Xj ou will notice there are no pictures in our 
' catalog, and perhaps will wonder why. Some 
of these pictures are overdrawn; some do not 
correctly illustrate the variety. Of course, in 
general, they give you a fair idea of what the 
variety looks like, and are perhaps the best 
method of conveying this idea to you. Many of 
the most highly colored and gorgeous looking 
roses in the picture book prove to be worthless 
plants in your garden. For this reason you fi¬ 
nally have to depend for your selection on the 
printed word as to habit, growth and adaptabil¬ 
ity, which the colored picture does not give. 
And these pictures are expensive — it costs lots 
of money to put them in a catalog. And you 
know there is an old saying that “someone has 
to pay the freight” We have told you in an¬ 
other paragraph that we spare no pains or ex¬ 
pense in growing the best products it is possible 
to produce. Our winnings at the Tyler Rose Show 
(October 8-9, 1937) will in a measure indicate 
how well we are succeeding in this effort. In 
our catalog we give you a dependable descrip¬ 
tion; in our stock we give you the best that 
can be produced, and make the price so that 
you save the difference. 
