PREFACE 
T HE successful management of any legitimate business depends largely in diligence, labor 
and experience; where these three are combined and enforced, the desired attainment 
will be reached. In no business in life are these essentials more necessary than in the 
Nursery business— a business the results of which bring so much wealth, happiness and com- 
fort to the millions. 
How deserted a farm home would look without an orchard of well selected fruits, and 
can a city or village home be complete without its roses, shrubs, trees, etc. ; and, where space 
will admit, what is more beautiful in the outside adornment of a comfortable home than the 
combination of fruits and flowers? Is there anything more enticing than a tree or vine 
bending with its ripe luscious fruit; and what is more attractive to the eye than a well ar- 
ranged landscape covered with ornamental trees, shrubs and flowers ? And since so much 
depends on the nurseryman for the production of the best varieties and true to name, he 
must by diligence, labor and experience be prepared to furnish that which will give satisfac- 
tion to the purchaser 
It is, therefore, the aim in the preparation of this catalogue to make the descriptions and 
time of ripening, etc., as accurate and intelligible as possible, and in so doing to lend assist- 
ance to those desiring to make selections, so that they may obtain varieties suited to their lo- 
cality and also that a succession of ripening, from the earliest to the latest, among the fruits, 
and flowering among the ornamentals, may be obtained. 
ADVICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Please read before making out your order . 
Persons sending in orders should observe as far as possible the following regulations: 
First. Send in your order as early as possible so that there may be no delay when the 
proper time for shipment arrives. All orders will receive prompt attention. 
Second. All orders should be written out on an order sheet and not mixed up in the 
body of the letter; this will save much trouble and at the same time prevent mistakes. 
Third. In ordering fruit trees state whether Standard or Dwarf trees are wanted; also 
the age, size and number wanted. 
Fourth. When particular varieties are ordered, state whether and to what extent other 
varieties may be substituted, in case the order cannot be filled to the letter, as happens occa- 
sionally in all nurseries. When no instructions of this kind accompanies the order, the best 
judgment will be exercised in filling the order so as to render satisfaction to the purchaser. 
Fifth. It is requested that explicit directions for marking and shipping stock accompany 
the order. When such directions are not given, it will be shipped the cheapest and most di- 
rect route by freight, unless it is deemed safest and best to ship by express, and in all cases 
the shipment will be at the risk of the purchaser, and if delay or loss occurs in transit the 
forwarders alone must be held responsible. 
Sixth. All orders from unknown correspondents must be accompanied with a draft, or 
postoffice or express money order for the amount. If neither can be obtained, enclose cur- 
rency in registered letter. 
Seventh. Customers are requested to send notice at once of any error that may be com- 
mitted in filling their order, so that it may be rectified and explained. 
ARTICLES BY MAIL. 
Packages of small articles will be sent by mail, prepaid, for the convenience of those 
who can not be reached by railroad or express. 
THE SHIPPING SEASON. 
There can be no definite time specified for beginning to ship stock either in the spring 
or in the autumn. That is regulated by the opening of the spring early or late and by the 
