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O all flower loving friends and customers I send Greet- 

 ing. Again the season is here when catalogues are 

 coming from all parts of the country, gay with bright 

 covers and pictures, and tempting descriptions of 

 everything for the garden. 



It is with great pleasure that I offer my new cat- 

 alogue for 1897, trusting that those who love flowers 

 will find in its pages many things that will prove 

 irresistible, and that the flowers grown in Ventura- 

 by-the-Sea will give satisfaction and delight to all who 

 receive them. 



Many of my customers seem like old friends, for 

 there is a bond of sympathy between all who love 

 flowers. I should enjoy very much meeting personally 

 all those into whose hands this catalogue may find 

 its way; but, as this cannot be, I greet you most cor- 

 dially from its pages. 



^heodosia eJ3. Shepherd. 



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