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HORTICULTURE 



August 4, 1906 



What Are You Talking About? 



BUSINESS MEN 



Are in Business for wliat there is in it— NOT for friendship or sentiment. 



ALL ADVERTISERS 



need to know whether the medium they are em- 

 ploying has popularity and prestige. 



Here are a few expressions of opinion, unsolicited, 

 selected from many hundreds, as to what the busi- 

 ness men think of HORTICULTURE. 



"KOIR YEARS MORE."— Afraid you will charge moie 1)y and 

 by, so now extend our subscriptiou for four years.— O. C. 



' "GETS BETTER ALl. THE TIME."— Please send HORTI- 

 CULTURE on. Will pay for it. I.ilio it very much. Gets better 

 all the time.— S. J. 



"WORTH THE PRICE."— Notify when this expires, as I want 

 to renew. This discussion on mechanical watering is worth the 

 price.— L. A. 



District of Columbia. 



"THE GREATEST I».\I'ER OUT."— Inclosed find $1 to pay 

 ifor H(JRTICUI-Tri{i;. the greatest paper out on scientific flori- 

 ?culture: it is all right.— H. L. 

 j. Nebraska. 



! "CHECK FOR THREE YEARS."— Inclosed please find check 



■ for three dollars (J.S.OO) for which send HORTICULTURE for 

 fthree years from date, January 1, 1906.— W. A. 



: "A GR.%>iD ACHIEVEMENT."— I think your magazine a grand 

 I achievement. Would not be without It. Enclosed please And one 

 'tiollar for renewal of my subscription.— B. O. C. 



"IS GREATLY' VALUED."— We are anxious to assure you 

 ' that your magazine Is greatly valued in this office for its very in- 

 ,-. teresting contents, and we wish to congratulate you upon the high 

 standard attained.— K. O. 



"THE BEST PUBLISHED."— Inclosed please find one dollar 

 for subscription to HORTICDLTURE. We are great admirers of 

 your journal; I think it the best published in the Interest of the 

 profession; others think the same.— P. A. J. 



"APPRECIATED."— Enclosed is an order for one dollar for 

 ■' HORTICULTURE. Would have sent sooner but have been away. 

 X I am very much in love with yotir paper ami appreciate the col- 

 ored plates. It Is growing better each week and no tlorist could 



■ do without its valuable help in gardening in any line. — S. J. 



"THE BEST THINGS."— Dear Sir:— I have pleasure in enclos- 

 ' Ing the current year's subscription to HORTICI'LTURE, and wish 

 yon continued success in the publication. Some of the recent articles 

 which have there appeared, such as the discussion over the im- 

 provement vs. deterioration of varieties and species, are among 

 the best things in current horticultural literature of the day. 

 yours very truly, K. W. F. 



SOME ADVERTISERS 



have used our columns. Many others will soon 

 do so. It may be an incentive to the courage of 

 the latter to know how their more enterprising 

 rivals have fared. 



These testimonials were NOT ASKED FOR. ; 



"I'LjWTS \I,L liONK."— HORTICULTURE: Discontinue our 



ad. Plants all gone. 

 Ohio. 



Send bill to us and oblige. 



HAMMERSCHMIDT ..t CLARK. 



"SOLD OlT."—HORTirrLTURE:— Please cut out our advs., asl 



all mv stock is sold out. Send me the bill. Yours truly, ; 



New York. S. A. PIXKSTONE. I 



"FIFTEEN TO ONE."— Dear Sir: Inclosed find $1 to placel 

 my ad. in paper one more week. Have sold .$13 worth already fromj 

 my j-1 ad. of last week. Y"ours truly. 



Massachusetts. G. H. W. 



"T.IKB .\LL WE HAVE."— We have jusi received an order; 

 from your ad. for over idxio plants: that will take all the seedlings' 

 we have and small pots. Very truly, 



.New York. A. RELYEA & SON. 



"PERFECTLY SATISFIED."— If the HORTICULTURE will 

 get me the same results In advertising this year as it did the past 

 year, I will be perfectly satisfied. 



Respectfully yours, \ 



New Jersey. ANT. C. ZVOLANEK. 



"ONE OF TWO."— Gentlemen : — From our recent gladiolus ad- 

 vertisement, inserted in three trade papers, but two of the three 

 so far as we know brought us anv orders. One of the two was 

 HORTICULTURE. Yours truly. 



New York. WM. ELLIOTT & SONS. 



"PLEASED WITH RESULTS." — Editor HORTICULTURE: 

 Dear Sir:— I am very much pleased with the results obtained from 

 my "ad" In HORTICULTURE. From one insertion I obtained 

 orders for over 5,000 geraniums and over $100 worth of Hoston 

 ferns. Yours truly, 



Ma.ss. H. N. EATON. 



"DID MOST SATISFACTORY BUSINESS."— Editor HORTI- 

 CULTURE :— Concerning our advertising for this year we are 

 glad to state that just as soon as we have looked over our 

 stock of bulbs you shall certainly hear from us, as we did most 

 satisfactory business through you last season. 



Virginia. Very truly, POAT BROS. 



"HORTICULTURE IS THE BEST MEDIUM."— Editor HOR- 

 TICULTURE: We must discontinue our large advertiscnn'iit this 

 week in order to catch up with the orders we have received since 

 Its first insertion. We find that HORTICULTURE is the best 

 medium for advertlsiug that we have ever had. 



Mass. H. H. BARROWS & SON. 



".\ TREMENDOUS INQUIRY."- The tremendous Inquiry for 

 Harrisil whii-h our advertisement in your paper has caused cou- 

 pled with the fact that we are now entirely sold out compels us 

 to request you to take out our advertisement. 



Respectfullv Vfuirs. 



New York. WM. HA(;EMANN & CO. 



Don't let any trade paper dictate your business policy. 



business for what there is in it. 



Business men are in 



ADVERTISE IN HORTICULTURE 



