from Colorado for sixty thousand Lncretia; In 

 today's mail an order for fifty thonsa id con ist- 

 mg of Lucretia. Austin's and Premo from Mis- 

 souri. I am also offering in this catalogue, in 

 small quantities only, plants of Raspberries, 

 Gooseberries, Currants and Grapes, designed es- 

 pecially to supply those of my customers who 

 want a few plants for their garden, or who 

 want to mate a start in a small way for market. 

 Seeds. — Last season, I offered quite a num- 

 ber of varieties of seeds; this year, I am offer- 

 ing a full line of a short list of the best va- 

 rieties of all vegetable and farm seeds. Quite 

 a good many of these have been grown on my 

 farms at Salisbury, Maryland; especially sev- 

 eral varieties of cantaloupes, (which I grew 

 largely for market). All of the cucumber seed 

 offered, and several varieties of the tomatoes, 

 all of the Seed Corn, Seed Oats and Sweet Po- 

 tatoes, are of my own growing. Other lines 

 have been grown especially for me in Califor- 

 nia, Iowa, Michigan and in Europe. My Cab 

 bage seed are all Long Island grown, and of 

 very fine quality. I believe my seed of all 

 varieties offered, are equal to any that you can 

 buy elsewhere, and I respectfully solicit a por- 

 tion of the orders of every one who receives 

 this catalogue. If you have any doubt that 

 my seeds are as good as others offered, send me 

 a portion of your order anyway, and give me a 

 chance to prove that I can serve you in this 

 line with the best seeds grown, as I have been 

 serving the public with the best strawberry 

 plants grown for the last twenty years. 

 Whether your order amount to a dime or sev- 

 eral hundred dollars, it will receive the same 

 careful attention and will be filled with the 

 same desire to please. 



My facilities for handling your orders" 1 for 

 either plants or seed are better than ever before. 

 My new residence (see front cover) is located in 

 the centre of my 400 acre plant and seed farm, 

 large and commodious barns and stables for 

 housing stock, storing hay, seed corn, etc., 

 having been completed. A large sweet potato 

 house lor storing sweet potato seed just finish- 

 ed, (capaciry ;; .~ ( a < f ;mplete water 

 system has also been installed, with tank ca- 

 pacity of 28,000 gallons, used in watering stock, 

 pupplying residence, watering plants in hot 

 beds, frames, and all other purposes for which 

 wate^r is required, (pumping capacity 60 gal- 

 lons per minute; contracts are out for the erec- 

 tion of a large and splendidly equipped pack- 

 ing and storage house with several times the 

 capacity of the old one, this to be completed 

 by February 1st; all of which will be lighted 

 by electricity in the near future. A large store 

 room has been leased in the business centre of 

 Salisbury for the seed trade, which will be 

 stocked with the best that can be grown. I 

 do not mention the above boast ingly but to show 

 to my friends and the public how the business 

 is growing and that I am better prepared than 

 ever before to handle your orders promptly and 

 satisfactorily. I am not in the business for one 

 year or two bnt'for a lifetime and I shall al- 

 ways endeavor so to please my customers that 

 they will send their orders from year to year. 

 Aside frnm my desire to please, this is the only 

 way to build up a prosperous and thrifty bus- 

 iness. Thanking yon for many past favors 

 and trusting to merit the continuance of your 

 patronage, I remain, wishing you a most pros- 

 perous year, Yours faithfully, 



W. F. ALLEN. 



IMPORTANT 



Orders should be sent in just as early as 

 possible — it is better for you as well as the 

 nurseryman. 



Time of Shipment— from the time you re- 

 ceive this catalogue to May 1st. Our heaviest 

 shipments are made in March and first half 

 of April. 



Guarantee — I guarantee plants ordered by 

 mail or express to reach customers in good con- 

 dition when promptly taken from express office 

 and opened at once. 



At Purchaser's Risk.— Plants ordered to be 

 shipped by freight after March 20th will be at 

 purchasers risk. Express is always safest. 



True to Name — While I use every precau- 

 tion to have all stock true to name, and am 

 sure that I am as successful in doing this as 

 any one in the business I will not be held re- 

 sponsible for any sum greater than the cost of 

 the stock, should any prove otherwise than as 

 represented. 



Packing* — I make no charge for boxing or 

 packing above rates in this catalogue. Every- 



thing is delivered f.o.b. train at rates named. 

 Claims, if any, must be made on receipt of 

 goods, as I can not become responsible for neg- 

 lect of purchaser to attend to stock after receiv- 

 ed, or for misfortunes perpetrated by drouths, 

 floods, or insect-, 



Twenty Five's — All plants are tied twen- 

 ty-five to the bundle. 



Payment Invariably cash in advance. 

 Remit by Money Order. Registered Letter, 

 or Draft. Postage stamps for fractional 



part of a dollar accepted : 2, o, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10. 

 and 1") cent stamps preferred. Foreign cus- 

 tomers will please send Money Order on Salis- 

 bury, Maryland. 



Do you know of two or three- persons who 

 buy plants and seeds and want the host of every- 

 thing? If so, they are the people that I should 

 like very much to get acquainted with. Their 

 names and address on a postal or enclosed with 

 your order addressed to W. P. Allen. Salisbury, 

 Md., would serve as an introduction. Will 

 you attend to it? Now please don't forget. 



