DEAR FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS: 
We again bring our catalogue to you. With this catalogue we bring our hearty thanks 
to you, for the successful 1949 seasons. 
We want to thank you who have sent to us such nice letters. What do we do with 
these letters? They are read and filed away. These letters are occasionaly brought out 
and read again. We have a file we can brag about. 
This year we have added many fine cultural hints, this will make planting much 
easier. 
This catalogue is our only salesman and we trust it is well received. If you are 
already stocked with our fine Evergreens and Shrubs, won’t you please send this sales- 
man to one of your friends? 
LOCATION OF OUR NURSERY 
Visitors—welcome. We are located on U. S. Route 20, in Saybrook, approximately 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 continued 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 permitting. Fall shipping begins 
about the first part of September and ends when ground is frozen. 
- PACKING and SHIPPING—AII 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 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 shipping 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—This catalogue can be used for fall orders. 
THE GIRARD BROS. NURSERY 
