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UR great World’s Fair has come and gone, and 
many will be the memories of the glorious and 
progressive age we live in -glorious alike in horti- 
culture as well as in the fine arts — an advance far 
ahead of anything dreamed of a generation ago, 
thanks to our patriotic business men of this progressive age, 
* , . who are ever alert to our national and local interests 
In again appearing before our customers, it is with much genuine pride that we can point to this our new 
Catalogue, as an evidence of prosperity. By the adoption of the golden rule in our business we have succeeded 
m building up one of the most prosperous Nurseries in the United States. We say this in a spirit of thankful I 
ness to all our customers, who have stood by us and have felt confident, in placing tiieir orders with us that we 1 
were as mindful of their interests as our own. We can say for the future that wefntend tonTaiirtahi th/s leputa-' 
buy dlrec from * thCy ^ US a - t,ial ° rder they wi " be winced that it is better to 
buy direct from a reliable Nursery than to trust to so-called agents (who will sell you anything you ask for) only 
in time to find out that you have been swindled with some poor, worthless, discarded varietie^ ’ 7 
Our mail contains such pathetic stories about agents charging enormous prices for worthless stock, that we 
give our readers the advice, Quit Agents, and deal where a reputation is as necessary to a firm as to an in- 
dividual. It is in no boastful spirit that we say that our stock is as good as the best, every care and attention 
rZ:rXS; and Where a ' ,y " 31 faUU “ " StraighUVay C0 ' 1Signed t0 the brush P ile - Hence our 
We are proud to say that no other Nursery in the United States has made the same growth in the same 
probation of th^ron”’ thus showl ”S that we keep up with the wide-awake, progressive times, and the nublic ap- 
h , webav , e ad °p‘ ed 15 am P'y demonstrated by stating the fact that our business more than 
doubles itself each year . We have had to build this year one of the largest new offices ever used in the Nursery 
business so great is our correspondence and office work ; this will give us better facilities for handling mail etc 7 
and enable us to continue to be prompt in all our business transactions. ’ ' 
We endeavor to be watchful of our customers’ interests in new varieties of stock introduced. We are con- 
stantly buying testing and watching the new sorts before introducing them to our friends. Many are discarded 
as being no better than ordinary sorts, but it is with some pleasure that we can point to our newest introduc- 
tions, which we can strongly recommend as being the best of their class. Timbrell Strawberry is without a 
riva Eldorado Blackberry is unequaled for quality, Keepsake Gooseberry is far ahead of all English 
varieties, Lorentz PEtcil is the latest fine peach ever grown. You will find in this Catalogue many other new 
fruits described without exaggeration. 
We don’t pretend to give you stock that bears fruit that will take a couple of horses to draw it-there is no 
such stock; but we give you, when ordered, the best of its class. Our grading of stock is a class higher than 
g^ve^u^Le^ums S 6 ” We Ca " a first_class tree K inch and up-we don’t charge you first-class prices and 
S cKcffitie! JWpSS are 
alfwelfasTomma^^r 611 ^' ‘T d ^ ex P ress companies. This j^^A“very lowest ates 
as wen as prompt attention. Our location, just opposite Wheeling, W Va gives us manv ,ateS 
own town, as it is just as handy to ship from this p >int as from Bridgeport. ’ Further we have the Ohffi river °h v 
points along" he great rivers!' " tS 31 ^ ‘° W freiglU r3teS from PiUsbur S to Ne "’ Orleans, St. Louis, and other 
1,1 conclusion, we wish to thank you all individually for your many favors, and feeling assured tint rmr .net 
endeavors have been fully appreciated, we shall aim to be as diligent and attentive in tlie future 
ore CHP ^ P BUT FRESH STOCK.— We do not want you to think that we sell cheat) s/orif because nnrroioc 
roqeT U o C n 0 flf/ erthanth0Se0 f many Nurseries ; we deal direct with you, and not through agents wl o in manv 
cases, add fifty per cent, to the cost. We are not a "Cheap John.” We sell our stock at a small nrofi , ! : y 
crease our trade. VVc look at the matter in this way : If we can sell to five men at the same profit we would 
make from one, we increase our trade, and our stock is our best advertisement P M would 
