McGregor's 1940 Year Book 
With Its Wide Variety of 
ROSE$...PLANTS...BULB$...SEED$ 
Presents One of the Greatest Catalogues of the Year, and Offers You 
Something for Every Garden—Everything for Some Gardens 
For a Long Time—Nearly 70 Years . . . . 
This book has been our annual messenger to the flower lovers of this and 
other lands. It comes to you now offering at manufacturers’ and growers’ 
prices the stock of one of the larger plant producing establishments in the 
United States offering something for every garden—everything for some gar¬ 
dens. Long before the telephone was known or the electric light dreamed of, 
McGregors were staunch and hardy pioneers in the plant growing business. 
From the beginning the keywords of this great enterprise have been Integrity 
and Service. Today, as in all these past years, the supreme aim of The Mc¬ 
Gregor Bros. Co. is unquestioned satisfaction on the part of every customer. 
We have established a clientele of which any concern may have reason to be 
proud, and we are taking this opportunity to express our appreciation of this 
successful existence which many thousands of customers have brought about. 
It is with natural pride, therefore, that we present to you our New 1940 
Year Book. It is, in brief, a floricultural department store at your door, and 
the sole opportunity of plant buyers to secure many things that make for 
important additions or complete gardens. Extraordinary values fill its pages. 
Goods are of the highest McGregor quality. Prices are unprecedentedly low. 
Every offering helps to provide for a beautiful garden at minimum expense; 
we believe, therefore, 
this catalog, will be 
found pleasing and 
helpful, and entitled 
to the consideration 
of all buyers. 
Roy McGregor, Pres, and Gen. Mgr. 
OUR FREE OFFER 
If you send us an order amounting to $1.00 from a 
friend or neighbor who is not now a customer of ours, 
we will send you any one of the beautiful Roses shown in color on the face of cover of this book, 
free. If order from new customer amounts to $2.50, we will send you any three Roses. If order 
amounts to $5.00 we will send you any six Roses. (Roses l-yr. size.) 
When sending orders besides your own—from friends or neighbors—please be sure to have these 
separate orders written on separate sheets. 
68th Anniversary ... 1872-1940 
PERSONAL SERVICE 
If you want Roses, Shrubs, 
Evergreens, Fruit Trees, Green¬ 
house Plants, Rock Plants, Per¬ 
ennials, Bulbs, Seeds that may 
not be in our catalogue, please 
keep in mind that we can, in ail 
probability, furnish them. Our 
personal service department is 
so situated with connections 
among growers throughout the 
country, of practically all flori¬ 
cultural and horticultural items, 
that generally it is possible to 
secure for our customers almost 
any item ordered or grown even 
though our own stock on hand 
does not include It. The great 
variety of plants, etc., we car¬ 
ry permits us to Include in this catalogue only the most 
popular varieties of the families they represent, so there 
are many items other than those shown that are avail¬ 
able. Therefore, if you do not find in this catalogue the 
item you want, write us, marking your communication for 
Mabel Martin McGregor, Personal Service Department, 
The McGregor Bros. Company, Springfield, Ohio. In¬ 
quiries will be welcomed. 
Rhododendrons 
See Page 14 
To customers within Ohio. Please odd soles tax, 
3c on each dollar's worth of goods ordered. 
Special 
Premiums 
If you de¬ 
sire premiums 
be sure to se¬ 
lect them when 
ordering. Our 
terms being 
cash with the 
order, enables 
us to give 3 ,d- 
ditional plants, 
bulbs, and 
seeds on or¬ 
ders amount¬ 
ing to $1.00 
or more, as 
follows; On 
$1.00 worth of 
goods at single 
Plant, Bulb or 
Packet prices, 
select plants, 
bulbs or seeds 
to the value 
of 20c extra. 
On a $2.00 
order select 
40c extra. On 
a $3.00 order 
select 60c ex¬ 
tra. On a $5 
order select 
to the value 
of $1.00 ex¬ 
tra. 
