NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS 
1. Send in your orders early, particularly if long transportation is necessary, and thus we shall be 
prepared to ship early. 
2. Write your orders plainly on a separate piece of paper, and not in body of letter. State definitely 
varieties, age, size and number, whether Standard or Dwarf, and route by which you wish the goods 
shipped. 
3. All orders from unknown parties, should be accompanied by cash or satisfactory reference. 
4. We are in no case responsible for loss or damage to goods in transit. Our responsibility ceases on 
delivery to shipping agents. 
5. If selection of varieties is left to us we will select according to our best judgment and long experi- 
ence Where varieties are specified we will substitute for such as we may not have, kinds equallv good 
and ripening at the same season, unless otherwise ordered. 
6. In case of any mistake on our part, immediate notice should be given, so that it may be rectified or 
explained. 
REMARKS. 
This Catalogue has been prepared with great care. The selection of varieties embraces all the lates: 
and most promising introductions, as well as the most popular and thoroughly proved older sorts. It will, 
we think, form a most efficient and competent guide to the professional or the amateur, in the selection of 
the Choicest Fruits or Ornamentals, for the Garden, Orchard, Park or Lawn. 
To the planter or purchaser of nursery stock, at least three things are indispensable : first, varieties 
true to name ; second, healthy, vigorous, well matured trees or plants ; and third, careful and judicious 
packing, without which all may be lost. 
We give the most careful scrutiny to the propagation of varieties, endeavoring by all n^ethods known 
to us, to protect ourselves from error or imposition, and rejecting anything of which we have reason to 
feel suspicious. By such careful and constant watching and attention, we are warranted in offering our 
slock as pure and absolutely true to name. 
Our soil being of a character best suited to produce the healthiest conditions of growth, that solid, firm 
texture of the wood, with abundant fibrous root, so necessary to successful transplanting, we are enabled 
to offer the products of our Nurseries, with entire confidence to planters in all sections of the country. 
We give to our packing ond shipping careful personal supervision, and to still further protect our pat- 
rons, as well as ourselves, against loss in this direction, we employ the most skilled and competent hands 
to assist us. 
We aim to keep fully abreast of an enlightened and cultivated taste, in the introduction of new and 
valuable varieties of fruit, and novelties and valuable acquisitions in ornamentals— accepting with pleasure 
everything that has real merit, we shall with equal readiness discard and discountenance the sale of 
worthless humbugs. 
By careful consideration of the wants of our trade and faithful attention to business, we hope to con- 
tinue to merit and receive a share of the patronage of lovers and buyers of choice fruits and ornamentals. 
ADVICE TO PLANTERS. 
Select thrifty young trees in preference to old or v^ry large ones; the roots are more tender and fibrous 
and they bear transplanting 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 outstrip the older ones in growth. 
THE SOIL. 
A rich loam is the best for fruit, made sufficiently dry by artificial draining, if necessary, but all soils 
may be mane available by judicious treatment. 
PREPARATION FOR PLANTING. 
Plow and subsoil repeatedly so as to thoroughly pulverize to a depth of 12 to 18 inches. When plant- 
ing upon the lawn or grass plots, remove the sod for a diameter of 4 or 5 feet and keep this space well 
worked and free from weeds. Dig the hole deeper and larger than is necessary, to admit all the roots in 
their natural position, keeping the surface and subsoil separate. Cut off broken and bruised roots and 
shorten the tops to half a dozen good buds, except for Fall planting, when it is better to defer top pruning 
until the following Spring. If not prepared to plant when your stock arrives, “heel in,” by digging a 
trench deep enough to admit all the roots, and setting the trees therein as thick as they can stand, carefully 
packing the earth about the roots, taking up when required. Never leave the roots exposed to the sun 
and air, and “ puddle ” before planting. 
PLANTING. 
Fill up the hole with surface soil, so that the tree will stand about as it did when in the nursery, after 
the earth has settled, except Dwarf Pears, which should be planted deep enough to cover the quince stock 
upon which they are budded two or three inches. Work the soil thoroughly among the roots, and when 
