
CA Letter to Our 1947 Customers | | | 
felt very close to our customers. A good part of the compensa- 
tion for our efforts is the knowledge that people all over the 
country are enjoying more beautiful gardens because of the 
The very nature of our business is such that we have always | 
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work we do here. 
In fact, that’s the reason for this letter—and we want you | 
to look on this as a very personal letter, just as though it had | 
your name and address on it. 
| The Spring of 1947 was the wettest in the history of this 
region, almost double the normal rain fell in March, April and 
May. Similar conditions existed in other parts of the country. 
As a result, thousands of customers delayed their orders, forc- wa iy 
ing us to compress into a few weeks, digging, packing and ship- ‘i 
| ping that should have been spread over several months. Accord- | a, 
ingly, we have had a few reports of items not being received in Sn NSé: 
good condition—not many of them, but enough to suggest this gp So 
special message to you. ] 2 
| In cases of bad arrival, we were glad to be advised—but we 
are rather concerned about cases that might not have been re- : 
ported. When advised, we arranged to send replacements, in <3 
keeping with our guarantee. But it is disturbing to think that = 
there may be some of you who were not pleasad with the con- psd = 
dition of your shipment last spring, yet felt it was not worth the ‘ 
trouble to write and tell us about it. 
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And so we are going to make it easy for you. If some of 
the items you ordered last spring were not received in first class 
condition, simply add them to this year’s order and mark them 
as Free Replacements. | 
£\, Please use the order blank promptly, as it enables us 
2" to prepare your order more efficiently, ready for ship- 
é ti ment when the proper planting time arrives. 

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a, Ye Very truly yours, 














Guaranteed Superior Quality 
.¢ Wayside Gardens 
ORANG MENTOR, OHIO 

