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tunity to choose not only their favorite flowers, but the exact 
variety that represents the color they may desire. 
It should be borne in mind that the date of blooming given 
in these lists is for a place lying a little north of 43° latitude, 
which has a season a few days later than that of Boston, and 
two weeks later than New York, and a month later than 
Washington, D. C. 
Without wishing to discriminate against others, who may 
be equally reliable, I take pleasure in commending several 
firms that exercise especial care in regard to the quality of the 
stock they send out: for seeds, Schlegel & Fottler and R. 
and J. Farquhar, both of Boston; and for shrubs and plants 
Irecommend, to New England purchasers, Fred’k H. Hors- 
ford, of Charlotte, Vt.; and to those of southern latitudes, 
Wilkinson Elliott, of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Bobbink & Atkins, 
of Rutherford, N. J. 
