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Plant Them Now for Your Pleasure Next Spring 
a i?4 e\ence Peek jjOi "fall Cjalden Planting 
Much of the recent increase in gardening is due to the development and introduction of a host of new 
more colorful, larger and stronger bulb and plant varieties. We have endeavored in this our annual fall 
catalog, to offer those most outstanding, yet including many of the old favorites. 
A beautiful garden is not necessarily a costly one. It is dependent on a judicious use of plants and 
shrubs, careful placing of colorful bulbs in just the right spots and, of course, the selection of good varieties 
of the best quality. 
SUPERIOR RESULTS FROM SUPERIOR STOCK 
Whether your plans call for only a few items for the garden, bulbs for indoor growing during the winter 
or an extensive planting, you can depend on H. & O. quality and service. Our bulbs are carefully selected, 
thoroughly ripened stock of the best planting size; our perennials and shrubs, grown in our own nurseries, 
strong and vigorous — well suited to northern climates. 
GARDENING AND LANDSCAPE ADVICE 
Let our Landscape Department aid you with your gardening plans. Their expert advice is gladly given to 
help you get the most enjoyment from your home surroundings. Careful cost estimates will be given where 
necessary. You will find prices reasonable, service reliable and enjoyment great. 
ORDER NOW — WE WILL SHIP AT PROPER TIME 
So that we may ship your order at the correct planting time and you may take advantage of favorable 
weather conditions, we urge you to make your selections now and send in your order at once. Shipment 
will be made at the proper time. 
Catalog prices are for materials packed and ready to ship. Deliveries are made in the Twin Cities with¬ 
out charge. 
Also 
HOLM & OLSON CO., Inc. 
Rochester, Minn. 
Holm & Olson, Inc. 
20-24 West Fifth St. 
SAINT PAUL 
Greenhouses at— 
Rochester, and 
Duke and Pleasant, St. PauL 
Nurseries— 
1200 St. Clair St. 
dmeiican Cj'icwn 'Tulip /Yuliys 
The assertion that American-grown Tulip bulbs are inferior to Holland-grown bulbs needs to be refuted 
because of its very apparent inaccuracy. It has been stated that their quality has proved to be inferior after 
careful tests. We cannot agree with this statement because we have been testing and growing bulbs pro¬ 
duced in this country for several years, and on the whole have found them producing fully equal to those 
from imported bulbs. It is true that they showed a tendency to flower a little later, which was probably due 
to an imperfect curing process that bulbs are put through after being dug. We have even grown the same 
variety of bulbs side by side as a test, under identical conditions, where the American-grown bulbs pro¬ 
duced flowers with better substance and lasted longer. 
In the case of American-grown Daffodils, particularly those grown in the Pacific Northwest, these have 
proven so vastly superior to the imported bulbs that even at a much higher cost of production, American bulbs 
are preferred because of their larger and finer flowers. 
While many of the newer kinds of tulips have not been grown commercially in America there is quite 
a collection of the good old standard kinds available in limited quantities, and we have succeeded in acquir¬ 
ing a very representative list of these from reliable American growers, in whom we have complete confidence. 
We can unhesitatingly recommend them to our customers. 
