
ELLIOTT NURSERY COMPANY 
DUTCH BULB HORTICULTURAL 
IMPORTERS SPECIALISTS 
ee eer O N Es 49:0 
EVANS CITY, PA. 
To the CUSTOMERS of the ELLIOTT NURSERY COMPANY 
Since 1812 you and your forefathers have looked to us, the Elliott 
Nurserymen of Pittsburgh, for sound gardening advice and sound gar- 
dening material. For one hundred twenty-nine years we have given 
you sound gardening advice together with the finest gardening mater- 
ial that the world could produce. Since the time when fast ocean 
steamships superceded the slow "WIND JAMMERS", we have in particular 
concentrated on bringing to you the world's finest bulbs. In order 
to do this successfully, we searched out the finest growers in Eu- 
rope, China and Japan as well as in America, educated these growers 
to produce the kind of bulbs you demanded and helped them solve the 
problems of packing and transportation so that your bulbs might be 
delivered to you in the best possible condition. 
The war has ended all this. In order to serve you properly now, it 
will be necessary to find new growers to replace those ruined by the 
war, test for your use the material they grow, educate them in your 
requirememts and train them in your preferred methods of handling 
plants. This is a job for younger men in the full vigorous prime 
of life, and I, the last of the Pittsburgh Elliott Nurserymen, am 
loath to undertake it. Yet, since your loyalty and support made the 
Elliott Nursery Company the largest business of its kind in the 
world, it would be something less than fair to turn you adrift to 
search among nurserymen, good, bad, and indifferent for your future 
garden plants. And because sound garden advice has always been a 
major part of our service, I will venture one final recommendation. 
I know the men who own The Wayside Gardens. I know that these men 
are thoroughly trained in scientific horticulture, and most skillful 
at their job. I know that the plants they produce and the plants 
they control are the finest of their kind in existence. I know that 
they are men of the highest integrity. They are the men from whom 
I myself would have purchased plants had I been a buyer instead of a 
seller of gardening material. I know that I can recommend them 
without reservation. 
And before closing the doors of my Company forever, permit me to 
thank you for your loyalty and support for the past one hundred 
twenty-nine years and to wish you the best possible luck and many 
many years of enjoyment from your garden. 
Very respectfully yours, 
Rhea F. Elliott, 
President, Elliott Nursery Co. 
