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Excerpt from Catalog for 1920 For first - class nursery stock there are three essentials First, honest labeling; second, health, Vigor and maturity; and third, careful packing and shipping. We give special attention to the propagation of varieties that will come true to name, endeavoring to protect ourselves and our customers from error and imposition. We feel safe, therefore, in offering our stock as being. What it is represented to be. All packing and shipping is given personal supervision and, still further to protect our patrons against loss, only skilled and competent men are employed. Our lands are well adapted to the growing of the varieties handled by us and this fact together with thorough cultivation and care makes for health, vigor and maturity in all that we grow. It is well to understand that nursery stock is perishable and demands careful attention after being received from the nursery. Persons who handle nursery stock intelligently seldom have any cause for complaint. By following these few simple directions, nursery stock can be handled and planted with comparative safety.. Planting. Dig the hole larger than is necessary to admit all the roots in their natural position, keeping the sur face soil and subsoil separate. Have the tree held in upright position while the earth is shoveled in, the best soil being put next to the roots. Make sure that all the roots come in contact with the soil. When the earth 1s nearly filled ln, tread ln firmly, fill the hole again nearly full, firming the soil very hard, then throw a dust mulch over the top. In case of very dry weather it is quite essential for the trees to be given a good watering while in the process of being planted. Let the water soak down and give it another, then after this has soaked well into the soil, proceed as above. These directions if intelligently carried out apply equally well to deciduous trees and shrubs as well as to the broad and narrow leafed evergre