A Guide to More Attractive 
Landscape Planting 
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HOLM and OLSON 
Help You Plan 
That's Part of Our Service 
Hou We Sewe You! 
WHEN TO ORDER. Try to make up your order and send it in soon after this catalog reaches you. 
Early orders enable us to reserve for you the plants wanted and to give you the first selections. 
Your order will be shipped just when the weather is most favorable and at just the right time for 
planting. Order now. 
How to Order. Send in your orders by whatever means you prefer and we assure you of prompt, care- 
ful attention. For your convenience our order blank is placed in this catalog, ready for your use. 
Give Shipping Instructions. Tell us how you want shipments made; whether by Freight, Parcel Post 
(suitable only for small packages) or Express, and indicate any special routing. We recommend 
Express as most advantageous and desirable excepting on heavy, bulky shipments. When not 
instructed we will use our best judgment. 
No Packing Charge. Catalog prices are all based on stock F. O. B. St. Paul and no charge is made for 
packing. Twin-City deliveries are made to any St. Paul or Minneapolis address. 
Terms. Cash with order is expected and money should be sent by check, post office order or bank 
draft. If credit is to be arranged please advise us in ample time and furnish the usual business 
references. All accounts are due by the 10th of the month following date of purchase. 
PARK NURSERIES, HOLM & OLSON—Members of the American Association of Nurserymen, Min- 
nesota State Nurserymen’'s Association and Twin City Nurserymen’s Association. 
All Trees, Evergreens, Shrubs, Perennials and Seeds are regularly inspected by the State Department 
of Agriculture, for which a certificate has been issued for 1953. 
FULL PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS are sent with the acknowledgment of every order. Consult us 
freely for cny further information you may need. We want the opportunity to help you and no 
expense will be spared to make every order we send you give entire satisfaction. 
The Liberal Plant Guarantee 
First. You are assured that you will receive the best quality of live, healthy plants, properly 
packed to reach you safely. If any plant ordered proves untrue to variety it will be re-supplied 
without charge. 
Second. We agree to re-supply any plants that may fail to become established the first season 
after planting at one-half the original catalogued purchase price. Requests for any such replacements 
must reach us before October Ist of that season and the account must be paid in full when due. 
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HOLM & OLSON, INC., | | - THE PARK NURSERIES 
20-24 West Fifth St ao) 75 = oe - Saint Paul 2, Minnesota 
Phone St. Paul CEdar 7335 | ae _ Minneapolis MIdway 2772 
Nurseries — 1200 St. Clair Ave. 
