PFFrCE OF 
W. R. Stronq Gomrany, 
J and Front Sts . Sacramento, Cal. 
To Our Lriends and Customers: 
GIikN ISSClN(i OUIl CATALOGUE EOK 1890, Ave would thank our manj' customers 
' * and friends for their confidence and patronage in past .years. It shall ever he 
our aim to sui)ply you with the purest and best seed obtainable, and that Avill 
produce the perfect type of vegetation and crop desired. 
That Ave have been successful in the past, Ave are assured by the many testimonials we 
liave received and from our constantly increasing trade. We shall continue to use every 
effort in the future to giA-e our patrons satisfaction. 
Our strains of seed this season are of unusual excellence, and our prices Avill compare 
favorably with those of any other house on this coast or of Eastern cities. 
W.iltRANTY. No Seedsman can sell Seeds and guarantee and be responsible for the 
crop. Our Seeds are selected Avith the greatest care to secure the best, and from the most 
careful and reliable groAvers. When it is considered that there are many contingencies 
upon Avhich dc]iend the success of a crojA, Avhieh are beyond our control, the propriety of 
this must be conceded by all. 
SUGGESTIONS. 
ORDER E.\RLY AS POSSIBLE. Avhile stock is complete, that 3’ou maj’ be sure of 
getting Avhat you send for, and so you Avill have them to plant Avhen Avantod. 
USE OUR ORDER SHEETS and Em-elopes when you liaA'e them ; it Avill be more 
convenient and there Avill be less danger of miscarrying or of mistakes. Fob Oudf.us rou 
Tref,s and Nirsery Stock use separate sheet, as this department is quite distinct and has a 
se]iarate office and management. 
BE VERY PARTICUL.\R. Writf. your Name, Post Office, County and St.ate, in Ft i.i. 
AND Plainly. We often receive orders Avithout name or address, and it is often impossible 
to trace them up. 
State how your order is to be forwarded, otherwise wo are com- 
pelled to use our OAvn judgment. 
SEND CASH with your order (at our risk — if sent by Postal or Express Order, or 
Draft on any good Banking House). Small sums may be sent in Postage Stamps if proper 
care is taken to preA'ent adhesion together. 
M.ilX PLA CP OF BUSfXFSS—J, 
XFAP FPOXT ST, SACRA MFXl'O. 
Nursery Department. 
This is under the management of our Mr. Williamson and his son, who have had the 
largest iiractical experience of any Nurserymen in the State. 
We have over four hundred acres noAv in cultivation on our ground in this countv, and 
San Joaquin and Placer counties, in Nursery and Fruit Tree groAvth. 
Our stock is absolutely true, clean, thrifty and Avell groAvn, and free from all scale and 
insect pests. W e haA’C also a branch in Florida for the groAving of the Orange, Lemon, 
Magnolia, and various other evergreens that can be propagateil to better advantage in that 
State. W'e sold over 100,000 of these trees last j’ear in California, and not 2 peri^ent. have 
failed, and thev are giving univer.sal satisfaction. 
Please make your orders for Trees and ai.l Nursery Stock separate from Seed Orders, as 
our Departments and Offices are entirely distinct. 
Office, Yards and Packing Houses, next to Passenger Depot on Second St , Sacramento. 
