TO OUR CUSTOMERS: 
Greetings and Best Wishes for the coming year and many 
thanks for patronage and understanding of past times. Last 
year we announced that we were allowing our rock garden 
plants to be sold out. That has been accomplished; our own 
private rock garden which remains somewhat of a trial ground 
is always open to visitors. 
This little publication is more a report on ‘‘the State” of 
Green Pastures than a proper catalog. While we have eliminated 
rock garden plants and: given their space to heaths and rhodo- 
dendrons, even added some entirely new ground, we are still 
crowded. But, we have learned that a great many gardeners 
have patience and can wait for a good thing to grow. We there- 
for hustle our plants into the world as soon as possible and this 
year many new and rare plants are in this group. 
Our plan now is to confine our efforts to small species rhodo- 
dendrons and allied plants and to ground-covering plants that 
are associated with them to make the plantings more naturalistic; 
to keep the ground cool and to add beauty. In large sizes we 
have only a few rhododendrons left; many are sold out entirely. 
But as seedlings we shall offer them again in time. 
- Our remarks have been based on questions that have been 
asked and information we have been given as visitors have walked 
through our garden and on our reading of books that are ap- 
pended toward the end of this catalog. 
Native North American plants have been indicated by an *. 
You will find an index at the end of this book. 
We are happy to have visitors or a good talk by letter. We 
are glad to advise, always taking into consideration that being 
human we have our own notions and convictions as well as tastes. 
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