WAleat Our Plinth 
ped! Methods 
OR many years, Ground-Cover Plants, like Pachy- 
sandra, Sedums, Veronica, and the like, have been 
among our chief nursery productions. Our experi- 
ments—and reports from our customers—prove that our 
well-grown, well-rooted plants give a close, compact 
growth that will cover the ground to the exclusion of 
weeds and take the place of grass. While grass is good 
and beautiful, it is many times best to use low-growing, 
compact plants, the foliage or bloom of which is attrac- 
tive, and which will succeed in accomplishing a definite 
purpose. 
Ground-Cover Plants need little attention, as nature 
seems to have given them an unusual ability to care 
for themselves. As a result, they have a multitude of 
uses. Many of them are useful in rock-gardens, quickly 
filling open spaces that otherwise would be unsightly. 
In particular, some of the varied uses for Ground- 
Cover Plants would be: Under trees as a benefit to the 
trees and to cover the raw soil beneath them; under 
evergreen and shrub plantings for the same purpose 
and to face down, as we call it, the planting, so that the 
bare stems of the shrubs are hidden by foliage; for 
terraces, slopes, garden borders and walks, stepping- 
stone paths, foundation plantings, base of entrance 
gates, and the like. In fact, once one becomes inter- 
ested in the possibilities of such plants, myriad occa- 
sions arise for their use. 
It is better to use many small, well-grown plants, 
rather than fewer large plants, for a given area. With 
larger plants, widely spaced, each plant must grow a 
great deal to completely cover the space between plants, 
while smaller ones, closely spaced, have each to grow 
but little before a solid carpet is formed, which excludes 
the sun from their root-system, conserves moisture, and 
eliminates weeds. 
Our economical system of propagation and method of 
selling the stock as field-grown plants or directly from 
2\4-inch pots, in which they are allowed to remain until 
fully pot-bound, instead of re-shifting into 3!/2- or 4-inch 
pots, eliminates the expense of re-shifting; no excess soil 
is shipped, packing charges are lessened, and plants 
ship more safely and are better and more quickly 
planted. Dollar for dollar value, the closely spaced 
smaller plants will give much better results than larger 
plants more widely spaced. 
Complaints. We have carefully investigated the com- 
plaints received, and can truthfully say that poor results 
of such plantings are invariably due to careless planting 
and careless preparation of the soil. Please read plant- 
ing directions carefully. 
