Gardenside Gossip--- 
-An Advertisement 
ACH year, since Gardenside Nurseries was established in 1926, we 
have sent out a catalog, or other material for the purpose of pricing 
our wares, and inducing others to purchase them. And each year, 
too, we have added to the list of Perennial Plants, and other hardy things 
that could be grown successfully here. The catalogs improved, until the un- 
settled days of the early 1930’s finally made it impossible for us to continue 
to send them out. In the meantime, we had felt the need of a more personal 
appeal to the plant buying instincts of our friends, and gradually we evolved 
GARDENSIDE GOSSIP, which has been mailed with regularity at least 
four times each season, since 1936. 
During these years, the list of plants growing here reached continually 
larger proportions, and we found that the GOSSIP was not an entirely 
satisfactory medium for describing the many items not in general demand. 
The Master List was the next step, but lacking descriptions, it was apparent 
that a real catalog was needed, and this one was prepared. It proved to be 
so much more costly than was anticipated, that we feel we cannot send out 
both the catalog, and the GOSSIP. 
However, a number of persons have expressed a willingness to pay for 
issues of the GOSSIP. Perhaps that is a solution. We want to continue to 
send it, and had planned a May issue, and also the regular July and Sep- 
tember ones. The January has already been sent you. Will you pay us 25 
cents for the issues to be sent out for 1941, and in sufficient numbers so that 
we can afford to print it at all? We must have at least 1000 quarters, and 
we must have them before April 15. 
If not enough subscriptions are received, we will send each person who 
remits 25 cents, a choice of any quarter plant in the catalog. A coin envelope 
is enclosed for your convenience. But remember, NO QUARTER, NO 
GOsaiire" 

