GARDENING 
PERSONAL VISIT 
ADVISABLE 
We particularly advise 
that one of our Landscape 
Architects make a personal 
visit to your property if you 
live in South Texas or 
Southwestern Louisiana. Al¬ 
though we are sure our plans 
handled through the mail 
will be satisfactory, it is 
only natural that better re¬ 
sults can be obtained 
through a personal survey. 
Parks Planned and Planted 
SMALL HOME GROUNDS 
For the average city lot, if you will SEND US the information as 
indicated on the SKETCH BELOW, showing the size of the grounds, loca¬ 
tion of drives, walks, permanent buildings, TREES already on THE PROP¬ 
ERTY, etc., it will enable us to furnish you with a DETAILED PLAN, 
together with an ITEMIZED LIST of the plants NEEDED, and an estimate 
OF THE COST of the plant material. All are mailed for YOUR APPROVAL. 
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When you send THE SKETCH, with the information needed, also send us 
$10.00 for a let not larger than 75 by 100 feet. As soon as YOUR ORDER 
FOR the material on the PLANTING LIST totals $40.00 within ONE 
YEAR after the date of OUR ESTIMATE, the original $10.00 payment will 
be placed TO YOUR CREDIT, or if a larger PLAN is DESIRED, 20% 
of the amount WILL BE CREDITED FOR the purchase of plants. The cost 
for larger grounds is SLIGHTLY MORE in proportion TO THE SIZE of 
the development, and will be AGREED UPON when a preliminary SURVEY 
IS MADE. 
MUNICIPAL AND PUBLIC PLANTINGS 
We prepare topographical plans with gradelevels, for City 
Parks, Cemeteries, City Additions, Court House Grounds, 
and all large Landscape undertakings. We treat any prop¬ 
erty requiring artistic development, whether it be the modest 
city or suburban home, the largest country estate, summer 
hotel, country club, sanitarium, school, college, factory or 
avenue. The cost of surveys, plans, etc. is nominal, and 
scheduled in proportion to the size of the grounds of the 
proposed development. Your inquiries are solicited and 
each will receive our careful attention. 
MAKE YOUR GARDEN UP-TO-DATE 
We also re-arrange old Grounds, giving them an artistic 
touch; remove or harmonize discordant features; remodel 
the deformed and make the commonplace beautiful. 
No matter where you live the plants that we will recom¬ 
mend for your Garden will include only those which will 
thrive in your locality, and we try to make your garden up- 
to-date by including some of the newer and different orna¬ 
mentals in your planting. 
ALL TYPES OF GARDENS 
should be enclosed and all are increased in beauty if they 
have large shrubs and trees surrounding them to break the 
skyline. Care should be taken to place the trees so that 
they will not shade the entire garden, yet one or two shady 
spots will not be of disadvantage for they admit the use of 
many desirable shade loving plants. 
PLANT AS ABLE 
It is not necessary to CARRY OUT THE complete Plan AT ONE TIME 
but before beginning, IN ALL CASES, there should BE A PLAN, the 
ultimate development of which is TO BE THE AIM of aH work on THE 
PROPERTY. 
FORMAL AND 
INFORMAL 
are the two types of Gar¬ 
dens, neither of which 
need be antagonistic to 
the other. In fact, in 
large developments, both 
types are commonly used 
with harmonious results. 
A general rule to follow 
is that the grounds imme¬ 
diately surrounding the 
house are usually best de¬ 
veloped formally, merg¬ 
ing into informal ar¬ 
rangement farther away, 
and then into the nat¬ 
uralistic if there is suffi¬ 
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