

Bes 
At left a section of stem of 
“Festival,” the Thorniess Rose, 
with leaf stems left on. At right 
a section of stem of regular 
Rose. “If thorns prick your 
hands, it isn’t ‘Festival.’ 
BE FIRST 
TO PLANT 
THE ROSE 
WITHOUT 
THORNS 
“Dostiual” v. S. Plant Pat. No. 545 
THE THORNLESS RED 
EVERBLOOMING HYBRID TEA 
A Bright Scarlet, Thornless Sport of the Famous “E. G. Hill,” 
Which is Loved Wherever Good Roses Are Grown. So Good That 
We Paid $10,000.00 for the Patent Rights on it. 
Photostats on Page 7.) 
A FESTIVAL OF ALL THAT IS GOOD IN 
FINE ROSES...STEMS ARE AS SMOOTH 
AS THE BRANCH OF A WILLOW .... 
SEE FRONT 
COVER FOR COLOR 
ILLUSTRATIONS AND 
PRICES OF THE NEW 
“FESTIVAL” 
THE THORNLESS 
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Please Read Carefully Before Ordering 
This year you will find TWO order blanks en- 
closed with your catalog. One is designated to 
be used for ALL ROSE AND PHLOX ORDERS, 
and the other for ALL OTHER ITEMS. It will 
help us give you better service if you will use 
them as indicated. | 
DO NOT WRITE LETTERS OR QUESTIONS 
ON ORDER BLANK WITH YOUR ORDER 
Orders and correspondence are_ handled 
through entirely different channels and letters 
or questions written on with your order may not 
ever be answered. Write and mail all letters 
and questions separately. We try to answer all 
letters as rapidly as possible but during rush 
seasons there may be a few days delay. All 
orders are filled and packed direct from your 
origina! copy, so fill in the, order blank spaces 
properly but do not write anything extra on the 
blank. It only confuses the packer in trying to 
properly fill the order. 
[3] 
Always keep a copy of your order for checking purposes. Write all 
questions and correspondence on a separate sheet. Where questions 
are asked on order blank they may not be noticed and answered for 
weeks. 
If there is no express station in your town or city be sure to give 
the name of the town having the nearest express station. 
Send your order in as early as possible. If before March 15th, be 
sure to list your Free Gifts as explained on page two. Give us the 
approximate date you want the order shipped. We try to ship as 
near that date as possible. However, after March 15th orders are 
filed and shipped as near as possible in the order in which they come 
in. Orders received before March 15th are given preference when 
shipping season starts, if shipping dates are given on them. Remem- 
ber, that it is physically impossible to move thousands of orders to 
customers all at the same time. We try to ship as the season ad- 
vances through various sections of the country. Cushion Mums and 
potted plants are usually shipped in early May, except to far 
northern points where there may be late frosts. 
Please take care of your stock at once when order is received. 
Plant if possible. If you must wait a few days, open the package 
and heel the plants in the ground. Don’t toss packages in the cellar 
or garage for two weeks and then expect to find things in first class 
shape when you come to plant. If ground is temporarily frozen or 
too wet to plant you can keep plants by setting package in cool 
cellar, loosening wrappings and dampening packing material around 
roots of plants. 
Please check all packages and plants before writing us about 
shortages. Many times several kinds of plants may be wrapped in 
the samé package. Customers sometimes write us they are short 
certain plants only to find them next day wnen they open all the 
packages. This only makes extra work and confusion for you and 
for us. Where we do not ship an order complete we try to put in a 
notice informing you that balance will follow. Of course, there is 
always a chance for error and we want to know of any real shortage 
in filling the order. However, shrubs and trees on your order may 
be sent several weeks ahead of the time for planting perennials or 
berry plants, etc., so always wait a reasonable length of time before 
writing, if your order doesn’t all arrive at the same time. 
