Che Best Cime to Plant! 
The best time to transplant all plant ma- 
terial of definite hardiness is in the autumn. 
At this time of year weather and soil condi- 
tions are usually better than early spring. 
Little winter protection is required other than 
a light covering of hay or straw. Do not stop 
your garden operations because of the first 
light frost in the autumn. It is a help rather 
than a hindrance. 
We ship no plants or bulbs except at the 
~season when they will grow best. This may 
mean two or more shipments to you—typical 
of the kind of service we render you. Place 
your order now and let us assume all respons- 
ibility of shipping dates. 
PLANT HARDY PLANTS FROM SEPT. Ist 
TO NOV. Ist; ROSES FROM OCT. 15th TO 
DEC. Ist; PEONIES, BLEEDING HEARTS, 
GERMAN AND JAPANESE IRIS FROM SEPT. 
Ist TO FROST; ORIENTAL POPPIES AND 
PYRETHRUMS FROM AUG. 15th TO OCT. 
15th; DUTCH BULBS FROM OCT. Ist UNTIL 
GROUND IS FROZEN; MADONNA LILIES 
FROM AUG. 15th TO NOV. Ist; ALL OTHER 
LILIES IMMEDIATELY WHEN RECEIVED. 
DETAILED PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS ARE 
SENT WITH EVERY ORDER. PLEASE ORDER 
NOW FOR BEST RESULTS. 
Best Served Are Those 
Who Order Early 
Order Now---We Ship 
At Planting Time 
All orders are filled in the order of their 
receipt by us and are shipped at planting time. 
The reasons for this are obvious to you and it 
means that those who order early have a 
distinct advantage over those who wait until 
the last minute. Towards the end of the 
season many varieties are sold out. 
Ordering now gives us sufficient advance 
notice of your requirements, enabling us to 
determine the kind and quantity of stocks we 
must have on hand. Only through such advance 
knowledge could we possibly hope to fill the 
enormous number of orders which annually 
pour in upon us from our thousands of cus- 
tomers. In fact, it is not always possible to fill 
all orders which arrive too late as our stocks are 
frequently exhausted in the filling of orders 
for those who had the foresight to order early. 
The seasons (as Shakespeare said of Time 
and Tide) wait on no man. For this reason 
the nursery business is a most exacting one 
where Nature, in the final analysis, is the only 
real Master. No other business is so subject 
to the whims and moods of the seasons and to 
the caprice of climate as is a nursery serving 
customers in all parts of the country. This 
means that in no other business is such a high 
degree of co-operation essential as that which 
must exist between customer and nursery. 
Won't you please continue this same splendid 
co-operation by sending in your order today? 
