Choreword 
HE American people, since Pearl Harbor, have 
seen many changes in their ways of living. While 
the men and women in the services of our country 
are sacrificing so much in the theatres of war, we, on 
the home front, are backing the attack with the pur- 
chase of War Bonds and Stamps and with increased 
production in industry and agriculture. 
The nursery industry, busy with the growing of 
vegetables, fruit trees, herbs for medicinal and cook- 
ing purposes, and other nursery stock for camouflag- 
ing military objectives, plays a more important part 
in this war than is generally realized. 
During the thirty-five years of service to the Amer- 
ican gardeners, we have earned a reputation for 
quality with service. Despite such serious handicaps 
as shortage of help and trucking problems, we will 
endeavor, with your cooperation and patience, to 
maintain our usual standards. 
This past year more people than ever before have 
turned to growing their own vegetables. Now they 
look to the earth as more than something to walk on. 
The farmers who have raised their food are no longer 
taken for granted. They understand the disastrous 
effects of drought, winds, rains, or blights on growing 
fields. 
The success of the grower often depends on the 
fact that plants require food and water just as much 
as human beings. Successful results give the grower 
fresh fruits and vegetables as well as many hours of 
pleasure from birds feeding on berry-bearing shrubs, 
enjoying the cool shade of trees, the winter loveli- 
ness of snow glistening on evergreens, or the glorious 
pageantry and lovely fragrance of flowers blooming 
from early spring to late fall. 
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