IN PRESENTING OUR CATALOGUE OF 
New and Hare Plants For 18T6 
We ngain record as an evidence of the extent and variety of our Collections 
the Prizes awarded us by the Mass. Hort. Society. 
FIRST PRIZES AWARDED IN 1875. 
Best 20 Camellias. 
Best 6 Greenhouse Plants. 
Best Parlor Efouquet. 
Best 6 Double Geraniums. 
Best 6 Zonal Geraniums. 
Best Specimen Zonale Geranium. 
Best Golden Tricolored Geranium. 
Best 10 Herbaceous Paeonies. 
Best 10 Late Phloxes, 
Best 50 Greenhouse Plants; 
Best 20 Double Zinnias. 
Best Specimen Variegated Plant 
Best 6 Caladiums. 
Best pair of Palms. 
Best Display of Dahlias. 
Best Display of Cut Flowers. 
Best Evergreen Trees in pots. 
And FORTY-TWO other Prizes and Gratuities for 1876. 
PACKING AND DELIVERY. — Boxes of plants or bundles of trees will be carefully packed 
and delivered in Boston, free of expense of carting, and shipped or forwarded according to directions, or,, 
if none are given, a’ways by express, that being the safest and speediest route. All goods are at the 
risk of the purchaser but every care will be taken to ensure the safe and prompt arrival of plants or 
tree-*. Our system of packing ensures the safety of the plants, at all seasons of the year, to any part 
of the country. 
ORDERS should be wiitten as plain as possible, and on a separate sheet of paper, wnich'wfll 
greatly facilitate their execution; if mixed up in the body of the letter many things are often over¬ 
looked. 
PAYMENT. —All orders for plants cr trees, from unknown correspondents, must be accompa¬ 
nied with a remittance or satisfactory reference. A remittance may be made in current Bank Bills, Post 
Office Orders, Registered Letters, or Drafts on B* ston or New Yo> k. P< st Office Orders are preferable. 
Give the Name, P. O. Address, County, and State, in full, distinctly written. 
OUR CAMBRIDGE NURSERIES arc situated in Cambridge, on the road to Mount Auburn, 
about two miles from the city, and all persons wishing to examine them can do so easily by Horse Cars,, 
marked “ Cambridge Street,” which leave Bowdoin Square every fifteen minutes. Time, twenty-five 
minutes. Our Nurseries contain nearly forty acres, and all amateurs and lovers of plants art? invited to 
visit them. During summer there arc magnificent displays of Rhododendrons and Azaleas (covering 
neatly an act*), Roses. Pseot ies, Japan Lilies, Dahlias, Phloxes, itc.; ar d in winter, Cj mellias, Aza¬ 
leas, Roses, Ferns, and rare fo'ingc p'ants. The collecti n of Pears comprises 2,000 specimen trees, of 
300 vniieties. 
The following catalogues are issued annually, and sent free to all our customers: — 
ILLUSTRATED GUIDE AND CATALOGUE OF SEEDS, 
Containing select lists of all the most choice and beautiful Flowers, and the most popular and best 
Vegetable and Agricultural Seeds, including nil novelties of the latest introduction, illustrated with 
upwards of one hundred engravings.. 100 pages. Issued in January. 
ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO THE WINTER AND SPRING GARDEN, 
Containing select list of Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, Lilies, Narcissii", and the finest English and 
Dutch Fiower Roots. Issued in September. 
ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE Of NEW PLANTS, SHRUBS, & FRUITS. 
Issued in January. Address, 
HOVEY & CO., 53 North Market Street, 
BOSTON, MASS. 
