16 dreer's garden calendar. 



COMPLIMENTARY LETTERS. 



F)'om W. a Pollock, ML Vernon, 111, April 4, 18Y1. 



The plants and roots you sent arrived in due time, well packed and in good order, and 

 are all doing well. 



From Mrs. H. B. Lajlin, De Bois, Washington Co., 111., May 2, 1871. 

 Excuse my delay in offering my sincere thanks for the very prompt and business-like 

 manner in which you responded to my last small order for plants. They came all fresh 

 and bright as if just taken from the green-house, bearing no evidence of their many 

 hundred miles' travel by Express, and indeed they were such fine thrifty plants, and so 

 exquisitively packed, that damage seemed almost impossible. It is generally conceded 

 by all *^ho see my plants received from you, that I receive more and better plants for 

 the money from you than from any other florist with which the people here deal. 



From Mrs. E. C. Smith, Kingston, Barton Co., Ga., February 8, 1871. 

 My box of plants came to hand all safe and sound, not one hurt in the least, showing 

 clearly you understand packing to perfection. The plants all look as though they had 

 never been transplanted. 



From Mrs. Hinds BurcJi, Prides Landing, Bolivar Co., Miss., March 5, 1871. 

 Your plants, seeds, and bulbs that I received last year gave entire satisfaction. I 

 must say that I never saw plants as nicely packed in my life. 



From Mrs. Sue M. Davidson, Lewisioivn, PL, March 11, 1871. 

 Our County Fair, said to be the best in the State, offers handsome premiums on flow- 

 ers and plants. I took several first and second premiums on the ones I obtained from 

 you. My Verbenas were pronounced the finest both in color and size at the fair. 



From, Mrs. A. H. Street, Cadiz, Trigg Co., Ky., March 28, 1871. 



Please send me a few more plants. I am always pleased with what you sent me: 

 never have lost one, and the seeds prove what you say. 



From Mrs. John E. Detrich, Sparta, PL, April 25, 1871. 

 The plants f )rwarded by you to me arrived to-day in perfect condition. lam delighted 

 with them, but cannot be surprised, as it is not the first time I have had a specimen 

 of your mode of packing. The roses arrived in full bloom, and I have had the box on 

 exhibition to some friends, as a most admirable reason why they too should in future 

 Bend their orders to you. 



From C. A. Millonherger, New Orleans, La., March 21, 1871. 

 Your box of plants came duly to hand, and in good order. Please accept thanks for 

 your promptness and care in packing. 



From G. D. Hubbard, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., March, 27, 1871. 

 Your shipment of plants came duly to hand, and gives perfect satisfaction. 



From Mrs. John Madigan, New Castle, Maine, May 13, 1871. 

 The plants you sent me by mail arrived in fine order, looking as if they had just been 

 brought in from the green-house. They are now growing nicely. 



From R. H. Knapp, Atlanta, Ga., June 21, 3871. 

 The Gladiolas you sent me this spring are the finest plants I ever saw, some fnlly 

 four and a half feet high, with some spikes of flowers sixteen inches long. The other 

 bulbs and plants have excelled my most sanguine hopes. 



From Georgine Woodruff, Little Rock, Ark., April 15, 1871. 

 The plants you sent me ariived safe, and gave perfect satisfaction. I never saw nicer 

 packing; the plants looked almost as fresh as if the box had been closed only a few hours 

 instead of six days. 



From Mrs. B. O. Williams, Owasso, Mich., March 30, 1871. 

 I would like to get a few plants and seeds from your gardens this spring. I can get 

 them from gardens nearer home, but yours come so fresh and nicely packed. They 

 succeed, and do better in fact than those we get in this State. 



