A DDRESSES OF PRIZE WINNERS: 
gested by purchasers, viz.: 
the first received by us to receive the premium. 
For Bean, No. | Now catalogued on page 16, (; Bountiful ” 
and first named 
By ABEL STEELF, 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 EK. Ricks, Davis City, Iowa ; 
Maggie Low, Fort Branch, Ind.; Mrs. Wm. Barrett, Thorp, 
Wis.; Mrs. S. Whitcomb, Council Grove, Kans.; Mrs. J. L. 
Neble, Omaha, Neb. ; Rev. T. D. Boone, Salisburg, Pa. 
Far Lettuce, No. 2, “°”‘stasesonzeg® >“ 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 McGre- 
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, ‘suites ’ncwea” “Sweet Siberian” 
$25.00. 
By Davip Boynton, Avon Park, Fla., . 
The 12 names winning $0 each were suggested by : 
Mrs. Hannah Martin, Martintown, Wis.; Mrs. Godfrey 
Tompkins, Sumterville, 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, II1.; 
J. M. W. Pratt, Templeton, Mass.; F. H. Kiser, Portland, Ore. 
Now catalogued on page 15, 4; \f' ” 
For Pea, No. 4, °°" tna’frst'namea’ ~? “ Victory 
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 kr. Houston, Elizabeth, N.J.; E. Holister, Wellston, Mo.; 
Miss E. Snyder, Knowlton, N.J.; Lester W. Speer, Passaic, 
N.J.; Mrs. John B. Hobby, Peekskill 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, 6, “°’ cavaeaecconmar® © “ Red Hussar” 
By Mrs. M. E. Prxtey, 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. E. 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, Bellingham, Mass.; Mrs. S. J. Rol- 
low, Kennedy, Ky. 
Now catslogued onipage 86 «Cloth of fold ” 
For Coreopsis, No. 6, 
By S, M. Wootworts, Castleton-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 Hayen, Ct.; Alice S. Lyon, Pluckemin, N.J.; Mrs. Robt. 
H. Homer, Laramie, Wyo.; Edwin H. Riehl, Alton, Il). ; Mrs. 
Mary E. Lunt, Newburyport, Mass.; Ellen Bradway, Woods- 
town, N.J.; Marie Carolin, Patchogue, N.Y.; Mrs. Edith §. 
Hunter, Versailles, Ky.; Mrs. N. C. Smith, Toledo, Ohio. 
Now catalogued on page 86, {{ ” 
For Pansy, No. [f and first named ? Ruddy Gold 
By Rrx M. Rosrnson, 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, Tr 2e, Hopkinsville, 
Ky.; Mrs. G. W. Flanders, Dexter, Me.; Mrs. M. E. Ginganus, 
Sanderson, Fla. ; Mrs. Horace L. Almy, Tiverton Four Corners, 
R.I.; M. BE. 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, (; 
For Poppy, No. B, °° “ana"tise ane” “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. Isham 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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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 
each for the next best twelve names for each of the twelve novelties. 
ne 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'test namea “Fait Harvard’ 
By NELLIE J. FINEGAN, Anderson, Ind. $25.00. 
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, 
N J.; Mrs. E. A. Douglas, Hot Springs, Ark.; Sarah S. Sawyer, 
Millers Falls, Mass.; Alex. McLellan, Newport, R.I.; Ruggles 
Ave.; Mrs. W. H. Pond, Caldwell, N.J. 
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For Dahlia, No. 10, *2” <atsesustonmege 25% 
By Miss Sur M. Berry, Brunswick, Me., $25.00. 
The 12 names winning $5 each were suggested by : 
- W. E. Woodworth, Lakeport, N.H.; H. J. Broomall, Lowell, 
Wash.; Mrs. T. R. Crook, Clifton, Fla ; Mrs. S. M. Witherill, 
Plattsburg, N.Y.; Eliz. H. C. Thayer, Great Neck, N.Y.; Robt. 
Millican, Seabright, No. ; 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. | Now catalogued on page 160, (4 Flashlight” 
and first named — 
By Mrs. JANE B. Eppy, Mamaroneck, N.Y., $25.00. 
The 12 names winning $5 each were suggested by : 
Mrs. 8. E. Harryman, Lawrenceburg, Ind.; Mrs. T. Sather, 
Houston, Minn.; Miss L. 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. 
For Strawberry, No. | Now catalogued on page 112, 4 Repeater” 
and first named 
By J. H. Ropsrs, McCoy, Oregon,. . . . $25.00. 
The 12 names winning 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. 
P. J. Peterson, Pine Bush, N.Y.; Thos. Jones, Queens, 
A. T. Goldsborough, Wesley Heights, Washington, 
Frank J. Smith, Port Richmond, N.Y.; Mis, Geo. W. Jones, 
Keown’s, Wis. : 
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PURPOSES S543 
As an accommodation to our custom- 
» ers and in response to numerous inqui- 
ries, we have added 
a CUT FLOWER 
We will keep on hand in our New York 
stores fresh cut flowers, and are now prepared to execute all orders, large or 
small, on short notice. 
It will be our aim to have this de 
partment 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, 
bouquets and funeral emblems. 
Flowers for balls, weddings, churches, 
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. 
Orders bu 
Catalogue. 
flowers, and will give estimates by return mail. 
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In writing for prices 
Owing to the fluctuations in values of cut flowers throughout 
e 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 
please state for 
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. 
| hi 0) (dl Orders by telegraph, from parties of approved credit, 
Te egrap 1G ij ers. Money can be sent by 
telegraph, and parties without mercantile rating are earnestly requested to send 
money with their message, to avoid delay. 
All orders amounting to $5.00 or over for cut flowers will be 
e 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 in 
transit does not exceed two days. 
on envelope, ““CuT FLOWER DEPARTMENT,” to ensure immediate attention. 
stores. 
Free Delivery 
will receive prompt attention. 
Mail orders for cut flowers shou 
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