ADVICE TO CORESPONDENTS 
1. It is advisable to send in your orders early. 
2. Write your orders plainly on a separate paper, and not in body of letter. State definitely vari- 
eties, 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 iu 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 
experience. 
6. In case of any mistake on ourpart, immediate notice should be given, so that it may be rectified. 
REMARKS. 
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 ; 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 methods 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 stock as pure 
and absolutely’true to name. 
Our soil being of a character best suited to produce the healthiest conditions of growth, that soiid, 
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 packimr and shipping careful personal supervision, and to still further protect our 
patrons, 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 every- 
thing 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 
continue to merit and receive a share of the patronage of lovers and buyers of choice fruits and orna- 
mentals. 
ADVICE TO PLANTERS. 
Select thrifty young trees In preference to old or very large ones ; the roots are more tender and 
fibrous, and they bear transplanting better and far more apt to live ; they can also be more easily 
trimu»“d 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 o.ls may 
be made available by judicious treatment. 
PREPARATION FOR PLANTING. 
Plow and subsoil repeatedly, so as to thoroughly pulverize to a depth of 12 to IS Inches. When 
planting upon the lawn or grass plots, remove the sod for a diameter of 4 or 5 feet, and keep this 
apace 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. Out oft' broken and bruised 
roots and shorten the tops to a 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 air the roots and setting the trees therein as they can stand, carefully 
packing the earth about the roots, taking up when required. Never leave the roots exposed to tho sun and air, 
and 11 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 well covered tramp firmly. Set the tree firm as a post, but leave the surface filling lof poorer 
soil) light ar.d loose. No stakiug will be required except with very tall trees. Never let manure com* 
in contact with the roots 
