RARE and SUPERIOR YOUNG PLANTS 
For Rock Garden, Showy Display & Cutting, Early Spring & Summer Bloom 
UNUSUAL BROAD-LEAF EVERGREENS . 
and HARDY FLOWERING SHRUBS 
For Clipped Hedge and Border, Ground Cover, Lawn Ornament 
Choicest Alpines and Natives 
of The Upper Columbia River Region 
QUALITY All plants and roots are full-size, first-class, from robust native stock, grown 
one to three seasons in our own gardens, fitted for you to plant with confidence. 
Perennials should bloom well the first season. Bulbs and a few stated plants are 
direct from native sources. 
PRICES are not on a competitive basis, but are fully as low as you will find for their type 
and quality. Bear in mind this is your entire cost. ALL SHIPMENTS ARE PREPAID. 
Prices are mainly in even money amounts for a group of 3 or more plants, to 
encourage liberal planting and fair trial. On orders of $3.00 or more not covered by 
group prices we will add 15% of the value in extra plants free. Orders under $1.00 are 
an actual loss and are not desired. Fifty plants will be sent for ^ 2 . the amount stated for 
100, and 33 for one-third this amount. Quantity rates give substantial savings. 
CHOOSE NOW for next year’s beauty, especially plants and bulbs that require fall 
setting. Orders sent now for next spring and next fall will be delivered at proper time 
without further concern to you. 
Send full payment by check or money order. No C. O. D. or credit shipments except 
by special arrangement. 
SHIPPING: Plants are packed carefully and shipped promptly—unless you specify a 
later date. Fall shipping is from September to December. Spring shipping starts March 1, 
earlier when weather permits, continues to first of June. Planting before growth starts 
is preferable, but stock retarded for late shipping may be set safely with proper care. 
Plants receive preferred handling, reach the Atlantic Coast by parcel post or 
express in four or five days from Spokane, are delivered safely to most points in the 
U. S. in a week or less. Shipments last spring to New England and Southern states 
arrived in uniformly sound fresh condition, well packed in damp moss and oiled paper 
with outer wrapper, each kind labeled. List of items is on address label with planting 
rules for shrubs, postcard for reporting receipt, and G-overnment certificate assuring 
healthy pest-free stock. 
Airmail reaches us the second day and saves you several days in delivery. 
CULTURE. Never expose roots to dry air; cover with moist gunny sack until planted. 
A few hours’ or overnight soaking freshens dry plants wonderfully. Have plenty of room 
for well-spread roots, and good depth, guided by soil mark on stem. Work soil between 
roots, pack very firmly, moisten fully, an inch of loose soil or mulch on top. Worst 
crime is loose shallow planting; next is neglect later. 
Good garden soil is generally o. k. Avoid over-rich soil and chemical fertilizers, but 
bonemeal in fall is safe and beneficial. Rare plants give richer colors and longer 
bloom if not stimulated. Rotted leaves, peat, compost, very old manure, are good sources 
of humus and make soil porous. Sharp sand or gravel mixed with heavy soil helps drain¬ 
age. Put sun-lovers that go dormant in summer in unwatered spots. Plants of moist wood¬ 
land can be given a damp shaded spot wdth acid peaty soil or leafmold. 
Givj. first attention to under-drainage. Soggy soil is your worst enemy. Moderate 
moisture about the roots, but no surplus, is the ideal. 
For bulbs and early bloomers, October and November or earlier are best, tho some 
may be set first thing in spring. Fall planting of shrubs and perennials is desirable 
where winters are mild, and elsewhere with snow or mulch protection. It gains nearly 
a year’s growth. Plants stand severe cold with no injury. It is the winter sun and 
winds that do harm. Root injury from freezing and thawing is avoided by winter mulch. 
Shrubs set in warm spring after growth starts should be pruned heavily and shaded 
for ten days with open lattice, burlap or other foliage. Removing half the leaf-surf ace 
greatly aids starting, is generally advised. 
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