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The 1942 
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70th Anniversary —1872-1942 
ROSES « « PLANTS + » BULBS « © SEEDS 


ons YEAR BooK.... . 
Department Store at Your Door 


A Floricultural 
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With Its Wide Variety of 

SOMETHING FOR EVERY GARDEN—EVERYTHING FOR SOME GARDENS 

An Important Gardening Year 
Not in years has 
there been a time 
when the mental re- 
taxation, the physical benefit, and the enjoyable recreation of gardening will 
mean so much to us all. 
and stress of current years. 
investment. 
Nothing we can do will help as much during the strain 
Nothing will yield such dividends for the time and 
The thrill and pride of development of something beautiful—the physical 
benefit gained and the satisfaction of accomplishing something in the way of 
home development—are rewards that come to us in working with plants and 
flowers. The investment of time and expenditures, when considered in a monetary 
way, brings added values to our homes as well as intangible rewards. 
Long established sources of supply are important, just as in manufacturing 
Important 
Information 
to Buyers 
TERMS—Our terms being cash, please 
send sufficient money to cover your en- 
tire order, by P. O. money order, Ex- 
press money order, Checks, or Stamps 
in good condition for smaller amounts. 
Cc. O. D. orders must be accompanied 
by one-third of the amount of the order. 
When writing about an order please in- 
clude a copy if possible. Please keep 
a copy of your order. Always remem- 
ber to write your complete address on 
every order. Prices in this catalog can- 
cel 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 
amgunt of regular postage is added. 
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 1-yr. size.) 
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eo customers within Ohio. Please 
add sales tax, Se on each dollar’s 
worth of goods ordered. 
@ 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, 
7 please add postage, packing and boxing charges for every dollar or part of 
4 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. 
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Our illustration shows the results, the first and second years from plantings 
of 3-yr. Roses (see page 6). 
flowers and heavy bushes. 
They provide the short cut to quantities of 
Remember Roses like a heavy soil. 
at least 2 to 2% lbs. to the quart of soil. See testimonial page 6. 
lines—and the opportunity to obtain a wide variety of all kinds of plants, bulbs 
and seeds is not to be found everywhere. We take pride in the fact that through 
all the years McGregors have been one of the largest plant producing establish- 
ments within our borders. For three-quarters of a century this “Year Book’’ 
has been distributed to a flower loving public. 
It presents rare opportunities for plant buyers. Broad guarantees go hand in 
hand with purchases. All in all, one of the largest producing sources of its kind 
in this country stands ready to serve you and extends appreciative acknowledg- 
ment of a wonderful Horticul- ; 
Ant page fred 
ture and Floriculture progress 
Roy McGregor, Pres. and Gen. Mgr. 
Personal Service 
ests. May the year of 1942 be 
your best Garden Year. 
If you want Roses, Shrubs, Ever- 
greens, Fruit Trees, Greenhouse Plants, 
Rock Plants, Perennials, Bulbs, Seeds 
that may not be in our catalogue, please 
keep in mind that we can, in all proba- 
bility, furnish them. Our personal serv- 
ice department is so situated with con- 
nections among growers throughout the 
country, of practically all floricultural 
and horticultural items, that generally 
it is possible to secure for our custom- 
ers almost any item ordered or grown 
even though our own stock on hand 
does not include it. The great variety 
of plants, etc., we carry permits us to 
nclude 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 Serv- 
ice Department, The McGregor Bros. 
Company, Springfield, Ohio. Inquiries 
will be welcomed. 
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 responsi- 
bility ceases. This guarantee is an asset 
with us, and a safeguard to you. 


Special Premiums 
Our terms being cash with the order, 
enables us to give additional plants, 
bulbs, and seeds on orders amounting 
to $1.00 or more, as follows: For each 
$1.00 worth (at single prices) ordered 
select 20c¢ worth extra. 
It should weigh 

PLEASE READ THIS POSTAGE TABLE CAREFULL 













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Arkansas .... 80 | Massachusetts .. 96] Pennsylvania ... . 7e 
California ..15e | Michigan ........ .. 2@| Rhode Island ....... 106 
Colorado .... Minnesota ... . 9c} South Carolina ........ 8e 
Connecticut . 8c| Mississippi .... 108] South Dakota . 100 
DOLAWATO feescccssbsctesseses 9c | Missouri ...... Se | Tennessee ... . Ze 
Dist. of Columbia .... 9¢| Montana . .12c | Texas ........ . 9e 
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Georgia Bess Ot N@VAGA Paces ocsacceccesecesees 414e| Vermont .. cones OC 
Idaho ....... .12¢ | New Hampshire ........ BC} Virgimia  .......ssseeve . 7e 
Illinois .. . Ze| New Jersey ............ 86) Washington ..... 150 
Indiana . Ze} New Mexico .. 410] West Virginia ......... 7e 
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Kansas ..... 106] North Carolina ........ 8c | Wyoming 
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THE McGREGOR BROS. COMPANY @ @ FLORISTS, NURSERYMEN AND SEEDSMEN @ @ SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, U. S. A. 
