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LONG BROTHERS 1 CATALOGUE— SPRING, 1876. 
Relative to oar Manner of Packing Plants, Seeds, Bnlbs, etc., which hundreds pro- 
nounce Huperior to that practiced by any other establishment, also our Guaranteeing 
their safe arrival.— Scarcely one other thing connected with receiving floricultural stock, and especially 
green, living Plants, by Mail or Express from a distance, is as directly important to the receiver, as the way in 
which they are packed. Judging from reports that reflect on this matter, and which are almost constantly arriv- 
ing from every part of the country, in the letters of our friends and customers, it would seem that there is really 
less risk attendant upon ordering plants from an establishment 3,000 miles distant, where the highest degree of 
perfection has been attained and is practiced in packing, than in ordering from a point 100 or 200 miles distant, 
where less skill is brought to bear on the operation. We consider it would be needless to say many words relative 
to our manner of executing this important feature of our work, further than to state that the member of our firm 
in charge of this department gives to it such a degree of attention and study as he in his experience believes it 
deserves, owing to the importance of having everything connected with executing orders, rightly done in every 
particular and in all cases. We have allowed some of our patrons of past seasons to have a voice in relation to 
this matter of how well we pack ; and in a small pamphlet which accompanies our Catalogue will be found their 
unsolicited testimony. I^ct it be understood that 
WE GUARANTEE 
EVERY ORDER OF PLANTS to reach its place of destination in any part of America, where the ordinary 
time of transit by Mai! or Express and stage in remote sections, is not more than TEN DAYS, safely, and in 
good condition for growing, at any time of the year, excepting during the three months commencing with Decem- 
ber 1st and ending March jst of each winter. We guarantee 
EVERY ORDER OF SEEDS, Dormant Bulbs, Tubers, etc. (the latter up to May ist in their dormant state) 
to arrive safely in any part of the country, no matter how extended the lime of transit may be, and at any season 
of the year whep our stock is in shape for sending out. 
To enable residents in all parts of America to decide whether it will be safe for them to order Plants, as well 
as other Floricultural slock, by the above conditions of guaranty, we have prepared the following table from offi- 
cial sources, showing what the ordinary time is which mail trains require, to travel from Buffalo to thecrt-cm 
points named, all of which arc reached by railroads. 
FROM BUFFALO 
To Pueblo, Colorado, too hours = 4 days 4 hrs. 
" Austin, Texas, 105 " =4 " 9 " 
" New Orleans, La., 81 " =3 "' 5 •' 
" Tallahassee, Florida, 142 " = 5 " 22 " 
" Columbia, S. Carolina, ... 69 " =2 "21 " 
" Baltimore, Md., 26 " = 1 '• 2 " 
" Bangor, Maine, 48 " =2 " o " 
" Halifax, Nova Scotia, ... 81 " = 3 " 9 " 
•' Quebec, Province of 
Quebec, . 
FROM BUFFALO 
To Marquette, Mich., 57 hours = 2 days 9 hrs. 
" Dululh, Minn., 72 " =3 " o " 
*' Bismarck, Dak. Tcr.,. .. .105 " =4 " 9 11 
" Cheyenne, Wyoming 74 " =3 " 2 " 
" Ogden, Utal 103 " =4 " 7 ■' 
" .Sacramento, California, ..144 " =6 " o " 
" Redding, Cal„ 200 miles 
N. of San Francisco, ..157 " =6 " 13 '■ 
" Caliemh, Cal., 300 miles 
S. of San Francisco,.. .162 " = 6 "18 " 
It will be observed that the places here named arc situated near the borders, and less time will be required to 
reach others that are inland from these. Sonic allowance is made for the transfer of mails at the terminals of the 
various railroad lines, but nothing for the increased speed of the recently established Fast Mail Trains which now 
carry all mails from Buffalo, east and west. 
There are many places throughout the Western Territories that arc reached only by mails carried from the rail- 
roads lung distances, sometimes many hundreds of miles, by stage or horseback. Persons residing in these can 
order Seeds, Bulbs, etc., nnd receive them safely (sec our Guarantee respecting Seeds), but they must decide 
for themselves whether it will be prudent 10 order Plants. In the majority of cases our Plants will carryfrom ten 
to fifteen days in safety, although we do not warrant them longer than the former length of time. We have 
numerous customers who order plants from these remoie places at their own risk, again and again with satisfac- 
tory results. Such and others living thus remote arc advised to send small orders, and oftcner, so that the sacri- 
fice will not bo so great in case of loss. On all mail packages of plants, we print the Slate or Territory to which 
each is to go in plain, bold type, which somewhat expedites their progress. 
SPECIAL. 
No. 1 Willi roforoiico to filling orders nnd forwarding Floricultural Stock BY MAIL 
I'OSTAOK PREPAID. Plains, Bulbs, etc., are forwarded through the mails in light boxes or in packages' 
Flower and Vegetable Seeds in envelopes or packages, but the U. S. POSTAGE is in all cases fully prepaid by us 
to the office uf delivery, or to the boundary line, if to a foreign country. It must, however, be understood that 
although orders under One Dollar in amount for Fto-.ver and Vegetable Seeds, in packets, will be filled and the 
postage prepaid, yet with our painstaking method of packing Plants for mailing— of itself 
M A r\ f\ rntl ' Cr costl >'- which is ionc '» d * m P mo «. allowing a portion of the ball of earth to remain 
1 I 1 I 1 W ' lh lh ° r ° 0 ' 1 ° f C * 1Ch Pl * nt ' bC ' idcS Whl ' prc I Kl >' in 8 thc P^'aEC which is more in propor- 
. 1\ I I I I I lit " 1 °" P '* nU " 1IU1 on sccd5 ' owin * t0 lhc d:un P soil and Pacing moss which arc included 
1 I U U WE CANNOT ACCEPT, e.t.ier complete i 
orders, ANY ORDER FOR PLANTS of less amount than ONE DODLAr" 
unless the cost of packing and postage is sent to us in connection with thc price of the 
