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and the wholesale prices are so moderate, that they allow a ^rcat 

 profit to the retailer, it being liie intention to render this bnnch of 

 business profitable by its great extent, and not by enhanced 

 prices. 



Very extensive grounds are now devoted to raising the seeds 

 with the utmost circumspection and purity, and the arrangemenU 

 in foreign countries are such as to ensure accuracy. 



Every person desirous to engage in the sale of the above named 

 articles, will, on application, receive all the information requisite to ^ 

 the object, and such an establishment ought to exist in every towa 

 in the Cnion. The present period is particularly eligible for forni- 

 ino; arrangements for business, preparatory to the regular sales. 

 Bulbous roots. Dahlias, Pceonies, &c. being usually vended in a 

 dry state, can with perfect convenience be made ol'jectsof sale in 

 Seed stores, and they ^vi!l be supplied at so liberal a disco'jnt, as 

 to make their sale an object of miportance. The period cf sale 

 is from the 1st of October to the 1st May, but Dahlias will suc- 

 ceed if not planted till the middle of May, or 1st of June. Doa- 

 ble Dahlias, of named varieties, selected by the Proprietors, will 

 be supplied at ?>3, $4 50, and $6 per dozen, according to quality 

 and rarity, and these can be retailed at 100 per cent, profit. The 

 reduced price for Bulbous Flower Roots, by the dozen, and in as- 

 sortments, are stated in the New Catalogue, and the retail profit 

 thereon is from 25 lu 100 per cent. 



Great attention has been paid to obtaining from fi3reign countries 

 the finest Agricultural seeds, among which are the following — 

 Pacey^s, and Scotch Perennial Ftye Grass ; Italian Pv.ye Grass ; 

 English Potatoe Oats, weighing 44ib3. per bushel; Early Angus, 

 and'Hopetoun Oats, superior to any ot:iers in Europe; English, 

 French and Dutch White Clover Seed; Provence Lucerne, the 

 finest known ; Trifolium incarnatum, or Crimson Clover, very 

 early ; Taylor's Fortyfold, and Early Nonpareil Potatoes, Skin- 

 less Oats, Large Yellow Sugar Beet, and Maiigold Wurzel j 

 Superior Purple-top Swedish Turnip, or Ruta Biga ; Large 

 "White, and laror-i Yellow Field Carrots ; the best kinds of Field 

 Turnips, and Cabbages, for Cattle, 6cc. The seeds of these can 

 be furnished in large quantities, and a difference of price is of 

 course made ^^hen very large parcels are desired, and where the 

 purchase is made for cash, a discount will be allowed. Those who 

 desire it, can fijrward lists statinn quantities desired, &:c. ; which 

 will be priced by us, and returned by the first mail. 



Some explanation may be requisite in regard to the course 

 adopted in making sales to venders. The seeds are usually sup- 

 plied by the pound or bushel ; but of the higher priced vegetable 

 seeds, and of such as are in but little request, parcels of half and 

 quarter pound, and of half, quarter, and eighth bushel will ba 

 supplied ou similar terras. 



A liberal credit will be allowed, and where a good understand- 

 ing is established, there will be no difficulty in arranging this 

 point to mutual convenience, and on this, and every other subject, 

 the suggestions of correspondents will receive the fullest considera- 

 tion. The uiff'erent Treavijes herein enumerated will be sup- 



