Ordering Is Easy 
IF YOU READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY 
We have found it advisable to make several important changes in former business policies of the 
firm and arrangement of the catalog. 
You, our customer, should know what these policies are and 
why we have adopted them. For your convenience we have replaced the old, cumbersome system of 
ordering with a new, rapid and simple method. Please read carefully the statements below. This will 
save you and us much time, needless correspondence, and bother! 
JN OUR CATALOG 
You will find indexed below the divisions of our catalog. All the plants are 
arranged alphabetically within each section. 
Road Map—the shortest route from Portland..................... 
Distinctive Hardy Plants for the Home Garden 
Herbaceous Piants—the more easily grown border perennials, rock 
garden plants, ferns (under the letter ‘’F’’), and bulbs...... 
Woody Plants—the less difficult dwarf shrubs, including conifers 
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Distinctive Hardy Plants for the Collector’s Garden 
All Types—the more rare and difficult plants................. 
Books We Find Interesting and Useful. . 
Helpful Gardening Bookiets—Free..... 
We Recommend—lists of plants for special uses 
Index 
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YOUR PROTECTION 
We are specialists and grow only selected kinds 
of hardy plants. Our collection is recognized as one 
of the finest in the country. This permits you to 
choose from many valuable species and varieties. 
Our stock is grown at our gardens and is exposed 
to the Summer heat and the Winter cold, snow, and 
rain. The very few especially desirable kinds which 
we know are not entirely temperature hardy and 
need protection are so marked. Our plants are true 
to name and we propagate almost all of them by 
divisions or cuttings. Plants which vary when grown 
from seed are sold as ‘’‘mixed’’. Our stock is care- 
fully labelled at all times. We sell only disease- and 
insect-free plants with vigorous roots and ample but 
compact tops. These plants average larger than or- 
dinary nursery stock and with normal care should 
bloom within a year. They are carefully wrapped and 
packed to reach you in good condition at the proper 
time. We customarily leave more soil around the 
roots than most nurseries. Such plants may be moved 
readily and soon become established. 
We guarantee our plants to be clean, true to 
name, and of excellent quality. We shall replace 
any plants which do not fulfill the above conditions 
or refund your original purchase price if you notify 
us within five days of receipt of your shipment. 
We further guarantee our stock to reach you safely. 
For your protection all Express and the more valu- 
able Parcel Post shipments are insured. If an insured 
shipment is lost or the plants arrive dead, you must 
file a claim with the proper authorities immediately. 
We are not responsible for damage to such insured 
shipments after they are delivered to the forward- 
ing agencies. However, we shall replace or refund 
your purchase price for any uninsured Parcel Post 
shipment which is lost or in which the plants arrive 
dead, if you notify us within five days. 
During the unavoidable rush of the shipping sea- 
son, errors and oversights sometimes occur. Please 
inform us of any promptly and we shall make the 
necessary adjustments immediately. Of course, our 
responsibility ends when we have fulfilled the con- 
ditions of our guarantee. After that, it is up to you, 
the gardener. Successful culture of the plants we 
send is your responsibility. In all cases our liability 
shall be limited to the amount of the original pur- 
chase and we accept orders only under these con- 
ditions. 
PLANTING TIME 
Every year we receive many letters asking when 
our plants should be set out. We cannot give any 
hard and fast rule for all types of plants for the whole 
country. A general suggestion is to plant Spring and 
early Summer flowering kinds in the Fall and to 
move late Summer and Fall blooming types in the 
Spring. Conifers and many dwarf shrubs can be 
planted safely either in the Fall or early Spring. Bulbs 
should be planted when dormant, which is in the 
Fall for most kinds. 
In common with many other perishable goods, 
plants must be ordered in advance. We urge you to 

make your selections and to send us your order as 
early as possible. Before actual digging and packing 
can begin, we must give your order considerable 
time and thought. We send you, at the proper time 
for your locality, only plants which can be moved 
safely. Others are held and shipped later at the 
correct season. If you wish plants shipped on a cer- 
tain date, please indicate this on the order blank 
and we shall be happy to oblige. The demand for 
the newer varieties and for the rarities is often 
greater than the supply. You may be disappointed 
if you delay ordering until late in the season. 


