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Very few people have any idea of the amount of ferns, 

 oak foliage, bronze and green galax, sphagnum moss, 

 holly, etc., used in the large cities. Chicago alone uses 

 20,000,000 ferns each year for which $i a thousand is 

 paid. 



There are several kinds of ferns that grow in nearly all 

 parts of the U. S., for which there is a market the whole 

 year. I will tell you how to keep them six months, and 

 where to sell them. How to keep all kinds of greens 

 fresh for three months ; how to manufacture wreaths, 

 crosses, festooning and cemetery blankets which bring $5 

 each. I will direct you how to get good prices and orders 

 for other evergreens for cemeteries. 



Thousands of ferns are sold each year on the root stock 

 also there is a large demand for 18 in. to 2.\ ft. evergreen 

 trees on the root stock. I will tell you how to sell both 

 of these at good prices. 



I will send all of this information complete, samples of 

 different kinds of wire, cord and all material used, sample 

 of ferns, princess pine, laurel, oak, etc. In fact every- 

 thing used and how to use it so that you can do the same 

 as myself." 



I doubt whether any of our readers " with some knowl- 

 edge of botany and love for the woods " can be induced 

 to root out their ferns and ground pines for the small re- 

 turn to be derived from it, and therefore, have no hesita- 

 tion in saying that all the valuable information hinted at 

 in the foregoing may be had in exchange for a two-dollar 

 bill from F. P. Barton, Durham, Conn. Reluctantly I 

 put away these visions of wealth, only to have them re- 

 called to me later by a second letter in which our friend 

 Barton observed that he believed me to be an honest, 

 intelligent person and would therefore knock off a dollar 

 of his price if I would go into the business and send him 

 the other dollar as soon as I had made $25 for myself. 

 Alas, he probably thinks I haven't a dollar, for I have not 

 yet gone into the business he so attractively sets forth. 



Seriously, it is a question whether the collection and 



