INTRODUCTORY. 
ITH the view of giving the amateur a decided advance in 
quality and vakie, all sales will be made from the following 
lists. 
Comparison with the varieties, sections and strains, will 
convince experienced growers that the increase in value and 
quality is far in advance of the prices charged, and the dis- 
carding of older varieties and strains that have not stood the 
test of competition is in the interest of the grower, and save 
him the cost of selection. The World's Best Seedlings (Silver Tro- 
phy Strain) are the coming strain of commerce, and never fail to 
give satisfaction. 
The New Hybrid Seedlings, having been disseminated by me for some 
years, are now the leading stock of commercial growers. This strain de- 
feated the whole Childsi section, with all its reserve of introduced 
quality, at New York in August, 1900. 
Selected, Dark, White, Light and Yellow ; and Blue Hybrids, will 
be prepared in better value than ever. 
The leading novelty of this list is Groff's Gold Medal Pan-Ameri- 
can Exposition Collection, made up of the choice varieties exhibited 
at Buffalo in 1901. No such collection was ever offered before in 
the world, and cannot be obtained elsewhere. In its preparation ex- 
pensive named varieties are used, without regard to their cost or 
value, and hundreds of new varieties practically unknown; such di- 
versity, quality, and value, was never before offered in any list in 
commerce. 
I cannot recommend too highly the "Silver Trophy Strains." A 
trial of them will convince one that there is no better value offered 
in the world at the price. It should be largely planted. 
