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JL JL 11 ^ ■■ Pages 112 to 162, inclusive. 
N the succeeding pages vre offer a complete stock of growing 
plants, embracing flowering and “foliage” plants, palms and 
- decorative plants for the green house, conservatory and dwelling, 
house, hardy plants and shrubs for the lawn and garden, vinos for 
the house, garden and door-yard, small fruits and vegetable plants for 
the kitchen garden, and a general assortment of plants for all pur. 
poses, making the most complete collection offered by any business 
firm in the country. 
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Our Golden 
T HE above illustration shows the full 
extent of the greenhouses and 
frames where, fifty years ago, Peter 
Henderson founded the business which, 
developed by his indefatigable energy, 
guided by his masterly ability, main¬ 
tained by his sterling Integrity, fostered 
by his genius and supported by his numerous friends and patrons, has attained 
the gigantic proportions it presents to-day. We feel a pardonable pride in contrasting 
the modest little garden, with greenhouses and frames, in 1847, covering only 5,000 
recilhouse Establishment 
covenn 
Htjuare feel, and our 
square feet. 
Those greenhouses occupy over four and one-half acres solid under glass, are 
heated by steam and hot water, and are fitted up with every modern appliance, so 
that they are easily graded to any temperature; thus the most perfect health and 
vigor are given to the plants. With such unequaled facilities for their production, 
wo can compete with any in the matter of prices. 
They are located on Arlington Avenue, Jersey City, N. J., and are the largest and 
best-appointed in the United States. They are within thirty minutes from our Seed 
Stores in New York, and are well worth a visit. Any of our customers visiting New 
York who desire to inspect our greenhouses will be furnished with a card upon 
application containing directions how to roach them. 
But, spacious as our greenhouses and surrounding grounds are to-day, they are entirely inadequate to produce all the plants and 
bulbs wo sell annually. Our grounds at Hackensack, N. J., and elsewhere, containing nearly one hundred acres, are largely devoted to 
growing plants of all kinds, while it requires hundreds of acres to produce the bulbs required for our trade, and it must be remembered 
that in 1847, and for years afterward, all the plants and bulbs sold by us were produced in the little garden and greenhouses shown above. 
PACKING DFPARTMFNT Next in importance to growing good 
i IVL.! /VLY 1 mat 1. 1)Ullt8 is 1)ri , per 1)ao kmg of them, 
so that they may reach the purchaser without injury. The system of packing 
plants that obtains to-day was evolved by the founder of our house and per¬ 
fected by him; hence it will be readily seen that with our long experience as 
packers of plants, buyers can confidently expect the best results. We ship at 
all seasons of the year, and fill every order the day after it is received —unless 
otherwise instructed by the. purchaser —using light boxes and baskets, so as to reduce 
express charges to a minimum ; and so perfect is our system that our plants al¬ 
most invariably reach the purchaser as fresh as when they left our greenhouses. 
SAFE ARRIVAL ASSURED. 
We guarantee the safe arrival of all 
plants sent by express. Should any¬ 
thing be injured in transit wo would urge our customers to notify us at once 
on receipt of the goods, and in every case send us a list of what has been 
damaged, so that we can replace them without delay. But when they arrive 
in good condition our responsibility ceases, and if from inattention or other 
causos they fail and complaint is then made, we cannot replace them. Plants 
sent other than by express are entirely at the risk of the purchaser. 
PT A NTT's PV TVf A TT Plants can be sent free, by mail, except large 
A ^ A 1 lvl/xU-* Roses, Palms, Azaleas, Camellias, Shrubs and 
other plants of large size, when instructions to that effect accompany the order, 
otherwise they will be sent by express (buyer to pay charges); but as we always 
add enough plants gratis to cover these charges customers will see the great 
advantage of having plants sent by express, for not only can we send 
larger plants, but they invariably arrive in better condition than if sent by 
mail. 
FXPPF^s^ P ATF<S Under the new ruling of the leading Ex- 
Avn- ■» p re88 Companies, advocated and secured 
by us, plants packed in closed boxes or baskets will now be carried at the 
*• General Special ” rate. This rate means a reduction of 20 per cent, from the 
regular merchandise rates to all points where no “General Special” exists. 
To points where a “General Special” rate is in force the companies make a 
special reduction. Shipments weighing less than 100 lbs. receive the benefit of 
the rate per 100 lbs., but the minimum charge is 35c. For instance, where the 
regular merchandise rate is $4 00 per 100 lbs., a box of plants weighing 25 lbs. 
would be carried for 80c.—a saving of 20c. on one shipment. 
