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Some Interesting Facts 
About Our Nursery . . . 
Placer Gold Diggrings 
Our winter temperatures dip from 40 to 52 degrees 
below zero and average from 4 to 8 degrees colder 
than those in the city of Helena just three miles away. 
Due to these frigid blasts blowing directly off the Con¬ 
tinental Divide the acclimated temperament of our 
Nursery Stock is further developed. 
Old Placer and Prospect gold diggings are to be 
found close down in the mountains surrounding our 
Nursery on all sides. 
The altitude at our Nursery is approximately 4400 
feet and we are situated only eight miles east of the 
main range of the Rocky Mountains. 
Wild game abounds in our Nursery and they are 
protected to roam free among our over a million hardy, 
acclimated trees and shrubs. Deer come down from 
the mountains, beaver, badgers, coyotes, muskrats, por¬ 
cupines, snowshoe rabbits, quail ( pheasants and grouse 
are all to be found. 
Forty-nine years ago when T. E. Mills, our President and Gen¬ 
eral Manager, founded our Nursery, friendly Indians camped 
among our trees and remained for two years. They must have put 
good medicine in our soil to make our trees and shrubs so hardy. 
We have several distinct types of soil in our Nursery grounds 
which enable us to blend our Nursery Stock to the type desired 
giving it the best foundation start possible. 
Beautiful Ten Mile Stream. Photo in our 
Nursery. Continental Divide in background. 
Ten Mile Creek, a typical mountain stream, runs 
right through our Nursery grounds. Its cold, spark¬ 
ling water from the mountain snow is utilized to irri¬ 
gate our Hardy Stock when necessary. 
We started among tlie redmen 
In our Fruit Tree Department we are growing our 
own understocks for grafting and budding which makes 
our fruit trees 100 per cent grown in Montana as well 
as our shade trees, shrubs and evergreens, and for 49 
years it has been our constant endeavor to learn, mas¬ 
ter, propagate and grow only the hardier and better 
things for planting in the cold Northwest. 
Timberline—Close by 
We claim that no Nursery is producing hardier and 
better Nursery Stock than we are in the entire country. 
Plan to plant our hardy acclimated stock this spring, 
there never was a more opportune time. 
CARE IN WATERING 
Growth should be encouraged during the early Sum¬ 
mer months and ample water should be applied at this 
time. Do not merely wet the surface but give several 
successive applications, so that the water goes to the 
very lowest root extremities. About the last part of 
August and during September water should be with¬ 
held so that the Trees and Shrubs will have a chance 
to mature up properly for the winter. After the leaves 
have fallen and the Trees have gone into their Winter 
dormant state, it is well to soak with water again. 
WHEN IN HELENA VISIT OUR NURSERY—YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME 
