a lineman cuts 
off the top of a tree ? Each 
branch renews growth by 
putting forth several twigs 
where the cuts were made. 
Ultimately the tree top be¬ 
comes a mass of many- 
divided, small branches. 
When the same thing hap¬ 
pens to the roots of any plant 
they respond in similar man¬ 
ner. The ends divide into 
many rootlets, repeating un¬ 
derground what occurred 
when the tree top was cut 
off. Instead of one root 
seeking nourishment for the 
plant many rootlets take up 
the job. Root cutting then 
strengthens the plant’s pow¬ 
ers for continuing growth 
under the vicissitudes at¬ 
tending its existence, just as 
adversities strengthen man’s 
character. 
Producing Efficient Root- 
Systems 
It is this principle that en¬ 
ables us in our production 
methods to grow plants with 
more efficient root-systems. 
Plants regularly root pruned, just as Barr’s 
“Will Grow” plants are legularly treated, 
have large, concentrated masses of fine roots. 
Dig such a plant for transplanting and the 
entire root-system comes with it. This en¬ 
ables it the better to thrive in any location to 
which it may be moved. Dig a plant that has 
not been regularly root-pruned and the fine, 
feeding rootlets, being at the far ends of the 
larger roots, are necessarily lost. This plant 
will suffer great shock on transplanting; and, 
if it lives, will require a long period of nur¬ 
sing to restore its vitality. The chances 
are it may be a “chronic invalid.” 
Only The Strongest Plants Sold 
Regular root-pruning and transplanting as 
practised in our nurseries also has the happy 
effect of eliminating any weak plants so that 
only the stronger and more robust survive to 
become saleable. 
It is not only the highest degree of vitality 
that we seek in producing “Will Grow” plants, 
but the fullest measure of beauty as well. This 
is secured by judicious and timely shearing or 
pruning, which gives a completely filled out 
form. Haphazard growth is 
curtailed and the tendency of 
the plant controlled so that it 
will be straight, well-branch¬ 
ed and nicely shaped. This 
effective beauty of all “Will 
Grow” plants is the better 
obtained by their having been 
nurtured in the rich soil of 
Lancaster County,—the Gar¬ 
den Spot of America. 
Be Suspicious of Cheap 
Articles 
a piece of furniture 
made of the better materials 
and on which more skilled 
and painstaking labor is em¬ 
ployed is valued more than 
ordinary, cheap furniture so 
Barr’s “Will Grow” plants 
are a better value for the 
planter. Just as you can 
question the wisdom of buy¬ 
ing for the interior decora¬ 
tion of the home any furni¬ 
ture that has been cheaply 
put together, so you can be 
suspicious of plants sold at 
unusually low prices. Proper 
culture of plants is a legiti¬ 
mate expense of production 
which it is not wise for any 
planter to avoid by risking failure in his plant¬ 
ing. Failure always means loss of the plant 
itself as well as the time required in getting 
another established, while success brings the 
realization of pleasure from the very start. 
Why A Plant Guarantee 
It is not our guarantee on “Will Grow” plants 
that makes them grow, but rather we are able 
to make the claims we do knowing they have 
had every cultural advantage to make them 
grow. 
P. S. Since we are located on the Lincoln 
Highway—the Main Street of America—many 
persons will be passing our Nursery Office and 
Display Grounds going to or returning from 
the World’s Fair in New York this summer. 
A very cordial invitation is extended to all to 
visit us when in our vicinity. Stop in and let 
us get acquainted with you. 
B. F. BARR 
Founder and General Manager 
This general catalog of Evergreens, Trees, Shrubs, etc., is issued each Spring, fol¬ 
lowed in the Fall by a supplement in which we offer Bulbs for Fall planting. We would 
ask, therefore, that you retain this catalog for future reference, or as soon as you have 
finished with it that you give it to an interested friend whom it may possibly help. 
See Complete Index on Pages 55 and 56 
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