Minneapolis, Minn., January I, 1899. 



WHY I PUBLISH MY NEW PICTURE. 



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My friends have urged me to print my latest picture, because a number of seedsme.1 (shall I call 

 them men ?) have assumed women's names in order to sell seeds. 



It is a peculiar thing in this day and age, that a man should want to masquerade in woman's 

 clothing. It has not seemed necessary to me to particularly emphasize the fact that I am a woman and 

 that I conduct my own business. I have devoted my best energies in the past eight years to building up 

 this business, and I have been successful. I have proved that a woman can do business. 



I do not advise a life of business for any woman where it can be avoided. It means self-sacrifice. 

 It means giving up many of the joys of hearth and home. I love flowers and I know that they make 

 woman and the home (these two words are inseparable) happier and better ; they brighten the dark 

 pathways of life. 



I have always desired to sell Flower Seeds as cheap as any of the large houses, have always been 

 careful to send out only such seeds as I knew were sure to grow and blossom, and my reward has been 

 the patronage of a large proportion of the flower loving women of the country. 



Thanking you in advance for your valued orders, which shall have prompt and careful attention, 



I am very sincerely yours, 



Carrie H, Lippincott. 



