ble Seed Catalogue ever published. |field or flower seed, I at once examine into and 
How farI havesucceededthe orders with test its merits. [fit proves good, as one out of 
which I may be favored the coming sea- jabout every hundred do, I then list it and give 
4) son will soon show. No good thing in /my customers the benefit. Consequently this 
‘=; either garden or field seeds has been |Catalogue will be found up to and not behind 
a” omitted, and everything inferior has been cull- the times. THIRD: I can say with pride that 
==] edout. This Catalogue will be found as usual |I believe all orders, large or small, are forward- 
| not so large as many others, but much truly ed more promptly, done up more care- 
will be found in little space. HowcanI thank fully, and that my employees make fewer 
my old friends for the great kindness they have mistakes than almost any other firm doing 
| shown me in the past?—itis practically im-/a mailing business. I always insistthatan er- 
pessibie. Itis tomy old customersalone that |der for 10 cents shall be filled as carefully as } 
{ Ican attribute the wonderful increase inand my jone for as many dollars, for I appreciate the } 
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| HAVE tried to give you the most reada- |whenever I hear of a new variety of a garden, 
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presen. large business. This increase is aptly fact that those whom are now my largest and 
illustrated by this Catalogue itself: 7 or8 years best customers, favored our house with at first 
ago we considered it a great thing to mail 10,- |an order for a few packets, and in many cases 
000 to 20,000 copies of it in a single month, for only one. To these points, and the many 
while in the single month of January, kind words spoken for them by my friends, I 
{| 1885, almost 200,000 copies of this little attribute the wonderful popularity of Maule’s 
| seed list will be forwarded through the Seeds. Will you, after reading them, notsend 
U. S. M. These few introductory remarks us a small order? I know there is some- 
this year I want toaddress particularly tothose thing in this Catalogue you want. Then 
who have never sown Maule’s Seeds, or pos- let me add your name to the list of my friends 
sibly may have never even heard of them be- and customers, now running into the tens of 
fore this list fell into theirhands. FIRST: Al- thousands who every year favor me with their 
ways bearin mind that Maule’s Seeds are orders. You will find,as they have done, 
surpassed by none either in this coun- that when once you become acustomer you 
try or any other on the face of the globe, will alwaysremain one. Wishing you, one 
So positive am I of this fact that I am will-|and all,a happy and prosperous new year, 
ing, should any customer find them other-| [remain ever, yours to command, 
wise, to re-fill the order gratis. SECOND: WM. HENRY MAULE, 
| I believe in this progressive age that ad-| Foralongtime pastthe only member of the 
vance is the order of the day,consequently; firm of Benson, MAULE & Co. 
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V TERMS AND DiRECTIONS FOR ORDERING. 
TERMS Cash with order, or satisfactory Philadelphia or New York references. 
\ 2-_—* Money can be sent by post-office order, postal note, draft or check. If you 
don’t remit in any of these ways, REGISTER YOUR LETTER; youcan do this atany post- 
office in America. Forthe expense of forwarding money I will send seed as an equivalent. 
I will send C. O. D. by express on orders exceeding $10 if 25 per cent. of the order is remitted 
with the order. I cannot ship C. O. D. by freight. I receive postage stamps as cash—1 
and 2 cent stamps preferred. 
Write your NAME, POST-OF- 
WRITE ADDRESS PLAINLY. een eee 
plainly and in on each and every letter written tome; when express or freight office is differ- 
ent from the post-office, do not neglect to advise me of thesame. In the busy season, when I re- 
ceieve thousands of letters daily, it often happens that lettersenclosing money have either name, 
post-office or State omitted. 
| B AGS, BOXING, Etc. /T ship all seeds sold at retail, except grass seeds, 
in good bags or securely boxed, delivered on board 
Cars or boat, FREE OF ALL CHARGES. . 
DISCLAIMER, While lexercise the greatest care to have all my seeds pure and 
ee reliable, it is hereby mutually agreed between ourselves and 
the purchaser that I am not in any respect liable or responsible for theseeds sold by me, or for any 
loss or damage arising from any ure thereof in any respect, further than that, should they not 
prove as represented, I will refill the order without charge. 
L AS REPRESENTED. I guarantee our Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, &c., 
My G-Leai Clover Guarantee to be perfectly reliable; in fact, first-class in every respect, insomuch 
that, should they proveotherwise, I will refill the order free of charge. 
IL, SAFE ARRIVAL. I guarantee that all goods sold by me shall 
reach my customers in good order. In case of loss, the order will be 
> refilled free of charge. 
} JY IIL. HONEY INSURED. I guarantee to hold myself responsible 
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for the safe arrival of all remittances sent me by post office order, 
draft, check, or registered letter. 
IV. FREE BY MAIL. I guarantee to deliver all garden and flower 
) seeds, plants and bulbs (except where noted), free of all charges, at 
“/ your nearest post-office. 
WHAT MORE COULD BE ASKED? I guarantee everything but the 
Sap crop. Protected from loss by this most liberal of all guarantees, 
Zen everyone can rest assured of the most entire satisfaction in every 
SSS transaction. 
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Y/; NN . Ws CR) LEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING: Many of my 
wy NN Sa P customers are acquainted with the fact that for 
N some time past I have been the only member 
of the firm of Benson, Mavle & Co. The world- 
wide reputation of this firm’s name as sending out 
none but the best of seeds has been so great that I 
have heretofvure hesitated to change it, but now that the name of Maule is almost equally as 
well-known, I have decided to change the name of the firm, January Ist, 1885, from that 
of Benson, Maule & Co., to simply Wm. Henry Maule. 
‘Very truly, WM. HENRY MAULE, Proprietor. 
Edition B, 203,000 Copies. 
