COMMENDATORY. 



Self-praise is no recommendation, nor are newspap. A reliable. 



We h\)ld that the unsolicited testimonials of our customs ;e far more 

 satisfactory, and, therefore, take the liberty of offering a p extracts 

 from letters received from our friends, in various sections of the couDtry, 

 as an evidence of the reliability of our seeds, and the practicability 

 of packing and forwarding plants to a distance with safety. 



Marietta, Ohio, March 20, 1860. 

 The Asters we had of you last year, were the admiration of all. 



Theo. Scott. 



Farmington, III, March 27, 1860. 

 I received my box of plants on the 18th, in good order. Accept my 

 thanks for the liberal manner in which the order was filled. 



Mrs. Geo. Stetson. 



Fort Kearney, N. T. May 2, 1860. 

 I have, to-day, received the box of plants, and am glad to be able to 

 inform you that most of them are in very fine order. 



Wm Steel, Capt. IT. S. A. 



Muncie, Ind., Nov. 29, 1860. 



The grape vines are as fine plants as I ever saw. I bought some 

 dozens of Dianas, Concords, &c, last spring, of Eastern and Western 

 nurserymen, but I received no plants like yours from them. 



G. Cowing. 



Newport R. I., Dec. 22, 1861. 



Your plants, and likewise all your seeds, turned out first rate. 



Alfred C. Chamberlain. 



La Grange, Mo., April 11, 1862. 

 The box of Plants, Shrubs, &c, that you sent me on the 3d inst, has 

 arrived in most excellent condition. You will please accept my thanks 

 for the prompt and satisfactory manner in which you filled my order. 



David Wagner. 



Logansport, Ind., April 22, 1862. 



, My Plants arrived yesterday, in fine order. I never received any in 

 as jood condition as these from any place ; and I have sent somewhere 

 East for Plants, almost every year for the last ten. 



Mrs. Graham N. Fitch. 



Wheeling, Va., April 28, 1862. 

 The Plants came to hand this morning, all in fine order, and entirely 



satisfactory. R. Crangle. 



Hamilton, Ohio, January 10, 1863. 

 The last year's Seeds proved satisfactory; the Gloxinias turned out 

 beautiful, also the Chinese Primroses and Mimulus. 



Chas. Riemann. 



New York, August 23, 1862. 



I never had finer Pansies than those produced from the Seed you sent 

 me ; very seldom any as good. 



Peter B. Mead, (Editor Horticulturist.) 



Danville, Pa., March 15, 1862. 

 Without flattery, I have always got better Seeds of you, than from 



any other Seedsman. Lambert Pitner. 



Burlington, Iowa, February 22, 1862. 

 The Seeds purchased of you last year, were a source of great plea- 

 sure to my wife and myself. P. B. Reed. 



