♦ . 1894/ 



To GastomeFs and Fiends. 



E have pleasure in handing you our new Catalogue, and, grateful for 

 your patronage in the past, — we respectfully solicit a continuance 

 of your confidence. 



Lower Prices for Seeds. Our crops of most varieties of garden, flower and farm 

 seeds have been unusually productive, and are of very superior quality. Customers, 

 therefore, have the advantage from us of remarkably low prices for seeds of the highest 

 excellence. 



Quality with us is always of first importance, — not cost. We employ the best 

 and most experienced growers ; give personal attention to Testing, and buy the finest 

 stocks only. Frequently we pay from thirty to fifty dollars per ounce for new or rare 

 varieties which might be obtained under the same name from less reliable sources for less 

 than half these prices. 



"We rely solely upon fair dealing and the high character of our Seeds for the 



extension of our business. A customer may be induced to buy elsewhere once, by some 

 tempting description, exaggerated illustration or special oft'er, but almost invariably we 

 receive his orders regularly after one or two such trials. It will be at once apparent that 

 as we do not handle the cheap seeds usually sent to country merchants, but deal with the 

 user direct, it is not only our desire, but also for our interest to supply growers with the 

 best strains of tested seeds. No substitute for them can be used with profit. 



"We solicit a trial order from new customers who are alive to the importance of 

 planting fresh seeds direct from the grower and free from adulteration of any kind. In 

 doing so, we may say that our goods can only be obtained direct from us in Boston. They 

 are not for sale in stores, as we do not ofier to merchants, nor do we employ any agents. 



We would refer those who are not acquainted with us to any experienced gardener, 

 florist or market gardener of repute in New England, nearly all of whom rely on us for 

 their supplies year after year. 



Our personal attention to orders and our extensive practical experience as growers 

 enable us to give intelligent service to our patrons ; and, if from any cause any seeds sup- 

 plied by us prove defective, we hold ourselves ready, if immediately informed, to refill the 

 order gratis with other seeds ; and here we limit our responsibility, — we do not warrant 

 our seeds, bulbs, etc., in any respect. We are not accountable for want of due care, bad 

 weather, etc., and do not hold ourselves accountable in any way for crops. No gardener 

 or farmer at sowing time can warrant the crop, even if he uses seeds of his own raising. 



Careful tests of our Seeds are made in our own hot-houses, so as to ascertain 

 germinating quality. 



Awaiting the favor of your orders, and assuring you of our appreciation of your 

 patronage, 



Very respectfully, 



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