WE take great pleasure in presenting to our many patrons throughout the country, and the public 

 generally, our Annual Catalogue of Pot-grown Strawberry plants, for July and August 

 planting, and Layer plants for September and October planting ; also list of Holland Bulbs, 

 including Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, Narcissus, Daffodils etc., Peonies, Phloxes, and Hardy- 

 Roses, all of which can be planted advantageously in the autumn. 



THE QUALITY OF OUR POT=QROWN STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 



We beg to draw the particular attention of planters to the quality of our pot-grown strawberry 

 plants, and to the care which we exercise in growing, lifting, handling, and packing them. Being 

 desirous of furnishing the very best stock, we take great pains to produce large, healthy, and well 

 grown plants, and we can recommend them with confidence to all who desire to obtain a crop of the 

 choicest fruit quickly and with the least trouble and expense. 



RELIABILITY OF OUR LISTS. 



We aim to make our lists as reliable as possible by constant revision, adding the good sorts and 

 rejecting the indifferent ones, and we hope to merit a continuance of the extensive trade with which we 

 have been favored during the last sixty years. 



SELECTED HOLLAND BULBS. 



To accommodate those v/ho desire bulbs for fall planting, we have ordered an assortment from the 

 best growers in Holland, and our stock may be depended upon as being the very best. 



P/EONIES AND PHLOXES. 



The recently introduced varieties in both of these families show great advance. The P^ony is 

 the best substitute for the Rhododendron, which can only be grown in favored localities, and it is 

 admirably adapted to general cultivation. For effective beds, masses and groups, there is not another 

 plant so useful. Of vigorous habit, fme foliage, and magnificent large showy flowers, the Pseony can 

 justly command admiration from all. It flourishes best in rich soil, but thrives under ordinary culture, 

 frequently even when neglected. It is a plant for the million, and deserves a place in every garden, 

 large or small. 



The Phlox, too, merits more attention than it has hitherto received. The newer sorts are especially 

 to be commended. 



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. 



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. 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 with a draft on some of the 

 principal cities, or money order for the amount. If neither can be had, enclose currency in a registered 

 letter. 



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

 their orders, in order 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. Plants by express are now carried at a reduction 

 of 20 per cent, from regular merchandise rates. 



