Tt Pays to Plant 
Them Small! 
The physical cost of digging and ship¬ 
ping large plants is very much greater 
than for small plants. For this reason 
nursery stock about doubles in value 
every two years. A planting worth $1000. 
can be set out two years earlier for $500., 
or four years earlier for $250., or eight 
years earlier for less than $100. ! These 
figures are approximate, but perfectly 
true, taken by and large, at least for 
stock in ordinary sizes. 
Aside from cost, consider the problem of 
finding labor for planting ! Use 20-foot 
trees and three men take two hours to 
get it planted. One man can set out a 
small 6 foot tree in ten minutes ! Or in 
evergreens with a heavy ball of earth, 
what a difference if the ball is small 
enough to go into a wheel-barrow ! Or 
still smaller evergreens, that can be 
planted safely without an earth ball ! 
And as for the fun of the thing—wait 
until you’ve watched a small plant grow 
into a specimen and fill the place you 
pictured in your mind ! Remember, no 
transplanting is needed once a tree is in 
its proper place, since transplanting is 
only to keep roots in condition for final 
transplanting. A little judicious pruning 
need not take more than ten minutes a 
year ! 
Cost, trouble and enjoyment all point the 
same way: It pays to plant them small ! 
GrontJi of 
a Yew 
told in 
pictures 
(See page 24 
for prices, etc.) 
UPPER RIGHT—1 year old culling 
in pot. It is 6-8 inches high, worth 
about 25 to 30 cents. 
CENTER —5 years later, 18 inches 
high anl two trans plantings, as well 
as careful trimming. Worth from 
75 cents to $1.50. 
AT LEFT—5 years later, 3 Vi feet 
high and two more transplantings, etc. 
Worth at least $5.00. 
Prices on the above (B&B) include cost of packing. 
Young Native Aristocrats 
COLLECTED AZALEAS, 
RHODODENDRON, LAUREL 
I T has long been known that this type of shrub is easily and safely trans¬ 
planted without being previously nursery grown. However, to get nicely 
shapfed specimens is a different matter, and large shapeless, loose, ragged 
rhododendrons are difficult to use in the landscape. We offer:—1. A small 
grade that can easily be shaped by pruning, and 2. A larger grade already 
fairly shapely and bushy. For the quality, they are real bargains. 
These are collected carefully 
with a small ball of earth and 
are easily planted and grown, 
while being very light — hence 
inexpensive to ship. In four 
years they will be full bushy 
specimens in bloom and worth 
about eight times the price you 
pay now. 
Rhododendrons 
Maximum—One stem, 
catawbiense — One and two 
stems. 
Carolina—bushier. Some flow¬ 
ers. 
Kalmia—One and two stems. 
Azaleas—All one and two stem. 
SMALL 12-15 INCH NATIVES 
RHODODENDRON 
CAROLINA — 12-18 inch 
Not all as bushy as this, 
but good plants 
(10) 
(25) 
(100) 
Azaleas 
Calendulacea . 
$5.00 
$8.00 
$30.00 
arborescens .. 
5.00 
10.00 
35.00 
viscosa . 
5.00 
8.00 
30.00 
Leucothoe 
catesbaei .... 
4.50 
7.50 
27.50 
Kalmia (laurel) 
latifolia . 
4.00 
7.00 
25.00 
Rhododendron 
Carolina . 
5.00 
8.00 
30.00 
catawbiense .. 
5.00 
8.00 
30.00 
maximum . . .. 
3.75 
7.00 
20.00 
Some of our finest native shrubs are 
easily transplanted from the wild and take 
readily to cultivation. On this page are de¬ 
scribed and pictured a special “Young Aris¬ 
tocrat” grade 12 to 15 inches with a small 
ball, weighing one or two pounds only. This 
stock is not to be compared for a minute 
with ordinary collected plants, pulled out 
by the roots and bundled together. It is on 
the contrary all carefully dug, the greatest 
pains being taken to preserve the roots. 
Carefully packed and shipped by express 
it is easily planted and young enough to 
make a quick start. Shipped from North 
Carolina, yet express runs only about 6c 
each anywhere east of Iowa (in 100 lots). 
Also Large Bushy Clumps 
BY EXPRESS:—on two natives we can ship 
from the Poconos in Pennsylvania and offer 
reasonable prices for top-quality stock: 
(weight 30 to 50 lbs. each). 
Rhododendron Maximum 
Kalmia latifolia (Mt. Laurel) 
The Rhododendron runs from 3 to 4 feet. 
The Laurel from 2 to 3 feet. At least 8 
stems to the clump. Shipped in lots of 5 at 
a time (express charge collect) at $1.75 
each. 
BY TRUCK:—Truckload of 200 (mixed or 
straight) delivered to New York or Phila¬ 
delphia for $300. 
A slight extra charge for slightly beyond 
the points named. We will quote a delivery 
to any point on request. 
6 
Above (1) R. Maximum 
Below: Kalmia (Mt. Laurel) 
