please I&ettfc tlfis beCorc (©rbering. 
In presenting this Catalogue to our patrons, we would beg leave to 
return our thanks for the liberal patronage of the past, and trust to be 
favored with a continuance of the same. 
Purchasers unacquainted with the different varieties of plants, leaving 
the selection with us, — stating the sum they wish to expend, and the 
object they tvish to effect, — may depend upon receiving the best sorts 
and best plants. 
Orders. — Parties ordering will please use the “Order Sheet," 
which will greatly facilitate their execution. If mixed up in the body 
of. the letter, mistakes are almost unavoidable. 
Persons starting in business, or florists in want of stock, will find it 
to their advantage to call upon ns. 
Shipping. — All plants sent out by us will be carefully packed and 
delivered in Lowell, and shipped or forwarded according to directions, 
after which they are at the risk of the purchaser. 
We have for sale, this season, an unusually large and complete stock 
of Greenhouse and Bedding Plants, Evergreens, Shrubs, Vines, etc. We 
would earnestly request a personal inspection of the same. Those, how- 
ever, favoring us with orders, may fully rely on our using every exertion 
to give perfect satisfaction. 
Orders bv mail or express will receive prompt and careful attention. 
All orders from unknown correspondents must be accompanied with 
task or satisfactory reference. 
Hyacinths, Tulips, Tuberoses, and other Bulbous Hoots imported 
fresh every year. 
Liberal discount on large orders and to the trade. 
E. SHEPPARD & SONS, 
Nurseryman ami Florist*, 
1*. <». Box .185. 
i‘i4 FAIRMOrNT ST.. I.OWKU, MAKS. 
