To Our Friends and Patrons. 



WE esteem it a pleasure to do business witli flower-loving people, and desire es- 

 pecially to thank all our kind friends and patrons for their liberal orders received 

 last j^ear; tlicj^ came from all parts of the United States, also from Canada, Eng- 

 land, the Sandwich Islands, and Mexico. Our goods gave excellent satisfaction, and we 

 intend, if possible, to have them still better this year. We try to treat everyone as we like 

 to be treated ourselves— to do as we wish to be done by— which we believe is the only correct 

 plan of business. We ask attention to the fact that we have reduced prices to the lowest 

 net cash basis, without allowing anything for expensive chromos and gayly colored illustra- 

 tions, which cost a great deal of money and add nothing to the value of the goods. We 

 propo.se to give our patrons the benefit of this saving in the quality and value of the goods 

 they purchase, and this is one reason we can afford to sell lower than others. We hope this 

 plan will please our friends and encourage them to send us a liberal share of their orders. 

 The generous encouragement we received last year convinced us that people liked our plain 

 Catalogue and plain, straightforward way of doing business, and we propose keeping right 

 on in the same line, selling good, honest goods at reasonable prices, and giving polite and 

 prompt attention to all. Our lists are not so long as some. We carry no worthless sorts, 

 but endeavor to include the best varieties, both new and old, for home planting. We pro- 

 f>ose to furnish everything we offer of best quality, true to name, and exactly as represented. 

 We deliver everything suitable to go by mail, postpaid, at every post office in the United 

 States, and guarantee safe delivery and full satisfiiction in every case. Prices are lower than 

 ever before ; it is really wonderful what a lot of pretty things a little money will bring, and 

 if you like our platform of plain, honest dealing and reasonable prices, and kindly examine 

 our Catalogue, we hope you will send us at least a trial order for some of the many inter- 

 esting things we offer, and we will try to make your purchase so pleasant and satisfactory 

 that you will be sure to come again. With thanks for past favors and best wishes for 

 a happy and prosperous year, 



I remain faithfully yours, 



ALFRED F. CONARD. 



A REMARKABLE FRUIT NOVELTY. SOMETHING ENTIRELY NEW. 



New Golden Japanese Mayberry. 



This wonderful new fruit was introduced last j'ear by an Eastern grower, who says : "This is 

 the most remarkable of all fruit novelties ever introduced. It belongs to the Raspberry family, 

 but grows in sturdy, tree-like form, six to eight feet high, and ripens its fruit before strawherries 

 and a month before the earliest raspberries. The bushes are entirely different from all other 

 berries, with spreading, tree-like tops and bell-shaped, pendulous blossoms, wiiich are followed 

 by great, glossy berries of a rich golden-yellow color, and in quality sweet and luscious beyond 

 description. There is nothing like it in cultivation, and its extreme earliness makes it the 

 most important of all small fruits. It is entirely hardy, needs no protection, and will increase 

 in quality and productiveness for several years after planting." Last year small plants were 

 sold at $2.50 each, and the stock is still extremely limited. We can furnish nice, sizable 

 plants at 50 cts. each, postpaid. Those who wish the finest fruit novelty of the year 

 should give it a trial ; it will, no doubt, be scarce and high for several years. 



COLLECTION 1.— Beautiful New Flowers for 25 cts. 



1 Double Pearl Tuberose, large-flowering bulb, one of the sweetest and most beautiful flowers in existence ; 

 1 French Hybrid Gladiolus, splendid flowers on spike a foot long; 1 beautiful Spanish Iris, lovely flowers on stalks 

 afoot high; 1 pkt. New Sunshine Pansies, a grand strain of brightest colors and large size; 1 pkt. New Large- 

 flowering Sweet Peas: 1 pkt. Champion Mixed Asters, all colors, very fine; I pkt. Double Diadem Pinks, large 

 flowers, all colors, constant bloomers ; 1 pkt. Fine Mixed Flower Seeds, over 100 kinds. Bulbs and seeds will all 

 bloom this season, and are a really beautiful collection. All mailed, postpaid, for 25 cts. 



COLLECTION 2.— Three New and Beautiful House Plants for 50 cts. 



I Otaheite Orange, a beautiful dwarf Orange Tree, bears both fruit and flowers all the time, very easily 

 managed; i Little Gem Calla Lily, the finest Calla in existence, and i New Souvenir de Bon Abutilon, a 

 new and most beautiful house plant, always in bloom (see page 27). The three for 50 cts., postpaid. 



