Jo Ouk Fy-t^rids an d Pat^oriS- 
T AFFORDS US much pleasure to again present to you a5new| edition of our 
Catalogue, full of good things with which to beautify your^flower gardens, lawns 
and conservatories. 
During the Past Summer we completed another large plant of green- 
houses, remodeled our old ones, and furnished them with the latest improvements. 
Our whole plant of houses is now heated by. hot water under pressure, which 
gives a moist, even temperature, that induces a healthy, vigorous plant-growth. 
Our immense stock of plants has not been forced, but grown at as low a temper- 
ature as possible. We do not offer a large number of impossible novelties, but 
have proved all the new plants we offer to be of sterling merit. We have always 
aimed, by closest attention to our business in all its details, to serve our customers 
faithfully. Our large and increasing trade testifies that our efforts to please have 
been appreciated, but we feel that much of our success is due to the kind recommendations of our 
friends and patrons. For our part, we are resolved, where possible, to treat our customers better than 
ever; and on your part, we ask'a continuation of the favors so freely bestowed in the past. Of the 
hundreds of new readers who will this year see our Catalogue for the first time, we ask for it a careful 
examination, feeling sure that it offers many good things that will prove either a pleasure or a profit 
to plant, and hope that our reasonable prices and the assurance of our careful attention to their wishes 
will bring us at least a trial order from many who have not previously bought from us. 
In filling the orders of so many hundreds of customers, it is to be expected that in such a varied busi- 
ness errors will sometimes occur ; but we wish to say to any customer who has found that any part of our 
stock has not proved as represented!: Kindly mention it when you forward your order for this season, and 
it will be made entirely satisfactory to you. 
Relying upon the healthy condition, as well as the genuineness of our stock, it has been our constant 
aim so to deal with our customers that they may continue to favor us with their orders, as well as recom- 
mend us to their flower-loving friends ; and they may certainly rely upon our efforts to give satisfaction in 
every instance. In other words, we propose to send out none but perfectly healthy plants, true to name, 
and packed in the most careful manner. As further proof of our desire to act conscientiously and justly, 
we request to be notified immediately of any error on our part, that we may rectify it without delay. 
We have reduced our system of packing plants forwarded by mail to such perfect order that we 
can safely fill orders from any part of the United States and Canada, and guarantee that plants shall arrive 
in excellent condition. Our mailing-size plants are strong and well-grown, and will start at once without 
coaxing. When our customers can afford it, it is better to have plants shipped by express, as we can often* 
send larger plants and put in more plants gratis when the order is to be sent by express. 
Plants received by mail should be placed in tepid water for thirty minutes before the moss is removed 
from their roots. 
We deliver all plants free of charge at Purcellville, a station on the W. O. & W. division of the 
R. & D. R. R., or at Brunswick, a station on the B. & O. R. R. 
All remittances should be made by Registered Letter or by Post-Office Money Order, drawn to the 
order of A. B. Davis & Son, payable at Purcellville P. O., Va. 
Always use the Order-Sheet, as it enables us to fill your order with despatch and accuracy. 
eSrOrders for less than sixty cents’ worth of plants or flowers will not be filled unless ten 
cents additional to the price of the plants be sent to pay postage by the person ordering. A 
sixty-cent order requires as much trouble in handling, and nearly as much postage, as an 
order for two or three dollars’ worth. 
CLUB ORDERS. 
Although our prices are exceedingly low, considering the quality of the plants furnished, yet we offer 
the following inducements to all who exert themselves in our behalf by soliciting their friends and neighbors 
to unite with them in ordering plants of us, thus increasing the amount remitted. By this arrangement any 
