INTRODUCTORY 
S the season for 
gardening opera- 
tions is again at 
hand, and tho 
busy housewife 
will soon have to 
determine what 
is best to plant 
in the domestic 
flower plot to give beauty to the 
family abode, fragrance to the sur- 
roundings, and a high standard of 
refinement to the entire home cir- 
cle. To assist in the deliberations 
of many thousands of fair florist 
now planning for their Spring task 
in Floriculture, we take much pleas- 
ure in presenting our Catalogue for 
the Spring of 1890, and trust it may 
prove of some interest to you. The 
ever increasing demand for the un- 
excelled collection of plants we offer 
in it, is the best criterion that our patrons appre- 
ciate our efforts to do a square, honest business. 
We enumerate nothing but what is good, and quote 
them at prices so reasonable that all may buy. We 
have endeavored to offer only the very best in the 
different classes of plants, so that our customers 
will not be confused in looking over long lists of 
varieties that differ little except in name. Our 
Hoses and Chrysanthemums cannot be excelled. 
We find a wonderful increase in the demand for 
large It >ses, and to meet this growing demand we 
have a large assortment of all the most popular 
varieties of large size. Our collection of Chrysan- 
themums is unquestionably the finest on this con- 
tinent. All the newest and oldest of great merit 
are to be found in our collection, gathered from 
innumerable sources to make one grand collection 
unrivalled in America or elsewhere. During our 
show last November, hundreds of people visited 
our display daily for a period of about three weeks, 
and so loud was the praise and excitement so great, 
that special trains were ran to Clarksville from 
several points with excursion parties to see them, 
and the L. <fc N. Railroad kindly gave a reduced 
rate to our place on all their regular trains in order 
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