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claimed that in quite a bill thej were all spurious, and 

 he wished he could find an honest man to deal with. 



Tlie dealer replied he supposed he had received the 

 stock from a reliable firm, and was sorry for the dis- 

 appointment. He told his customer he could not afford 

 to and would not receive any more such letters, and 

 he immediately packed and sent quite a bill of choice 

 varieties which he had tested, amounting to twice as 

 much as the original bill. Of course confidence was 

 established after that. 



I^ever denounce a man till you have given him a 

 chance to rectify mistakes. I have bought certain 

 kinds from four different dealers and every one of them 

 were different, though the dealers may have been 

 honest. You might send to three men for Queen Vic- 

 toria and each would give you a different kind, and 

 honestly, too, for there are three bearing that name. 



KEEPING THE PAEONIES BACK IN THE SPUING FOR 

 SELLING. - 



We do not all of us have cold storage, and unless very 

 cold, they will start, if kept moist, at a very low tem- 

 perature. I have kept boxes of Paeonies frozen, and 

 as soon as the frost was out they began growing. It 

 will not do to leave them in the field if we expect to 

 sell them, for buds grow rapidly and are very tender, 

 and often orders come in when the plants are two feet 

 tall. Of course it is not a good time to plant, yet ens- 



