PLAN and PLANT EARLY IN 
SPRING 
We urg'e you to make plans for your plantings early, so that 
there will be no delay wlien the frost is once out of tlie gi’ound 
and it is suitable weather to move plants. We do not encourage 
fall planting-, so must work fast and efficdently in sirring- to get 
everything done on time. 
The lists and descriptions in this catalog are arranged to 
help you in selecting just the proper- plant for each of your needs. 
P^iist decide just what effects jmu want in your grounds, then 
select the proper plants to produce these effects to best, advantage. 
You probably have noticed pictur-es in magazines, and beau¬ 
tiful spots in your friends’ gardens which you would like to du¬ 
plicate in yorrr own grounds. Plan definitely for thebe impr-ove- 
ments now. 
Plans 
If you require plans of any extent it will pay you to employ 
a competent landscape architect. He can suggest possibilities for 
desirable features which you might never think of, and can usually 
effer’t economies to more than offset the fee he char-ges. 
For smaller impr-ovements we can help you plan. Wher-e it is 
desirable to draw up detailed plans we make a charge of 10% of 
the cost of the improvements. Drawing a plan “free,” just on the 
chance of getting a job, is expensive and some one has to ]3ay for it 
sormer or later-. 
Landscape Service 
We would like to confine ourselves to gr’owing and delivering- 
good nur-sery stock, but that seems impractical. Our customers 
expect complete service from plan to finished planting. Nursery 
work is so seasonable that other wor-k must be provided so that 
it is i>ossible to keep good trained men busy over a greater part of 
the year-. 
A lar-ge share of our wor-k in the past has been plariting, con- 
str-uction and maintenance. We have made a specialty of rock 
wor-k as is used in natur-alistic rock gardens, pools, platforms, walls 
and walks. We have done a great deal of tree tr-imming and surgery. 
Many home owners ask us to make a monthly inspectiorr of their 
gt-ounds to check up on spraj'ing, fertilizing, trimming or other 
work needed. 
In this landscape work we do not attempt to compete with tire 
“.4sh-hauler-” landscape men, but tr-y to give intelligent efficient 
service as cheaply as possible. 
We do not solicit lawn wor-k, as that is always a good way to 
lose r-noney, neither do we attempt to do lawn work at a loss as 
an indur-ement to get irlanting jobs. Where a complete job is 
wanted we do attempt to construct lawns as cheaply as they can 
be done ])roper-ly. A good lawn can not be made cheaply. 
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