ADVANTAGES OF BETTER BUILT TREES 
In our efforts to grow, nurse and build trees of the best quality, we call them Better Built Trees. Our customers consider the value 
along with the price. 
Since 1887 we have been making a special effort to grow and recommend trees that we would plant ourselves. 
We have different sizes of trees, but don’t offer the small, cheap, price-competitive stock. Better Built Trees are the most economical 
to plant. 
Our customers tell their friends about Better Built Trees. Our reputation is based on Better Built Trees. Our customers want fruit, 
shelter and beauty and feel they can obtain these results quicker and better by planting Better Built Trees. 
Quality is remembered long after price is forgotten. 
Better Built Ornamental Trees 
Today, most of our good ornamental trees are grafted. When 
trees are grown from seed, they vary and have individuality the 
same as people. For example, if 10 seedling Elm trees (seedlings 
are not grafted) are planted together along a street, they will later 
develop into 10 different types of trees with no two alike. Some 
will grow compact, some spreading, some crooked and unshapely, 
some may even be weeping or droopy in appearance—and a lot 
of work will be required in pruning and training to keep them 
uniform in appearance. 
By grafting, however, we know ahead of time just what type 
of trees we will have. You get a tree exactly like the mother tree. 
Several planted in a line will make a uniform row—all alike. 
Better Built Evergreens 
We transplant our Evergreens several times while they are 
young, so as to build the root system first of all—and get them 
ready for planting in their future homes. Tops are staked and 
properly trained. To obtain specimen trees they are given plenty 
of spacing. By grafting from selected mother trees, you obtain 
the same superior type, so several of the same variety planted 
together are like “peas in a pod.” 
Better Built Roses 
Our test grounds determine the best Roses for you. All new 
varieties are tested before being offered. Our method of propaga- 
tion is the semi-own-root way which particularly adapts our Roses 
to the West. This system prevents sprouting, so that freezing 
back will not cause them to turn wild, like ordinary budded Roses. 
We offer only selected 2-year grades and guarantee them to bloom. 
Better Built Shrubs 
We do all types of landscaping——parks, schools, cemeteries, 
industrial and home grounds. Planters are usually anxious for a 
quick showing on these jobs and want the best plant materials 
they can obtain. Outstanding shrubs, plus good design, are re- 
sponsible for our many successful landscapings. 
Right Varieties for Your Territory 
We have been in the orchard and nursery business for over 
half a century and know the right varieties for your territory. 
We maintain test grounds and co-operate with the experiment 
stations. 
We want to help you get the kind of trees and plants that will 
produce the best results for your particular needs. Many cus- 
tomers leave it to us to select the varieties for their plantings. 
True To Name 
By getting the propagating wood from bearing mother trees, 
confining our orders to plants we grow, carefully assembling stock 
and orders, giving our representatives copies of previous orders 
and with an all-around system of checking and double checking, 
we deliver “true-to-name” varieties. 
Lost Time is Expensive 
You want trees to start growth immediately and to continue 
to grow. 
Planting cheap, inferior nursery stock results in a higher per- 
centage of loss, poor growth and failure to obtain the results 
you want. 
Your time is valuable. Why not spend it planting good trees? 
