YOUR PROTECTION 
We grow only carefully selected and tested varieties 
of hardy plants .. . the pick of the new and the best 
of the old. Our collection is recognized as one of the 
finest in the country. The plants we send you have 
been toughened by Summer’s heat and Winter's cold, 
snow, and rain. Each variety is labelled and is true-to- 
name. The plants are painstakingly wrapped and 
packed to reach you in excellent condition. We sell 
only disease and insect free stock with vigorous roots. 
Our plants move easily and soon become established. 
With normal care they will give you a fine show the 
first year and a wealth of bloom thereafter for many 
seasons. 
OUR GUARANTEE: Clean, true-to-name plants of 
excellent quality delivered to you in first-class condi- 
tion! |f any of our plants do not fulfill these conditions 
and if you notify us within five days of their receipt, 
we Shall be pleased to send you replacements or a refund 
of your original purchase price. We reserve the right 
to request the return at our expense of all defective 
stock. Our safe delivery guarantee applies only to 
points within the United States. 
For your protection all Express and most Parcel 
Post shipments are insured. If an insured shipment is 
lost or if the plants arrive dead or in poor condition, 
you must immediately file a claim with the Express 
Company or Post Office. We are not responsible for 
such shipments. However, our guarantee covers unin- 
sured shipments which are lost or damaged. If you re- 
ceive a damaged, uninsured package or if there is an 
error in filling your order, we must be notified within 
five days and must have all particulars including a list 
of the varieties and quantities received as well as those 
missing or damaged. It is impossible to make a proper 
adjustment without this information. Our liability in 
every case shall be limited to the amount of the original 
purchase price and we accept an order only under this 
condition. 
PLANTING TIME 
Unlike many durable commodities but like many 
other perishable goods, plants must be ordered in ad- 
vance. We urge you to send us your order early! Orders 
are filled in the sequence received (with allowances 
made for various climates in determining shipping 
times). Early orders are always given first choice in 
the case of limited supplies of new varieties or “short 
crops” of older ones. Besides benefitting yourself you 
will give us the time necessary to process your order 
carefully before actual digging and packing begins. We 
send you, at the proper planting time for your particu- 
lar locality, only varieties which can be moved safely. 
Others are held and shipped later at the correct time. 
ORDERI 
NG 
PACKING AND SHIPPING 
Orders to WASHINGTON, OREGON, and CALIFOR- 
NIA are sent POSTPAID! Customers in all other states 
will please add 15 % to help cover handling and postage. 
Customers in U. S. Territories and in foreign countries 
will be billed for all transportation charges. We strongly 
recommend shipment by air to points outside the 
United States and western Canada. Our proved safe but 
lightweight air shipments are economical and reliable. 
All our plants are wrapped and packed by hand, using 
a superior method developed here over a period of 
many years. It is a very expensive process but it insures 
safe delivery! Please try to remember that the plants 
you order from us are not apples that can be stored in 
a bin and dumped in a box and mailed the day your 
order arrives. We do not believe you expect us to send 
your order ahead of other customers who have placed 
theirs earlier. All plants are dug fresh for each and 
every order and then they must be prepared carefully 
for shipment. Unusually long periods of heavy rain or 
freezing weather sometimes slow this work. By its 
nature shipping perishable nursery stock must be con- 
centrated in a few hectic weeks each spring and fall. 
Our unusual packing methods continue to make friends 
for us only because we have not cheapened it! 
Large heavy shipments are sent by Express and 
smaller ones by Parcel Post. We reserve the right to 
change shipping instructions if necessary. In order to 
save you expense and ourselves valuable time, we do 
not ship C.O.D.! 
PRICES 
The prices in this catalog cancel all previous prices 
and are subject to change without notice. We keep 
our prices as low as possible without making it neces- 
sary to lower the quality of our stock. Unless other 
prices are given, the following schedule applies: 1 or 2 
plants of the same variety are priced at the each rate; 
3 to 5 plants of the same variety at the three rate; 6 
to 24 plants of the same variety at the six rate; 25 or 
more plants of the same variety at the six rate less a 
10% discount. |t is so much more economical to dig 
and ship three or more plants of the same variety than 
to handle several different varieties that we cannot 
accept orders using the reduced quantity rates for 
plants of different varieties. 
IS EASY.... 
SIZES 
The heights and sizes given in the descriptions are 
for fully developed plants grown under average garden 
conditions. We send out well-grown plants which are 
raised in either nursery rows or beds or in pots in spe- 
cial coldframes. These plants are free of pests and are 
true-to-name. With average intelligent care they will 
thrive and grow, giving you generous quantites of 
bloom the first year and an ever-increasing show after 
that. Remember... perennials do not have to be re- 
placed with new plants every year! The majority of our 
customers prefer us to substitute if we are out of the 
variety ordered. Unless instructed to the contrary we 
shall send a similar variety of equal or greater quality 
and value if substitutions are necessary. In all collec- 
tions and special offers at reduced prices we reserve 
the right to substitute if necessary. 
REMITTANCE 
Handling small orders is very expensive and impairs 
our service to you. Therefore, we do not accept orders 
for less than $3.00. Your remittance in full should ac- 
company your order and will be acknowledged. It can 
be sent in any standard form but we assume no respon- 
sibility for currency that is not sent by registered mail. 
Please use the order blank. It speeds delivery of your 
order and helps avoid errors. Write any messages on a 
separate sheet of paper. Your account is checked and 
adjusted at the time your order is forwarded. 
VISITORS 
Our business in conducted almost entirely by mail 
and our methods of operation, especially shipping, are 
designed to give the best possible service to our mail 
order customers. As you can easily understand, it is 
not fair to them for one of our staff to drop his regular 
duties to conduct visitors about the grounds during the 
trying shipping seasons which are so short and have 
such definite time limits. From experience we have 
found it much more satisfactory to visitors to have 
them contact us well in advance of their visits. If you 
make a mutually convenient appointment, we shall be 
able to give you much more of our time. 
WE’RE PLEASED WHEN YOU ARE! 
Dear Sirs: November, 1949 
Just a line of thanks for a perfect order received in fine condition 
from over 3,000 miles away. That is a record after some of the 
orders from only about 100 miles from here . . . am sure (the 
plants) will grow. They are so green and healthy looking, not even 
wilted the least bit. . . . you will get another order. Thanks for the 
two free plants, too. Sincerely, 
Mrs. J. B. Y. Mt. Airy, Maryland. 
Being only human, we much prefer bouquets to brickbats! We feel 
fortunate to have so many complimentary letters in our files and 
so few critical ones. The entirely unsolicited letter above sums up 
the thoughts expressed by our gardening friends throughout the 
country, But remember . . . we cannot correct a mistake nor adjust 
an oversight if you do not tell us about them! 

