The Mource Nursery, MONROE, MICH. ‘ete 
Our107th Yearof Continuous Service to American Gardeners 
Greetings for the new gardening year! We want you always to feel welcome to 
visit our nearest Garden Center. (See front cover for addresses.) During the planting 
seasons and all summer long, our Garden Centers are open seven days a week for your 
convenience. There you can make a personal selection of the choicest nursery stock and 
garden accessories available. We always have many items that space does not permit 
listing in our catalog. 
If you live at a distance, most of the varieties listed here may be shipped direct to you 
by express or parcel post. 
SPECIAL FEATURE FOR 1954 
This year, to assure the greatest possible success in transplanting and to promote quicker growth, we are 
dipping all Roses, Flowering Shrubs, Fruit Stock and Trees in a special hormone solution before shipment. * 
IIgenfritz Northern-Grown Roses for '54 
Listed in these pages you will find only top. varieties —both new and old— 
chosen for their hardiness, quality of bloom and vigor of growth. _ 
During the past year our sales of Roses doubled—proof, we believe, of the grow- 
ing popularity of Ilgenfritz Roses. 
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CHIEF SEATTLE. Plant Pat. 1030. $2.50 each; 3 for $6.75 
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PATENTED 
All the plant material listed 
in this catalog may be pur- 
chased at any of our Garden 
Centers listed on the front 
cover. There you may make a 
personal selection of the finest 
plants available. 
If you live at a distance, you 
may order direct from our 
Monroe office by using the 
convenient order form en- 
closed. We are sorry that we 
Hybrid “/ea ROSES 
APPLAUSE lant pat. 829 
Dazzling bright red with large, high-centered blooms. 
A vigorous, heavily branched plant of medium height. 
One of the few American Roses to win the famous Baga- 
telle Gold Medal. (Pictured on page 3.) $2.25 each; 
items marked B&B. 
CHRYSLER 
IMPERIAL 
Plant Pat. 1167 
$2.75 each; 
3 for $7.50 
cannot ship those few 
3 for $6.00. 
BUCCANEER Plant Pat. 1119 
An exciting new yellow Rose that is rapidly be- 
coming the finest yellow to date. It is the clearest, 
brightest and most lasting yellow mmaginable. A large 
plant sending up quantities of lovely, long, tapering 
buds on very long stems. (Pictured on page 3.) $2.75 
each; 3 for $7.50. 
CHARLOTTE ARMSTRONG 
Plant Pat. 455 
Year after year, this outstanding Rose has been a fa- 
WAYRS vorite because of its superb, well-shaped, tight buds 
and beautiful cerise-red blooms. A prolific plant. $2.25 
each; 3 for $6.00. 
Ilgenfritz Nurseries, Inc., guarantees all the nursery stock 
purchased at prices shown in this catalog to be alive, healthy and 
true to name. 
Any stock that proves otherwise within 60 days after purchase 
will be replaced free of charge if that stock has been promptly and 
properly planted and watered. 
To receive replacement, please bring the customer copy of the 
purchase to the branch where purchased, or if ordered direct 
from Monroe, return the customer copy by mail. 
