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C. A. Reeser, Seedsman and Florist, 
TEMB OF YNTEBEST TO 
PROPER SEASON TO ORDER. 
My desire Is to so deal with my customers that they may continue 
MY AIM. favor me with their orders in the future, and they may rely on my 
endeavors to give satisfaction in every instance, my aim being to send out none but 
perfectly healthy plants, true to name, and packed securely. 
A careful comparison of my prices with those of 
LOW PRIOES. growers will show that I offer plants much cheap 
er than the same grade of stock can be purchased for at any other establishment in 
the coimtry. 
We use a strong wooden box to pack in. Plants 
PACKING BY MAIL. ggooroiy fastened, thereby 
avoiding any crushing or mangling of leaves. 
_ . . . __. . All plants are plainly la- 
ALL PLANTS PLAINLY LABELLED, belled with a printed label 
originated by me, and now adopted by all the mailing firms throughout the country. 
Judffine from 
DISTANCE PLANTS WILL CARRY SAFELY, o^porp 
ence, I really think some species would carry safely around the world. I forward 
live plants without any trouble to the different States in the Union. I have shipped 
plants to Oregon, by mail, that were three weeks on the way, and still opened up 
fresh. 
You need not feel surprised at receiving more plants 
PLANTS, than you order, as we aim to deal liberally with all, and 
even at our low prices it is our desire to do even more than we agree by sending 
extra plants as a slight token of our appreciation of your patronage kindly given us. 
In answer to numerous inquiries as 
to the proper time to mail plants, I 
respond, whenever it suits the purchaser to send lor them. I can forward just as 
securely in the depth of Winter as in the mild days of Spring. It matters not to me. 
Bear in mind, I guarantee their safe arrival at any season of the year. 
On the third page of cover will be found an alphabetically arranged 
INDEX, fable of contents. This will greatly assist you in finding any particular 
plant that you may wish. 
__ _ _... I will issue about 
HYACINTHS, TULIPS AND FALL BULBS. September 1st, a 
Catalogue of Bulbs and Winter-flowering plants, which will be mailed to all of my 
customers who have ordered of me during the last year. Others who wish to re¬ 
ceive it are requested to write lor it. 
...... Letters travel somewhat faster in mails 
AND PACKAGES, than packages, so, if we write you a let¬ 
ter, and it reaches you before the plants, wait a day or two before writing, and give 
them the neces.sary time, and in ninety-nine cases in every hundred all will come out 
right, saving both of us the trouble of correspondence. 
In our busy season the office work is so pressing that pack- 
r r\ I I tlx . ages of plants frequently leave the greenhouse sometimes be¬ 
fore I get an opportunity to write, and as this is unavoidable, I beg of my custom¬ 
ers, if any plants are missing, to kindly wait two or three days lor my letter of ex¬ 
planation before informing us of the shortage. 
___F... ..... Having shipped hundreds of 
ROSES AND PLANTS BY MAIL, thousands of plants through the 
mail (as the majority of my plants are shipped in this way), during the past year, 
1 feel justified in claiming that my system of packing is reduced to a science. My 
system is the result of long experience and practice, and is so nearly perfect that I 
seldom receive a complaint. On the contrary, I am receiving letters, complimenting 
me on the splendid condition of the plants which I had sent when received by the 
purchaser. I always pay postage on plants ordered at Catalogue prices. 
_.. . Our Roses are all grown 
ROSES ALL ON THEIR OWN ROOTS. ,„ttings, and are 
consequently all on their own roots. If they Incline to sprout from the root, they 
should be encouraged to do so, as young, vigorous shoots produces the finest flowers; 
they cannot throw up wild shoots, because root and top are the same. As long as 
any part of the plant remains it will produce the same beautiful flower. I do not 
send out any budded or grafted Roses. 
a large force of careful and experienced men, who have been 
trvlr'LtJT thoroughly educated in the business, and take fully as much 
pride as 1 do in growing the plants to their greatest possible perfection, and having 
as nearly as possible no mistakes occur in getting out and packing the orders. 
\A/ICU TfY TUANlir of id the past, not only 
WloH TO THAN their orders, but for the interest they have dis¬ 
played in my behalf, by spreading the good reputation my plants bear abroad among 
their friends. Almost everybody has some acquaintance to whom my Catalogue 
might prove a welcome stranger, and I will be under grateful obligations to all my 
patrons if they will kindly show this Catalogue to their friends, with a kind word 
for the size and quality of plants, and the perfect condition they arrive in after a 
long journey through the mail. By each one inducing a friend to send me a small 
trial order, our sales would be greatly increased, and my customers would derive the 
benefit another year. 
