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Packing and Shipping Plants at onr Greenhouses 
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DEPARTMENT 
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE ORDERING 
W IMPORTANT. We ship all orders for plants, bulbs, roots, etc., offered on 
' succeeding pages, 129 to 182 inclusive, immediately upon receipt of order. We will 
however, reserve same for future shipment, but instructions to that effect must accompany 
the order. This applies specially to plants ordered in winter. 
RST. Please use the order sheet and give explicit instructions LOW EXPRESS RATES. Under the present schedule of the 
N you wish the plants sent. Second. Please don’t mix orders leading express companies, plants, roots and bulbs packed in Vi 
seeds and plants together; all can be sent in one shipment, closed boxes will now be carried at the “General Specials V 
it aids us materially if they are written on the'separate order This rate means a reduction of about 20 per cent, from the \ 
<5 supplied for that purpose. Third. Please don't mix orders regular merchandise rates, more than that on far away points. 1 
letters. They should be written on separate sheets to avoid Shipments weighing less than 100 lbs. receive the benefit of the rate 
ision. per 100 lbs., but the minimum charge is 35c. The buyer pays the 
ONG PLANTS. Next in importance to growing good plants express charges. 
)per packing of them, so that they may reach the purchaser ¥r> i r' a A I 
ut injury. The system of packing plants that obtains today ixOStS OUfx 1—tAL/llNvJ Ol t^lAL 1 Y 
volved by the founder of our house and perfected by him. 
lants almost invariably reach the purchaser as fresh as when The greater portion of our four and a half acres of greenhouse 
eft our greenhouses. structures is devoted to Roses. This year we call parti^lar attention 
GUARANTEE. We guarantee safe arrival of all plants sent to the splendid list of new ever-blooming varieties offered. 
press in the United States. Should anything be injured in -T-j-iDpc Qiypc; 
t we urge our customers to notify us at once on receipt of the ^ ^ niNcc 
, and in every case send us a list of what has been damaged. We grade our Roses in three sizes. This gives purch^ers the 
at we can replace them without delay. But when they arrive opportunity of procuring a plant of large size which will make a 
od condition our responsibility ceases, and if from inattention show at once, or smaller plants at prices which place them within the 
:her causes they fail and complaint is then made we cannot reachofall. Our Roses are graded as follows: 1st size,strong 2-yeiir 
•ce them. Plants sent other than by express are entirely at plants, from 5-inch pots; 2d size, a smaller grade of these in 4-inch 
isk of the purchaser. and 5-inch pots; 3d size, young plants from 3-inch and 2-inch pots. 
climbing, rarely bloom the same season they are planted, 
PLANTING TIME 
No question is asked more frequently by our y 
customers than “When is the best time to plant y 
Roses?” The broad extent of our country > 
renders it impossible to give any specified jA 
date in answer; midsprmg is the best 
time, generally speaking, and it is 
better to be a little early than late 
Dormant Roses should be 
planted as soon as the frost ^ '''■ 
leaves the ground and it 
is dry enough to ^ 
cultivate. 
PLANTS FREE BY MAIL. Plants can be sent free 
by mail, except large Roses, Palms, Perns, Camellias, 
Shrubs and other plants of large size, when instruc- 
V Uons to that effect accompany the order, other- 
j^v wise they will be sent by express (buyer to pay 
charges); but as we always add enough plants 
gratis to help defray these charges, cus- 
tomers will see the great advantage of 
having plants sent by express, for 
not only can we send larger plants, 
but they arrive in better con- 
dition than if sent by mail. 
advise shipping by 
express wherever 
possible. 
Spraying in our Greenhouses 
Rose propagating Frames out-doors 
