Che Best Sime to Plant 
The best time to transplant all plant material of definite hardiness is in the au- 
tumn. At this time of year weather and soil conditions are usually better than early 
spring. Little winter protection is required other than a light covering of hay or 
straw... Do not stop your garden operations because of the first light frost in the 
autumn, It is a help rather than a hindrance. 
PLANT HARDY PLANTS FROM SEPT. 1st TO NOV. Ist; ROSES FROM NOV. 15th 
TO DEC. 15th; PEONIES, BLEEDING HEARTS, GERMAN AND JAPANESE IRIS 
FROM SEPT. Ist to FROST; ORIENTAL. POPPIES FROM AUG, 15th to NOV. 
15th; DUTCH BULBS FROM OCT. Ist UNTIL GROUND IS FROZEN; MADON- 
NA LILIES FROM AUG. 15th to NOV. Ist; ALL OTHER LILIES IMMEDIATELY 
WHEN RECEIVED. 
We ship no plants or bulbs except at the season they will grow best. This may 
mean two or more shipments to you—typical of the kind of service we render you. 
Place your. order now and let us assume all responsibility of shipping dates. 
To Customers in the Gulf Area, Texas, and California 
We do not recommend the practice of planting imported bulbs in the warm 
states before November 15th. The prolonged warm weather produces a top growth 
before the roots have properly developed with the result that your flowers will not 
have proper stems and normal sized blooms. This applies particularly to the fol- 
lowing states: Texas, California, New Mexico, Florida, Mississippi, and Arizona. 
Should bulbs be delivered to you before recommended planting time, store them in 
a cool place. 
Order Now—We Ship at Planting Time 
All orders are filled in the order of their receipt by us and are shipped at planting 
time. The reasons for this are obvious to you and it means that those who order early 
have a distinct advantage over those who wait until the last minute. Towards the 
end of the season many varieties are often sold out. 
Ordering now gives us sufficient advance notice of your requirements, enabling us 
to determine the kind and quantity of stock we must have on hand. Only through 
such advance knowledge could we possibly hope to fill the number of orders which 
annually are sent to us from our thousands of customers. 
QUALITY 
The enviable reputation we enjoy is known to most gardeners. It is constantly 
strived for by giving faithful service and sending faultless quality. 
Quality perhaps is the most important of the two for bulbs particularly, we can 
do more than most in that respect, because the secretary of our company is a 
member of the firm of Grullemans in Holland, internationally known as the finest 
growers of bulbs, whose early business years were spent with that firm, obtaining 
an intimate knowledge about bulbs, an opportunity which does not present itself 
to the average American importer who consequently is not as well informed. 
Buy your bulbs from Wayside Gardens and see the difference! 
Best Served are Those Who Order Early 
The seasons, (as Shakespeare said of Time and Tide), wait for no man. For this reason the nurs- 
ery business is a most exacting one where Nature, in the final analysis, is the only real Master. No 
other business is so subject to the whims and moods of the seasons and to the caprice of climate as is 
a nursery serving customers in all parts of the country . . . This means that in no other business is 
such a high degree of co-operation essential as that which must exist between customer and nursery. 
Won't you please continue this same splendid co-operation by sending in your order today? 
Concerning Cultural Instructions 
The U.S.A. is a large country with widely varying climatic conditions. 
Within the states and counties the composition of the soil varies even more widely. 
The cultural instructions given in this catalog are a guide in the right direction. 
Our advice on winter protection as well as summer care of plants should always be adjusted to meet 
extreme local conditions. 
Gardening practices in Augusta, Georgia, could hardly be the same as those in Augusta, Maine. 
