A PAGE OF 
PREMIUMS 
$3,000.00 
QIYEN flWflT IN FREniUnS 
AMONG OUR 
CUSTO_MERS 
THIS YEAR^ 
Northern Grown Seeds and Plants into every section of the 
t«d S^Tatesr'and^tcrrnducrou^^^ , . 
IN TULY 1 1892 wc will award the following premiums to those ordering May 
Id Piano, vilued at $0r.O ; it's a beauty, and you should try for it. Your chance li 
s Northern Grown Seeds and Plants. Someone will get that 
is as good as anyone's. Don't let someone in your neighbor- 
We make the following Uberal offers, in order to introduce our 
United I 
ON : 
Grand - 
''"°These"premlums are ^iven on orders for garden and flower seeds, by packets and ounces, and on plants and bulbs, but not 
on seeds in larger quantities. ^ 
No. 1. Vose & Sons Upright Piano. 
This is without doubt the finestj)iano made at 
the present time. This is the Vprigrht Grand 
Piano, valued at $650. 
DESCRIPTION. 
New improved scale, with full metal plate. Either in 
mahogany, ro«ewood or walnut case, double veneered, 
carved pilasters and trusties, panel front with handsome 
mouldings, elegant engraved panels, music desk swinging 
clear of the fall. Three unisons, over-strung bass, elastic 
repeating action, and ivory kt-ys. Seven and one-third 
octaves. Furnished with fret, engraved or bronze panels. 
DIMKNSIONS. 
Height, four feet six inches. Width, five feet two inches- 
Depth, two feet four inches. 
No. 2. Solid Gold Watch and Chain. 
(Ladies' or prentiemen'a.) This is a sjjlendid 
solid gold watch, warranted in every respect. 
The ca«e is beautifully cnKraved. Stem wind 
and stem set. Chain is solid gold, and very 
handsome. 
No. 3. Solid Gold Watch. (Ladies' or 
gentlemen s.) Same as above without chain. 
No. 4. A Full Set of Decorated 
Dishes. About one hundred pieces. 
THIS PIANO IS ON EXHIBITION AT NATHAN FORD & CO. 
(See Pagre 111.) 
E. Third St., St. Paul, Minn. 
For the largest Club Order of Packets and Ounces of 
either Garden or Flower Seeds, or Plants and 
Bulbs, Vose & Sons Piano. 
For the Second Largest Club Order, Golden Watch 
and Chain. 
For the Third Largest Club Order, Solid Gold Watch. 
LIST 
For the Fourth Largest Club Order, Decorated Set 
of Dishes. 
For the next Ten Largest Club Orders, - $10.00 
For the next Ten Largest Club Orders, - 5.00 
For the next Twenty-five Largest Club Orders, 2.00 
THOUSANDS OF BOOKS GIVEN TO OUR PATRONS. 
Our books, this season, as near as we can figure it, will cost us in the neighborhood of $2,00(J.00. W^^^ ?h J!ar^if.it''ord'er8^ asl^ 
to give every one of our customers a chance to get a premium, and not confine it to only fifty or sixty of the largest orders, as is 
''®'1v.lfowfn^''w?ei^^cvo?fa list of these books which are bv the best authors, and the size order for which they arc Riven as a premium. 
■l^hese oferaS^^ly only to P SEEDS BY PACKET AND OUNCE, and not to seeds in larger 
auantities, or to our cheap plant collections in back part of catalogue. . „..«_„j„v,t 
REMEMBER, a record of your orders will be kept up to July 1, 189^; at that time we shall send out these books post, express or freight 
paid, to all who are entitled to them. _ ^ ..... , r- 
THIS OFFER DOES NOT APPLY TO THOSE WHO BUY THROUGH OUR MARKET GARDENERS' CATALOGUE. 
These are not cheap, paper covered book8,but are bound in cloth and printed on good paper. We have no advertisement in them, and 
they are worthy of a place in any library. 
LIST OF BOOKS AND AMOUNT OF ORDER FOR WHICH THEY ARE GIVEN AS A PREMIUM. 
