NEW G-triDE TO ROSE CULTURE. 15 



TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



When writing us do not forget to sign your Name and be particular to ivrite your Name, Post 

 Office, County a7id State, clear and plain. We constantly receive letters from persons whose addresses 

 it is almost impossible to make out. Some forget to give the name of their Post Office, others the 

 name of their State, and occasionally one comes with no name at all. Most of these we have been 

 able to trace, but some having illegible Postmarks, cannot be located, and are filed as dead, to await 

 any clue that may arise. 



Please Always Sign the Same Name.— Failure to do this, particularly when inquiring for 

 lost or missing orders, or referring to orders previously sent, frequently causes annoyance and trouble 

 of the most vexatious kind. We cannot know that Mary E. Smith and Mrs. John W. Smith is the 

 same person. 



Please Use the Order Sheet when Convenient. — We send a neat Order Sheet and 

 printed envelope with each Guide. These will be found convenient for sending orders, and are muc'h 

 easier for us to fill from than when orders are written on ordinary paper. Shall be pleased to supply 

 more when wanted. ,,^ 



No difference how lately or how often you may have written us always give 

 your full Name, Post OflQce, County and State. — The STATE is of great importance, as 

 there are many Post Offices of the same name in different States. Full, clear and distinct addresses, 

 besides greatly facilitating business, insures prompt and careful attention. Illegible orders and im- 

 perfect addresses are unavoidably thrown aside, to be attended to last. 



Please Look Over Your Order. — After making out your order it is best to look carefully 

 over it to see that it is correct. This takes but a moment, and may save much trouble and annoyance. 



Keep a Copy of Your Order. — If you keep an exact copy of your order you can tell just 

 what and when you ordered, and can send an intelligible letter of inquiry at any time it may be 

 necessary. 



Postage Stamps. — When writing a letter that requires an answer it is always best to inclose a 

 stamp, and when necessary Postage Stamps can occasionally be used for small change, but they are a 

 poor substitute for money when ordering goods, and should never be sent unless from remote places, 

 where suitable currency cannot be obtained. If sent in ordinary letters they are about as likely to be 

 stolen as money, and they frequently come to hand so badly stuck together, as to be utterly useless. 

 Please do not send Stamps when you can possibly get anything else. 



POST OFFICE ORDERS, REGISTERED LETTERS, &C. 



Post Ofl3.ce Orders are the safest and most convenient form of remittance yet devised. If not 

 to be had at your nearest Post Office, it is worth going a little further to obtain one. You can get the 

 exact amount desired; no difficulty making change, and absolutely no risk of losing your money, be- 

 cause no one can use a Postal Order, except the person to whom it is made payable ; and if lost, 

 stolen or burned upon the way, we can get a duplicate, when you tell us the Office where issued, the 

 number, date and amount. (These matters should be noted for reference before mailing.) Always 

 inclose the Postal Order in the same letter with your order for the plants; both will then be received 

 at the same time, there will be no uncertainty about the amount, and no cause for delay in filling. 



Bank Drafts on New York, Philadelphia, or any principal city, can be had of all banks and 

 bankers. They are safe because no one can get the money except the person or company to whose 

 order the Draft is made payable, and if lost, stolen or destrbyed, the bank will issue a duplicate when 

 satisfied of the loss. 



Registered Letters. — Letters can be registered at every Post Office in the United States, all 

 Postmasters are obliged to Register letters "when requested to do so. Inclose the money in the presence 

 of the Postmaster, and lake his receipt for i't We receipt to our Postmaster for every Registered 

 Letter received. Registered I^etters generally come safe, but are not as good as Postal Orders, be- 

 cause the Government merely promises to take special care and try to delivet them safely, and if lost 

 or destroyed will not replace the money, but when you buy a Postal Order the Government takes your 

 money and becomes responsible for its payment as directed. 



A Nice Present.— For the purpose of encouraging our friends to send their money safely by 



