With the rivei-s and brooks locked in icy fetters, the land frozen to rock and covered with a mantle of spotless 

 white, and Boreas playing his lute upon the chimney top, it is exceedingly pleasant and profitable to sit by a 

 glowing fire and plan the spring planting and summer's work in orchard and garden. In very truth, the most 

 profitable work of the year may be performed in this way. 



Notwithstanding the fact that the business depression of the past three years 

 has fallen more heavily upon nurserymen and seedsmen than tradesmen in almost 

 any other line of business, yet we have gone steadily forward, enlarging and im- 

 proving our entire establishment. During the year many improvements have been 

 made; such as cold storage houses, water towers, etc.; hence in addition to having 

 I ' a larger and better stock of Trees, Plants and Seeds than ev'er before, our facilities 

 : , ^A- for promptly, accurately and economicallj- filling all orders are now most complete. 



It is with exquisite pleasure we announce this spring a munber of extremely 

 ' interesting and valuable novelties. Among these may be mentioned the Straw- 

 berry-Raspberry, Logan Berry or Raspberrj-Blackberry, Anna Kennedy and 

 Michigan Strawberries, Phoenix Raspberry. Koonce Pear, the new strain of hardy 

 Peaches, the Wonderful Siigar Melon and Golden Fleece or Japan Broom. 

 As yet we have not been converted to believing in the Spread-Eagle Comic-Almanac 

 style of catalogue. We believe that the truth, simply told, either in illustration or text 

 is good enough. We hope we may be panloned for entertaining a suspicion that our 

 patrons think so too. To our way of thinking a catalogue should be plain, simple and 

 uniform. In order to carry into effect this vieAv it has been necessary to have our own 

 artists, our own printers, and our own printing house. This, our annual Guide, was not 

 only set in type, printed and bound upon our own premises, but the paper and even the 

 type employed were made especially for it. Without wishing to cast reflections upon our 

 brother Nurserymen and Seedsmen, we are fi'ee to state there is not anothei" catalogue 

 published by a house in our line that is thus produced. 



No "Bugs" on us. — It having been widely published that some of the eastern nur- 

 series were infested with the dreaded San Jose Scale, we have had our nurseries thor- 

 oughly inspected by :^rof. John B. Smith, Entomologist of our State Agricultural 

 College and Experimental Station. We append a letter written by him. 



New Brunswick, N. J., Sept. 6th, 1895. 

 Gentlemen : It gives me pleasure to say that in my examination made in your nurs 

 'eiies to-day, I have not found the least trace of San Jose Scale. During the three hours 

 that I spent in the nursery, in close examination of the blocks of trees, which you stated 

 were the only ones from which you wouhl sell this year, and which were grow^i in your 

 local nurseries, I found not a single stick that appeared to be even suspicious. * * * * 

 So far as I have any knowledge of the mattei-, based upon personal examination, no scale 

 exists at present upon the growing nursery stock on your i>lace. Very Truly Yours, 

 The Lovett Co., Little Silver, N. J. JCHN B. SMITH. 



IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT. 



Our motto is " We Study To Please." As one more effort in that direction w^e omit a 

 number of articles from this Guide, which we will offer in a later catalogue to be mailed 

 when the season arrives when they are most desired— namely, auout the middle of April. 

 Among the things which we shall offer in the supplementary Catalogue referied to are a 

 full and complete assortment of Roses, a select list of Chrysanthenmms, Summer Bloom- 

 ing and Bedding Plants, Summer Blooming and Ornamental-leaved Bulbs and Tubers, 

 Lawn Mowers and Garden Tools, etc. This Catalogue, known as our Bargain List, will 

 be mailed without application to all who have bought anything of us during the past two 

 j^ears oi- who order anything from this number of our (tUIDE. To all others who apph 

 for it, it will be sent free so soon as it is printed. 



