W E take great pleasure in presenting to our many patrons throughout the country, and the public 
generally, our Annual Catalogue of Pot-grown Strawberry plants, for July and August 
planting, and Layer plants for September and October planting; also list of Holland Bulbs, 
including Hyacinths, Tulips, Crocus, Narcissus, Daffodils etc., Pasonies, Phloxes, and Hardy 
Roses, all of which can be planted advantageously in the autumn. 
THE QUALITY OF OUR POT-GROWN STRAWBERRY PLANTS. 
We beg to draw the particular attention of planters to the quality of our pot-grown strawberry 
plants, and to the care which we exercise in growing, lifting, handling, and packing them. Being 
desirous of furnishing the very best stock, we take great pains to produce large, healthy, and well 
grown plants, and we can recommend them with confidence to all who desire to obtain a crop of the 
choicest fruit quickly and with the least trouble and expense. 
RELIABILITY OF OUR LISTS. 
We aim to make our lists as reliable as possible by constant revision, adding the good sorts and 
rejecting the indifferent ones, and we hope to merit a continuance of the extensive trade with which we 
have been favored during the last sixty years. 
SELECTED HOLLAND BULBS. 
To accommodate those who desire bulbs for fall planting, we have ordered an assortment from the 
best growers in Holland, and our stock may be depended upon as being the very best. 
P/EONIES AND PHLOXES. 
The recently introduced varieties in both of these families show great advance. The Pseony is 
the best substitute for the Rhododendron, which can only be grown in favored localities, and it is 
admirably adapted to general cultivation. For effective beds, masses and groups, there is not another 
plant so useful. Of vigorous habit, fine foliage, and magnificent large showy flowers, the Pseony can 
justly command admiration from all. It flourishes best in rich soil, but thrives under ordinary culture, 
frequently even when neglected. It is a plant for the million, and deserves a place in every garden] 
large or small. 
The Phlox, too, merits more attention than it has hitherto received. The newer sorts are especially 
to be commended. 
ADVICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Please Read Before Making Out Order. 
Correspondents will oblige by observing as far as possible the following regulations : 
1. All orders should be legibly written out. 
2. 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 substitute in any case, without being expressly requested to do so. 
3. It is requested that post-office address, as well as explicit directions for marking and shipping 
packages, accompany EACH ORDER. All articles are at the risk of the purchaser after being 
shipped, and if delay or loss occurs, the forwarders alone must be held responsible. 
4. All orders from unknown correspondents must be accompanied with a draft on some of the 
principal cities, or money order for the amount. If neither can be had, enclose currency in a registered 
letter. 6 
5. Our customers are requested to notify us instantly of any errors that maybe committed in filling 
their orders, in order that we may at once make ample amends, as we desire to conduct our business in 
all respects satisfactory to those who favor us with their confidence. 
STRAWBERRY PLANTS BY EXPRESS NOT PREPAID. 
Unless especially ordered otherwise, we always forward strawberry plants by express at purchaser’s 
expense. They cannot be sent with safety by freight. Plants by express are now carried at a reduction 
or 20 per cent from regular merchandise rates. 
