OUR FRIENDS. 



The horny-handed liller of the soil and the college graduate alike will find our Trees, 

 Plants and Seeds to bring them great joy. Our motto is " Excelsior" and we are everlast- 

 ingly striving to secure, both by methods of culture and by purchase, the very best oi every- 

 thing we offer. How well we have succeeded is attested by our large and constantly 

 increasing patronage from all parts of the world. 



We present this season a much shorter list of novelties than usual. Doubtless some of 

 our patrons at least will not regret that we do. To all we may truthfully state that what is 

 lacking in numbers is fully made up in merit of those offered. If none were named beyond 

 the Flora Freed Tomato, Alice Aldrich Rose, Jersey Market Strawberry and Logan Berry, 

 this, our annual Guide, would be rich in value of new varieties. 



By reason of our extensive test grounds and our long and wide experience as fruit 

 growers, we are enabled to determine the best of the new as well as the most valuable of the 

 old varieties of every class of trees and plants we offer. Our services are at the command 

 of anyone desiring assistance in the selection of varieties. 



we STUDY TO PLEASE. 



In this Guide we give but brief descriptions and short lists of Roses, Chrysanthemums, 

 Geraniums, Cannas and other Summer Biooming and Ornamental-leaved Bedding Plants and 

 Bulbs, etc. As the season approaches for planting tender plants and bulbs out of doors, we 

 will mail without application to all who receive this Guide, a complete list, fully illustrating 

 and describing a complete assortment of varieties of them and quoting very lowest prices. 

 This we term our Bargain List, and will be sent gratis to anyone wishing it. 



With profound thanks for the favors extended to us during the past twenty years, we 

 pledge ourselves to continue to do our utmost to please all who trust us with their orders. 



