Introduction 
We send you greetings and present to you our catalogue which we sincerely hope will prove interesting and valuable and 
be your constant planting companion. It is completely revised and designed for your usefulness and convenience. 
We take this opportunity to thank our customers for their liberal patronage of past seasons, and respectfully solicit 
future orders. Our progress has been steady, and the wonderful way that we receive repeat orders from our customers 
is the greatest tribute we know of—and we realize with happy satisfaction that so many of our past patrons have con¬ 
tributed to our success by recommending our stock to 
their friends. 
It would be a pleasure to have you visit us here at 
Westminster, and we are sure your visit would be in¬ 
teresting and pleasant. If, however, this is not con¬ 
venient, send in your order, and you may be certain it will 
be filled to your entire satisfaction with stock that is 
first-class in every respect, carefully dug and expertly 
packed. 
Remember, we are always pleased to serve you, whether 
your order is large or small, and each and every order 
receives the same careful and personal attention. For 
over forty years we have been serving a long list of 
patrons, and rank as one of the largest growers in the 
country. 
There is one important point which we particularly want 
to stress; namely, that every item offered in this catalog 
is grown right here in our own nursery. Each year we 
start thousands of tiny plants of every description in our 
extensive Propagating and Greenhouse Departments— 
plants that some day will be giants of the forest; or bold, 
sweeping lawn specimens; or fragrant flowering shrubs; 
or perhaps delightful Alpine plants nestling between the 
stones of the rock garden. 
And from the very time when these plants are started 
until, perhaps many years later, some of them become a 
harmonious part of your homegrounds, they have had 
the very best care and attention possible to give a growing 
plant by scientific, modern methods. Furthermore, and 
so mightily important, every single plant delivered to you 
is freshly dug and the plant is vibrant, alive, eager-to-grow. 
This catalog covers practically all of our stock; yet, we 
have still many more varieties and sizes of plants which 
are not listed. Therefore, if you do not find herein a 
particular plant you are interested in, please write or get 
in touch with us—more than likely we will have it. 
And now, just one more word before you turn the 
pages of the catalog—we hope you will like it and we 
shall look forward to hearing from you. 
Mr. J. E. Stoner, Proprietor of tlie Westminster Nurseries, 
brings you his personal message of greeting and extends 
his appreciation of your patronage. The above picture 
of Mr. Stoner was taken while he was addressing the 
Maryland State Nurserymen’s Association at the summer 
meeting held at the Beltsville Experimental Station of 
the U. S. Department of Agriculture near Washington, 
D. C. 
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY — 
It Will Help Us to Serve You Better 
HOW TO ORDER. Please order early. Use our order 
sheets whenever possible, and be sure to always write your 
name and address plainly. Give Post Office, County and 
State, and do this every time you write. List varieties and 
sizes of Nursery stock exactly as printed in the catalog. 
State how the goods are to be shipped, whether by mail, 
express or freight, and to what point goods are to be sent. 
Keep a correct copy of the order and check off the items 
when they arrive. Ladies will please oblige us by prefixing 
their names with “Miss” or “Mrs.” as the case may be. 
SUBSTITUTION. It is our custom, should the supply 
of a variety become exhausted, which occasionally occurs in 
all nurseries, to substitute in its stead a similar sort, properly 
labeled. If you prefer not to have us do this, write “No 
Substitution” on your order. 
PACKING. All orders are packed with the utmost care 
and as lightly as possible, thereby reducing the expense of 
transportation to a minimum. All goods at prices quoted 
are packed free. Everything is labeled. 
SHIPPING. We are located on the Western Maryland 
Railroad which has prompt connection with the Pennsylvania 
R. R., the Baltimore and Ohio R. R. and the Norfolk and 
Western R. R. Truck Transportation Companies and 
Through Bus Lines pass our office on regular schedules. 
Our shipping season for spring begins about March ist and 
continues until the last of June; our fall season begins about 
August 20th and continues until the ground is frozen, 
ofttimes until after Christmas. 
