A\PPRESSES OF PRIZE WINNERS: 
gested by purchasers, viz.: 
each for the next best twelve names for each of the twelve novelties. 
the first received by us to receive the premium. 
For Bean, No, |, *°” Sau°tose! sada? *° “ Bountiful ” 
By ABEL STEELE, Ferguson, Ont., Canada, $25.00. 
The 12 names winning $d each were suggested by : 
Mrs. G. F. Frost, Waltham, Mass.; Mrs. C. Boyer, Grand 
Island, Calif. ; D, Louis Bodge, Middle Falls, N.Y.; Miss Grace 
Baker, Selma, Ala.; M. E. H. Hammett, Putnam, Conn.; E. 
Hollister, Wellston, Mo.; Candace B. Ricks, Davis City, lowa ; 
Maggie Low, Fort Branch, Ind.; Mrs. Wm. Barrett, Thorp, 
Wis.; Mrs. S. Whitcomb, Council Grove, Kans.; Mrs. J. L. 
Neble, Omaha, Neb. ; Rey. 'T. D. Boone, Saltsburg, Pa. 
Now catalogued on page 15, 
For Lettuce, No. ’ and first named “ Waldorf ‘ 
By Horatio A. Brown, Webster, Mass., $25.00. 
The 12 names winning $5 each were suggested by : 
Mrs. John W, Graham, Hillsboro, N.C.; Mrs. Duncan MeGre- 
gor, Antwerp, N.Y.; Perry B. Sibley, Joplin, Mo.; Maria Mor- 
ris Kirby, Mt. Vernon, N.Y.; Mrs. Ben Woodford, Paris, Ky. ; 
Chas. Dumper, Bay Shore, N.Y.; Mrs. Peter George, New 
Lisbon, N.Y.; Miss E. C. Reynolds, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Wright 
Rives, Washington, D.C.; C. L, Hartshorn, 199 May St., Wor- 
cester, Mass.; Mrs. J. E. Aiken, Greenville, Miss.; J. Reynard 
Lawrence, Ware, Mass. 
For Watermelon, No, 3,°"sniiss nea” “Sweet Siberian” 
$25.00. 
By DAvip Boynton, Avon Park, Fla., 
The 12 names winning $o each were suggested by : 
Mrs. Hannah Martin, Martintown, Wis.; Mrs. Godfrey 
Tompkins, Sumteryille, Fla.; Wm. L. Gardner, Brooklyn, 
N.Y.; L. K. Bolton, Des Moines, Iowa; Mrs. H. P. Proctor, 
Lewistown, Ill.; Mrs. Helen Bradley, Pomona, Cal.; S. S. 
Parmlee, Macon, Ga.; Mrs. E. P. Marsh, Greenwich, O. ; Mrs. 
H. J. Packard, Franklin, Mass.; W. H. Cork, Princeton, IIL; 
J. M. W. Pratt, Templeton, Mass. ; F. H. Kiser, Portland, Ore. 
Now catalogued on page 15. . ” 
For Pea, No. 4, “°™‘ata°sest cata? 7° «Victor 
By Miss AnNA L. WARD, Waterbury, Ct., $25.00. 
The 12 names winning $5 each were suggested by : 
W. B. Murray, Clinton, Ark.; Mrs. Robert Dyer, Grayling, 
Mich. ; Chas. Ross, Welford Park, Newbury, England ; Marga- 
rette F. Houston, Elizabeth, N.J.; E. Holister, Wellston, Mo.; 
Miss E. Snyder, Knowlton, N.J.; Lester W. Speer, Passaic, 
N.J.; Mrs. John B. Hobby, Pee ill, N.Y.; G. Ogden Taylor, 
Hop Yard, Va.; Mrs. F. C. Goffe, New Rochelle, N.Y.; Mrs, 
Albert Barnes, Decatur, Ill.; L. N. Suydam, Glendora, Calif. 
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For Aster, No. 8, *°” “tsu"frstnndea® °°“ Red Hussar” 
By Mrs. M. E. Pixtey, New Milford, Ct., $25.00. 
