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the public with the productions of our Nurseries that proves so univei'sally 
satisfactory, as sending our ow'n salaried salesmen directly to the purchasers, 
thus establishing a pereonal acquaintance between the producer and consumer. 
We would therefore suggest to all parties who intend purchasing Nursery 
stock, that they order through our regularly authorized agents, whenever it is 
in their pocver to do so, for the following important reasons : 
In selecting men thus to represent us in the very important matter of sales, 
we employ none except such as we have full confidence in, and who in fulfill- 
ing our instructions will guard the interest of our customers as well as labor 
for our own. 
The stock we send from our Nurseries we feel personally responsible for, 
and guarantee that its quality sliall be as good, or better than would be selected 
by our customers were they on the ground themselves. 
Our standing orders to all of our agents are, never to take an inferior 
tree from the JV'ursery. 
We have for a long time pursued the plan of continuing the same agent on 
the same ground, year after year, thus establishing, by the favorable results of 
successive sales there made, a good reputation, not for himself only, but for 
our Nurseries. He also becomes acquainted with the people, and they learn to 
have confidence in him. He knows the peculiar characteristics of the locality 
and becomes fully competent to give such advice in the selection of varieties 
and adaptation of climate and soil, as will insure success, obviating the 
frequent disappointment which so manj^ planters experience as the result of 
ignorantly selecting unsuitable varieties. 
Each of our agents comes to our Nurseries at the proper season and person- 
ally superintends the digging and packing of every article he has sold, attends 
to its shipment, accompanies it on the route to prevent detention, delivers it 
himself at the time and place named in the order (notices of which, with 
printed directions for planting, etc., arc mailed from our office as soon as the 
stock starts,) giving such advice and suggestions as to its care as may be 
desired, and is also on hand to explain and correct any omission or mistake in 
filling the order as intended, our directions being to rectijy any error 
or mistmderstandhtg to the perfect satisfaction of purchasers. 
The stock sold by our agents is selected by them in the most careful man- 
ner, they being instructed invariably to pack nothing but what will, without 
a question, fully come up to their representations when taking the order, our 
be.st and most desirable stock being reserved for their sales. 
After the agent has selected and dug the various trees, plants, vines, etc., 
required for the sales of each particular town, each purchaser’s stock is com- 
pared with the original order, lied up separately with wet moss and marked 
with the name and number of the order. These small parcels are then care- 
fully packed in large eases eight to ten feet in length, with plenty of straw and 
moss to insure their safe,arrival at destination in good condition for replant- 
ing, KOTiiiNO BEING MoitE ESSENTiAi., and the general satisfaction of our cus- 
