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OUR FOREIGN TRADE, 
^TE have now so perfected the system of sending plants and seeds into the most remote 
parts of the world that success is no longer an uncertainty. 
A. R. Lewis, Esq., Lynford. Boga wan tala wa, Ceylon, January 1 .«/, 1894. 
You will be glad to hear that the plants which I brought out with me from you have all 
arrived in the best condition. 
E. I*. It. Tbega8KIS, Esq., April 19M, 1894. 
Mrs. Clayton, of Ileilbron. South Africa, writes me saying the Chrysanthemums you sent 
her a little while ago are all growing, having arrived in excellent condition. 
A. R. Lewis, Esq.. Lynford, Roguwantalawa, Ceylon. February 15M, 181*4. 
The plants arrived in capital condition, there being small shoots on them. The Bouvardias 
are now all in fine blossom after six weeks from landing, and all the other plants are doing 
splendidly. 
S. Mori m. Esq , Kent House, Queenstown, 
Cape of Good Hope, October 8th , 1894. 
The plants and bulbs reached me last week in splendid condition. 1 must thank you for the 
care taken in packing. All were planted in pots at once, and I believe every one will grow. 
Harry Pat worth. Gardener to Mrs. T. G. Richardson, 282. Prytaina, 
Palm Villa. New Orleans. La., C.8.A., February 28th, 1894, 
We think your system of packing is the best we ever saw. 
C. T. Dewar, Esq., Stewart Castle, Duncan's P.O., 
Jamaica, February 12 t/i $ 1894. 
The Rose Plants came in splendid condition. All are doing well since being planted out. 
I do not expect to lose one. 
A. Weakley, Esq., Queenstown, 
Cape of Good Hop a. December Is/, 1894. 
The lot of Zonal Pelargoniums bloomed freely, and were the admiration of all who saw them 
in fact, some of the folks could not believe that they were well-known flowers. They had an 
idea that they in ust be some other kind. What surprised them was how I got such large flowers. 
S. G. or Toit, Esq., Rawsonville, Cape Colony November 19///, 1894. 
I beg to state that again the plants arrived in first-rate order, and gave great satisfaction. Of 
course this is greatly due to the excellent quality of the plants you sent, as well as the splendid 
way of packing. Not one of the plants suffered so that I shall have any loss ; on the contrary, 
each one grows beautifully already. 
I Peter Finlayson, Esq.. Gosford Road, Hamilton, 
Newcastle, N.S.W., September 21s/, 1894. 
I have received the plants this morning in splendid condition. 
W. M. Miller, Esq., Johannesburg, South African Republic, September 30///, 1894. 
I beg to inform you with pleasure of the arrival of box of plants from you to me, 
which 1 am thankful for. They were in splendid condition on their arrival here. I have 
found your plants to he a fine and strong variety, and I am recommending your firm every 
opportunity. 
AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, INDIA, AND CHINA. 
S there any difficulty in getting plants and seeds out alive and in good condition to the most 
distant parts? No, none whatever. We have exported thousands of cases during the last 
twenty-five years with far more success and less expense to those furthermost parts than has 
ever been done before. The main thing to ensure success is to let us have the order early, giving us 
time to prepare the plants, and to send at the exact and best time, and in all cases the way of packing 
had better be left entirely in our hands. Our post system for most things is certainly preferable, but 
such as Azaleas, Camellias, Fruit Trees, &c., should be left to us. Chrysanthemums we grow many 
thousands, especially for foreign trade; and there is hardly a show but what the plants that we have 
sentjout are not figuring most prominently. 
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