YOU NURSERIES 
WHY YOU SHOULD BUY FROM A NURSERY 
The growing and handling of Nursery Stock is a highly specialized 
business that requires expert knowledge and training. Also 
Nursery Stock is ALIVE and PERISHABLE and must be 
handled under proper conditions and in a suitable building. The 
average store and building is NOT SATISFACTORY for han¬ 
dling Nursery Stock. It is entirely too dry and warm. 
In our nursery building, we maintain a humidity of almost 100%. 
We have dirt floors because any other kind of floor is too drying. 
Some stock is kept in sand, others in peat moss, or dirt, or special 
nursery packing. Bulbs have a special room of their own, so do 
perennials. All of this requires expert knowledge and experienced 
workmen. Handled right. Nursery Stock will not only live, but 
will GROW F.^STER AND DO BETTER. 
BECAUSE WE GROW AND SELL DIRECT-TO-YOU MORE 
NURSERY STOCK THAN ANY OTHER NURSERY, WE 
CAN SELL FIRST QUALITY STOCK AT LOW PRICES. 
Right through the depression, our business has increased each 
year. We have often been asked how we have built up this large 
READY TO SERVE YOU % 
AGAIN IN 1939 
business. The answer is simple— 
1st. By Your Good Will, secured by giving Greater Values and 
Better Service at Reasonable Prices. 
2ntl. By an unusually favorable location for growing good stock, 
plus our practical knowledge and an efficient organization. 
3rd. Our catalog is made so that you can select exactly what you 
want from our tremendous assortment of stock, the best of the 
old, and the best of the new. 
More than 10% of our total business comes from those to whom 
we have never sent a catalog. Their friends and neighbors recom¬ 
mended us and loaned their catalog to them. 
To you who have not tried our Nursery Stock and Seeds, we 
request that you send us an order. You can rest assured that we 
will endeavor to serve you so that you will become a steady, 
friendly customer. 
We hope that you will enjoy looking through this book. What¬ 
ever you buy from it will be a profitable investment. The joy, 
the pride, the satisfaction that comes from having a beautiful 
home, a lovely garden, cannot be measured in mere dollars. 
FREE VALUABLE GIFTS FUR URUERING EARLY 
Many people wait until the very last minute before ordering. This makes our place just like a big department 
store during a Christmas rush. If we get your order earlier, we can do all the preliminary work such as booking 
order, writing labels and tags, zoning, etc. Then when shipping time comes, there is no delay in sending out your 
order. 
THEREFORE IF YOU WILL SEND US YOUR ORDER FOR NURSERY STOCK (these Free Premiums apply only 
on orders for nursery stock) REASONABLY EARLY, YOU MAY SELECT FREE PREMIUMS AS PER THE FOLLOWING 
SCHEDULE— 
On Nursery orders of $3.00 to $4.50, you may select ANY ONE of the 12 Free Premiums below. 
On Nursery orders of $4.50 to $7.50, you may select ANY TWO Free Premiums. 
On Nursery orders of $7.50 and up, you may select ANY FOUR Free Premiums. 
No. 1—3 Large Regal Lilies worth 50c. 
No. 2— 2 Philippine Lilies worth 50c. 
No. 3— 2 Phlox (1 Mrs. Harding, 1 Leo Schlageter) worth 50c. 
No. 4— 2 Dahlias, our choice, not labeled, worth at least 50c. 
No. 5— 1 Everblooming rose, our choice, not labeled, worth 
50c. 
No. 6— 12 Gladiolus, all different, not labeled, worth 50c. 
No. 7— 2 Pink Cushion Mums worth 60c. 
No. 8— 2 Delphiniums, our choice, not labeled, worth 50c. 
No. 9— 12 Chinese Elm, 18 to 24 inches, worth 50c. 
No. 10— 2 Boysenberries worth 50c. 
No. 11—5 Paradise Asparagus worth 50c. 
No. 12— 1 MacDonald Rhubarb worth 50c. 
WE PAY POSTAGE 
■ Please note that almost everything you order 
from this catalog is DELIVERED TO YOU, 
I .% POSTPAID. This is a big saving to you as 
many firms charge extra for postage and the 
postage on the average $5.00 order is 65c. In 
some cases we send by prepaid express instead 
' 1 of parcel post. 
L vi ' Of course the Standard and Select Size Fruit and 
I IP Shade Trees are too large to go by parcel post. 
Therefore they are shipped by express NOT 
PREPAID. Nursery stock takes second class 
express rates which in most cases is as cheap or 
cheaper than freight. 
W In some orders, there are large trees which must 
,, ( ^ go by express and also some stock which would 
i ^ be postpaid by us. In order to avoid making 
^ two separate shipments, we send the entire order 
' 1 ^ ‘ by express. For this privilege, we always include 
; ' some extra stock which has a much greater value 
I ■ ■ than what the additional express charges 
:: [V . amount to. 
You will notice that in our premium list we include new and popular vari¬ 
eties, stock that almost everyone wants. We send you exactly the same 
high quality stock that is used in filling our regular orders. However we 
reserve the right to change your premium in case we should run short on 
some iterhs, as we sometimes do toward the end of the season. 
PLEASE BE SURE AND WRITE ON YOUR ORDER THE PREMI¬ 
UMS YOU SELECT, so they can be included right with your other stock 
(otherwise none will be sent). For example if your order of nursery stock 
amounts to $5.35 (or any amount between $4.50 and $7.50) and you wish 
the 3 Large Regals and 2 Pink Cushion Mums as your 2 Free Premiums, 
you just write on your order. Free Premium No. 1 and No. 7. 
Be sure and order early so that you will get these Free Premiums. What 
really is more important, you will get the benefit of early planting because 
on early orders we have everything all ready to ship just as soon as planting 
conditions are right. Also you are sure to get what you want. Later on in 
the season, some items will be sold out. Your ordering early helps us to 
give you better service, as the orders reach us over a longer period of time. 
This means we can handle your orders with our regular force of experienced 
help. 
Remember that we do not ship the nursery stock until it 
is the right time for you to plant. 
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