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WPTfT 0a^ Klj^D P/IJlfI^0]V3 3}10fIl£D K]VI0W. 
Tho “ Home of Flowers ” is now acknowledged to be the place for all flowers 
(Oicluds excepted) ; our whole business, time, and attention is devoted to horticulture, 
and the result is, we claim to supply requirements of the garden certainly equal, and 
m most cases better, are better packed, and sent in the best and cheapest way to all parts 
of the world, than any other linn for tho above reasons, and as gardening has been 
our whole life study, the result is, our business is a great success, the most complete 
and one of the longest established in the world. This being so, we ask all whom 
we have not yet had the pleasure of doing business with to send us a trial order. 
All the goods enumerated in the Catalogue, particularly winter-blooming plants, are 
very fine, and must give .satisfaction. 
\eai after year jn'oves that our way of doing business is undtu’stood and appreciated 
more and more, and to gain confidence in sucli a business as this, where by the neglect of 
a few hours the best seeds and pi ants may be lost in a dozen w'ays, and again descriptions 
in catalogues are taken and given when plants and flowers are at their height and size 
of perfecfion. All plants, more or less, alter under A'arious treatment at different 
seasons, and lovers ot flowers are, as a rule, anxious, and have a dislike to w'uit, and 
sometimes form hasty conclusions without considering circumstances, and to gain 
confidence, as we feel we have, we do think we have managed things very well. 
“ A place for everything and everything in its place,” is a good maxim, and so is 
“ I’iiyj and be paid, ’ and all those that will not pay ju'omptly when asked, unless 
pressed, ought not to order (lowers. AVe do not complain of fair and reasonable out- 
standing debts, but we do comjilain of those w'ho are ahvays ill, and always from home, 
and, after letting it remain for two or three years, boast that they have had their 
flowers for next to nothing, by working our money on interest and otherwise ; this is 
said to be a disease creej)ing on the ])ublic, and to all such they must not be offended 
or suiqiriscd if wo bring them to book, or bay, for our business is most expensive to 
keep all things good and correct. 
AVe hope all customers will apprise us of change of address, thus saving the annoy- 
ance to them of redirection and surcharge by |)ostal officials and loss of double postage 
to us when returned; a half-penny card would thus save us ;fd. or 4d. 
AV^e are sure business people understand that all enormous and unnecessary expenses 
have to be ]iaid for by theun, and to avoitl this, and ])roeure orders equally good and 
continuous, we always make certain that all orders are coin])leted quite up to the 
value remitted, so that the transaction is a source of pleasure to all concerned. 
Please keep 
this Book for reference. 
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