JADllftRY, 1884, 
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|RX gives us pleasure to present herewith our Catalogue and general Retail Price-List of 
Garden, Agricultural, and other Seeds. We ask for it your kind attention, and hope that 
y on looking it through you will notice many varieties of Seeds you need, find our prices 
satisfactory, and be pleased to favor us with your orders. 
Our Stock is excellent in every respect ; the varieties the choicest and best in cultiva- 
tion; and having been carefully grown, for the most part, from our own stocks, and those of 
our growers having our approval, we do not hesitate to express our belief that no better or 
more reliable stock is to be found in this country. 
We invite particular attention to our lists of Vegetables and Flowers, which, freed from 
the incumbrance of undesirable sorts, are much easier to make selections from than from 
longer lists where poor and worthless varieties are intermingled with the good and valuable. 
The varieties of Vegetables have been selected for their general excellence and profit, suited 
alike for Market Gardeners’ and Family uses; the Flowers as the most ornamental and 
beautiful, adapted to the wants of Florists, Amateurs, and Home Culture generally. 
Selection of Seeds. In the selection of Seeds, we beg to remind purchasers of the 
very great importance of their selecting only the choicest and best to be obtained, as from 
these only can the most satisfactory returns be expected. Seeds grown from stock not prop- 
erly selected, and without proper attention during and after their growth, in order to make 
them Low-Priced or Cheap, are unsafe to touch, and should never be used when reliable 
Seeds are possible to obtain. The result of using the best is satisfaction and profit; the use of 
the cheap (in by far the majority of cases) is dissatisfaction and loss. The extra care and 
attention required to produce the best , necessarily entails slightly advanced prices over the 
cost of the common, but these are largely overbalanced and repaid by the increased value of 
the crop. 
About Warranting. Notwithstanding the greatest care is taken by us to have all 
our Seeds of the best quality, we do not warrant them, and this because of failures that are 
liable to occur, over which we have no control, and which we cannot be responsible for, such 
as imperfect planting, unsuitable condition of the soil (either too dry, cold, or wet), workings 
of worms and insects, too hot manures, botanical changes of crossed varieties, etc., either of 
which is quite possible to occur, while at the same time it would be utterly impossible for us 
to account for the occurrence, and thus failures arise through no fault on our part. We 
therefore wish it distinctly understood that Seeds sold by us we do not warrant in any 
respect, and sales will not be made except on this condition. At the same time we shall 
not sell, or allow to be sold from our store, Seeds of any kind or quality attached to which is a 
doubt that they are otherwise than as we recommend them, or that we would not plant if they 
were required for our own use. 
