ALWAYS 
get your seeds from the originator and grower 
whenever possible 
"How TO Judge Novelties, look to their source," and also if possible pur- 
chase direct from the originator, as many new trees, plants, and seeds are grossly- 
misrepresented by a few dealers who trade on the reputation of reliable firms, 
often doing a thriving business by selling seeds, trees, and plants in localities 
where they very well know that they can not thrive; this, and the substitution 
of inferior or wholly worthless stock under the name and reputation of good 
ones, has been and is now being carried on persistently and systematically by 
several parties who victimize those who deal with them by trading on the repu- 
tations of reliable firms. It should be the duty and privilege of every good 
citizen to aid in exposing and routing all who are obtaining money under these 
false pretenses. Counterfeit coins are not counterfeited — it is the genuine ones 
that are misrepresented. 
In presenting this list of seeds, I wish to thank the friends and customers who 
have in some cases been purchasers for forty-five years or more. It is exceedingly 
pleasing to know that the stock produced in and introduced from this establish- 
ment has now become standard in every country. No one who knows them ques- 
tions their value, and perhaps nothing during the past century has more influenced 
the trend of horticulture, or has tended more to remove horticulture from a small 
branch of agriculture to a veritable science by itself. 
The time and expense involved in the production and introduction of most of 
these new plants have been great, as those acquainted with the facts are well 
aware, but it is my aim to place these new varieties in the hands of growers as 
quickly as possible and at as low prices as are consistent with sound business, 
in at least, partially repaying for their production and introduction. Everything 
in this Catalogue will be delivered at your door, transportation free, except in a 
very few cases where noted. 
WHERE THE SEEDS ARE GROWN. 
