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SPECIAL NOTICES. 



I. We prove the growth of our seeds before sending them out, and at our Experimental Grounds we 

 test their purity and the relative value of varieties. Our trials of an experimental character 

 are conducted on a very extensive scale, thereby enabling us to enrich each issue of our Catalogue with 

 much practical information, which we are gratified to learn is found serviceable to the numerous 

 customers to whom we have the pleasure annually of sending a copy of our Catalogue. 

 II. The crops of some kinds of seeds have this year been abundant, and reduction in the prices of such 

 has been made in consequence. 



III. We shall not trouble our patrons with the customary, but we think supererogatory statement that we 



execute our orders promptly and well, as this is the only way by which we can hope to satisfy our 

 numerous correspondents, and to secure their good will and recommendation. 



IV. Our Novelty List has, as usual, been carefully compiled. There are many things in it of sterling merit, 



and doubtless some with pretensions greater than a more intimate acquaintance with them will entitle 

 them to. This refers equally to the new flowers and the new vegetables. As far as possible, we have 

 avoided exaggerated descriptions, but as many of the things have not been seen by us, we have to 

 accept the introducers' notes or their illustrations. 

 V. The Gladioli we present in an entirely new classified form to our readers, the result of four consecutive 

 years' careful collating. 



VI. Thinking it would be interesting to the numerous readers of our Catalogue to know what success, in a 

 horticultural point of view, has attended the laying out of the Thames Embankment, one of the 

 grandest undertakings of the age, we feel gratified in stating that the mixture of grasses we used in 

 sowing down the Thames Embankment remained uninjured during the winter and throughout the 

 summer. From Charing Cross Railway Station to Waterloo Bridge there was not a faulty patch. Of 

 the shrubs and trees which were planted in spring, more than an average number survived, while the ivy 

 edging promises next summer to equal anything to be seen in the city of Paris. The flowers planted 

 for summer decoration more than realized the expectations of the public, and it is anticipated that 

 the display of flowers in spring will be good. See illustration, page 68. 

 VII. To the seedsman the extension of horticultural know ledge is all important in the development of his busi- 

 ness, hence the care w ith w hich he compiles his catalogue, and as far as the limitation of the pages of ft 

 trade circular will admit, embodies information which, as a rule, could not be culled from any other 

 source. To us, therefore, it is a pleasing duty to announce the addition to gardening literature of a 

 new illustrated weekly journal, w hich is the fourth that emanates from London, all ably conducted. 

 There is the Gardeners' Chronicle, the Journal of Horticulture, and the Gardeners' Magazine, each 

 w ith a large weekly circulation. The new publication is entitled "The Garden," profuseiy illustrated, 

 and written in a popular style, and well suited to lay on the drawing-room table of every home of taste. 

 VIII. Our Floral Albums (four volumes super-royal) contain above 5000 coloured plates of Bulbous and 

 Tuberous-rooted Plants, Annuals, Perennials, Stove and Greenhouse Plants, Ferns and Ornamental 

 foliage Plants. We keep constantly adding plates of new plants, as these appear in the various works 

 devoted to gardening. 



IX. The Albums are kept at our warehouse as books of reference for the use of those of our customers who 



wish to refer to them when in London. 



X. Carriage is allowed on orders amounting to 21s. and upw ards, to any principal Railway Station in Eng- 



land and Wales, to Edinburgh and Glasgow, and to any principal Station on the North British, 

 ( ,'aledonian and Scottish Central Lines. Also to Dublin and Belfast. To Cork and Waterford, by 

 steamboat from London, or as far as Bristol by railway, en route for Ireland. We prefer the latter 

 route, being more expeditious, and unless instructed otherw ise, we shall forward via Bristol. 

 XI. Carriage to be deducted at settlement (in accordance with Par. X.) Formerly our custom was to pay 

 carriage in London ; but w e were compelled to relinquish this practice, in consequence of our ' ' Car- 

 riage Paid" packages not being delivered with the same promptitude as those not prepaid ; and, also, 

 on account of continual complaints from our customers that they also had to pay carnage before they 

 could get the goods. We mention this as the reason why we abandoned a praciice followed by us for 

 se many years. 



XII. Orders which arc paid in advance (in accordance with Par. X.), will either be sent carriage paid, or a 

 liberal equivalent in goods will be added. The latter course will be adopted unless we are otherwise 

 instructed. 



XIII. Seeds which are sold by us and quoted in the Catalogue as at "per packet,'' are fonvarded post paid ; 



or if sent by rail, however small the amount, the carriage to be deducted at settlement. 



XIV. No charge is made for the packing or the package, except in the case of Plants, Seed Potatoes, Aspa- 



ragus, Seakale, and Rhubarb. A small charge will be made in these cases for the mat, hamper, etc., 

 and, if returned, half-price will be allowed. 

 XV. Fruit and Forest Trees, Soils, Wirework, Plant Cases and Stands, Chapman's ' ' Multum-in-Parvo " 

 Exhibitors' Cut Flower Cases, Barr's Portable Cut Flower and Bouquet Transmission Cases, Garden 

 Engines and Water Barrows, Flower Boxes, Jardinets, and Terra-C'otta, Rustic, China, and Glass 

 goods — on these we do not allow carriage, and the packages are charged. 

 XVI. Five per cent, is allowed on all payments made within one month from date of invoice. 

 XVII. Post Office Orders to be made payable at King-street Post Office, Covent Garden, W.C. All cheques 

 to be crossed, adding the words "and Co." Small amount", may be paid in Postage Stamps. 



FOREIGN AND COLONIAL NOTICES. 



XVIII. To insure attention, orders must be accompanied with a nmitlancc, a draft, or an "order to pay," on a 

 London agent. The remittance must be sufficient to cover the expense of cases, and also of carriage, 

 as when the freight is not paid in advance a heavy percentage is added to it by the Peninsular and 

 Oriental Company and their agents. 



XIX. We pay postage on all "packets" of Flower Seeds sent to India and the Colonies, {provided the 

 present restriction recently imposed by the Postal Authorities on merchandise at sample post rates be 

 rescinded or not enforced.) 



XX. In shipping plants to India, great care is exercised by us in selecting, preparing, and properly packing 



the same, and our consignments have, on the whole, been very successful. Still, there are so many 

 contingencies, that we cannot, in any way, hold ourselves responsible for the condition in which the 

 plants reach their destination. 

 XXI. Our successful shipments of seeds to India have led to several of the Agricultural and Horticultural 

 Societies there intrusting us With the execution of orders for distribution amongst their members. 



