INTRODUCTION 
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T O THE PLANTER or purchaser of nursery stock, at least three things are in- 
dispensible: First, varieties true to name; second, healthy, vigorous, well ma- 
tured trees or plants; third, careful and judicious packing, without which all 
will be lost. 
We give the most careful scrutiny to the propagation of varieties, endeavoring 
by all methods known to us to protect ourselves from error or imposition, and reject- 
ing anything of which we may have reasons to be suspicious. By careful and con- 
stant watching and attention, we are warranted in offering our stock as pure and 
absolutely true to name. 
Our soil being of character best guited to produce the healthiest conditions of 
growth, that soil, firm texture of the wood, with abundant fibrous roots, so neces- 
sary to successful transplanting, we are enabled to offer the product of our nurseries 
with entire confidence of planters in all sections of the country. 
To still further protect our patrons, as well as ourselves against loss in this di- 
rection, we employ the most skilled and competent hands in our packing and ship- 
ping department. 
We aim to keep fully abreast of enlightened and cultivated taste, in the intro- 
duction of new and valuable varieties of fruit and novelties and valuable acquisi- 
tions in ornamentals--accepting with pleasure everything that has real merit, we 
shall with equal readiness discard and discountenance the sale of worthless humbugs. 
We grow all our trees on whole 
root stocks, and our one-year-old 
trees have the same age root as 
two-year-old piece root graft; but 
a much better root system, as can 
be readily seen by referring to 
our illustration showing trees 
grown by both systems. 
Select thrifty young trees in 
preference to old or very large 
ones; the roots are more tender 
and fibrous, and they bear trans- 
planting better and are far more 
apt to live; they can also be more 
easily trimmed and shaped to any 
desired form and in the course 
of a few years will usually out- 
strip the older ones in growth. 
Both fruits and flowers are 
more highly appreciated by the 
masses than formerly, and we 
regard it as a happy indication, 
not only in the effect it will have 
upon the health of the body, but 
also in the softening influence it 
will have on the harsher feelings 
of our nature. 
