
“To Our Customers... 
E ARE happy to send you our twenty-third annual catalog of new and selected roses, perennials, day- 
V V lilies and annual flowering plants suitable for making your home grounds more beautiful. For your 
vegetable garden we will have plants of tomatoes (several varieties), eggplant, peppers, celery and 
cabbage. At this time we would like to express our appreciation for the business you have given us and for your 
continued confidence in our stock. We are endeavoring to merit a continuation of this confidence by producing 
better plants for your garden and by giving you better service. We have doubled our greenhouse space and will 
have a better and larger supply of annuals than has been possible for several years. You are welcome to visit 
our nursery at any time and see the various kinds of plants growing and blooming. 
Roses are back, and we will have a nice selection of potted plants for our spring sales. Our potted Roses are 
well established and growing when you receive them and may be transplanted into your garden without danger of 
wilting. The pots are made of prepared paper and should be torn off when transplanting so as not to disturb the 
root system. 
The popularity of garden Chrysanthemums continues. Their ease of culture and abundant bloom in the fall 
make them excellent plants for the glorious triumphant exit of the garden season. We grow many of them and 
know you will enjoy having some in your home yard. The Minnesota group of garden Chrysanthemums intro- 
duced by Dr. Longley of the University of Minnesota is very reliable for our climate. We have been growing all 
the varieties in this group and have always had a crop of flowers from them. If you have not had any of the Min- 
nesota group of Mums, we recommend that you try the following fine early varieties: Butterball, Purple Star, 
Glacier, Dee Dee Ahrens, Maroon ’n’ Gold, and Violet. Chippewa is a very fine Chrysanthemum but is a little 
later than those in the above list. Silver-Pink, introduced last year by Dr. Longley, is a welcome addition to his 
introductions. It is slow in propagating and the supply will be somewhat limited again this season. 
The Chicago strain of garden Chrysanthemums (U. of C.) is a very fine selection. Many of them are a little 
late. We are growing and offering eleven of the earlier varieties that have done well in our locality. 
The new Plumy or Fern-leaved Bleeding-heart, Dicentra formosa, Sweetheart, with its delicate fern-like 
leaves and abundance of white flowers, is surely a garden gem. Like its pink sister it prefers partial shade. The 
blooming period is very long. 
For a continuous patch of dark blue throughout the growing season we recommend Viola, Catherine Sharp. 
It is a fine plant for edging. The long-stemmed blooms last several days if cut when freshly opened. 
Last summer we tried Nierembergia rivularis, the white Trailing Cup-flower, and were well pleased with it. 
It is suitable for the front of the border. We are testing its hardiness under our winter conditions. 
One of the newer good novelties is Platycodon, Shell-Pink. Its large, light pink, well-shaped flowers are pro- 
duced over a long period. Our finest sweet-scented Pink is Perkins Double White. It is a neat grower with the 
plumarius type of foliage. The strong flower stems make it a good cut flower. A very fine Pink for the front or 
edge of your border is Dianthus, Little Joe. It is a dwarf, compact plant bearing very large, crimson flowers most 
of the summer. 
A fragrant plant suitable for the back of the border is Artemisia lactiflora. Its feathery flowers may be used 
as a filler in bouquets and baskets. The white Boltonia always makes a nice display at our nursery during Sep- 
tember and should be used more freely. It is similar to the small-flowered hardy Asters, is good for cutting and 
should be placed to the rear of the border. It appears to do best in full sun. 
Another effective plant for the rear of the border is Heliopsis or Orange Sunflower, as it is sometimes called. 
While the plant is somewhat coarse in texture, its bright yellow, daisy-like flowers are freely borne from summer 
until frost and it helps to keep a continuous supply of color in the garden. May be used as a cut flower. 
We are in most cases maintaining prices the same as last year. We regret that the increased cost of labor, 
packing materials, postage, in fact nearly every item we use in our business makes it necessary to make some 
adjustments. We invite you to come to our nursery and select your plants. As a little special inducement we are 
offering a free plant (our selection) for cash-and-carry orders for perennials amounting to $3.00 or more. 
Please note that our telephone number has been changed to Viking 1551. 
We are revising our mailing list. If you wish to continue receiving our catalogs, please send us a post card or 
leave your name and address with one of our attendants when you visit us this spring. We discontinue sending 
catalogs if we have not heard from you for three years. 
