1952 il Johe Tonkin, General Manager 
WHITE FLOWER FARM, LITCHFIELD, CONN. 
Marjorie Tonkin, Business Manager 
Twenty-five Cents 
PLEASE save this catalogue for fall use—no other listing 
of this material will be published during 1952. In July 
we will send customers a complete Flowering Bulb Cata- 
logue which will also contain some material, like Peonies, 
which can be planted only in autumn. You will find sev- 
eral new varieties in this listing. There are not many 
simply because really worthwhile and truly different new 
plants are rare. We particularly call your attention to 
the Hybrid Peonies on page 9. They are so scarce that we 
cannot deliver them until the fall of 1953 when less 
than 100 will be available for sale. 
WHITE Flower Farm’s Planning & Planting Service for 
local customers was inaugurated last fall. Planning is one 
of the principal concerns of John Tonkin, The Farm’‘s 
General Manager and an expert landscape architect. 
He will work out a landscape plan for your property— 
a project which either can be consummated at once or 
used as a target for an ultimate planting. 
This is no ordinary landscape service—it is a study of 
your home in its environment that will bring out its 
architectural details, not hide them. He can also supply 
you with planting details for a perennial border. Un- 
like ordinary landscape services (they supply plans with- 
out charge if you purchase the material from them) 
there is a nominal charge for this service. It’s better this 
way — you know there is no “loading” charge on the 
planting material you buy to pay for the plan; besides that 
you are under no obligation and can buy your plants or 
trees anywhere. Mr. Tonkin will give you a firm estimate 
ona plan before he makes it. 
Planting means that we will move, reconstruct or plant 
anything you want moved or planted. If you use White 
Flower Farm plants we guarantee the planting through 
the next growing season. 
THE gardener, near or far away, who orders before 
March 1 invariably gets the best service. He gets this 
premium plant stock in the ground earlier because his 
orders are shipped first. He also has a good chance of 
PAbouk This Catalogue—a Vide Planning 
and Planting Service naed. Ordering Early, 
getting what he orders—or, if we can’t supply an item 
due to crop failure or some other unforseen circumstance, 
the early orderer knows about it in time to get the needed 
material elsewhere. 
Local customers should order early, too. Our Connect- 
icut, New York and Massachusetts customers will find it 
to their advantage to use the enclosed blue order form 
instead of waiting and coming to the Farm. It might, for 
example, save a trip because we cannot dig on-the-spot 
orders during the busy season. We dig for local orders 
on Monday and Friday for delivery at The Farm Tuesday 
and Saturday, and no exceptions can be made to this 
rule because shipping and planting must be scheduled. 
Of course, Evergreens, Flowering Shrubs and Trees, Roses 
and many of the Flowering Plants are potted in Easimoves 
and they can be carried away easily enough, but bare- 
root stock, because of the reasons above, can be delivered 
only on the days specified. 
We hate to be arbitrary about anything but this busi- 
ness of getting stuff out of the ground, and into it, in 
two short spring and fall months, is a very demanding 
business. If we didn’t make rules like these and stick 
to them it would mean we’d get nothing done, which 
in turn could mean we would have no income taxes to 
pay—which is bad, any way you look at it. 
The Partners of White Flower Farm 
Flower Shows At The Farm 
Roses—Many hundreds in bloom from June to mid-July. 
Daffodils and Tulips—these are in bloom from earliest 
spring to mid-June—almost 300 varieties. Iris—German iris 
in massed field plantings in mid-June. Japanese Iris—in 
July. Peonies—Mass field plantings are in bloom in June. 
Delphinium—Spectacular during mid-June and early July. 
Lilies—Specimen planting at The Sales Center blooming from 
June until mid-September. Chrysanthemums-—tThis big show 
(about 7,500 plants) starts in mid-September and is at its 
height during October. Flowering Trees & Shrubs—Earliest 
spring through September. 
INDEX 
Almond, Flowering ........ 16 
Althea 0.0.0... - 
Alyssum 
Andromeda, Mountain ....15 
Aquilegicn ccctccissccreossccssese 3 
Arborvitae .......... 14 
Asters, Perennial 
Azalea (Hardy) .. Zs 
Baby’s Breath ...... . 6 
Balloon Flower . 
Beauty Bush 
Begonia .............0 
Bleeding Heart . 
Buddleia .............. 
Butterfly Shrub 
Campanula ....... eee) 
Chrysanthemum .. 4 
Clethra Anifolia EZ, 
Columbine .......... a) 
Coral) Bellsi--to. ee 6 
Caryopteris) (ecccetenteeee 17 
Cotoneaster . 17 
Cydonia ..... 18 
Dahlia 14 
Daphne 18 
Day Lily ..... 0 
Delphinium Sah) 
Deutzia ...... 18 
Dianthus) sence ere 5 
Dicenitra case reece 6 
Dogwood .. 15 
Evonymus ........ 18 
Flowering Crab 16 
Forsythia ..... 18 
Gaillardia . 6 
Gladioli ....... 12 
Gold Drop ... mh 
Grass Seed .... ..20 
Grass Seeder . 16 
Gypsophila ... = 6 
Hawthorn ..... 16 
Hemerocalis  ............0:0064 6 
Hemlock 
Heuchera .. 
Herbs “tia hk pean 
Honeysuckle .............0065 19 
Hypericum .... 18 
[beris 4a so nS 
Iris, German. .... aah 
Iris, Japanese .. . 8 
JuNIper -.-c..ccez0s205- 14 
Kolkwitzia Amabilis a9, 
Lavender .............. coe 
Lawns ...... 20 
Liatris .. Beets) 
Lilacs. hose coerce tenes 19 
Living Fence ............... 20 
Lonicera ..... 19 
Lupine ao, 
Magnolia 16 
Malus ...... 16 
Maple ......... 216) 
Mock Orange .... ky 
Oriental Poppy . 10) 
Paachesias.srccciecstoccerccee: 16 
POORY) desasevassscaceveweneasetces 9 
Philadelphus 19 
Phiox2eeeeee 10 
Platycodon .... 10 
Polemonium ............ silt 
Potentilla Fruiticosa 19 
Pyretheum  ........... WW 
Rhododendron . 15 
Rosa Multiflora ... .20 
Rose of Sharon ... 17 
Roses, Climbers ... a9 4 
Roses, Floribunda a7 
Roses, Ted .cvccessucsccsasentes 1 
SONIX Fc ier var eeaeaee 16 
Shasta Daisy ................- 3 
Spirea ............. 11, 20 
Stokesia (08 eer es 11 
TGXUS ) esdocccceees See 14 
Thyme ..... 11,12 
Veronica, .actscsane =: 1 
Viburnum ......... ab 
Viola Cornuta ................ 11 
Weeder (Dutch Hook) ....16 
Willow 2225.2 tereesteetans: 16 
VOW: Sivas oo eee neiee 14 
Pen & Ink Illustrations by Nils Hogner 
