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TO OUR CUSTOMERS. 



PARTICULARLY SUCH AS HATE NOT BEFORE DEALT WITH US, WE 



WOULD SUGGEST READING THE FOLLOWING BEFORE 



MAKING OUT THEIR ORDERS : 



First. That the advantage of purchasers being able to get anything wanted from one 

 establishment has been well shown in the immense increase in our business since we began 

 this system. We endeavor to supply every want of the Florist and Market Gardener; 

 whether it be in Fruit, Flower, Vegetable Seeds or Plants, Implements or Fertilizers, a de- 

 tail of which will be seen on first page of cover. 



Our Seed Warehouse, which has long been the largest in the City of New York? 

 we found the past season to be so much inadequate for our business, that this summer we 

 have added to our area by securing the premises, No. 37 Cortlandt Street. Our two build- 

 ings now give us a space of thirteen floors, each 25x128 feet. With our increased facilities, we 

 can still better systemmatize our business, so that the filling of orders will, if possible, be more 

 prompt than ever. 



Our Employes, for the most part, are trained florists and seedsmen, many of whom 

 have been with us from ten to fifteen years. We employ an average of seventy throughout 

 the entire season. 



Plants, Seeds and Bulbs may be sent in the same package when desired, 

 thereby saving additional express charges, but orders should be made on the separate order 

 sheets (one of each, for seeds and plants, will be found in this list). The order sheets should 

 always be used, as it is much easier to fill orders when the order is written on them, than 

 when mixed through the body of a letter, which should never be done. 



Our Plant Department last year embraced 120,000 square feet of glass. This 

 season 1882, over 1,200 sashes have been added, so that to-day our Plant Department covers 

 nearly fovi/r acres solid in glass, probably double in extent that of any other establishment on 

 this Continent. Our Greenhouses being arranged so that they can be graded to any tempera- 

 ture, the most perfect health and vigor possible is given to the Plants, and with these unsur- 

 passed advantages we are also able to compete with any in the matter of prices. 



Conditions Of sale Of Plants. The plants named are offered at the rates quo- 

 ted, provided that not less than FIYE of each class or variety is taken. No order 



will be filled from plant list in less amounts than six dollars. 



The varieties must be our own -selection of sorts ; for example, if twelve different kinds 

 of Roses or Geraniums are ordered, we send twelve distinct sorts, but cannot afford the time 

 (at these low rates) to select special kinds named by the buyer. Any one wanting varieties 

 of special kinds, can order from our Descriptive Catalogue, but at retail rates, from which 

 we allow a discount of one-third. However, in ordering from this wholesale list, we give the 

 buyer the privilege of naming sorts he donH want us to send. 

 Plants may be safely shipped to all parts of the country, 



AT ALL SEASONS OF THE YEAR, 



As our system of packing is so complete that, although we send out thousands of packages 

 during the coldest days in winter, we rarely have a case injured when sent by express. 



All goods are sent by express, unless specially ordered otherwise. 



To places where there are no express offices, we will send all plants named in this list by 

 mail, at an advance of one-third on the prices named ; thus, if 100 plants, costing $6, are 

 wanted, we will send them for $8, prepaid, by mail; but again advise, that whenever it is 

 possible, to have plants sent by express, as it is the best mode, and our light system of pack- 

 ing makes the charges comparatively low. 



No Charge for Boxes, Baskets, or Packing 1 . 



