INTRODUCTION. 95 



PREMIUMS AND CLUB TERMS. 



To purchasers of Plants from this Catalogue (between pages 96 and 136) we offer the following reductions: 



For $5.00 cash, Plants from this Catalogue to the value of $5.50 can be selected. 

 " 8.00 " " " " 9.00 " " 



" 12.00 " '• " " 14.00 " " 



" 15.00 " " " " 18. co " " 



" 20.00 " " " " 24 00 " " 



" 25.00 " " " '• 30.00 " " 



These discounts do not apply to the Loiu rate collections, as the prices there are already as low as good slock can 

 be sold for. 



The above offers will still include our Book Premiums if the order is of sufficient amount as per conditions 

 named on second page of cover. 



T^Qyilir OfrlofO — ^ e a 8 a ' n UI ¥ e upon our customers the great importance of sending their orders 

 MUtMiL Ajr V/I UC1 Ot early; by so doing we can always send larger and finer plants, and it enables 

 us to refill our space before the selling season is over. For instance, a person receiving an assortment of plants 

 on April 1st, can with very little trouble keep them along in the dwelling house or a cold frame until the 1st or middle 

 of May, when they are to be planted outside. To encourage early orders we will give a discount of 10 per cent. 

 from Catalogue prices on all cash orders for plants (between pages 96 and 136) received and shipped before April 1st. 



PlcHTf PDnwiiiiivic — ^ n Edition to the very liberal club terms and our low prices, we will also 

 A ldllL L I mill 111 lib* present to purchasers: 



With every $2.00 order a Plant of the New Hardy Pink " Snow." 



" 5-00 " " Hybrid Tea Rose "Camoens." 



8.00 " " "Lion's Tail." 



" 12.00 " 4 varieties of New Mammoth Verbenas. 



" 15.00 " 6 " " Japanese Chrysanthemums. 



" 20.00 " 2 plants of New Hardy White Passiflora "Constance Elliott.'* ' 



" 25.00 " full set of 4 grand Roses shown in colored plate. 



13/\w»/"kW"»l-ki"v'M — ^ e S' ve no premiums or discounts from " Low Rate Lists," except the plant premiums, 

 XlOIIlCIIlUOl • and the 10 per cent, discount if order is shipped before April 1st. 



ROSE ST RO SE 



The steadily growing taste and demand for fine Roses induces us to devote more space 

 in our green-houses than ever before to their cultivation, our area now being equal to that of 

 any other firm in the United States. 



WHAT WE CLAIM. — We claim that we send larger and finer Roses for less money than any other 

 firm in the business. Our smallest size is larger than the plants sent out by the mailing trade throughout the 

 country, and our cold system of growing stock makes them infinitely better. 



SIZES. — We are the only extensive rose growers who offer Roses in different sizes. This gives purchasers 

 the opportunity of procuring a plant of large size which will make a show at once, or smaller plants at prices which 

 place them within the reach of all. 



HOW WE GROW OUR ROSES.— Nearly all florists and rose growers in this country propagate 

 their entire stock in September and October. This compels them to force them along all winter so as to get them ot 

 sufficient size to sell in the spring. The effect of this forcing is shown when they are planted out in the spring, by a 

 feeble, sickly growth or total loss. We propagate our Roses in June, July or August, which enables us to grow them 

 to a good size by fall, when we store them away in cold green-houses until sold in spring. Roses thus treated have 

 their natural season of "rest," and invariably do well when set out. The cold houses in which we "rest*' our 

 Roses, are the narrow ones shown at the right of engraving on outside page of cover of Catalogue, 1885. 



A GREAT ADVANTAGE. — New York florists have a great advantage over others located elsewhere, 

 because the facilities for the importation of novelties at this point are unequaled, and it is an acknowledged fact, that 

 the rose growing and general florist business is done on a larger scale and with greater perfection around New York 

 than in any other locality in the United States. Being the great centre of wealth of the country, its exacting taste 

 demands only the choicest, grown to the greatest perfection. 



INSTRUCTIONS IN CULTURE.— It is impossible in the limited space of a catalogue to give 

 full instructions in the cultivation of Roses and other plants. To such as desire such information we would refer 

 them to Mr. Henderson's books, a detail of contents of which will be found in the first pages of this catalogue. 



