2 Currie Brothers' Horticulturai Guideo 



Our Seed Department. 



This department is managed by a member of the firm who has had many years of practical experience in this line of business, 

 and who devotes his whole time, thought and energy to this special trade and the interests of our customers. His assistants were 

 all carefully chosen, and are men of ability, who thoroughly understand the business, and are stricf ly reliable. 



Our Seed Store at 312 Broadway possesses all the advantages of location, accommodation and facilities that can be desired 

 for the proper handling of this line of business. It is only two and a half blocks from our flower store and is therefore within 

 easy reach of the Post Office, Telegraph Offices and all Express Offices, Eailroad Depots and Ship Docks. Its four floors are 

 stocked not only with seeds or all kinds, but also with fertilizers, tools, implements; everything, in fact, for the farm and garden. 

 We are also agents for all kinds of heavy farm implements and machinery. 



Seeds for the Garden and Farm of every Grain, Vegetable and Ornamental Plant, worthy of Culture in our climate, we 

 keep in stock in sufficient quantity to supply every demand. 



Our Seeds are all Tested, a Precautionary Measure of Great Value to Our Customers and Ourselves. — Our green- 

 houses and gardens afford us every facility to test seeds, and none are allowed to leave our establishment until we are satisfied 

 that; thej^ are absolutely of the very best quality, 2^ossessing the greatest possible vitality and certain to grow under favorable 



conditions. 



Our Seeds are AlAvays True to Name. — We use every precaution our experience can devise to have all seeds true to name^ 

 and we never, under any circumstances, substitute one seed for another, and call it by any other than its true name. 



Seeds Bearing Our Name are those which we have introduced, and are really of a very superior character, all of then^ 

 having been thoroughly tested before being put on the market. They are exclusively "held and controlled by ourselves. 



Novelties, as we have stated, are either of our own introduction, or are obtained direct from the originators; but we are 

 always very cautious of cataloguing anything until we are satisfied it possesses some real merit. 



We guarantee the Safe Arrival of Seeds. — In the event of the non-arrival of packages, or their receipt in bad condition, 

 if notice is sent us within two weeks after date of shipment, we will cheerfully replace the same free of all charges. 



Prices. — We grow and purchase seeds in large quantities. Our business, both wholesale and retail, w ever and rapidly on 

 the increase. Our facilities for handling seeds, receiving and filling orders, packing and shipping are being improved where pos- 

 sible. With all of these advantages we are enabled to make very reasonable prices. We are confident they compare favorably 

 wath those of any reliable seedsman in the United States. Our motto is frst-class goods at reasonable prices. 



N. B.— See Oiu* Special Offer to Cash Buyers. . • 



Special Notice to Purchasers. 



Knowing our seeds to be of the very finest stocks, grown under the most favorable circumstances, and managed with the 

 utmost care to keep therapure and true to name, and having, as an additional precautionary measure, tfioroughJy tested them to 

 prove their powers of germination, we can confidently give purchasers the fullest assurance that no better seeds can be procured- 

 We guarantee all our seeds fresh, of the very finest quality, possessing the most abundant vitality, and certain to grow under 

 favorable conditions. Good seeds may be relied on to produce good crops, still, as all experienced farmers and gardeners know, 



the best of seed sometimes does not germinate, and crops may prove a failure, the causes, even when known, being entirely 

 beyond human control. We cannot, therefore, Avarrant good crops or hold ourselves responsible for failures. If the purchaser 

 does not accept the seeds on these conditions, he Avill please return them at once and we will cheerfully refund the money paid 

 for them. 



• Instructions to Customers. 



When to Order Seeds. — Do not wait until it is time to sow, but order early, is our invariable advice to customers, not for 

 ®ur own benefit alone, but largely for theirs. We plan to have our catalogue reach them at what we believe to be a proper time 

 to give seed orders consideration. Previous to its issue, our supplies of fresh seeds are all in, and our arrangements made for 

 filling orders. To avoid a rush &nd perhaps delays in the very busy months of spring nearing seed time, it is a great convenience 

 to ourselves, and very often an advantage to purchasers, if orders are sent to us early. It gives us plenty of time to, fill them, 

 and attend to the wants of customers promptly. If the goods are not wanted immediately, Ave will get them ready and ship at 

 any date desired. An early receipt of seeds ordered often has a special advantage to purchasers, for should they then discover 

 that they have omitted something in ordering, they still have time to send again, and have the omitted article arrive before it is 

 needed. N. B.— We fill all orders in the rotation in ivTiich they are received. 



HoAV to Order Seeds, Etc. — Purchasers will greatly oblige us by writing out their orders on the sheet we enclose for tha*- 

 purpose with each catalogue ; it greatly facilitates our Avork. It is most important that the full name and address be given, ant 

 plainly written. Often we receive orders with neither name nor address attached, and delays consequently occur Avhich Ave arej 

 poAverless to avoid. Full shipping directions should be given us, stating distinctly whether large quantities are to be sent bj 

 .express or freight, otherwise we must use our own judgment regarding the best route. 



Seeds by Mail.— Purchasers of seeds will please note that all seeds in packets, ounces and quarter pounds are sent free by 

 ??ia?7 to any Postoflice or Express Office in the United States; but those ordering quantities of one-half pound, or pint and 

 upwards, will please add to the catalogue price of seeds a suflicient amount to cover expense of postage, namely, 8 cents per 

 pound ; 15 cents per quart of Beans and Peas, and 10 cents per quart of Sweet Corn. 



We wish to direct partk-ztZar attention to this important fact, that while Ave do not offer, as some seedmen do to-day, to for- 

 ward all seeds postpaid, it will be found, on making comparison, that the actual prices of our seeds are as low as those of any 

 first-class and reliable seedsman in the country. 



Seeds by Express and Freight.— Quantities of seeds in pounds, quarts and upwards are usually ordered sent by express 

 or freight, Avhich is much the cheaper way. We ship in this way at the purchasers' expense, but make no charge for Boxes or 

 Packing, nor for cartage to Express Oflices or Freight Depots. 



Special Offer to Cash Bu} ers. 



As an inducement to purchasers of our seeds iu packets only, we make this most liberal offer, but we wish it thoroughly 

 understood that it applies to orders for seeds in packets only , and not to orders for an ounce or more : 



Purchasers remitting $ l.OO may select Seeds, in Pacl<ets Only, to the value of $ 1.30. 



2.00 " " " " " " 2.65. 



" 3.00 " " " " " " 4-.05. 



• < " 4-.00 " " " " " " 5.50. 



5.00 " " " " " " 7.00. 



Delivered free by mail to any address in the United States or Canada, 



