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ADVICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Correspondents will oblige by observing the following regulations:— 
1st. All orders should be legibly written out; this will save much trouble, and at the 
same time prevent mistakes. 
2d. When particular varieties are ordered, it should be stated whether, and to what 
extent, other varieties may be substituted in case the order cannot be filled to 
the letter as happens occasionally in all establishments. Our rule is not to sub¬ 
stitute in any case , without being expressly requested to do so. 
3d. It is requested that explicit directions for marking and shipping packages, accom¬ 
pany each order. All articles are at the risk of the purchaser after being shipped , 
and if delay or loss occurs, the forwarder' alone must be held responsible. 
4th. All orders from unknown correspondents must be accompanied with a draft on 
some of the principal cities, or post-office order for the amount. If neither can 
be had, enclose Bank Bills in a registered letter. 
5th. Our customers are requested to notify us instantly of any errors^that may be com¬ 
mitted in filling their orders, in order that we may at once make ample amends, 
as we desire to conduct our businesss in all respects satisfactorily to those who f 
favor us with their confidence. 
Plants by Express not pre-paid. —Unless specially ordered otherwise, 
we always forward Strawberry plants by Express at the purchasers expense. We re¬ 
commend to purchasers to have their orders forwarded in this manner wherever it is 
possible, as larger and finer plants can thus be obtained than through the mail. 
Plants by Mail. —For the convenience of those who cannot be reached by the 
Express Company, we will forward by mail, pre-paid, Strawberry plants of most of the 
varieties enumerated in this list. the dozen rate the plants will be mailed at 
the prices annexed , without extra charge. At the hundred rate, if sent by mail , 25 cents 
additional for each fifty, and 50 cents per hundred plants , must be remitted for postage. 
This is an actual outlay for postage. Pot-grown plants cannot be sent by mail. 
$&^‘Not less than one dollar's worth sent in one order. ^ 
CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE STRAW¬ 
BERRY. 
The Soil and its Preparation. —The Strawberry may be successfully grown 
in any soil adapted to the growth of ordinary field or garden crops. The ground 
should be well prepared, by trenching or ploughing at least eighteen to twenty 
inches deep, and be properly enriched as for any garden crop. Itjis unnecessary to 
say that if the land is wet, it must be thoroughly drained. 
Season for Transplanting. —In the Northern Suites the season for planting 
in the Spring is during the months of April and May. It may then be done with 
safety from the time the plants begin to grow until they are in blossom. This is 
the time we prefer for setting out large planUitions of layer plants, although layer 
plants may be planted in September and early in October. The Spring planting 
se.*ison is usually so short, and planters generally are so much hurried at that time, 
that it is well to accomplish as much as possible in the Autumn. Fall set 
plants have the advanUige over Spring set plants of making a much earlier start 
in the Spring, and consequently of keeping ahead the entire season. 
