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THE BARNES BROS. NURSERY COMPANY 
4 Message from Carnes Grothens: 
DeEaAR ERIENDS: 
A home and garden make the best hobby in the world. Roses, trees, shrubs and other 
plants form a perfect setting for a neat, comfortable home. 
We here at Barnes Bros. are a group of sincere, thoroughly experienced workers who know 
what to do and how to do it when it comes to growing, handling and packing nursery stock. 
Our 60 years in growing nursery stock is your assurance that Barnes Bros. trees are 
sure to please. So make your home and garden your hobby and use Barnes Bros. trees— 
we'll try to help you. 
Sincerely yours, 
THe Barnes BrotHers Nursery Co. 
By Joel P. Barnes 
Werecommend to our customers Popular Gardening, the new all-garden magazine pub- 
lished monthly. Popular Gardening contains valuable help for amateur gardeners. Con- 
venient coupon offering a special introductory price to new subscribers is enclosed. 
Prices in this catalog apply to Spring, 1952, sales only. After a Summer’s 
growing season, changes occur in the varieties and sizes available 
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Please Read Before Ordering 
Terms—Net cash. We will ship orders C.O.D. providing 25% 
of the total amount is sent with order. 
Mail Orders—Small orders can be sent by mail if you include 
10% of the catalog price to cover postage and special packing. 
(Minimum charge 35c.) Overpayments are refunded. All trees 
over 4 feet tall will be sent by express. 
Plants requiring a ball of earth or those too large for economical 
shipment by common carrier are marked * in the catalog and are 
offered for local sales only. 
Size of orders: Owing to high costs incident to packing and han- 
dling, we cannot accept mail orders amounting to less than $3.00. 
Telephone Orders—Call us at WaAllingford 9-4226 and your 
order can be ready for you to pick up or delivered if you live within 
our delivery area. 
Nursery Sales—You may select your plants at our nursery sales 
grounds. Experienced helpers will assist you and many plants can be 
taken home in your car. For your convenience, this nursery is open on 
Sundays during April and May from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. It is closed 
every evening. 
Transportation Conditions—All goods, unless otherwise speci- 
fied, are sold F.O.B. our nursery and travel at purchaser’s risk and 
expense. Where a customer lives within approximately 25 miles of 
our nursery, we can deliver plants without charge on such days as 
we have trucks in that particular section. We cannot deliver on 
specific days or at particular hours. 
Non-Warranty—(1) If any nursery stock shall prove untrue to 
the label under which it is sold, provided notice and proper proof there- 
of are furnished by the purchaser to the seller, the seller shall, at the 
option of the purchaser either refill that portion of the order which was 
mislabeled, by any other delivery of stock, or refund the purchase 
price; but in any case, we are not to be held responsible for a sum 
greater than the original selling price of such stock. (2) All sales or 
agreements of sale are made subject to shortage of nursery stock, fire, 
frost, floods, drought, or other causes beyond the control of the seller. 
Guarantee—We guarantee our plants to be of first quality and if 
any woody plants, purchased from us this Spring, having been prop- 
erly planted and cared for, should fail to grow, notify us not later than 
July 1st, 1952, and we will replace the stock free. After July 1st, we 
will replace at half price. A sales slip or copy of your order MUST 
accompany any claim for replacement of plants purchased on a 
“Cash and Carry” basis. 
Order Early—Place your order early. Many popular varieties are 
sold out each year before the season is half over. We will ship at 
best planting time for your locality. 
Imspection—Our nurseries are regularly and thoroughly inspected 
by the Connecticut Experiment Station and found apparently free 
from injurious insects and diseases. 
Location—We are located on the east side of the North Colony 
Road, Route 5, 3 miles south of Meriden, 2 miles north of Walling- 
ford, Connecticut. Motorists on Wilbur Cross Parkway use Meriden- 
Wallingford Exit No. 66. Nursery 200 yards south. Motorists 
traveling north on the Parkway may turn off at Yalesville, Exit 65, 
to avoid toll station just ahead. See map. 
Connecticut Residents please add 2% sales tax on all items 
except fruit trees and other food-bearing plants: Asparagus, Rhu- 
barb, Grape and Berry plants. 
Phone: WALLINGFORD 9-4226 
Connecticut Customers Please Add 2% Sales Tax 
