What Is Meant by “BETTER-BUILT” Trees 
No labor or expense is spared in the cultivation, timely pruning and limb spacing, spraying and conditioning of trees in otir 
nursery. Every operation is done at the proper time and in the right way to produce the best that is possible. Trees and shrubs 
are not only nursed, but “built” into real individuals. 
For forty-seven years we have supplied our customers with only the best stock, propagated from selected mother plants, and 
grown in wide spacings with no stint of cultivation and nursery training. Sorting and grading have always been done in line with 
the highest grading standards; cver>’’ tree must meet requirements as to root development, limb development and caliper. All light 
(slender) poorly rooted and poorly limbed stock is sorted out and either sold to nurseries that handle such stock or is burned up. 
We do not solicit parcel post orders, so it is not necessary for us to carry and sell the lighter grades of stock. We do not believe 
in that kind. We handle one class in all lines—the best. Only heavy, properly headed, welbbalanced and welhrooted stock,— 
such as we would plant ourselves. 
There is no substitute for quality. 
''BETTER-BUILT” Marshalls are orchardists and 
know the type of trees that are 
Fruit Trees 
best suited for the planter. Mar- 
shalls’ trees are better built. For instance,—apple trees are 
grown one year and then are cut off just above the ground. 
They then send up a long, straight growth the second year 
with many well developed side buds from ground to tip. The 
third year certain buds are allowed to develop into limbs, well 
distributed over space enough so the limbs will not crowd each 
other off when the tree attains age and size, which is most sure 
to follow with the ordinary apple trees grown in the common 
way. This crowding of limbs causes much splitting and results 
in many broken-down trees. We prevent this by causing the 
limbs to be more widely scattered up and down the trunk. 
No tree is ready for the orchard until it has gone through this 
training and has the limbs properly spaced and well-established. 
To save expense, some nurserymen grow their trees only 
2 years straight up and cannot produce the best type of prop¬ 
erly limbed trees in this time. 
"BETTER-BUILT” Today most of our good ornamen- 
„ , ^ tal trees are grafted. When trees 
Urnamental 1 rees grown from seed, they vary 
and have their individuality the same as people. For example, 
if 10 seedling elm trees (seedlings are not grafted) are planted 
together along a street, they will later develop into 10 different 
types of trees with no two alike. Some will grow compact, 
some spreading, some crooked and unshapely, some even weep¬ 
ing or droopy in appearance,—and a lot of work will be re¬ 
quired in pruning and training to keep them uniform in ap¬ 
pearance. 
But by grafting we know ahead of time just what type of 
trees we will have. They will be exactly like the mother tree. 
Several planted in a line will make a uniform row,—all alike. 
Our trees are not like Topsy,—“just growed up”,—but are 
“built” trees. 
Some of the best public and home grounds in the mid-west 
are adorned with Marshalls’ evergreens. Two outstanding ex¬ 
amples are the Capitol grounds at Lincoln and the Joslyn 
Memorial grounds at Omaha. 
Evergreens perform on the stage of the yard the year ’round. 
"BETTER-BUILT” 
Roses 
Our test grounds determine the 
best roses for the central west. All 
new varieties are tested before be¬ 
ing offered to our customers. Our method of propagation is 
the semi-own-root way which particularly adapts our Roses to 
the mid-west. This system prevents sprouting, and freezing 
back will not cause them to turn wild like the ordinary budded 
Roses. We offer only selected 2-year grades and guarantee 
them to bloom. 
Richt Varieties have been in the orchard and nursery 
. . business for almost half a century and 
tor 1 erntory know the right varieties for the territory 
we serve. We affiliate with various horticultural societies, co¬ 
operate with the experiment stations and in every way do 
everything we can to be the leaders in our business. 
We want to help every customer to get the kinds of trees 
and plants that will produce the best results for his particular 
needs. Many customers leave it to us to select the varieties 
for their plantings. 
True to getting the propagating wood from bearing 
mother trees, confining our orders to what we grow, 
IName carefully assembling stock and orders, giving our 
representatives copies of previous orders to check for proper 
replacements, and with a system of checking and double check¬ 
ing, as Andy says, we can deliver “true-to-name” varieties. 
The average home owner plants only once in many years, 
so quality is certainly important. We have the equipment and 
the trained men. We have enlarged our business because of 
satisfied customers. 
"BETTER-BUILT” We transplant our evergreens sev- 
^ oral times while they are young, 
Evergreens gg ^g (.q build the root system first 
of all—and get them ready for planting in their future homes. 
Tops are staked and properly trained. And to obtain specimen 
trees they must have plenty of spacing. By grafting from 
selected mother trees, exactly the same superior type is pro¬ 
duced, so several of the same variety planted together are like 
“two peas in a pod.” 
We are now growing about 80 varieties of evergreens, in¬ 
cluding numerous dwarf or shrub evergreens for foundation 
and lawn planting. Also, we have numerous types of upright 
Junipers of various shapes and colors. Our assortment is right 
up-to-date and large enough for any type of planting. We have 
introduced some of the best types now being used. 
Lost Time customer wants trees that bear, and the 
. ^ . quicker the results he obtains, the more valu- 
IS expensive ^blc are the trees,—and so they are more 
valuable when he first receives them. Bigger plants have better 
root systems—start growth easier—live better and give quick 
results. Quality is remembered long after price is forgotten 
"BETTER-BUILT” types of landscaping; 
, , parks, schools, cemeteries, indus- 
bhrUDS grounds, and home grounds. 
Many shrubs are required in such plantings. Planters are 
usually anxious for a quick showing on these jobs, and want 
the best plant materials they can obtain. Design and good 
materials are the reasons for so many of our successful land¬ 
scapes. 
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