Gaws PLANTS is more than a business at our nurseries. 
Each plant listed in the following pages is grown in our own nur- 
series at Weston and Hopkinton (with the exception of the hybrid 
roses and some fruits). 
Our greatest pride lies in the fact that we raise this large variety 
of plants under more difficult and trying conditions than exist in 
other parts of our country. We do this because we wish to sell 
acclimatized material that is grown close to the home owner. 
Plants in themselves can survive a great deal of mistreatment, 
but will not recover quickly from the shock of transplanting if they 
are grown in milder climates or if they are left out of the ground for 
any length of time. After transplanting, a plant is susceptible to 
many prey, and unless it can come back soon, it becomes a burden 
and a hardship to the owner who expected pleasure from it when 
it was purchased. 
Because we are keenly interested in everything that grows is an 
additional reason why we grow this great variety of plants. We love 
plants and are forever on the lookout for new and more beautiful 
varieties. 
The tremendous increase in demand for locally-grown plants has 
caused our nursery to continually expand its acreage. In 1944 we 
purchased 375 acres of land in Hopkinton, and since then have 
added even more for the sole purpose of growing plants. This land 
is situated in rolling country and some of it is 500 feet above sea 
level. Because of the rough and rocky terrain, much of the land is 
impossible to cultivate. The Department of Soil Conservation for 
Middlesex County is cooperating with us for the purpose of con- 
trolling soil erosion. Every field is planted on the contour and 
excess water is carried off by terraces and diversion ditches, some 
into irrigation ponds. The result of this tremendous undertaking 
has already been proven in the growth of our plants during the first 
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