The 12 names winning $5 each were suggested by : 
Horace C, Osgood, No. Andover Depot, Mass.; G. Herbert 
Williams, East Sound, Wash.; Mrs. Z. D. Scott, Duluth, Minn. ; 
Mrs. M. KE. Hamilton, Colfax, Ill.; James Kirby, Hempstead, 
N.Y.; Richard Schwarting, Brooklyn, N.Y.; W. C. Dukes, 
Mobile, Ala.; Miss Maggie M. Smith, Sharon Springs, N.Y.; 
C, Filleul, Yarmouth, N.S., Canada; J. W. Pigg, Riverside, 
Ta.; Mrs. G. E. O'Connor, Bqlingham, Mass.; Mrs. S. J. Rol- 
low, Kennedy, Ky. 
For Coreopsis, No.6, *°" “tna‘trst mane” “Cloth of Gold ” 
By S, M. Wootwortnh, Castloton-on-Hudson, N.Y., $25.00. 
The 12 names winning $5 each were suggested by : 
Mrs. J. F. Miller, Gonzales, Tex.; Leah M. K. Miller, Water- 
loo, N.Y.; Miss G. Comstock, So. Norwalk, Ct.; A. M. Wheeler, 
New Haven, Ct.; Alice 8. Lyon, Pluckemin, N.J.; Mrs. Robt. 
H. Homer, Laramie, Wyo.; Edwin H. Riehl, Alton, Il).; Mvs. 
Mary E. Lunt, Newburyport, Mass.; Ellen Bradway, Woods- 
town, N.J.; Marie Carolin, Patchogue, N.Y.; Mrs. Edith 8. 
Hunter, Versailles, Ky.; Mrs. N. C. Smith, Toledo, Ohio. 
Now catalogued on page 86, ({ fi ” 
For Pansy, No. If and first named ey Ruddy ald 
By Rix M. Ropinson, Pensacola, Fla., . . $25.00. 
The 12 names winning $5 each were suggested by : 
Mrs. H. Francklin, Monte Vista, Col.; Wm. H. Buchheimer, 
Lime Kiln, Md.; Maggie M. Gove, Rural Grove, N.Y.; Eliza- 
beth Sill, Geneva, N.Y.; Mrs. John B. Trice, Hopkinsville, 
Ky.; Mrs. G. W. Flanders, Dexter, Me.; Mrs. M. E. Ginganus, 
Sanderson, Fla.; Mrs. Horace L. Almy, Tiverton Four Corners, 
R.I.; M. E. McDonald, Reynoldsville, Pa.; Mrs. J. Sauvet, Leo- 
nia, N.J.; Mrs. M. B. Kinports, Cherrytree, Grant, Pa.; Mrs. 
Horace French, West Lebanon, N.H. 
Now catalogued on page 86, {; i] 
For Ponny, No, 6, and first named Dolly Varden 
By Mrs. Mary L. Fry, Washington, D.C., $25.00. 
The 12 names winning $5 each were suggested by : 
Miss Blanche H. Riddle, Saranac Inn, N.Y.; Anne Dodge, 
Council Bluffs, Ia.; Mrs. R. Porter Haswell, Hoosick, N.Y.; 
Mrs. A, F. Rice, Tecumseh, Mich.; Mrs. M. M. Cooper. Annis- 
ton, Ala.; Mrs. R. Leonard, Eureka, Ill.; J. T. Littleton, Em- 
ory, Va.; Mrs. Ishain Railey, Versailles, Ky.; A. H. Smith, 
Chicopee, Mass.; Sue M. Cope, Hatboro, Pa.; Mrs. W. H. 
Bracken, Beaver Dam, Wis.; H. C. Ficklen, Danville. Va. 
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PURPOSES 
As an accommodation 
In last season’s Catalogues we offered twelve nameless novelties under number, and offered 
an aggregate of $1,020.00 in 156 premiums for what we considered the best names sug- 
Twelve premiums of $25 each for the names selected as the best for each of the twelve novelties, and 144 premiums of $5 
In cases where more than one person suggested the same name for the same thing 
We forwarded checks covering premiums to all successful competitors December 15th, 1898, as follows: 
For Chrysanthemum, No.9,°"‘tna'tst nea” Fait Harvard” 
By NELLIE J. FineGAN, Anderson, Ind. .. . . $256.00. 
