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Some explanation may be requisite in regard k> the course adopted in 

 making sales to venders. The seeds are usually supplied 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 a half, quar- 

 ter, and eighth bushel will be supplied on similar terms. Applications 

 are sometimes made for wholesale quantities to be put up in retail parcete, 

 regularly labelled, &c, and they will be supplied in that manner w hen re- 

 quired. Purchasers will readily perceive, however, that they derive much 

 greater advantages on the score of profit, by purchasing in the manner first 

 designated. Flower Seeds of above 600 beautiful varieties will be sup- 

 plied to venders in parcels at 25 to 50 cents each, and many varieties can 

 be furnished by the ounce, pound, &c, when so required. They will also 

 be supplied, put up in small parcels ready for retailing. A liberal credit will 

 be alloAved, and where a good understanding is esiablished, 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 consideration. The different Treatises hereafter enumerated will 

 be supplied to venders at 20 per cent, discount. A Seed Catalogue con- 

 taining the New York retail prices as a guide to venders will be sent to 

 every applicant. Seeds of the new crop can be supplied in August and 

 September, and Turnep seeds and some other kinds can be furnished the 

 last of June. When so desired assorted boxes of Seeds can be supplied 

 selected to suit any part of North or South America, the West Indies, or 

 elsewhere, and of any value from $5 to $100. Implements of Husbandry 

 and Garden Tools of every description, Agricultural and Horticultural 

 Books, and the superior Compressed Dry Herbs, prepared by the Shakers, 

 can be supplied to any extent at their prices. 



The Proprietors have further to state, that their Fruit and Ornamental 

 Trees, &c. are of lar°e size and vigorous growth^nd supericr to any before 

 offered to the public. The Establishment contains at the present period 

 more than a million of Trees and Plants, and the Proprietors are willing 

 to enter into arrangements of the most liberal description both as to prices 

 and credit with all such persons as desire large quantities of Trees, &c, 

 and with those proprietors of Nurseries who wish to extend their collec- 

 tions, and such other persons as wish to establish Neio Nurseries, they 

 will enter into arrangements on terms which will allow ample time for 

 advantageous reimbursement. Any persons who are desirous to act as 

 agents fcr receiving orders for Trees, in towns where no agency at pre- 

 sent exists, will please to communicate tneir view s in regard thereto. If 

 any correspondents have raised seed of very superior Vegetables, kc, 

 they will please to communicate the fact. Any packages intended for us 

 must be left with A. D. Maintain, corner of South and Beekman streets, 

 New- York, but letters should always be transmitted per mai 1 . 



REMARKS.— All orders for Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Green- 

 house Plants, Bulbous Flowers, Dahlias, or Seeds, must be sent direct 

 to us, or through a regularly authorized agent, and not through the agency 

 t f any person who vends similar articles. Every invoice transmitted by 

 us will have a printed heading, and our signature, to prove it genuine, 

 and we assume no guarantee whatever, where such an invoice cannot be 

 pr:duced. We mention these cautions for good and conclusive reasons, 

 and we most particularly enjoin their strict observance on purchasers. 

 When orders are sent, directions should be very precisely given how the 

 packages are to be marked, and by what route or conveyance they are to 

 be forwarded, &c. Orders from a distance will always receive the ut- 

 most at tention, both as to packing and forwarding", and it is only requisite 

 for persons sending orders to specify the extent of land and water car- 



