Dear Garden Friend, 
Most of us appreciate the charm and beauty vines will lend to even 
the humblest home. To help you in your selection of the most suitable 
plants for your house and garden is the purpose of this planting guide. 
Out-of-this-world garden catalog descriptions are fun to read, espe- 
cially on cold and blustery winter nights. But if you are in need of 
learning which vines and ground covers to plant and where and how, 
then this is the book for you. With sketches and in simple language it 
tells you where to begin and what to do. 
Why do people from “all over” buy plants from Woodstock, Illinois? 
This is a question I have been asked many times. I think the answer 
can be expressed in these words— 
Hardiness — Pot-Grown Quality — Price 
What does this mean in practical benefits to you? Let me explain this 
in a little more detail. 
Hardiness. As a rose hybridizer aims for gorgeous colors, we breed and 
select for Hardiness. Our Thorndale Sub-Zero English Ivy is the out- 
standing example of this. The climate in northern Illinois is rugged— 
from 25°F. below to 102°F. above in the shade. The type of plants 
we grow must be tough to tolerate these temperature extremes. No, 
you cannot see Hardiness, but it is there; it’s bred into our stock. 
Pot-Grown Quality. When Thorndale plants are received by you they 
are as fresh as the day they left our nursery. Even when transplanted 
on a hot summer day they won’t wilt but keep right on growing as 
though they had never been moved. Plant losses are eliminated when 
you buy pot-grown quality. Here’s why. All of our plants that lend 
themselves to pot culture are grown in special, deep clay pots. The 
fine fibrous roots are undisturbed within the solid ball of earth in which 
the plant grew from a small transplanted cutting. 
Price. We specialize in only a few kinds of plants, but these we grow 
to perfection in great quantities. The savings in producing them at a 
lower cost is passed on to you by giving you superior stock for the price 
of regular plants. 
In a few words this sums up the plant opera- 
tion at Thorndale Farm. A great deal of time and 
money is continually being invested to develop a 
still greater degree of Hardiness for an ever in- 
creasing variety of plants. 
