How To Use This Catalog 
After the first 8 pages of introductory matter, including special subject like HEDGES (page 8), there 
are 5 numbered parts:— 
Part I—A 6-page Picture Guide to the classes of Woody plants, Broadleafs, Evergreens, Shade Trees, 
Deciduous Shrubs, Vines, with a note on A Home Nursery (page 13) and special plants that thrive 
under neglect (page 10). 
Part II—An alphabetical list of the different kinds of the same plants, with descriptions and prices. Com-_ 
mon names are in the same list, making an alphabetical INDEX. (pages 15-35) 
Part 11I—Quantity bargain offers of small trees, evergreens, shrubs. (pages 36-39) 
Part IV—Hardy Perennial plants, arranged alphabetically, descriptions and prices. (pages 40-47) 
Part V—Fruits, berries and Nuts, descriptions and prices. (pages 48-52) 
SELECTING NURSERY STOCK ... Beginners think looking at a plant enables them to tell quality. 
It does tell present size and bushiness (in this catalog we give measurements and transplantings for this 
same purpose) but it does NOT tell what the roots are like. Each transplanting makes a plant stronger, 
readier to take hold when finally sold. Transplanting is the chief cost of a plant before digging. For 
this vital factor you have only the faith and credit of the nursery company. We have made a point of 
telling the frank truth so far as is humanly possible since the year 1878. 
It Pays to Plant Things Small 
Nursery stock, unlike any other merchandise, increases in value as it gets older. More precisely, a plant- 
ing worth $1000 can be set out two years earlier for $500, or four years earlier for $250. Plants just 
about double in value eevry two years. Moreover, the labor of planting more than doubles every two 
years: Three men might take two hours to plant a 20-foot tree; the same tree when 6 feet high can 
be set out by one man in twenty minutes! Consider the time saved in planting evergreens small enough 
to be safe without an earth ball! And as for the fun of it, watching young trees grow into specimens 
is more interesting to most folks than looking at the specimens after they are grown. 
In most trees and shrubs there are three sizes: 1. Babies that have to be nursed. 2. Transplanted young 
plants that need only a year or two of ordinary growth. 3. Landscape sizes, already shaped and filled 
out. For most gardeners, the second size is the most fun and the most economical. 
It Pays to Buy the Best Kinds Only 
Never buy the wrong thing because a young plant of it looks nice—or is cheap—because plants grow 
up and when mature they may not look nice nor be suitable and must be thrown away. Whatever you 
spent is wasted. If you cannot afford a large size of the right kind, then buy a small size and wait a 
few years. Local nurseries often have only a few inferior sorts. We offer a more complete selection in 
this Guide than can be found in any one nursery in America. 
Since all cannot be grown in any one soil or climate, not all parts of each order can always be shipped 
together. Indeed, some items we find advantageous to have grown by specialists who grow nothing 
else:—e.g., Fruits, Perennials, Young Aristocrats, and several of the rarer and more difficult varieties 
throughout the Guide. But we do arrange to have arrivals at approximately the same time. 
IT'S EASY TO ORDER 
Fill in the order form, or use blank paper, and enclose 
check. You will get prompt acknowledgement. When 
proper shipping time comes, you will get shipment— 
express charges collect. 
But order now—don’t wait. Nursery stock must be 
ordered in advance. Our whole year’s sales must be 
shipped in a few weeks of shipping seasons—April-May 
and September-November. There is never enough labor, 
so schedules must be made in advance. 
To make sure plants do not lie too long in the Express 
office, tell your agent to phone you at your expense 
when they arrive—instead of writing. 
L. E. MANNING, President 
C. N. SKINNER, Vice-president 
MONEY-SAVING TIPS 
Five are often cheaper than four! It costs nearly as 
much money to dig one plant as 5 of the same kind. 
A man must go to the field, locate and inspect, tag, dig, 
return to packing shed—each kind separately. We re- 
flect the saving if you order several of one kind by a 
rate per 10 much cheaper than per each—and 5 are at 
the 10 rate. 
Freight is too slow for most plants. In the end it is 
cheaper to use express. Costs are not expensive: —10% 
to 15% covers express charge on anything not marked 
B&B. (Balls of earth of course weigh much more and 
may run 30% to 50% of the cost of plants.) 
KELSEY NURSERY SERVICE 
