GIRARD BROTHERS, PROPRIETORS 




PLEASE NOTE 
ORDER EARLY 
Please order early this year if it is pos- 
sible to do so. Unlike other things you buy, 
trees should be ordered in advance — long 
before the shipping time is best. Why? Be- 
cause a whole year’s shipments come in a 
few months’ time, There is never enough 
help. Shipments are scheduled long in ad- 
vance. Order now; we will ship at proper 
time later. 
RANSOM SERVICE 
Packing Costs. Some nurserymen make an 
extra charge of 10 per cent for packing costs, 
and for larger evergreens from 15 to 25 per 
cent of the cost. Bear this in mind in price 
comparisons. We supply high quality stock. 
Ransom trees are grown where they grow 
best, by specialists who have the soil, and 
who know how to grow and pack trees. We 
send you no bills for packing charges. Un- 
less noted, all seedlings and transplants are 
shipped by mail postpaid. 
CUTTINGS 
These are tips from branches rooted in 
sand. Averaging from 4 to 8 inches long. 
Cuttings come always true to its parents 
in color and growth. A little care will make 
very fine specimens. Most selected specimens 
can only be made by cuttings. This is a 
cheap way to get started with some very 
fine varieties, 
Culture. Cuttings can be planted in beds 
same as seedlings. Prepare soil with Peat 
humus, give plenty of moisture until roots 
take hold. We plant ours in 2% inch pots, 
then place these in cold frames. The follow- 
ing spring these are put out in the field 
rows. 
SEEDLINGS 
Best planted in beds for one year in a 
good mixture of soiland peat. Plant in rows 
so that these can be worked around easily 
with a hoe or cultivator. Use lath shade 
with one inch spacing. Keep well moistened 
until roots take hold. 
TRANSPLANTS 
The growing of young evergreens is one 
of the most fascinating features of home 
garden planting. The initial cost is small. 
The trees will rapidly increase in size and 
value when given clean culture. They are 
planted both spring and fall. Plant in rows 
where they can be cultivated, and hoed, and 
when older transplant to permanent places. 
First prepare the soil as for a garden, and 
place fine top soil around the roots, If soil 
is a hard clay, place a handful of peat 
around the roots of each tree. When trees 
are young, specially the first season, keep 
cutivator going. 

