W E ARE GLAD to present you with this little 
book, and trust you will find the informa¬ 
tion contained of practical value. 
That grand old horticulturist, James Vick, Sr., 
founder of James Vick & Son, Rochester, New York, 
once said, "God made a man a being pure and 
simple in all his tastes, but before He created man. 
He made a beautiful garden and then He put man 
in that garden to dress and keep it." This is our 
creed, and we believe that we can serve you best by 
supplying nursery-grown plants because nursery- 
grown plants are sent to you with their entire root 
systems intact. Even our small perennials are trans¬ 
planted at least six times before they leave our 
nursery to insure a compact and complete ball of 
roots. We believe there is a place for everything 
that grows. Some plants listed in this catalogue we 
have not recommended very highly simply because we 
do not know of many locations where they can be 
used without endangering nearby plantings. May 
the 1940 era bring you prosperity and ail the happi¬ 
ness which good plants can produce. 
Pitcher Plant 
Shad Bush 
J ack-in-the-Pul pit 
The illustrations on this page are taken from the 
James Vick, Sr., publication, "Vick's Illustrated Monthly 
Magazine," and appeared, reading left to right, July, 
1882, August, 1878, April, 1885. April. 1886. 
Hepatica 
Trailing Arb^itus 
