Nursery Department 
Prices subject to change 
GENERAL SUGGESTIONS 
We carry a complete line of nursery stock, but we advertise nothing in this Catalogue except those 
varieties which have been thoroughly tested and proven to give satisfaction. We do not experiment on 
our patrons with new and untried varieties. We leave that to our competitors. Therefore, in ordering 
from this Catalogue, you may rest assured that you will get the very best varieties that have, up to date, 
proven a success. Persons unacquainted with the different varieties of plants will do well to advise us as 
to their climate and soil and the general purpose they wish to accomplish. We shall be glad to make 
suggestions, and if the selection is left to us, we will send only those varieties that give general satis¬ 
faction. 
Orders should be sent as early aS possible, as it is our rule to fill them in the order received. 
Prices quoted are net and do not include postage or transportation. 
All plants will be sent by express at the purchaser’s expense unless otherwise ordered. Packages 
not exceeding four pounds may be sent by mail. When express charges are prepaid there is a special 
rate of eight cents per pound to any part of the United States. It is advisable, therefore, when ordering 
plants, to send enough money to. cover express charges, that the same may be prepaid. No plants sent 
C. O. D. 
Our nursery stock is all grown by experienced men, and every care and precaution is exercised to 
have everything true to name; still, with all our caution, mistakes are liable to happen, therefore we give 
no warranty, expressed dr implied, as to the productiveness, description, quality or any other matter, and 
will not be in any way responsible for the crops. If the purchaser does not accept the goods on these 
terms, they must be at once returned. 
DISEASES AND REMEDIES 
Aphis, or Greenfly. This is a small louse that attacks the young and tender shoots and buds. Tobacco 
dust powdered on the bushes in early morning will kill them. 
Mildew. This attacks the leaves and they become covered with a whitish mold. If not attended to, mildew 
will greatly retard the growth of the plant and impair the quality of the flower. Sprinkle with powdered sulphur 
or spray with a weak solution of potassium sulphide. 
Hose Bug. This little rogue is about the size of a house-fly and crawls out of the ground in early spring. 
Powdered white hellebore, or a solution of whale-oil soap, are the best remedies. 
Rose Slug. This pest is about an inch long and of a grayish color. It appears early in the spring and feasts 
mpon the opening buds and -flowers, -About the^only thing that can be done -is to pick them off by hand. 