AMOtrST AMOUKT 
The Abbot, by Sir Walter Scott, - . - 5.0O 
Guy Manxeking, by Sir Walter Scott, - 5.00 
Alice, bv Lord Lytton, ----- 5.50 
Da.niki, Dekonda. by George Eliot, - - 5.00 
David COPPEKFIELD, by Charles Dickens, 5.00 
Denis ITovai,, by W. M. Thackeray, - - 5.00 
Hknest Maltk vvERS.by Lord Lytton. - 5.50 
WaverLY, by Sir Walter Scott. - - - 5.00 
East Lvnne, by Mrs. Henry Wood, - - 5.00 
SiiANDON Bells, by William Black, - - 5.00 
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, - - 5.0O 
From out the Gloom, by Bertha M. Clay, 5.0O 
Dora Thorne, by Bertha M. Clay, - - 5 OO 
COLONELQuARlTCH.by H. Rider Haggard, 5.00 
Five Weeks in a Balloon, by Jules Verne, 4.50 
Michael Strogoff, by Jules Verne, - - 4.50 
AMOUNT 
AL.TON Locke, by Charles Kingslcy, - - $3.2,") 
Adam Bede, by George Eliot, - - - 3.50 
Allan Quatermain, by H. Rider Haggard, 3.15 
As IN A Looking Glass, by F. C. Phillips, 3.25 
Belinda, by Rhoda Brotighton, - - - 3.75 
Evil Genius, by Wilkie Collins, - - - 3.75 
FRO.M Year to Year, bv Alice Cary, - - 4.00 
The Guilty River, by Wilkie Collins, - 4.00 
The Heroes, by Charles Kingsley, - - 3.75 
A House Party, by Otoida, . . - - 3.25 
Ivanhoe, by Sir Walter Scott, - - - 4.00 
Robert Elsmere, by Mrs. Humphrey 
Ward, 4.25 
Robert Falconer, byGeorgeMacDonald, 4.00 
A Strange World, by M. E. Braddon, - 3.50 
All in a Garden Fair, by Walter Besant, 3.75 
PniNTFR^ ^hese offers are 
rUinitnOi open to every 
one. Cash must accompany 
every order. Order sheets will 
be sent you on application. 
Number every order you send 
us. Orders will be sent to you 
or your customers, as directed. 
Always send us the names of 
your customers. 
Brother Against Brother, by John R. 
Musick, - -- -- -- -- 3.75 
Circumstantial Evidence, by Hugh 
Conwav, 4-00 
Life and Death of Garfield, by Ogilvie, 4.50 
History oe the United States, by E. B. 
Child, 4.00 
A Life Interest, bv Mrs. Alexander, - 3.75 
A Mental Struggle, by The Duchess, - 3.50 
The Missing Will, by Hugh Conway, - 3.75 
Mohawks, bv M. B. Braddon, - - - 4.00 
Vice Versa, bv F. Anstey, - - - - 4.25 
Uncommercial Traveller, by Charles 
Dickens, 5.00 
The Legacy of Cain, by Wilkie Collins, - 4.50 
Ingledbw House, by Bertha AL Clay, - 3.75 
-VT/^'-lT/^TT' f If yo'i send in an order 
IN yJllVjjii I lor $12.50, you are en- 
titled to as many books as are ollere<l as 
premiums on this amount. For instance: 
One book on an order for $3.60, one on a 
.$4 order and one on a $5 order, niakini; 
a total of $12.,50. DON'T FOKGET 
THIS— The larger your order, the more 
premium books you will fret. 
POINTERS 
■ large or small, 
counted, up to July i, 1892. 
Show your customer the 
amount he must order to get a 
premium. Premiums will be sent 
both you and your customers 
thatare entitled to them. State 
on order sheet what premium 
your customer desires. All or- 
ders must be catalogue prices. 
CUGGESTIONS'TO those getting up club orders. 
BWBWW and you Should not fail to take advantage of it. You will find no trouble in getting: your fnends to let j-ou 
^^send in their order for seeds and plants. Tell them that you are working for that piano, and they will be only too glad to assist you all they 
can. Of course a great manv will say that their order won't amount to more than fifty cents, or so. Tell them that makes no difTerence. lor 
it does not require so very manv orders, at fifty cents each, to make a large amount. Should you fail in securing the Piano there are tw;o Sohd Gold 
Watches, aSetof Dishes, Forty-fiveCa.sh Prizes, and a splendid lot of Books. You cannot fail to secure some of these valuable premiums it you 
try. There are very few people in vour neighborhood who don't buy either seeds or plants every season, and you can not do them a greater 
favor than by inducing them to buy' Northern Grown Stocks ; the plants are hardier and more thrifty, while the seeds are acknowledged by all to 
be the earliest and most productive. Work for that Piano. A few hours among your friends each day may secure it for you. It * i?Jl« 
a large amount to get it as some imagine. Anotherpoint is our Novelties. No other firm, that we know of, offers such a grand list of NEWT HIN(" 
Show vour friends what they can get some fine voung palms for, or some of the new plants from Florida and Mexico. Look the catalogue ov».. 
carefully, so you will be able to show them all the novelties, etc. Don't let them overlook our new vegetable and flower seeds. 
BBMEMBER, these Book Premiums do no t debar yon from availing yourself of the cash discount on each order. 
SEE INTRODUCTORY BOX VEGETABLE SEEDS. INSIDE BACK COVER. 
