A NEW FLORAL COMPANY. 



AN INTERESTING LETTER FROM ALFRED F. CONARD, 



TO ALL OUR KIND FRIENDS AND PATRONS. 



West Grove, Pa,, 1897. 

 Dear Friends: 



I tbank you most warmly for your kind orders and liberal support ; and in 

 order to serve you still better in the future, and provide a larger and more beautiful 

 collection of all the choicest flowers for home planting, I have invited my friends, 

 S. Morris Jones and Antoine Wintzer to join me, and have organized 



THE CONARD an'* JONES COMPANY, 



(Successors to ALFRED F. CONARD.) 



which has been regularly incorporated by the State of Pennsylvania, for the special 

 purpose of growing and selling our new and beautiful Roses, Plants, Bulbs, 

 and Seeds. 



I am sure you will all approve of this change, as it places us at once in the front 

 rank of Flower Growers, and will enable us to serve you better than I could hope 

 to do by myself. Mr. Jones is an enthusiast in flower culture and will make a special 

 study of testing new varieties and bringing all our productions up to the highest 

 standard of excellence. Mr. Wintzer has had twenty years' experience, with my- 

 self, in the mail order business, and is an acknowledged expert in growing Roses, 

 New Cannas, and all kinds of beautiful flowers. We own 



Tlie West Srove Rose Floral jfarserlcs 



with large greenhouses and plenty of excellent land, and will devote ourselves to 

 growing and supplying the choicest flowers for home planting ; and knowing that 

 no Company can do better for you than we. can and will, we earnestly solicit your 

 kind orders and those of your friends ; and whether your orders are large or small, 

 you can always rely on receiving prompt and polite attention, and best quality goods 

 at the lowest prices consistent with straight, honest dealing. 



West Grove is on the Central Division of the P. W. & B. R. R., forty-two miles 

 west from Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, in one of the most beautiful sections 

 of Chester County, Pa. Large blocks of our New American Cannas, Roses, and 

 other beautiful flowers can be seen on our grounds all through the season, and we 

 cordially invite our friends to come and see us whenever they can conveniently do 

 so. A warm welcome is extended to all who are interested in flower culture. 



Please note change of name, and hereafter instead of writing to Alfred F. 

 Conard, kindly address all letters and orders to 



Yours, faithfully, 



THE CONARD & JONES COMPANY, 



ALFRED F. CONARD, ROSE GROWEKS, 



S. MORRIS JONES, txrr^o-n r^T^r\ 



ANTOINE WINTZER. WEST GROVE. PA» 



