PREFACE TO THE FIFTH EDITION OF 
OUR GENERAL CATALOGUE 
E take pleasure in presenting herewith the fifth edition of our General Catalogue, 
with revised and complete descriptions. The simple and systematic arrange¬ 
ment which has been adopted, combined with a complete index, renders the 
publication very convenient for reference, and of great assistance to our patrons 
in making up their orders, and we think the present edition will serve, not merely as a 
catalogue or descriptive price list, but as a useful handbook and manual, containing valuable 
cultural directions, and other important hints, indispensable to planters. 
In both the Fruit and Ornamental, as well as in the Rose Departments, our Nurseries 
are kept fully up to the times. We endeavor to procure, as soon as introduced, every 
novelty at home and abroad that promises to be worthy of dissemination, and we carefully 
test it in our trial grounds, which are maintained at large expense. 
The immense stock which we cultivate, embracing great and varied collections suited 
to different soils and climates, and the large force of skilled nursery assistants which we 
have in our employ, in addition to exceptional facilities for lifting, handling, packing, and 
shipping, place us in a position to promise to our patrons the careful execution of all orders, 
large or small, that may be entrusted to us. 
It is our aim and intention to supply only the best stock at the lowest prices consistent 
with the quality of the goods offered, and all intending purchasers will find it to their 
advantage to give us an opportunity to furnish estimates upon their lists. 
We are grateful for the liberal patronage which we have enjoyed for upwards of sixty 
years, and solicit a continuance of the same. 
ELLWANGER & HARRY. 
January, 1900. 