OUR GUARANTEE 
We guarantee all Roses, Shrubs, Plants, Bulbs and 
Seeds that we send out to points within the United 
States, to reach Purchaser in good growing condition. 
After delivery our responsibility ceases. This guarantee 
is an asset with us, and a safeguard to you. 
Surprise Plant Collection $1.00 
As a result of our propagations that must tax the ca¬ 
pacity of our greenhouses, we generally have, at the end 
of the season, a surplus of all kinds of plants. Therefore, 
we will sell for $1.00 an assorted collection of 20 
Miscellaneous Flowering and Bedding plants, the selec¬ 
tion to be left with us, and guaranteed to be one of the 
biggest values In plants ever offered. Order any time; 
delivery after May 15th. 30c extra if wanted by mail. 
Important 
Information to Buyers 
TERMS —Our terms being cash, please send sufficient 
money to cover your entire order, by P. 0. money order. 
Express money order. Checks, or Stamps in good condi¬ 
tion for smaller amounts. C. 0. D. orders must be accom¬ 
panied by one-third of the amount of the order. When 
writing about an order please include a copy if possible. 
Please keep a copy of your order. Always remember to 
write your complete address on every order. Prices in 
this catalog cancel all previous prices. Seed orders. 
Fruits and Water Plant Collections are mailed separately 
from plant orders. If you wish orders held for later date, 
please give instructions. • We do not allow premiums 
on Fruits, Water Plants, and Evergreens nor can we give 
same as premiums. • Mailable plants may be sent by 
parcel post with soil on the roots, if desired, and double 
amount of regular postage is added. 
PLEASE INCLUDE POSTAGE AND PACKING CHARGES 
FOR ALL MAIL AND PARCEL POST SHIPMENTS 
NOTICE —If goods are ordered to be forwarded by mail or parcel post, 
please add postage, packing and boxing charges for every dollar or part of 
a dollar’s worth of goods ordered, according to our table below. Seeds In 
packets posted free. This enables us to give our customers the lowest pos¬ 
sible selling prices with delivery charges fair to all. Simply add postage 
and packing charges for every dollar or fraction of a dollar’s worth of 
goods ordered according to the state in which you live. If you live in Ala¬ 
bama add 8 cents for every dollar; If In Illinois add 7 cents; if in Nebraska 
add 10 cents for every dollar’s worth ordered. It is always advisable to 
have plants of the larger sizes, such as heavy shrubs, large decorative plants 
such as ferns, etc., or plants wanted with full ball of earth, shipped by ex¬ 
press if possible. Remember that our premium offer more than offsets post¬ 
age and delivery charges. 
PLEASE READ THIS POSTAGE TABLE CAREFULLY 
Oklahoma . 9c 
Oregon.14c 
Pennsylvania .. 7c 
Rhode Island ............10c 
Smooth Carolina .. 8c 
South Dakota ...10c 
Tennessee ..-. 7o 
Texas . 9c 
Utah ..12c 
Vermont . 9c 
Virginia . 7o 
Washington .IBc 
West Virginia ......... 7c 
Wisconsin . 8o 
Wyoming ....„.12c 
Canada . 15c 
Mexico ..16s 
Alabama . 8o 
Arizona .lOe 
Arkansas . 8o 
California .15c 
Colorado ..lOo 
Connecticut. 8c 
Delaware . 9c 
Dist. of Columbia .... 9o 
Florida .10c 
Georgia . 9c 
Idaho .12o 
Illinois . 7e 
Indiana .. 7c 
Iowa . 9e 
Kansas.10s 
Kentucky 7s 
Louisiana ....._..... 8s 
Maine . 9c 
Maryland. 8c 
Massachusetts . 9c 
Michigan . 7o 
Minnesota . 9c 
Mississippi .lOo 
Missouri. 8c 
Montana .12c 
Nebraska .lOo 
Nevada .14c 
New Hampshire . 8c 
New Jersey . 8o 
New Mexico .lie 
New York .- 8c 
North Carolina . 8c 
North Dakota lOs 
Ohio . 6s 
THE McGREGOR BROS. COMPANY, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, U. S. A 
