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from Colorado for sixty thousand Lucretia;fn My facilities for handling your orders’ for 
today’s mail an order for fifty thousand consist- either plants or seed are better than erer before, 
ing of Lucretia. Austin’s and Premo from Mis- My new residence (see front cover) is located iti j 
souri. I am also offering in this catalogue, in the centre of my 400 acre plant and seed farm, 
small quantities only, plants of Raspberries, large and commodious barns and stables for 
Gooseberries, Currants and Grapes, designed es- housing stock, storing hay, seed corn, etc., 
pecially to supply those of my customers who having been completed. A large sweet potato 
want a few plants for their garden, or who house for storing sweet potato seed just finish- 
want to make a start in a small way for market. ed, (capacity 3000 bushels) a complete water 
Seeds. —Last season, I offered quite a num- system has also been installed, with tank ca¬ 
ber of varieties of seeds; this year, I am offer- pacity of 28,000 gallons,used in watering stock, 
ing a full line of a short list of the best va- pupplying residence, watering plants in hot 
rieties of all vegetable and farm seeds. Quite beds, frames, and all other purposes for which 
a good many of these have been grown on my water is required, (pumping capacity 60 gal- 
farms at Salisbury, Maryland; especially sev- l° ns P er minute) contracts are out for the erec- 
eral varieties of cantaloupes, (which I grew tion of a large and splendidly equipped pack- 
largely for market). All of the cucumber seed '“K » ud storage house with several times the 
offered, and several varieties of the tomatoes, capacity of the old one, this to he completed 
all of the Seed Corn, Seed Oats and Sweet Po- by February 1st; all of which will be lighted 
tatoes, are of my own growing. Other lines by electricity in the near future. A large store 
have been grown especially for me in Galifor- room has been leased in the business centre of 
nia, Iowa, Michigan and in Europe. My Gab Salisbury for the seed trade, which will be 
bage seed are all Long Island grown, and of stocked with the best that can be grown. I 
very fine quality. I believe my seed of all do n °f mention the above boastingly but to show 
varieties offered, are equal to any that you can t° rcy friends and the public how the business 
buy elsewhere, and I respectfully solicit a por- ’ s growing and that I am better prepared than 
tion of the orders of every one who receives ever before to handle your orders promptly and 
this catalogue. If you have any doubt that satisfactorily. I am not in the business for one 
my seeds are as good as others offered, send me year or two but for a lifetime and I shall al- 
a portion of your order anyway, and give me a wa y s endeavor so. to please my customers that 
chance to prove that I can serve you in this they will send their orders from year to year, 
line with the best seeds grown, as I have been Aside from my desire to please, this is the only 
serving the public with the best strawberry wf *y build up a prosperous and thrifty bus" 
plants grown for the last twenty years, iness. Thanking you for many past favors 
Whether your order amount to a dime or sev- and trusting to merit the continuance of your 
eral hundred dollars, it will receive the same patronage, I remain, wishing you a most pros- 
careful attention and will be filled with the perous year, Yours faithfully, 
same desire to please. W. F. ALLEN. 
IMPORTANT. 
Orders should be sent in just as early as 
possible — it is better for you as well as the 
nurseryman. 
Time of Shipment— from the time you re¬ 
ceive this catalogue to May 1st. Our heaviest 
shipments are made in March and first half 
of April. 
Guarantee —I guarantee plants ordered by 
mail or express to reach customers in good con¬ 
dition when promptly' taken from express office 
and opened at once. 
At Purchaser’s Risk. —Plants ordered to be 
shipped by freight after March 20tli will be at 
purchasers risk. Express is always safest. 
True to Name —While I use every precau¬ 
tion to have all stock true to name, and am 
sure that I am as successful in doing this as 
any one in the business I will not be held re¬ 
sponsible for any sum greater than the cost of 
the stock, should any prove otherwise than as 
represented. 
Packing" — I make no charge for boxing or 
packing above rates in this catalogue. Every¬ 
thing is delivered f.o.b. train at rates named. 
Claims, if any, must be made on receipt of 
goods, as I can not become responsible for neg¬ 
lect of purchaser to attend to stock after receiv¬ 
ed, or for misfortunes perpetrated by drouths, 
floods, or insects. 
Twenty Five’s —All plants are tied twen¬ 
ty-five to the bundle. 
Payment Invariably cash in advance. 
Remit by Money Order, Registered Letter, 
or Draft. Postage stamps for fractional 
part of a dollar accepted : 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10. 
and 15 cent stamps preferred. Foreign cus¬ 
tomers will please send Money Order on Salis¬ 
bury, Maryland. 
Do you know of two or three persons who 
buy plants and seeds and want t.be best of every¬ 
thing? If so, they are the people that I should 
like very much to get acquainted with. Their 
names and address on a postal or enclosed with 
your order addressed to W. F. Allen, Salisbury, 
Md., would serve as an introduction. Will 
you attend to it? Now please don’t forget. 
