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Excerpt from Descriptive Catalogue of New and Rare Plants: Evergreen Trees, Ornamental Shrubs, Roses and Flowering Plants, Bulbs, Flower and Tree Seeds, Vegetable Seeds, Grass and Clover Seed, Fruit Trees, Small Fruits, Garden Hardware, Etc., Etc., Etc I take pleasure in sending my annual New Year greeting, and thank you heartily for the liberal trade bestowed on me during the past season, and also for the numerous letters filled with the highest praises Of my choice California Seeds. Last season I made thousands Of new customers and received many at tering testimonials. The marked increase in my business every year is the best evidence I have that my Seeds and Plants, and also my upright method of doing business, give satisfaction to all who deal with me. California is the garden spot Of the United States. The long, cool summers in the vicinity of San Francisco Bay are found to produce seeds of a higher germinating quality than any section yet tried in the United States crops are not subject to the extreme hot weather Of the growing season Of the Eastern States; for this reason seeds produced in California are better than those grown in the Eastern States, or so-called Northern grown seeds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.