TENTH YEAR. 



1879. 



THE >TEW GUIDE 



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TO OTJK/ IF^I^IEnsriDS. 



We have the pleasure of presenting our " NEW GUIDE FOR 1879," and beheve it is the 

 handsomest and best we have ever issued. It is published for the use of our customers, 

 and besides being a Descriptive Catalogue of Roses and other plants we offer, it gives 

 short practical directions for their proper treatment and culture. Our design is not only to 

 sell plants, but to teach how to take care of them, so that purchasers may obtain the best 

 results. 



We are ROSE GROWERS, not Florists, we devote special and particular attention, with 

 large capital and ample facihties to GROWING ROSES, and we produce and distribute 

 more Roses than any other establishment in the world. 



Besides Roses we grow FINE HARDY ORNAMENTAL FLOWERING SHRUBS, 

 ELEGANT CLIMBING VINES, HONEYSUCKLES, &C., MAGNIFICENT SEED- 

 LING GLADIOLUS, JAPAN LILIES, and a few other choice plants, BUT ONLY 

 THOSE DESCRIBED IN THIS BOOK, confining ourselves to a few of the best things; 

 we make every one of them a specialty. 



Another specialty with us is delivering our plants safely by mail at all Post Offices, so 

 that flower lovers everywhere can obtain the finest varieties at the least possible cost. Our 

 plants are specially grown and prepared for sending by mail, and are sold under our 

 guarantee to deliver them in perfect growing condition at every Post Office in the United 

 States. We also give careful directions for sending money safely, so that it is as easy and 

 pleasant to order of us by mail as it would to buy, if you were here in person. 



We refer with pleasure to the excellent reputation our establishment has earned for being 

 thoroughly responsible and reliable. Purchasers order of us with perfect confidence 

 that they will get goods of best quality, exactly as ordered, true to name and full value. 

 Our business, now very large and steadily increasing, has been built up, from a small be- 



