100 PETER HENDERSON & CO—PLANT DEPARTMENT. 
SIZE enters into the question of price. Roses, for example, four or five inches high, and grown in two-inch pots, are dearer at ten cents 
each to the buyer than a Rose a foot in height grown in a four or five-inch pot at thirty cents each, for in the case of the larger plants, 
results are obtained at once, while with smaller plants half the season is over before any bloom ean be obtained. 
= E —In Plants, as in Seeds and in everything else, we aim to offer only the best. F 
The Best 1S the Ch eapest. this reason we do not catalogue paeeehe lists in such things as Boces: Geeauiume, F 
Verbenas, Fuchsias, Chrysanthemums, etc. (which only serve to confuse purchasers), but cast aside the inferior sorts, and offer only 
such varieties as exhibit the best traits of vigor of growth, profusion of bloom, richness of color, ete. This is not only a convenience, 
but a protection to our customers, who can feel sure of receiving no worthless variety when ordering from us. 
aT IF d N lti —While our Collection embraces everything that is new, rare and desirable, yet we offer nothing but 
es e Ove 16S. what has been thoroughly tested, thus affording our customers a protection against untried, high- 
priced novelties, which often prove worthless. By strictly adhering to this principle we have avoided these sensational novelties and 
have become identified with numerous plants of sterling merit which mark the progress of Floriculture in this country, prominent 
among which we would mention The Dinsmore Rose, The Sunset Rose, The Moon Flower, The Mammoth Verbenas, The 
“OSTRICH PLUME” Chrysanthemum (Mrs. Alpheus Hardy)—A new PINK variety of which (“Louis Boehmer”) we offer this 
year—The Imperial Chrysanthemums, Hydrangea Thos. Hogg, Zebra Zinnias, The Bermuda Easter Lily, New French Cannas, 
and many others. Reference to the succeeding pages will show that our claim of having the largest and finest stock of Novelties and 
Standard Sorts in the United States is a true one, while the immense extent and perfect system under which our establishment is con- 
ducted, insures the prompt, careful and liberal filling of all orders, no matter how large or how small. 
P fi t Pp k = —From our long experience as packers of plants the present perfect system has been evolved. We 
ey eC ac ms s ship at all seasons of the year and fill every order the day after it is received—unless otherwise 
instructed by the purchaser—using light boxes and baskets, so as to reduce express charges to a minimum, and so perfect is our system 
that our plants almost invariably reach the purchaser as fresh as when they left our Green-houses. Please read the yoluntary testi- 
monials at the foot of the succeeding pages, which are only a sample of thousands received during the past season. 
P ki F i Ch —We make no charge for boxes, baskets or packing, and all goods are delivered at 
ac Ing ree O arge. express or freight offices in New York City free of charge. During cold weather we 
pack in closed Gases, secure from frost, and guarantee safe arrival. IMPORTANT.—We will pack seeds, plants and all other articles 
purchased from us in one package, if desired, thus saving expressage, time, and annoyance to our customers, but particularly request 
customers to make out all orders for plants on the plant order sheet, and for seeds, etc., on the seed order sheet, as this will expedite the 
forwarding and filling, and be a material aid to us in executing all orders. 
W G t th S fi A > ] of all plants sent by express. Should anything be injured in transit we 
e uaran ee e a e€ rriva would urge our customers to notify us at once on receipt of the goods, 
and in every case send us a list of what has been damaged, so that we can replace them without delay. But when they arrive in good 
condition our responsibility ceases, and if from inattention or other causes they fail and complaint is then made, we cannot replace them. 
Plants sent other than by express are entirely at the risk of the purchaser. 
Pl t b M il —All orders for plants will be sent free, by mail, at our regular Catalogue prices when instructions to 
an S VY a « that effect accompany the order, otherwise they will be sent by express (buyer to pay charges) ; and as 
we always add enough plants gratis to cover these charges customers will see the great advantage of having plants sent by express, as 
we can not only send larger plants, but they invariably arrive in better condition than if sent by mail; besides this, we cannot afford to 
give purchasers having their Plant orders sent by mail the benefit of the ‘‘ Discounts” or ‘‘ Premiums” offered below. The reasons for 
this are that in ‘‘ Mail Orders” we prepay all postage, and the actual cost of packing a mail order is double that of packing for express. 
No Plant order to be sent by mail will be accepted for a less amount than $1.00. : 
S = ] C h D ; t —As itis a great advantage to us to make room before the rush of spring trade begins, 
pecla as 1scoun « so that we can refill our space before the selling season is over, we offer a cash discount 
of 10 per cent. from Catalogue prices on all cash orders for plants shipped by express before April lst. To such of our customers as 
haye not the proper facilities for keeping plants during winter and early spring, we would say that if they send their orders in as soon 
after the receipt of the Catalogue as possible, notifying us what date they want them shipped, we will then set the plants aside and ship them at 
the time they are wanted, without any additional charge for thus reserving the plants. Unless instructions are given to hold the plants 
until some specified date we will take it for granted they are wanted immediately and so send them as soon after receipt of the order as 
possible. Ifthe plants are to be reserved until after April 1st the order of course does not come under our special cash discount offer. 
THE GREAT ADVANTAGES WE OFFER. 
Tn addition to the many and great advantages already enumerated, to be obtained by placing your orders for plants with us we go 
still farther and offer the following exceedingly liberal discounts to all purchasers of plants (except those sent by mail): 
: { For $3.00 cash, plants from this Catalogue to the value of $3.30 may be selected. 
Liberal | 7% *5g) Pes : pe ee udeae 
Discounts on | « 1000 « 5 2 eX. 
PLANT | © 200 « & : e  gk00 
Orders.. | « 5000  « < : eit yo 
These discounts do not apply to the Low Rate Collections offered on page 143, as the prices there are already as low as good stock 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 page 148. 
| d —As it is impossible in the restricted space of a catalogue to give clear and intelligible 
Another nN ucement. instructions in plant growing, we would refer our customers to Peter Henderson’s new 
edition of ‘‘ Gardening for Pleasure,” which is the accepted authority on the subject and which we present to our customers as a premium 
on all orders amounting to $15.00 net. The price of the book is $2.00. (See page 148.) 
A USEFUL AND HANDSOME PREMIUM! 
Henderson’s Thermometrieal Garden Galendar. 
This handsome, novel and useful article is very substantial, being made of metal (size, 1134x 1334), on which a beautiful and appro- 
priate design is lithographed in ten colors. It is heavily enameled, making it absolutely impervious to water. Clear and concise 
reminders, written by PETER HENDERSON, are given of the necessary garden operations for every month in the year, and a tested 
thermometer is in the centre of each Calendar, making it the most complete, handsome and useful] ornament of its kind that has ever been 
offered. This fine article is given as a premium with every order amounting to $5.00 and upwards for plants, from this Catalogue. 
Of course it is understood that where the Calendar is selected as a premium the same order does not carry with it any of our book or 
other premiums, as offered on page 148. 
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