
DEAR CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS: 
We want to thank you for the successful seasons of 1948. We can not go 
ahead with this catalogue unless our thoughts are expressed. 
We want to thank you for the many nice letters you have written us. 
The demand for baby evergreens is increasing yearly. We are doing our 
best to grow more and better trees and shrubs each year. 
Many of our customers with small gardens have teamed up with neighbors 
and friends to purchase larger quantities so they may benefit by quantity prices. 
Again our catalogue has reached you as our salesman. We trust it is well 
received. If you are already stocked with shrub and plants, please hand it to 
a friend. 
LOCATION OF OUR NURSERY 
Visitors—welcome. We are located on U. S. Route 20, in Saybrook, approxi- 
mately 3 miles east of Geneva and 7 miles west of Ashtabula, Ohio. Situated on 
North side of road. 
If you wish to pick-up your order at our Nursery, drop us a line and give 
us the date you wish to pick up your order, and we will have it ready for you. 
OUR GUARANTEE 
We guarantee our plants to reach you in good healthy condition and free 
from injurious pests and disease. 
After stock is planted we cannot assume responsibility. Success and con- 
tinued growth depends largely on soil and weather conditions, which we have no 
control over. 
SEASONS—Our Spring shipping season begins as soon as the frost is out 
of the ground and trees can be dug. It continues until June, weather permit- 
ting. Fall shipping begins about the first part of September and ends when 
ground is frozen. 
PACKING and SHIPPING—AIl our young trees and shrubs are packed 
free of charge. We assure you good, clean stock, free from disease and insects, 
and hardy Northern grown. All bare root plants will be packed with damp 
sphagnum moss, then wrapped in water proof kraft paper and carefully tied. 
Larger orders will be packed in wire bound crates or large wooden boxes. 
Every shipment will bear an inspection certificate. 
Unless noted, orders will be shipped express, charges collect. It is best 
we send larger orders by express, smaller by Parcel Post. We do not ship plants 
by freight. When shipment of plants is received, check carefully and report 
any damage or delay of shipment to your agent at once, also notify us. 
MAKING OUT ORDERS—Make sure name is plainly printed or written. 
P. O. means the City or Town in which your mail is received. A few shipments 
were lost last season due to the shipment addressed to the County rather than 
the City. If the shipping point is other than your city, please state. Some towns 
do not have an express station, if so, please specify the nearest one. 
WHEN TO ORDER—Please order early if it is possible. Unlike other 
things that you buy, trees should be ordered in advance;long before the ship- 
ping time is best. There is always some variety we may run short on. 
We will not substitute unless we have your permission. However we do 
prefer a second choice. 
NOTE—tThis catalogue can be used for fall orders. 
THE GIRARD BROS. NURSERY 

