Che Best Time to Plant 
The best time to transplant all plant material of definite hardiness is in the au- 
tumn. At this time of year weather and soil conditions 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 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 responsibility of shipping dates. 
PLANT HARDY PLANTS FROM SEPT. Ist TO NOV. Ist; ROSES FROM NOV. 15th 
TO DEC. 15th; PEONIES, BLEEDING HEARTS, GERMAN AND JAPANESE IRIS 
FROM: SEPT. Ist to FROST; ORIENTAL POPPIES FROM AUG, 15th to NOV. 
15th; DUTCH BULBS FROM OCT. Ist UNTIL GROUND IS FROZEN; MADON- 
NA LILIES FROM AUG. 15th to NOV. Ist; ALL OTHER LILIES IMMEDIATELY 
WHEN RECEIVED. 
Best Served are Shose Who Order Carly 
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 stock 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 customers. 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 for no man. For this 
reason the nursery business is a most exacting one where Nature, in the final anal- 
ysis 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? 
Concerning Cultural Instructions 
The U.S. A. isa large country with widely varying climatic conditions. 
Within the states and counties the composition of the soil varies even more widely. 
The cultural instructions given in this catalog are a guide in the right direction. 
Our advice on winter protection as well as summer care of plants should always be 
adjusted to meet extreme local conditions. 
Gardening practices in Augusta, Georgia, could hardly be the same as those in 
Augusta, Maine. 
