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GLEANINGS 
PLANT HARLY—as soon as your soil is in a workable 
condition, Early planting and successful results go hand in 
hand, Press the soil firmly around the roots. 
FOR YOUR ROCK GARDEN, 
inches in. height. 
select plants up to 12 
“USE FERTILIZHR ANNUALLY: Plant food should be 
dug inte: the bed where flowers are planted or are to be 
planted. Well rotted manure is excellent, but should usual- 
Ty be Supplemented by the addition of some good com- 
mercial fertilizer. 
SECURE STRONG TWO<YEAR TRANSPLANTED 
FIELD GROWN: [IPLAINTS. This size, with very few excep- 
tions, is the» first- essential to garden success. These are 
the kind of plants we grow for you. Do not be satisfied 
with skimpy plants out of a bed or distorted, crowded 
plants out of a row which some companies call field grown. 
. FOR A>WELL LANDSCAPED GARDEN EFFECT, plant 
_turée or more plants. of a kind in a group. Large gardens 
. may use a dozen or more of a kind in a group. 
WH OFFER ONLY THE BEST KINDS OF PHRENNI- 
ALS AIND ROCK GARDEN PLANTS. Each year we try 
out new varieties of plants and continually discard the 
poorer kinds of plants that we feel are unfit for your gar- 
den when they are compared with the better varieties. 
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PLANTS WILL BE SHIPPED BY PARCEL POST OR 
EXPRESS at our option, unless specific shipping instruc- 
tions are received with order. Transportation charges are 
paid by the customer. We will send you a notice of the 
exact cost of transportation after the plants are sent, pro- 
vided we ship by parcel post. 
Ly iT iS MORE ICONVAINIDNE CALL AD Our 
NURSERY FOR YOUR PLANTS at any time during the 
are located one one-half 
Highway. 
spring planting season. We and 
miles south of Bridgman on US-12 
VISITORS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME at our gardens. 
PRICES 
Throughout this catalogue plants are priced 3 of a kind. 
Less than 8 of a kind, usually does not give a pleasing 
landscape effect. If your space for plants is so small that 
you do not feel that you can use this number, then the 
plants listed at 3 for 60c are 25e each when less than three 
alike are purchased; the 3 for 50c plants are 20c each when 
one or two of one kind are purchased; 8 for $1.00 plants 
are 35¢e¢ each. Dozen rates given apply to six or more plants 
of a kind or alike. 
Michigan customers and callers at our gardens add 3% 
sales tax. 
Prices in this catalogue not be effective 
after June 1, 1941. 
may or may 

Sage 
An old-fashioned kitchen herb, whose dried leaves are used 
very much to season meats, sausages and stuffings. Strong 
field plants. 20c each. 
Annual Flowering Plants 
The folowing annual flowering plants will be ready about 
June ist., for our nursery visitors: Asters, Calendulas, Mari- 
golds, Salvia, Zinnias, Snapdragons, Petunias, Heavenly Blue 
Morning Glories and Ageratums, Also annual flower seeds. 
Excellent Fall Bloomers 
HARDY AGERATUM—Eupatorium cvelestinum 
Umbels of a beautiful lavender-blue from August until 
frost. 18-24 inches high. Invasive. Lovely in a fall garden 
with chrysanthemums. 3 for 60c. 
FORMOSA LILY—L. formosanum 
Most remarkable Lily introduced in recent years. The white 
trumpets are much longer and narrower than those of the 
Regal Lily and bloom in September and October, Easy cul- 
ture in well drained soil. Plant 6 inches deep. 3 for 60c or 
$2.00 per dozen. 
FALSE DRAGONHEAD—Physostegia virginica Vivid 
Spikes of exceedingly showy deep pink flowers in Septem- 
ber. 15 inches high. 3 for 60c. 
SALVIA PITCHERI. A beauty. Rich deep blue flowers in 
September, when blue flowers are scarce. 3 to 4 feet high. 
3S Tor o0c: 
SEDUM SIEBOLDI. The choicest of the dwarf Sedums. 
Pretty glaucous, pink margined leaves throughout the 
Spring and summer, followed in September by large heads 
of beautiful pink flowers. 4 inches high. Excellent for the 
rockery. 3 for 60c; $2.20 per dozen. 
Plants For Fall Planting 
Most of the plants offered in this folder, excepting Chrysan- 
themums, Asters and Tritomas may be planted in the months 
of September and October as well as in the spring, You will 
be pleased with Fall planting—try it. But there are a number 
of kinds of plants that should for best success be planted in 
the Fall. A folder, describing and pricing these plants, will 
he issued about September ist. If you wish, leave us your 
order for these plants when you visit us this spring, and they 
will be sent to you at the proper planting time this Fall. 
Some of these plants are: 
GERMAN IRIS 
JAPANESE IRIS 
SIBERIAN IRIS 
VIRGINIA BLUEBELLS (Mertensia Virginica). 
ORIENTAL POPPIES (in 9 varieties and coiors). 
PEONIES 
LILIES 
Plants For Shade 
Many of you are wondering what to plant in some shady spot. 
Below is a list of plants for different types of locations in 
various degrees of shade. 
BUGLE BALLOON FLOWERS 
AQUILEGIA PLUMBAGO 
HARDY ASTERS PRIMROSES 
CARPATHIAN HAREBELL BUTTERCUPS 
BLUEBELLS of SCOTLAND TROLLIUS 
PLUMY BLEEDING HEART MYRTLE 
OLD-FASHIONED SEDUM SPECTABILE 
BLEEDING HEART BRILLIANT 
FOXGLOVES VIOLAS 
PLANTAIN LILIES CLUMP SPEEDWELL 
DAY LILIES SEDUM SIEBOLDI 
VIRGINIA BLUEBELLS SEDUM SPURIUM 
