ft you possess our large Catalogue, or have no tise for this, we would thank you very much to hand it to 
some one who loves anti cultivates flowers. 
/ESTEEMED FRIEND:- -One of our customers, a friend of yours, has 
-*■—* sent us your name that you might receive this 
™ Catalogue of Specialties and Novelties. We 
assume that you love and cultivate Flowers, Vegetables or Fruits, and will, 
therefore, be glad to examine it. If so, you will certainly see something herein 
offered which you will desire to have, and we trust you will not hesitate to send 
for it, be it only one item, for we want to place your name on our list of 
customers, which now numbers over 400,000. 
We will be glad to send you our large Catalogue of 156 pages and several 
Colored Plates FREE, if you desire to select a more general assortment of 
Seeds, Buibs, Plants, or Fruits, than this Special Catalogue contains. 
TUIO QPFPIAI PATAI nftilf contains in a condensed form the strongest 
l MIO Ol UUinL urum.UUUL and best Novelties and Special Offers of our 
large, regular Catalogue. We hope, through its medium, to open up a business 
acquaintance with thousands of lovers of flowers w.ho are not, as yet, our customers. 
For this purpose we send it free to all who desire it. We call attention to our Superior 
Flower Seeds, G-rand Gladiolus, Lilies, Callas, Begonias, Cannas, New Roses, Chrys¬ 
anthemums, Rare New Fruits, etc. And last, but not least, do not fail to subscribe 
for our floral monthly magazine, The Mayflower, and secure its superb Premium, as 
per offer on Cover. 
We solicit from you, dear reader, a trial order, large or small. When once 
you have tested our superior goods, we believe you will always remain a customer. 
We shall certainly try to please you. 
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. 
What We Do. 
What Buyers Should Do. 
We Take the Risk. We guarantee that all money sent 
ns shall reach us. if sent, hv Post Office or Express Com pony’s 
Money Order, Bank Drafts, Bills or Coin by Registered 
Letters. We will not be responsible for coin sent in ordinary 
letters. 
Free By Mail.— We send Seeds, Bulbs and Plants free 
by mail at, the prices named in this Catalogue. This brings 
them to tile very doors of our customers without trouble or 
expense. To some points, where the large express companies 
touch, we can send some orders as cheaply by express as by 
mail. In such oases we send by express, postpaid, and notify 
the purchasers to that effect. If a package is ordered to go 
by express, we do not pay the charges; but larger plants can 
be sent in this way. , 
We Guarantee that every package we send out shall 
reach its destination in good condition, and that everything 
snail bo received exactly as ordered. If a paokngo is lost, or 
any of its contents injured on tile way, we will send again. 
We also guarantee everything true to name. 
We Pack all Plants carefully in strong boxes, which 
insures their safe transit through the mails to the remotest 
part of the country or abroad. 
We Fill all orders as soon as received, if the stock is 
ready. Customers who wish their order, or any parr, of it, 
booked for shipping at a later date, should state the fact. 
Discounts.— We make the following discounts to those 
who wjll get up a club or order largely for their own use. 
Considering our very low prices, we think them very liberal. 
I lease notice that, these discounts cover everything offered in this 
Catalogue except Mayflower subscriptions ill clubs: 
Those sending $ LOf) can select articles amounting to $ 1.10 
“ 4> “ “ ciio 
” “ 5.75 
6.00 •• “ 7.00 
10.00 ’• " 12.00 
We advise the formation of large clubs, and the above 
discounts will certainly pay anyone for some trouble in that 
direction. See, also, our splendid premium to Mayflower 
clubs, oil Cover. 
Forward Money with the order, and nt our risk, when 
sent by Post Office Money Order on Floral Park ; greenbacks 
or gold and silver coin, by Registered Letter ; Bank Da>aft or 
Express Company’s Money Order. Post Office Money Orders 
arc by far the cheapest and the safest method for remitting, 
and nearly all post offices issue them. The fee oil a Money 
Order is only 3 or 5 cents for small sums. We send with this 
Catalogue an order sheet, an envelope And a blank applica¬ 
tion for a Money Order to ns, and earnestly request our 
patrons to remit, by Money 'Order if possible. 
Silver or Cold coin, when sent in letters, should he 
sewed or pasted up in strong paper or cloth, to prevent its 
breaking through the envelope, which is frequently the case 
when enclosed loose. We telll not he responsible for coin sent 
to us except in Registered Letter. 
Be Sure to write your name and address plainly. We 
have on our hooks hundreds of orders of last year without 
names, others without post office or state, and some with 
the name or post office written in such a careless or illegible 
manner that it is impossible to read them. Keep a correct 
copy of your order, that you may know, when the packages 
arrive, if all is correct, as people often forget wlint they 
ordered, and complain without cause. 
please Write your order plainly and distinctly by itself, 
and not mix it up with anything else you may wish to say. 
Those Who Send a neat, plainly written order will be 
sure to have it filled correctly and with despatch, and will 
also receive some valuable "extras.” 
Important.— It occasionally happens that an order Is 
lost, in coming to us. If any who order do not hear from us 
within a reasonable length of time, they should send a 
duplicate order, naming the date on which the former one 
was sent, and the amount of money enclosed, and in what, 
form. This will enable us to investigate the matter and till 
the duplicate order with despatch. No inquiries will receive 
attention which do not contain duplicate, etc., as here men¬ 
tioned. 
Address all orders, etc., JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y. 
