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little request, parcels of half and quarter pound, and of a half, quarter and 

 eighth bushel, will be supplied on similar terms. Applications are some- 

 times made for wholesale quantities to be put up in retail parcels, regularly 

 labelled, &c.,_ and they will be supplied in that manner when required. 

 Purchasers will readily perceive, however, that they derive much greater 

 advantages on the score of profit, by purchasin? in the manner first desig- 

 nated. Flower Seeds, of above 600 beautiful varieties, will be supplied to 

 venders in parcels, at 25 to 50 cents each, and manv varieties cau be fur- 

 nished 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 allowed, and where a good understanding 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 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 he supplied in August and 

 September, and Turnip 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, Szc, are of large size and vigorous groicth, and superior to any be- 

 fore offered to the public. The Establishment contains at the presentperiod 

 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 Xeic Nurseries, they 

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

 advantageous reimbursement. Any persons who are desirous to act as 

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

 sent exists, will please to communicate their views in regard thereto. If 

 any correspondents have raised seed of very superior Vegetables, &c. ; 

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

 must be left with .4. D. Maintain, corner of South and Beekman streets, 

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



REMARKS. — All orders for Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Greenhouse 

 Plants, Bulbous Flowers, Dahlias, or Seeds, must be sent direct to us, 

 or through a regularly authorized agent, and not through the agency of 

 any person icho rends similar articles. Every invoice transmitted by us 

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

 ice assume no guarantee whatever, ichere such an invoice cannot be pro- 

 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 pack- 

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

 forwarded, &c. Orders from a distance will always receive the utmost at- 

 tention, both as to packing and forwarding; and it is on y requisite for 

 person? sending orders, to specify the extent of land and water carriage, and 

 the articles will be packed accordingly. The packages will be forwarded 

 by such route as shall be designated, and where the option is left to us we 

 will adopt such mode of transmission as phall be most economical and safe. 

 During winter, when the northen rivers and canals are frozen, all packages 

 destined for the Western States can be sent by the way of New-Orleans, 

 or via Philadelphia or Baltimore, to Pittsburgh'or Wheeling. 



