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REETING 



To all Flower Loving Friends and Customers: 



9|S this catalogue goes to press, I read that old Boreas 

 ®^ is holding high carnival east of the Rockies, 

 reveling in disastrous storms by land and sea. From 

 these tragic pictures, I turn to look through the open 

 window into a great garden flooded with soft warm sun- 

 shine, where moving palms and bamboo, giant strelit- 

 zias, and graceful tree ferns, rise in stately beauty, 

 where flaunting red poinsettias gleam, gay geraniums, 

 glorious roses, spicy carnations, and fragant heliotrope 

 are gay with blossoms; where a hundred varieties of 

 captivating begonias run riot in garden beds and lath- 

 houses, bearing myriads of exquisite flowers in most 

 bewildering profusion, vieing in the wonderful diversity 

 and the brilliancy of their beautiful flowers. 



Into this ideal spot Jack Frost never enters. Here 

 new creations in flowers are developed, and the choicest 

 plants, bulbs, and seeds are grown to the greatest per- 

 fection. It is a labor of love to cultivate them, and a 

 great pleasure to send them to those who love and care 

 for them. 



Trusting for a share of your flower orders, I am 



Yours sincerely, 



THEODOSIA B. SHEPHERD. 



