^o il\e gardening Public, 



In presenting our General Catalogue for 1883 we desire to call 

 attention to the fact that it embraces many new and important features, 

 perhaps the most valuable of which are 



PETER HENDERSON'S 

 I(Etflg£D IMgT^lCTIOMg 0| VEGETABLE AMD FLOWER CULTURE, 



which gives all the latest information on this subject that the author of 

 "Gardening- for Profit" 1 has to impart. Of course, cultural instructions in 

 the main undergo but little change, yet in our large and varied practice in 

 every season's experience, there crops up some new or important point or 

 detail before unnoticed, but often of the utmost importance to the cultivator 

 and it is mainly such details that the " Revised Instructions'' are intended 

 to convey. Besides this, Mr. Henderson has prepared a series of eleven 

 essays on horticultural subjects, some of which are designed lo more fully 

 answer the inquiries on the subjects of which they treat. These essays, as 

 will be seen under the head of Premiums elsewhere, can be bought separately 

 or together, or we send them as premiums on orders from this catalogue 

 to the amount of S5-oo, for conditions of which offer, please refer to 

 "Premiums" on page 2. 



Out Rpprl anfl Plant Wa-pohnnao which has long been the Iargest in the City of New 



Ulii OCOU OjILU. X lOiliU VV fliGlLUliOC) y ork| we foun(1 the past season to be so much inad- 

 equate for our business, that last summer we added to our area, by securing the premises, No. 37 Cortlandt St. 

 Our two buildings now give us a space equivalent to thirteen floors, each 25 x 12S feet. With our increased facil- 

 ities, we can still better systematize our business, so that the filling of orders will, if possible, be more prompt 

 than ever, besides allowing us to give more and more of our personal attention each season, not only to the seed 

 testing and trials at our grounds, but to the close supervision of our growing seed crops all over the country; it 

 will thus be seen that as far as possible, every precaution is taken that the " stock " of seeds we offer shall be as 

 represented. 



^^ 1 ^TW£^"Pfl^■n0 , P-f HrrlPTQ ^PPrlQ^ —Whenever it is desired we will send Vegetable Seeds 

 J. U± W aiU-LLLg UI UiUDlO \ k)GCU.O/t hy mail> but p 0s tage must always be added at the rate of 

 16 cents per lb. when ordered in quantities of one-quarter pound and upwards; but when ordered in small quanti- 

 ties — by the packet or ounce — either Vegetable or Flower Seeds will be sent by mail at Catalogue prices, without 

 extra charge. 



QoOflQ Q Tl (\ "PI Q Tito tn"P T?"Vnn"Pt — ^ ur tra ^ e now extends far beyond the confines of our 

 OtiCUb CUIU. rldlllUb 1U1 .TJAJJUIU. own continent, our goods being sent to all parts of the 

 globe. This export business, especially in Seeds, has with us reached such proportions that we pay special atten- 

 tion to all such orders, giving particular care to the packing and forwarding. 



"Dq pIt'ITI (V — ~ So cnar S e i s made for boxes, baskets or packing, and all goods are delivered at express or 

 -*- t«Ui\.XJJ.gt freight offices in New York free of charge. Our system of packing is so complete that we now 

 ship every day, no matter how cold or how hot the weather may be, and during the season of 1S82 we averaged 

 only one complaint in about ever)- four hundred orders. 



"\X7"q P Tl Q T>0 Tl TOO sa ^ e delivery °f a 'l Plants or Seeds when sent by mail or express, but all Plants sent 

 \J VJ U.COJ.GI1.U. UUU \,y freight are entirely at the risk of the purchaser. Complaints, however, must be 

 made at once on receipt of goods. We will not hold to our guarantee if, when a month after, from inattention or 

 other causes, Plants have failed, and complaint is then made. 



Copyright 1883. by Peter Henderson & Co. 



