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HOETICUI.TURE 



May 16, 1914 



uriiham^. 



We wish to say that we are more than satisfied with the house 

 you furnished us. We have four other houses built a few 

 years ago and supposed to be modern, but our new 

 Lord & Burnham makes the others look Hke 30c. 



(Signed) ANDREASEN BROS. 



SALES OFFICES ; 



NEW YORK 

 42nd Street BIdg. 



BOSTON 

 Tremont BIdg. 



PHILADELPHIA 

 Franklin Bank BIdg. 



CHICAGO 

 Rookery BIdg. 



Greenhouse Ere^-ted for Andreasen Bros., 

 Fremont, Nebr. 



SALES OFFICES: 



ROCHESTER 

 Granite BIdff. 



CLEVELAND 



Swetland BIdf. 



TORONTO, CANADA 



12 Queen St., E. 



FACTORIES : 

 Irrington, N, Y. 



Des PUiaet, III. 



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Reasons for Our Slow Deliveries on Early Spring Orders of Alphano Humus 



LET us tell you exactly what the uncontrollable conditions 

 were, under which we have beeu laboring; and then we 

 will leave it entirely to your sense of fair- 

 ness it we haven't done all possible, under 

 the circumstances. 



For ten years our salesmen, personally, have 

 been selling large quantities of this Alphano, 

 but last season was practically our first direct 

 advertisiug of it. The way the responses cauic 

 and orders followed, it was abundantly evi 

 dent that we had a Plant Food and Soil 

 Builder that was welcomed and wanted. 

 We sold bags, tons, carloads, and barge load.s 

 of it, as never before. Last winter we figured 

 that this season a large number of these satis- 

 fied customers would come back for more, and 

 that also many of their friends, learning of 

 the results secured by using Alphano on lawns, 

 shrubs, trees, and gardening in general, would 

 likewise become customers; so based on this 

 we spent many thousands of dollars increas- 

 ing our facilities so that deliveries could be 

 made promptly. As sanguine as we were, 

 we frankly admit having underestimated the 

 amount of the order,s that developed. 

 To add to our embarrassment, the late snows 

 and cold weather made people think Spring 

 was never coming, and so they put off order- 

 ing three to four weeks later than usual. 

 Then wlien the first warm days did come, 

 in came the rusli orders. As a result we 

 but naturally became way behind on ship-jjOat 

 ments. In the face of all this we received * 

 some pretty stiff letters and rather dynamic 

 phone calls demanding ex- 

 I>lanatious. 



To shiiw our absolute good 

 f.iith. we voluntarily returned 

 a good many dollars to those 

 who, not knowing what we 

 were struggling against, felt 

 \vc were iieirligent. 



IK ^T^KTEIVIEIM-r 



Of Convincem»n* 



1 7 R Battery Place, New York City 



Today (May first) our reports show tbat we hare caught up 

 on deliveries and although the plant is working full tilt, and 

 overtime, our shipments from now will be 

 ; ^ prompt. 



Ilii.se of you who wanted the Alpban* for 

 j^inh-uing. and it came too late to spade 

 liirettly in the soil, will find it works wonders 

 \\ hen dug around the plants after they are 

 up two or three inches. 



As for shrubs, now is as good a tinie as any 

 to use it. When it comes to lawns, any time 

 is a good time. Put it on now and it will pre- 

 vent the soil from baking, and the grass from 

 burning this summer. It will induce a strong 

 growth of fine, fibrous, dry weather-resisting 

 roots. The Alphano absorbing and holding 

 as it does such large quantities of moisture, 

 further fortifies the grass against the coming 

 hot sun and drying winds. 



I'.t'ing in powdered form the Alphano is easy 

 to apply. Being ordorless it's at all times free 

 from objection. To apply now. cut the grass, 

 spread ou the Alphano. rake it in. and in two 

 weeks' time you will be surprtspd at the 

 results. 



Our recor<ls sliows that during each month of 

 .Tune. July. August and September of last year, 

 we sold m re Alphano Ilumus for lawns than 

 during any unr ot the Spring months. I^et us 

 know a)M)nt low largf your lawn is and we 

 will advise how much you better order. If 

 vou have your Alphano. use it at once. If 

 you haven't any left for your lawns, shrubs, 

 and garden — order some. 



If you liave never had any, 

 and are interested, but still 

 uucnnvin<-ed of its merits; 

 send for our book of CON- 

 VINTEMENT. It tells what 

 it will do for you, by both 

 tellinir and showing what it 

 h.Ms di>M.' for otliers. 



on ID bags- $8 by the carload 

 in bulk. F. 0. B., Alphano, N. J, 



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