EVERYTHING IS CONDUCTED 
under the per.sonal supervision of 
the Proprietor, making it less lia¬ 
ble for mistakes to occur; but “ mistakes will happen in the best regulated fami¬ 
lies,” and I do not claim exemption from the general rule. However, should any 
error be made in filling orders this Spring, my customers may feel assured it will be 
entirely unintentional, and on informing me of the fact I will promptly rectify it, 
and make everything satisfactory if it lies within my power to do so. 
ALL ORDERS, 
whether large or small, receive from me the same uniformly 
prompt and careful attention. I fill all in the order of their 
reception, and, unless greatly rushed, send off the plants the day alter I receive the 
order. I wish my customers to remember that it is my determination to please all 
who deal with me, and I would like to hear from every package I send out. If the 
purchaser is satisfied, it is pleasant to know it; if not, I intend to see that he or she 
becomes so. 
WHY MY PLANTS ARE THE CHEAPEST. 
The extremely lo w 
prices of my goods 
might mislead some into thinking that they are of inferior quality, which would be 
a great error. The plant business has increased so rapidly during the last ten years, 
that thousands are now required where formerly a dozen would suffice. As the de¬ 
mand for plants increased I have always made a corresponding reduction in the 
price, and have made them so low on the standard varieties this year, that a casual 
observer would think it impossible to grow them at such a price. This in one way 
is true, as the profit on an individual plant is so small that it cannot be computed. 
But I have reduced my system of growing plants to a science, and handling as I do 
such an enormous number annually, I am enabled in the long run to make it remu¬ 
nerative. This is the secret of my cheap plants, and all persons receiving this Cata¬ 
logue will find it money in their pocket to send us a trial order, and convince them¬ 
selves, before paying the high price asked in some catalogues, or by the retail florist 
near home. 
SIZE OF PLANTS. 
My prices are so low that I am in receipt of letters 
constantly asking whether f send cuttings or plants. 
All contemplating ordering from me, I wish to understand very clearly that my 
quoted prices are for well established plants all on their own roots, and as long as 
any part of the plant remains, it will produce uniformly the same beautiful flower. 
These plants were all propagated last Summer and early Autumn, and are healthy, 
well established plants. I grow them slowly, to avoid forcing, my particular aim 
being to have a plant small enough to transport through the mail readily without in¬ 
jury, but with the vigor and thrift of a much older plant. Consequently, on being 
planted out a thousand miles away, the purchaser is surprised to see the plant sud¬ 
denly spring forth in a luxuriant growth and blossom. 
It makes no difference in 
what remote section of our 
country that your ^ot may be cast, whether near or far, you can have the choicest 
Roses, Geraniums and other plants in our collection as easily and cheaply as though 
they were grown at your own door, if you remit as I direct on pagel, and I will 
take all the risk, and promise to deliver any plants that you may select from our 
Catalogue by mail post-paid, and in good growing condition, at your own Post Office. 
I have been In this business eighteen years, and have thousands of customers all 
over this country, who will heartily endorse all that I say, and know that I will 
make my promises more than good. 
A GREENHOUSE AT YOUR DOOR. 
LOST ORDERS. 
Sometimes orders are lost in the mails, in which case it 
is very important, in writing to me in relation to them, 
that you state the time the order was sent, the amount of the order, how the remit¬ 
tance 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 
delayed until I correspond with you and get the duplicate order. 
When plants are ordered by mail, I prepay postage de¬ 
livering the plants free of all expense to any Post Office 
CANADA ORDERS. 
POSTAGE PAID. 
in the United States. 
The International Postal Law is such that no plants 
can be imported by mail except free samples. For 
this reason, I can only send plants by express when ordered by my customers. On 
all such orders the regular express premiums will be given. There is only a duty 
of twenty per cent, on plants, imposed by the Dominion Government, which the 
customer must pay at the express office, when the plants are received. ' 
OUT DOOR PLANTING. 
I am often asked as to the best time to 
plant. Always choose the most favorable 
time in your locality, and order accordingly. I can send most plants safely when¬ 
ever desired. As there are so many degrees of latitude, and such variations of tem¬ 
perature from various causes, it is impossible tor me to dictate as to the precise time 
to plant out of doors. My customers must judge of this for themselves, always re¬ 
membering that it is not sate to plant out until all danger of freezing is passed, and 
the ground is in a warm, mellow condition. If you receive your plants before the 
season is favorable for setting out, plant in boxes or pots and keep in the bouse until 
the proper time arrives for planting out. 
