CATALOG UE 
“ I received your letter and the eight Verbenas you ^prwarded me by mail ; 
they were in excellent order, and are now doing well. 
% W. BISHOP, Savannah, Ga.” 
11 Yours of the 1st inst., containing one dozen nice Verbena Plants, was re- 
ceived on the 5th. When I opened the box, I was surprised to find the plants 
looking so fine. I now have them in my hot-bed, and there is no one, to look 
at them, would think for an instant, that they had been brought in the mail 
from your place so recently. 
GEORGE II. llODGES, Collins Center, N. Y.” 
“ The box of Verbenas arrived last evening by mail, apparently in good or- 
der. I hope we shall have a very nice collection of them. Please accept my 
thanks for your prompt attention. 
JOHN B. STONE, McConnelsville, Ohio.” 
“ The twenty-five varieties of Verbenas arrived in due season by mail, five 
days from the time of departure from your Post Ofllce. They were without 
an exception, apparently as fresh and healthy as if just taken from the pots 
in your Green-House. The perfection of each little plant, and the beautiful 
manner in which they were packed, excited the admiration of all. That you 
can send so many plants in light yet compact packages to all parts of the 
Union by mail, is a fact attained by studious and careful experimenting in 
this branch of your favorite specialty. I have not earlier acknowledged the 
reception of the plants for reason of sickness in our family. This delay but 
gives me the opportunity for informing you that the healthful freshness of 
the Verbenas have in no wise declined, though some days have elapsed since 
their feet were again set in earth. The transition from Bay State soil to Badger 
land seems not a matter to make them mourn or droop, 
Mrs. MARY A. G. HANFORD, Editress Ladies’ Department, 
North Western Farmer, Waukesha, Wis.” 
“ The Verbenas arrived this morning in good order, and are very satisfactory 
as to varieties. C. E. BLUNT, Rouse’s Point, N. Y.” 
And here I would say that my package of Verbenas arrived in first rate 
order, and that I put them in six inch pots and placed them in my hot-bed, 
where they are all doing well, and one now in flower. 
THOMAS N. JARVIS, Canestota, N. Y ” 
“ The package of Verbenas mailed by you at Chicopee, on the 19th, came to 
hand on the 22d, in fine condition; they were in splendid order and very fresh. 
I planted them out on the evening of their arrival, and up to this time are 
doing as well as I could expect. 
DR. J. C. HAYES, Moorfield, Hardy Co., Va.” 
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