STRAWBERRIES, HOLLAND BULBS AND SPECIALTIES. 



Advice to Correspondents. 



Please Read before Making out Order. 



Correspondents will oblige by observing as far as possible the following regulations : 



1. All orders should be legibly written out giving name, post office, county and state, each 

 time you write. 



2. When particular varieties are ordered it should be stated whether, and to what extent, 

 other varieties may be substituted, in case the order cannot be filled to the letter, as happens 

 occasionally in all establishments. Our rule is not to substitute in any case, without being 

 expressly requested to do so. 



3. It is requested that post office address as well as explicit directions for marking and 

 shipping packages accompany EACH ORDER. Ladies are requested to sign themselves "Miss" 

 or " Mrs " as the case may be. All articles are at the risk of the purchaser after being shipped, 

 and if delay or loss occurs, the forwarders alone must be held responsible. 



4. All orders from unknown correspondents must be accompanied by a draft or check on 

 some of the principal cities, or money order (Post Office or Express) for the amount. If neither 

 can be had, enclose currency in a registered letter. Checks for small amounts on local banks 

 cannot be accepted unless exchange be added. 



5. Our customers are requested to notify us instantly of any errors that may be committed in 

 filling their orders, so that we may at once make ample amends, as we desire to conduct 

 our business in all respects satisfactory to those who favor us with their confidence. 



STRAWBERRY PLANTS BY EXPRESS NOT PREPAID. 



Unless especially ordered otherwise we always forward Strawberry plants by express at purchaser's 

 expense. They cannot be sent with safety by freight. 



Bulbs by Mail Prepaid. 



Assortments of Bulbs will be carefully packed and sent by mail free of postage, at the single 

 prices named in this catalogue. When ordered by the dozen and hundred, they will be sent by 

 Express at the purchasers' expense, unless otherwise specially agreed. Other, plants in this Cata- 

 logue, unless so stated, are always sent at purchasers' expense. 



SELECT STRAWBERRIES. 



DIRECTIONS FOR CULTURE. 



The Soil and its Preparation — The Strawberry may be successfully grown in any soil adapted 

 to the growth of ordinary field or garden crops. The ground should be well prepared by trench- 

 ing or plowing, at least eighteen or twenty inches deep, and be properly enriched as for any 

 garden crop. It is unnecessary to say that, if the land is wet, it must be thoroughly drained. 



To Cultivate the Strawberry — For family use we recommend planting in beds four feet wide, 

 with an alley two feet wide between. These beds will accommodate three rows of plants, which 

 may stand fifteen inches apart each way, and the outside row nine inches from the alley. The 

 beds can be kept clean, and the fruit can be gathered from them without setting the feet upon 

 them. 



Culture in Hills — This is the best mode that can be adopted for the garden. To obtain fine, large, 

 high-flavored fruit, pinch off the runners as fast as they appear, repeating the operation as often 

 as may be necessary during summer and early autumn. Every runner thus removed produces a. 

 new crown and in the fall the plants will have formed large bushes or stools, on which the finest 

 strawberries may be expected the following season. In the meantime the ground among the 

 plants should be kept clear of weeds, and frequently stirred with a hoe or fork. 



Covering in Winter — Where the winters are severe, with little snow for protection, a slight 

 covering of leaves or litter, or the branches of evergreens, will be of great service. This covering 

 should not be placed over the plants until after the ground is frozen, usually from the middle of 

 November till the first of December in this locality. Fatal errors are often made by putting on 

 too much and too early. Care must also be taken to remove the covering in the spring, just as 

 soon as the plants begin to grow. 



Mulching to keep the Fruit Clean — Before the fruit begins to ripen, mulch the ground around 

 the plants with short hay or straw, or grass mowings from the lawn, or anything of that sort. 

 This will not only keep the fruit clean, but will prevent the ground from drying or baking, and 

 thus lengthen the fruiting season. Tan bark can also be used as a mulch. 



A bed managed in this way will give two full crops, and should then be spaded or plowed 

 down, a new one in the meantime having been prepared to take its place. 



