1891 . 
I T is a pleasure to do business with a class of people who are bright, intelligent, just and reasonable. We have always 
maintained that the people who buy and cultivate flowers are the cream of the land—people ol' culture and taste, peo¬ 
ple of kind hearts and unselfish natures. It is indeed a pleasure to deal with such, for they appreciate one’s efforts to 
please them. In dealing with our 230,000 customers we put forth every possible effort to please each one and all of them. 
We would not, for the amount of any one's order fail to satisfy them, and while in filling and dispatching several thousand 
orders each day an error sometimes occurs, we are always more than glad to know it, that we may have the opportunity of 
rectifying it. Unjust complaints are very few, which Indicates that our customers possess a high standard of integrity, 
honesty, just and moral character and intelligence. All honor to this class of people. Their influence for good in the land 
is immeasurable. We are proud that we have such to deal with, and that we enjoy their confidence and good will, for with¬ 
out it our business could not be a success. 
We congratulate ourselves that 1891 finds our establishment not only the largest of its kind, (retail sale of Seeds. Bulbs, 
and Plants) in the world, but the best equipped, and we believe people can send their orders here with a greater certainty of 
having them promptly and correctly filled and in a satisfactory manner, than to any other place in the country. Last Spring 
our establishment proved too small for our business, so great was its increase. We have, therefore, the past Summer, more 
than doubled our capacity by erecting another large set of Greenhouses, and the finest Seed Store in the country. This 
superb building is built entirely of brick, iron and granite, thoroughly tiro proof, and fitted with every modern appliance 
for the rapid and accurate execution of business. We now have two large Seed Stores, and two sets of Greenhouses and 
Packing Booms, entirely distinct from each other. Our claim that our business Is the largest of its kind in the world is not 
an idle boast. To demonstrate our sincerity wc will say that we will in our next Catalogue publish the name of each and 
every retail house in our line, in the world, who con prove to us that they do a larger business than ours. Such a notice would 
be worth thousands of dollars to any lurge house, and it is well worth their while to compare books with us, if they think 
they can make the best showing. 
1891 also finds our Monthly publication, Tile MAYFLOWER, ahead of all other palters of its class. It has more 
than double the circulation of any other paper on Gardening or Floriculture. We are trying to mako it so vuluable that it 
will in t ime find its way into the hands of every lover of flowers and gardening in the land. For full particulars, Premium 
List, &c.,see first page. 
- * ©ENERAL ♦ INSTR©<3TI0NS. * * 
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What We Do. 
Free by Mail—We send Seeds. Bulbs and Plants fuek by 
mall, at the prices named in this Catalogue. If a package is 
ordered to go by express, we do not pay the charges; but 
somewhat larger plants can be sent in this way, and we 
always add extra ones enough to more than pay the cost. 
The recent reduction of postage enables us to send fine stock 
by mail. 
We Guarantee that every package we send out shall 
reach its destination in good condition, and that everything 
shall be received exactly as ordered. If a package is lost, or 
any of its contents injured on the way, we will send again. 
We also guarantee everything true to name. 
We Pack all plants carefully in strong wooden boxes, 
which insures tneir safe transit through the rnuils to the 
remotest parts of the country. 
We Fill all orders ns soon us received, if. the stock is 
readv. Customers who wish their order, or any part of it, 
booked for shipping at a later date, should state the fact 
distinctly. 
To Canada, Mexico, Australia, Hawaii, most of the 
countries of South and Central America, and the West 
India Islands, wc can send goods in large parcels by mail, 
postpaid. We can ship to other foreign countries by mail 
only in 8 or 12 ounco packages. 
England, Ireland and Scotland— Wc have so many 
customers in Great Britain that we, at frequent intervals, fill 
their orders and ship the parcels in bulk to our agent in 
London, from which point they are forwarded to their desti¬ 
nation by rail or parcel post. 
Discounts— We make the following discount to those 
who will get up a club or order largely for their own use. 
Considering our very low prices, wc think them very liberal. 
PI use notice that these discounts cover everythin!/ offered in this 
Catalogue, anil not merely seeds by the packet. 
Those sending $2.00 cun select articles amounting to $2.20 
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10.00 
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“ 125.00 
We advise the formation of lurge clubs, and the above 
uiseouut will certainly pay any one for some trouble in that 
direct ion. See also our splendid premiums to Mayflower clubs 
on first page. 
Wl^at Bayers Should Do. 
Forward Money with the order, and at our risk, when 
sent by post-office money order on F’loral Park, or postal 
note ; greenbacks, or gold or silver coin, by registered letter; 
bank draft on New York, or Express Company’s money- 
order. The Money Orders issued by nearly all E.rprcss Com¬ 
panies are cheap, safe, and convenient, in fact they are the 
very best form of remittance, and should be useil when con¬ 
venient. 
Stamps Please do not send postage stamps in payment 
for goods if It can be avoided. Letters often get damp in 
transit, causing stamps when enclosed to stick together, and 
to tile order, frequently resulting in thedesl ruction of both. 
We lose over one thousand dollars every season on stamps 
sent us in let ters. Hereafter we shall return such as come m 
bad order, and we must deny discounts and extras to orders 
which are paid for in stamps. 
Silver or Cold coin when sent in letters should be sewed 
or pasted up in strong paper or cloth to prevent their break¬ 
ing through the envelope, which is frequently the case whew., 
enclosed loose. 
Be Sure to write your name and address plainly. Wc 
have on our hands 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 and illegible 
I manner that it is impossible to read them. Keep a correct 
I copy of your order, that you may know when the package 
arriVes if all is correct, as people often forget what they 
ordered, and complain without cause. 
Do Not order articles which are not offered in this Cata¬ 
logue, and write your order plainly and distinctly by itself, 
and not mixed 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 dispatch, and will 
also receive some valuable “extras.” Always curry out the 
price of each article, and, after adding the amounts together, 
and deducting the discount, remit the exact sum. 
Important It. occasionally happens that an order is lost 
| in coming to us. or the goods in going to the customer; 
I therefore, if any who order do not hear from us within a 
I reasonable length of time, they should send a duplicate order, 
miming the date on which the former one was sent, and the 
i amount of money enclosed and in what- form. This will enn- 
' bin us to investigate the matter, and fill the duplicate order 
I with dispatch. .Vo inquiries will receive attention which do 'Ml 
I contain duplicate, etc., as above mentioned. 
