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In these days of rapid changes, we seedsmen are apt to reach out 

 too keenly for mere novelties, often overlooking, in the constant effort 

 to display something new, old standard varieties which in so many 

 cases are still unequaled for real worth and excellence. For instance, 

 What have we among the much-vaunted vegetable novelties of to- 

 day that in CAULIFLOWERS can compare with the EARLY SNOWBALL; 

 among CABBAGES with the JERSEY WAKEFIELD, or in CELERIES with 

 the WHITE PLUME?— varieties that have stood the cultural tests of 

 years, and which still tower above all new*comers. To emphasize 

 our meaning we have brought out in black and white on this page 

 a few of our leading contributions to horticulture in vegetable, field 

 and flower seeds and plants'. The list could have been made much 

 longer, but what we have placed on our honor arch are such as 

 have been, and are likely to remain, standard sorts. As a founda- 

 tion on which to sustain our symbolic design, the books on gardening, 

 written by the late Mr. PETER HENDERSON, are naturally suggested. 

 His works must always be recognized as the groundwork of the 

 great business he created. But above and beyond that it Will be 

 remembered that his books have not only enabled thousands of 

 amateurs to practice successfully in the field of horticulture, but 

 they have been and still are the direct means of causing thousands 

 to embark as market gardeners, truckers and florists; and in thus 

 pointing the way to successful culture, we are justified in claiming 

 that these books have, since their first introduction, added millions 

 of dollars to the wealth of, the nation. 



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