TO OUR CUSTOMERS: 
Greetings and Best Wishes for the coming year and many 
thanks for patronage and understanding of past times. 
This little publication is more a report on ‘‘the State’’ of 
Green Pastures than a proper catalog. We have now elimin- 
ated alpines and most of our heaths; we have many new and 
rare plants to offer. We have a mania for growing seeds and 
therefore must hustle our plants into the world as soon as pos- 
sible to make room for more seedlings. But many gardeners 
have patience and can wait for a good thing to grow and even 
enjoy this process. 
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. 
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. We are interested in 
plant distribution and in the early collectors of plants and have 
therefore added to descriptions, wherever possible, the native 
habitat of plants and by whom and when they were introduced. 
It should be borne in mind that plants were often discovered 
and described earlier and by others than those who introduced 
them to cultivation. | 
Native North American plants have been indicated by an *. 
You will find an index at the end of this book. 
Our own private rock garden which remains somewhat of a 
trial ground is always open to visitors. 
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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