HOW TO ORDER • 
• Read our catalogue carefully, compare our prices, 
if you like, with those of other firms, and convince 
yourself of the advantages of purchasing from a firm of 
a long established record for high quality goods at 
reasonable prices. 
We specialize in OWN ROOT Roses,- but are also 
offering Budded stock to be of additional service to our 
customers. Budded Roses due to the stock on which 
they are grafted have a more vigorous looking growth; 
but the OWN ROOT Rose gives more lasting satis¬ 
faction, produces more blooms in years to come, and 
eliminates the worry of Briars. 
If you prefer Budded Roses, you will find them 
starred in our list. 
PREMIUMS ON ORDERS TO GO BY MAIL 
For every dollar you send us for plants, seeds or bulbs, to go by mail (postage paid by us) select 
10 cents extra. To illustrate: Say you send us $3.00; select 30 cents extra, and so on. 
NOTE—No extra selection is allowed on SPECIAL OFFERS or COLLECTIONS and other items 
where noted. 
Forward Money with order, by registered letter, post office order, bank draft or express money order. United 
States postage stamps will be received for small amounts if currency or money order cannot be obtained; 
1-cent, 5-cent and 10-cent stamps preferred. 
When Best to Order. We are fully supplied with fresh seeds, plants and bulbs and are well equipped for 
filling orders immediately when this Catalogue is issued, yet our heaviest rush comes in March and April, and 
it will greatly relieve this rush if customers will order at as early a date as possible. 
Order Now. Do not wait until you are ready to sow or plant. If you do not wish our Seeds or Plants 
until some later date, we will ship them when desired. 
By Mail. We send Seeds, Bulbs and Plants free by mail, at the prices named in this catalogue, to any 
post office in the United States. This brings them to the very doors of our customers without trouble and expense. 
By Express. If a package is ordered to go by express, we do not pay the charges; but allow 20 cents extra 
selection for each dollar of remittance. 
We Fill All Orders as Soon as Received if the stock is ready. Customers who wish their order, or any 
part of it, booked for shipping at a later date, should state the fact distinctly. 
All Plants Are Plainly Labeled. All plants are plainly labeled with a printed label. 
Add 10 cents extra on orders of less than $1.00 to cover postage and packing. 
Our Terms Are Cash With Order. No order sent C. O. D. unless one-half of the amount of the order be 
sent to guarantee the acceptance. 
Our Plant and Seed Departments are entirely separate. If only one part of order is received, please wait 
a few days for the balance before writing us. 
OUR GUARANTY 
All goods are guaranteed to reach 
you in good condition; mistakes, if 
made, will be promptly rectified. 
Accept shipment, examine and 
count on receipt and notify us at 
once should there be any errors, and 
the carrier as well, if any damaged 
stock. This guarantee not good un¬ 
less above requirements are com¬ 
plied with. 
At prices we sell, it is impossible 
for us to guarantee growth or to be 
responsible for stock after delivery 
to our customers in good condition. 
Address all Letters and Make Drafts, Money Orders, etc., payable to 
GEO. H. MELLEN CO. Innisfallen Greenhouses SPRINGFIELD, OHIO 
Golden Charm 
Only 200 of these NEW ROSES • Order Early 
GOLDEN CHARM 
(GROSHENS) 
A pure golden yellow sport of Talis¬ 
man, shading to a deeper yellow as it 
develops. A more uniform shade of 
yellow than any of the Talisman sports. 
A more perfectly formed bud; petalage 
about the same as Talisman; more pro¬ 
ductive, and does not produce as much 
weak wood. Foliage, dark glossy green, 
similar to Pernet. One year own root 
plants, 35c each. 
Propogation is restricted so you will 
be certain of obtaining a rose which 
will be a novelty to your friends. 
CONDESA DE SASTAGO 
Copper and Yellow 
This Spanish novelty is the first 
double Rose to carry the vivid coloring 
of the brilliant species Rose, Austrian 
Copper. The bud, which is almost 
round, looks for all the world like a ball 
of gold with brilliant red stripes when 
it is ready to unfold, and as the flower 
expands the line of burning copper 
widens so that the half-opened flower 
just about takes one’s breath away. Un¬ 
like many high-colored Roses, this one 
is richly fragrant, having an alluring, 
spicy scent 2 yr. budded stock only, 
70c each. 
GEO. H. MELLEN, SPRINGFIELD, OHIO 
Condesa de Sastago 
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