PACKING COSTS—Charged at cost (usually 10% 
of cost of stock unless “B&B”). Free if cash accom- 
panies order, except stock dug with a ball of earth. 
How T0 Order 
Safely 
Fill in the order form, or use blank paper, and enclose 
check. You will get prompt acknowledgment. When 
proper shipping time comes, you will get shipment— 
express charges collect. 
EXPRESS charges are extra (except ina few prepaid 
Special Offers). They are paid by you to the Express- 
man. We will estimate the costs if you like, on your 
order completely delivered. 
PRICES—Net at the nursery. Transportation to be 
added at actual cost. Usually 5 sold at rate per ten, 
50 at 100 rate. 
Order NOW, we ship at proper time later. Exact 
dates vary year by year, but generally these are safe. 
ORDER FORM—Printed on back wrapper. 
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OUR GUARANTEE 
Contact your express agent—he’'s human, will co- 
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operate in letting you know promptly when trees or 1. We will allow a credit of 50% of the 
plants arrive. Don't let a shipment lie in the express. catalog value of any stock that dies 
Plant as soon as you can—but if you must wait a the first year. Credit us Bo Used on 
few days, don’t worry. They are well enough packed future orders as you wish. 
to stand it if you: Soak the bundle well, keep it from 
(1) heat or frost, (2) drying wind. Better yet, have a 2. Stock that arrives in bad condition 
small handy garden area of loose, light soil where you 
can heel in bundles—cover roots and parts of tops 
with earth, well watered down. This can be done in 
minutes, and such plants can wait weeks for final 
planting in right places. 
will be replaced free if reported with- 
in ten days. 
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The prices of BETTER EVERGREENS quoted are for 25, not 10 plants as printed. 
How to Select the Best Plants 
There are plants which cannot honestly be said 
to derive any improvement from cultivation. Lists 
Read catalog descriptions care- will be found at the beginning of each subject. 
fully—we iry to be frank. Never buy the 
wrong kind because a young plant of it 
looks nice—or is cheap. Jf you cannot 
atford a large size of the right kind, then 
buy a small size and wait a few years. 
BOOKS 
The biggest thrill in gardening is the unusual— 
striking, better kinds, colors and perfumes rather 
than common humdrum varieties. Even this book 
is too small to list all we can furnish—write for 
any size or kind you want but don't see. 
We recommend 
: Climbers and Ground Covers 
Prices postpaid 
(Hottes). Complete (250 pp.), new 
(1948) and thre only work covering 
The Pruning Manual (Bailey). Frank, 
non-technical advice, nothing left 
out—a substantial volume.......... $4.00 
How To Increase Plants (Hottes. 
Presents all the methods followed by 
the commerciad propagator. Writ- 
ten especially so that the amateur 
can readily increase his own 
plan tag ee eee seo $3.00 
Manual of Cultured Trees and 
Shrubs (Rehder). Unique. In amere 
990 pages is all most of need for 
complete reference. Our hardiness 
chart adapted from this author. New 
edition: fee ee ee $12.00 
Dwart Fruit Trees (Lucas). A brief 
well illustrated manual. How to 
choose, train, prune, etc.....-....--- $3.00 
The Book of Trees (Hottes). Fine 
introduction to trees. Complete, ex- 
cept on. coniterss=. see $4.00 
The Book of Shrubs (Hottes). Grand 
companion to the above. Complete, 
except Azaleas, ete... $4.00 
these types we know.................. $3.00 
The Book of Perennials (Hottes). 
Not complete on new varieties, but 
the best non-technical book we 
KIO W weet ee a i eee $2.75 
Azaleas (Hume). New 1948, 184 
pages. New kinds, growing prac- 
tices, from author's own experi- 
TIC Cee eas oe ore a MD Pod eh a $4.00 
Garden Flowers in Color ‘"oley). 
Here is the only book to s)2w the 
important garden flowers in accur- 
ately colored photographs — 350 of 
them. Also brief culture... $2.95 
Garden Bulbs in Color (McFarland, 
Hatton, and Foley). 275 color plates 
form an invaluable aid to the selec- 
tion and arrangement of varieties 
for your garden. Also 100 half- 
tones and cultural directions. 296 
Hortus Second—Garden Dictionary 
(Bailey). Perhaps the best diction- 
ary for America. Covers everything 
from forest trees to vegetables and 
house plants. 778 pages............ $7.50 
The Cultivated Conifers (Bailey). 
The best for the evergreens — de- 
scriptions, culture, diseases, photos. 
404 pages# 22. ee. $10.00 
Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 
(Bailey). Again, in our opinion, the 
best non-technical complete refer- 
ence book. New edition 1947....$37.50 
Encyclopedia of Gardening (Taylor). 
(Gold Medal of Mass. Hort. Soc.). 
1,200,000 words, 500 illustrations. 
Sold at $17, and now revised and re- 
duced to $5.00. Very complete and 
satisfactory. 
