DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
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The next best thing is a draft on New York or Chicago, and where neither of the above is convenient, the money 
should be sent by registered letter, costing ten cents. Money can also be sent safely by express, but the charges 
must be prepaid by the sender. Do not send private checks on local banks, as it costs us too much to collect. 
Orders must amount to One Dollar.—We cannot afford to give our attention to orders of less amount than 
one dollar, unless in addition to the amount wanted, ten cents is sent. The office work on a small order is the same 
as on a larger one, and it also requires nearly as much material and time to pack it, and takes almost as much post¬ 
age as an order of double or triple the size. 
Packing and Packages Free. — At prices in this list, we make no charge for packing or for material used in 
packing, such as baskets, boxes, «fec. 
Safe Arrival Guaranteed. — We prepay postage, and guarantee their safe arrival in good condition at any 
post office in the United State. If not received in good condition, notice should be immediately returned to us, 
naming the number and kinds dead, so that there may be no delay in our replacing them. 
In Corresponding, always sign your name alike each time. Ladies frequently write in their husband’s name, 
sending an order, and then again in their own name, perhaps making inquiry about it. This gives us a great deal 
of trouble in looking through our long files. 
Lost Orders.—It is very important in writing us relating to lost orders, that you state the time the order was 
sent, the amount of the order, how the remittance was made, whether by post office order, draft on New York or 
registered letter, duplicating your order in full, so that it may be filled immediately, and not be delayed until we 
correspond back and forth for the duplicate order 
Rare Evergreens. Grape Vines. &c.—Persons desiring to stock up in grape vines, small fruits, evergreens, 
seedlings, &c., will find it far the cheapest to order direct of us ; by so doing they can secure a supply at half the 
cost that traveling dealers can afford to supply at. 
The Best Time for Forwarding Plants is from the first of October to the fust of June. They are less lia¬ 
ble to suffer from frost than extreme heat. We have extensive cellars in which we store a full assortment for win¬ 
ter shipment 
Should our stock of any variety become exhausted before the close of the season we shall substitute others 
equally as good 
Mail Clubbing Rates. — Postage prepaid by us: 
Persons sending $2.00 may select articles valued at $2.30 
“ “ 4-00 ‘ 4 “ 44 4.50 
“ “ 600 44 44 44 700 
“ 4 ‘ 8.00 “ “ 44 9.50 
Persons sending $10.00 may select articles valued at$i2.oo 
15.00 
30.00 
18.50 
25.00 
And for all amounts remitted above $?o, twenty-five per cent, may be added to order, purchaser’s choice from 
catalogue or dollar collections. 
Express Clubbing Rates.—Transportation charges paid by the purchaser: 
Persons sending $2.00 may select articles valued at.$2.40 
14 14 4.00 “ i4 44 5.00 
44 44 6.00 ‘ 4 44 44 8.00 
44 41 8.00 4 4 4 4 44 xx.oo 
Pcisons sending $10.00 may select articles valued at$i4.oo 
“ 15.00 44 44 44 22.00 
44 20.00 44 44 44 30.00 
And for all amounts remitted above $20. fifty per cent may be added to order, purchaser’s choice from cata¬ 
logue or dollar collections. 
Individual orders for any of the preceding amounts will be entitled to the same premium as club orders. 
DOLLAR COLLECTIONS of trees and plants of suitable size to be sent by mail ^postage paid by us. Our 
selection of sorts all labeled. Persons wishing their choice of sorts will please order at the single rates which 
accompany the descriptions. 
Set 53 — 50 Strawberry *plants, to Monarch of the West, 
10 Crescent Seedling, 20 Wilson’s Al’.oxy, .**d 10 
Chas. Downing, $100. 
44 54—75 Strawberry plants, 3 sorts, exclusively 
choice $1.00 
44 55 —30 Sharpless Strawberry plants, fruit immensely 
large, $1 00. 
44 56—2 Grapes. 2 Currants, 4 Raspberry and 20 Straw¬ 
berry plants, $1.00. 
44 57—5 Sweet Chestnut 2 Spanish Chestnut, 2 Butter¬ 
nut, 1 Black Walnut and : Madeira Nut, $1.00. 
** 58—100 Catalpa Spcciosa ; perfectly hardy, rapid 
grower, very durable timber. $1.00. 
44 59 — 40 Sweet Chestnut trees. $1 00. 
44 60—10 Norway Spruce 3 to 4 inches, 1 American 
Arbor Vitae, 1 Pyramidal Arbor Vitae, x Irish 
Juniper. 1 Scotch Pine, 1 Tree Box, 1 Rctinos- 
pora. $1.00. 
We have frequent letters of inquiry similar to the following: '* In your set of 10 grape vines for $1.00, 
please let me know what sorts you send, and in your set of 75 strawberries for $1.00, what sorts do you send ; also, 
in your set of 25 raspberry plants for $1.00. what varieties do you send ? ” In reply to all such inquiries, permit us 
to say. that we are only enabled to offer so large a number for a dollar by retaining the privilege 0/ setecting the 
varieties when ive Jill the order , and this excludes the possibility of naming in advance of filling the orders, what 
varieties will be used. But all sets will be filled with good sorts, such as are described in our catalogue. In sets 
where the varieties are named, those of course will always be sent. 
Set 41—8 Apple trees, 4 sorts. $1.00. 
44 42—4 Pear trees, 4 sorts, $1.00. 
44 43—4 Cherry trees, 4 sorts. Si 00. 
44 44—2 Pear, 2 sorts, 2 Quince, 2 sorts, $1 00. 
44 45—8 Peach trees, 4 sorts, $1 00. 
44 46—2 Pear, 2 Peach, 2 Apple. $1.00. 
44 47—2 Apple, 1 Pear, 1 Cherry, 1 Quince, 1 Peach, 
$1.00. 
44 48— 8 Grape Vines, 2 each of Concord, Hartford. 
Ives and Rogers’ Hybrids, Si.oo. 
44 49 — to Grape Vines, 5 sorts entirely our choice $1.00 
44 5 ° — 20 Raspberries 4 each of Mammoth Cluster, 
Doolittle’s Improved, Miami, Philadelphia and 
Turner. $1.00 
44 S 2 —25 Raspberries, 5 sorts, our choice exclusively 
$r.oo. 
5 *—8 Currants, 2 Cherry, 3 La Versailles and 3 
White Grape. $r.00. 
