(3reetin00. 
Herewith I seixl you my l()th amuial catalog'ue, and extend to all my 
friends and patrons my heartiest thanks for the great confidence which you 
have had in the honesty of my dealings since the foundation of this business 
to the present day. To show you how much I appreciate your patronage, I 
shall continue to treat my customers as 1 wish to be treated as such. My 
motto has been, and will be at all times, “ A pleased cusU>mer is w'orth more 
to me than my pocket filled with dollars.” 
Since the building of the M. K. & T. K. R. through New Braunfels, I am 
now able to ship quicker and cheaper to many places than I have heretofore 
been able to do. Two express companies are now operating at this point ; 
the Pacific with the I. & G. N. and the American with the M. K. & T. 
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I do not prepay the expressage on trees or plants, but if j’ou will kindly 
compare my prices with those of nurseries who do pay trans|x>rtation charges, 
you will find that my prices are still one-third less than the others, after you 
have allowed for expressage. Besides, I always send some things gratis to 
.about cover your expenses. 
If, however, you wish to receive your trees prepaid to your nearest express 
olTice, you may add 15 per cent ot the cost of the trees, etc., to all orders not 
amounting to more than $5, 10 per cent to orders .'imounting from $5 to $10, 
and 5 per cent to all orders amounting to more than $10. 
I have a stock of over 100,000 trees and plants to offer for this season's 
trade, and for such persons who wish to get trees of large size and of fine 
form, I have grown some with special care and have produced trees as fine 
as ever any were offered. 
