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VIEWS IN OUB TEIAI. GROUNDS. 



ur Menual of "EVERYTHING FDR THE GARDEN" 



for this season will probably be seen and read by a million people. To the 

 thousands who have patronized us for a quarter of a century, it is unnecessary 

 for us to say why we believe purchasers of either Seeds or Plants will find 

 it to their advantage to place their orders with us ; but, inasmuch as our 

 Catalogue every year reaches thousands who never before heard of us, we annually state a few of the 

 great advantages we possess. First. We claim that we occupy a unique position in the trade, because Mr. 

 Peter Henderson, the head of our firm, has been all his life not only a practical Market Gardener and 

 Florist, but has written several books, and hundreds of articles, whose plain and simple teachings have enabled 

 thousands to garden both for profit and for pleasure. In the management of his business Mr. Henderson 

 has for years been assisted by his sons, both of whom have passed through every department of what is not 

 only a large but an exceedingly complex business. We have besides always gathered around us a large 

 force of experienced employees, many of whom have been with us for over twenty years. Second. For 

 twenty-three years previous to our embarking in the seed trade we had been engaged in the market 

 gardening and florist business, and it was this practical experience in the soil, no doubt, that has always 

 made us more careful than most seed houses as to the quality of the seeds we sold. So that, at the very 

 beginning of our career as seedsmen, we inaugurated in this country the first practical attempt at seed testing, 

 something we could readily do, because we had the appliances of green-houses and grounds already at hand. 

 That this plan, patiently and systematically followed, has proved of great value to us, the following figures 

 for the years 1879 ar, d 1889 of the quantities sold of a few leading seeds is the best testimony we can offer: 



Quantities of Veg. Seeds sold 

 by P. H. & Co. in 1879. 



Quantities of Veg. Seeds sold 

 by P. H. & Co. in 1889. 



1,000 bushels Beans 6,000 bushels. 



9,000 lbs Beet 30,000 lbs. 



2,000 lbs Cabbage 14,000 lbs. 



1,000 lbs Celery 5,000 lbs. 



500 bushels Corn 5,000 bushels. 



1,500 lbs Melon 9,000 lbs. 



Quantities of Veg. Seeds sold 

 by P. H. & Co. in 1879. 



Quantities of Veg. Seeds sold 

 by P. H. & Co. in 1889. 



2,500 lbs 



1,500 lbs 



1,500 bushels. 



10,000 lbs. ..■,.. 



500 barrels . 



15,000 lbs 



, . Onion 20,000 lbs. 



.Parsley 6,000 lbs. 



. .Peas 20,000 bushels. 



.Radish 25,000 lbs. 



.Potatoes 5,000 barrels. 



.Spinach 65,000 lbs. 



