-**TO FLORISTS,** 



PARTICULARLY SUCH AS HAVE NOT BEFORE DEALT WITH US WE 



WOULD SUGGEST READING THE FOLLOWING BEFORE 



MAKING OUT THEIR ORDERS: 



First. That the advantage (if purchasers being able to get everything wanted from 

 one establislunent 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 or Market Gardour, A 

 whether it be in Plants, Bulbs, Flower Seeds, or Garden Requisites. mf 



Flower Seeds. — A most complete assortment, both for Green-house and the 

 Flower Garden, is given in this list, embracing the most useful kinds for cut flowers or for 

 other decorative purposes. 



Requisites for Florists. Instead of issuing a special catalogue of these goods, 

 as in previous years, we now embody in this wholesale list, which we think a more conveni- 

 ent arrangement. Our list of everything in this line will be found full and complete. 



Plants, Requisites and Seeds may be sent in the same package when de- 

 sired, thereby saving additional express charges, but orders should be made on the sepa- 

 rate 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 this season (1884) covers nearly four and a half acres 

 in glass, probably double in extent that of any other establishment on this Continent. Our 

 Green-houses being arranged so that they can be graded to any temperature, the most per- 

 fect health and vigor possible is gi.ven to the Plants, and with these advantages we are also 

 able to compete with any in the matter of prices. 



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

 whom have been with us from ten to fifteen years. We will, this season, employ an aver- 

 age of eighty hands throughout the entire season. 



Conditions of Sale of Plants. 



The Plants named are offered at the rates quoted, provided, that not less than FIVE 

 of each class or variety is taken. Xo order will be filled from Plant list in less amounts than 

 six dollars. 



The varieties must be our own selection of sorts unless otherwise offered ; 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 don't 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 

 packing makes the charges comparatively low. 



No Charge for Boxes, Baskets or Packing. 



ABOUT FORWARDING AND REMITTING. 



Every order is executed at once on its receipt, or a reason given why it has not been 

 sent, so that parties ordering may know that if goods are not received in proper time, it is 

 almost certain that the letter has not been received by us. Remittances should be mad^^ 

 either in the form of a Money Order, Bank Draft, Express Order, or Registered Letter^ 

 Remittances in any other way are entirely at the sender's risk. In regard to Postal Notes, 

 which are likelv to be largely used, we are obliged to say that, as they afford no security, 

 and are readily negotiable into whomsoever's hands they may fall, we cannot hold our- 

 selves responsible for letters lost in transit that may contain them. 



PETER HENDERSON & CO. 35& ™V^ 



