At Our Nursery 
ERIN? | GREEIMING See 
niSNIES You are cordially invited to visit our 
LEASE nursery at any time during the growing 
season. At all times we have interesting 
plants in bloom, but during the month of September we 
generally have more flowers in bloom than during the 
other seasons. 
We are establishing a new show garden 220 feet long 
and 38 feet wide to afford you the opportunity to see 
how plants will behave over a period of several years— 
their habit of growth, height, foliage and bloom, as well 
as their hardiness under ordinary garden conditions. 
We hope to have a place for every variety of perennial 
we grow. 
LOCATION. We are located at 2591 Stillwater 
Road (U. S. 212) just one mile east of St. Paul’s eastern 
limits. It is easy to get to our nursery. 
To drive to the nursery from St. Paul’s business 
district, take East Seventh Street to East Minnehaha 
Street, east to East Avenue, Paved road to left (High- 
way 212). 
From St. Anthony Park, take Larpenteur Avenue and 
Wheelock Parkway to Arcade Street, south on Arcade 
to Maryland, east on Maryland to White Bear Avenue, 
south on White Bear Avenue to Stillwater Avenue, 
east to nursery. 
From Minneapolis take the shortest route to St. Paul and then follow same directions as St. Paul’s business 
district given above. Another favorite route from North Minneapolis and northern parts of Ramsey County is to 
go east on State Highway 36 to State Highway 100, turn right to U. S. Highway 212; right 14 mile. 
The hourly bus service from St. Paul to Stillwater passes our nursery. Fare from St. Paul, 15 cents. 
From Wisconsin points, cross the St. Croix River at Hudson or Stillwater. If crossed at Hudson, go to Stillwater 
and from there follow Highway 212 to our nursery, or follow U. S. 12 to Tanners Lake, north on Highway 100 to 
Highway 212, west 14 mile. 
WHAT WE GROW. Weare plant growers specializing in fine-quality perennials and annual flowering plants. 
For this year we have added a number of new varieties of perennials. They are listed on page 19. 
We were especially pleased with two of the new asters, Eventide and Winston Churchill. The Bluebells of Scot- 
land are not new but the dainty bluebell-shaped flowers are charming. Lythrum, Morden’s Purple (a rosy purple) 
is taller than the other varieties and makes an excellent long-blooming plant for the back of the border. 
Our list of chrysanthemums has been enriched by the addition of a number of varieties that we believe will do 
well in our locality. Many of the fine mums we see listed in the various catalogs that come to us are too late 
blooming for this part of the country. The University of Nebraska is introducing a new race of chrysanthemums, 
The Carnation Flowered. Two varieties have been released, Pathfinder and Plainsman. We are not listing them 
but will have a limited number of plants available for selling. 
We have the two new varieties Prairie Sunset and Harvest Bronze, released by the University of Minnesota last 
spring, and will have the new varieties to be released this year. They are not named at the time of writing these 
notes. 
Nearly all our annuals except mixtures, are named varieties, but we list them by color for convenience. The 
new F, group of petunias apparently are very good. We were well pleased with our trials of Ballerina, Tango and 
Comanche. Comanche is superior to Fire Chief in many ways. For one thing, it is not so tall. Because these F, 
hybrids are mostly base branching, you do not need as many plants as you do with the older varieties. 
The zinnia Peppermint Stick does not come 100% true to type but is an interesting novelty. Our Giant Cactus- 
Flowered Hybrid Zinnias were outstanding, and we recommend them highly. 
Our roses are western grown and we pot them up about April 1. We ask you to look over our list of roses. We 
have a number of the newer varieties, and we believe you will enjoy planting our potted roses. When you buy 
potted roses, you can see the kind of plant that has developed. 
SALES YARD. Our sales yard is ample. All our perennials are in paper pots and arranged on long tables in 
the order in which they occur in this catalog. This makes it easy to find the plant you want and to check with the 
catalog description if necessary while you are making your selection. 
Each box of plants has a large label and the price marked on it. You can either make your selection quickly 
or you may walk around at your leisure and enjoy selecting those varieties best suited to your garden. Why not 
try some of the newer kinds this season? It will add to your gardening pleasure. 
Our potted roses are set out in groups so that you can easily select the plants you want. Both our perennial and 
rose sections are arranged as much as possible on the self-help plan. 
We have plenty of parking space and a circle drive with separate entrance and exit. From April 15 to June 10 
we are open evenings and all day Sunday. 
We have a small booklet on the right way to plant nursery stock, which is free to those requesting it. 
OUR CATALOG. Do you like it? We wish to make it as helpful to you as possible and would appreciate any 
suggestions from you for improving it. We have added an order sheet this year, and would appreciate it if all those 
who come to our nursery would fill out at least the spaces for your name and address and give it to us. This would 
assure you of receiving our catalog as it is issued. If we have no record of having an order from you for several 
years, we take your name from our mailing list. 
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2 PERKINS BROS. e 2591 STILLWATER ROAD e SAINT PAUL 6, MINN, 