The 12 names winning $5 each were suggested by : 
Mrs. Josephine G. Richards, So. Orange, N.J.; Miss Mary E, 
Beer, Bucyrus, O.; Mrs..D. W. Hodgkins, E. Brookfield, Mass. ; 
Mrs. L. H. Bixby, Cincinnati, O.; Mrs. R. M. Skinner, Prince- 
ton, Ill.; Mrs. C. P. Perham, Rutherford, N.J.; Miss Eleanor 
R._Goodbread, Chester, Fla.; Mrs, Joseph Nixon, Paterson, 
NJ.; Mrs. E. A. Douglas, Hot Springs, Ark.; Sarah 8. Sawyer, 
Millers lis, Mass.; Alex. McLellan, Newport, R.I.; Ruggles 
Ave.; Mrs. W. H. Pond, Caldwell, N.J. 
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For Dahlia, No. 10, and first named : 
By Miss Sur M. Berry, Brunswick, Me., $25.00. 
Platts 
Millican, Seabright, N.J.; Mrs. Geo, Copeland, Jefferson, Wis. ; 
Chas. Van Brunt, Jr., Long Branch, N.J.; C. C. Remsen, Flat- 
bush Sta., Brooklyn, N.Y.; Richd. L. Hoelger, M.D., 182 Alex. 
Ave., New York; Mrs. E. C. Potter, Westchester, N.Y.; Mrs. 
C, Sullivan, Needham, Mass. 
For Geranium, No, I, *°” “anist mea’ “Flashlight” 
By Mrs. JAnr B. Eppy, Mamaroneck, N.Y., $25.00. 
The 12 names winning $5 each were suggested by : 
Mrs. 8. E. Harryinan, Lawrenceburg, Ind.; Mrs. T. Sather, 
Houston, Minn.; Miss lL. M. Bishop, Athens, Ga.; K. F. Hein- 
zen, Boston, Mass.; Miss Sarah J. Fletcher, Redlands, Cal.; 
Susie B. Thompson, Friendship, Me.; Mrs. M. B. Rouse, Anoka, 
Minn.; W. W. Coles, Kokomo, Ind.; Mrs. R. C. Orr, Athens, 
Ga.; Mrs. 8. H. Kennett, Helena, Mont.; Mrs. J. W. Mallet, 
University of Va., Va.; Miss Lilian Carpenter, Waterbury, Vt. 
Now catalogued on page 112, «; ) 
For Strawberry, No, I2, and first named : Repeater 
By J. H. Ropprys, McCoy, Oregon,. . . . $25.00. 
The 12 names winning $5 each were suggested by : 
E. O. Rockwood, Norfolk, Mass.; A. Bauer, Brooklyn, N.Y.; 
Mrs. Mary Stoepp, Benfield, Md.; Anna G. Pearson, Glenwood 
Springs, Col.; James Henderson, Northborough, Mass.; Chas. 
Petar, Ridgway, N.C.; John C. Gillespie, West Orange, N.J.; 
P. J. Peterson, Pine Bush, N.Y.; Thos. Jones, Queens, N.Y.; 
A. T,.Goldsborough, Wesley Heights, Washington, D.C.; 
Frank J. Smith, Port Richmond, N.Y.; Mrs. Geo. W. Jones, 
Keown’s, Wis. 
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graduations, sick rooms, anniversaries, dinner table and house decoration, 
for friends departing on steamers; in short, appropriate flowers for all occa- 
sions may be had at our stores, and we invite all patronage. 
Owing to the fluctuations in values of cut flow 
« the season, it is impossible to give a list of prices in our annual 
We invite correspondence from parties out of town, who may want cut 
flowers, and will give estimates by return mail. In writing for prices please state for 
Flowers for balls, wedd 
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It will be our aim to have this department at the 
same high standard as our seed and plant departments, and we will supply 
eut flowers for all purposes, either loose or made up in designs—baskets, 
ings, churches, 
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what purpose the flowers are wanted; as far as possible, the selection should be left to | 
us,as we can almost invariably give greater value for the money than if we are limited 
strictly to purchaser’s choice. 
If the sum you wish to expend is sent to us, and we 
know the purpose for which the flowers are wanted, we can assure all who favor us with 
such orders that they will be treated liberally and get full market value for their money. 
Telegraphic Orders. 
telegraph, and parties without mercantile rating are earnestly requested to send 
money with their message, to avoid delay. 
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Orders by telegraph, from parties of approved credit, 
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delivered free by us at any express office within fifty miles of our 
We cannot express cut flowers collect on delivery. 
We guarantee safe arrival of cut flowers sent by express, when the time 
Mail orders for cut flowers should be marked 
on envelope, ‘CUT FLOWER DEPARTMENT,” to ensure immediate attention. 
