Greetings 
January 1, 1952 
“Let us not plan the year by hours 
But measure life by trees and flowers 
And, garden wise, go train a vine 
And plant a spruce or fir or pine, 
Then delve in peace, without a fear 
And make each year a garden year. 
JosHuA FREEMAN CROWELL” 
For the forty-ninth year we call to help you plan that garden. “Fire 
Dance,” OURS ALONE, is our number one recommendation for 
your Rose garden. Its brilliant currant red will accent the softer 
shades of the new All-Americas, the salmon-pink “Helen Traubel”, 
the pale lemon-yellow ‘Fred Howard” and the exquisite coral 
Floribunda ‘““Vogue’”—four “musts” in Roses for 1952. 
Let the new Forsythia ““Lynwood Gold” announce spring in your 
garden; the Spoore’s Hybrid Lilies from England glorify your June 
garden; the lovely salmon-pink Phlox “Elizabeth Arden,” the dwarf 
Lythrum “Robert,” the Monarda “Mahogany” and the sweetly 
scented Hypericum “Hidcote” bring new bloom to your summer 
garden; the new Rubellum Hybrid Chrysanthemums “Kiwanis,” 
“Enterprise,” “Morningtide” and others accentuate the brilliance 
of your fall garden. 
Our never-ending search for interesting new plants led our steps 
this past year back to California and beyond to beautiful Hawaii— 
but that will reflect in next year’s offerings. 
You exhibited such interest in our prize-winning Lily Garden in 
the 1951 International Flower Show in New York that we have 
planned a small test garden here in Madison where you can check 
the new De Graaff Hybrids throughout the entire blooming season. 
We value your continued patronage and look forward to many 
more years of happy association. May we always merit your faith in 
our judgment. > 5 
PRESIDENT 
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