Ownership of Farr Nursery Company 
C. M. BOARDMAN, Pres. J. M. STOUDT, V.-Pres. H. G. SEYLER, Treas. 
(One-third owner) (One-third owner) One-third owner) 
REPLACEMENT 
GUARANTEE 
Plants are guaranteed to be 
true-to-name, and to arrive 
in a live, healthy condition. 
We will replace any plants 
that fail to grow within six 
months after planting, if 
you think that we or the 
plants were at fault, provided 
the account is settled within 
regular 30-day terms and 
report of failure is made with¬ 
in the six-month period. The 
cost of planting or transpor¬ 
tation of replacements is 
borne by the purchaser. 
THE WAGON AND THE STAR 
W ITH the adoption of the term “Better Plants by Farr,” 
many years ago, our wagon was hitched to a star. We did 
not assume that our plants were better than any grown by 
other nurseries, but rather we regarded the expression as an 
ideal toward which we rnusl constantly strive, an ideal which in¬ 
cludes better service, better varieties, and lower prices, as well 
as improved quality. 
Has the star pulled our wagon to new heights? Does “Better 
Plants” really mean something to the substantial benefit of Farr 
customers? Is Farr quality and service as good or better than 
10 or 30 years ago? Is the Farr list better and lower priced than 
last year? 
This 1939 edition of our Catalog serves as the answer to the pre¬ 
ceding questions. 
Compare it with our 1938 edition. Note the omission of 
inferior varieties and the numerous price reductions, ranging 
from 10 to 333 ^ per cent. Read especially a few of the characteris¬ 
tic testimonials received during 1938, and printed on this page. 
These letters, entirely unsolicited, came to us only because the 
quality of our plants and service provided the impulse to write 
us. We will be more than pleased to have your orders during 1939 
and to demonstrate similarly the significance of our slogan 
“Better Plants by Farr.” 
Since 1903 
May 5, 1938. Thank you for your card 
reminding us to water the evergreens which 
we purchased from you this spring. I feel 
confident, in buying from you, that plants 
are all they are represented to be. Our first 
shrub bed was laid out by Mr. Farr in 1903, 
so we speak from experience.-— Angelica L. 
Safford, 135 Windsor St., Reading, Pa. 
September 9, 1938. You most certainly 
may use my letter as a testimonial. I’ve for¬ 
gotten what I wrote, but if it was praise for 
Farr plants I would repeat it. I’ve given your 
address so often to folks who admired the 
Lilacs.— Mrs. Frank Pagan, 35 Central 
Ave., Wellsboro, Pa. 
Since 1923 
NURSERY LOCATION 
on Pennsylvania State Highw'ay 422, mid¬ 
way between Reading and Lebanon, adjacent 
to Womelsdorf. The Gardens may be reached 
from Lancaster by Route 501, from Potts- 
ville by Routes 83 and 483. Telephone: 
Womelsdorf 43-R2. Telegraph to Womels¬ 
dorf. 
Since 1910 
April 8, 1938. My first purchase from the 
Farr Nursery Co. was made 28 years ago— 
Peonies and Lilacs—and I can never express 
the joy and satisfaction that the plants gave 
me. The Hemerocallis that I am ordering 
now are for a Golden Wedding present. 
Could anything be more beautiful and appro¬ 
priate?— Miss Charlotte A. Moore, 126 
Bank St., Bridgeport, Conn. 
Since 1911 
November 4, 1938. Thank you for the 
very fine Peony roots just received. They are 
something to be proud of. When I look back 
to 27 years ago, when I cut an advertisement 
written by the late Mr. Bertrand H. Farr, 
it seems but yesterday. I wrote to Mr. Farr 
at that time and suggested that he adopt as 
a slogan “Better Plants by Farr.” 
When you are downcast. 
When the sun is in the shade. 
Take a look at any garden. 
See what God has made. 
—Arthur F. Seep, Oil City, Pa. 
Since 191 8 
September 6, 1938. Over 20 years ago I 
got some beautiful Lilacs from Mr. Farr, and 
each year they are lovelier. Have a border 
around my garden of them. 
April 3, 1938. Farr’s plants are not only 
the best I have had in more than 15 years of 
buying, but they come to me in the best con¬ 
dition. Farr’s is the only organization deal¬ 
ing in plants and bulbs with which my 
experience has been uniformly, and without 
fail, satisfactory.— George L. Burrows, 
3d, The Burrow Farm, Saginaw, Mich. 
Best in 25 Years 
September 27, 1938. The Peonies you 
sent me last fall certainly were the best I 
ever bought from any grower in the last 25 
years I have been m business, and 1 thank 
you. — Lydia McClellan, Hardy Plant 
Nursery, Haworth, N. J. 
SHIPPING METHODS 
Farr plants are specially and freshly dug 
for each order, without recourse to cold- 
storage methods. 
Orders should be placed during winter and 
early spring for shipment or delivery when 
the ground opens, or during summer and 
early fall for shipment as soon as plants be¬ 
come dormant. 
Prices are F. O. B. Weiser Park. 
CHARGE ACCOUNTS 
We are glad to extend 30-day terms to 
established accounts; also to open new ac¬ 
counts, via references, if order amounts to 
$10 or more. On first orders for less than $10, 
please send cash with order. 
Years Ago 
September 15,1938. Years and years ago 
(I am now past 80) 1 began ordering my 
Peonies, Iris, Poppies, and Hemerocallis of 
Mr Bertrand Farr. 1 am sure my garden has 
been more beautiful from having bought 
Farr’s beautiful plants I am glad to be in 
touch with the firm again. 
September 21, 1938. Sure, go ahead, use 
anything I wrote that you wish. I didn’t say- 
half what I might have said. In fact, I 
selected Ophir as a kind of memorial to 
Mr Farr, and Hyperion to our own Franklin 
B Meade, of Fort Wayne, Ind.— Mrs. N. B. 
Smith, 814 W. Mulberry St., Kokomo, Ind. 
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CASH DISCOUNTS 
We allow a discount of 3 per cent for pay¬ 
ment with mail order before plants are dug; 
2 per cent for payment within 10 days after 
plants are shipped or called for. 
»| Complete protection 
against plant insects and 
eases. Mildew and black-spot on roses 
A. Small kit (makes 16 qts.).$1 
B. Medium kit (makes 64 qts.). 4 
C. Large kit (makes 32 gals.). 6 
D. Estate kit (makes 128 gals.).20 
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