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Novelties.-We offer many of the most valuable novelties of recent introduction; yet are backward about selling novelties, until thoroughly tested, as we think it better to lose our own time and money in testing them, than to have our customers imposed on. We therefore feel safe in saying, you will find every new variety just as represented.

Market Gardeners who buy seeds in large quantities will please notice the discounts on Vegetable Seeds, at the head of the list. In case you want more than $25 worth, send us the list wanted and we will take pleasure in quoting you prices.

Testing Seeds-Our system is very complete. A sample is taken from every package or bag, which is numbered, counted and placed in the natural soil and manner in the green-house; all being recorded in the test books. We then know just what proportion of the seed will grow, and nothing is sold that does not prove good.

We Claim that our seeds are fresh and reliable. That with proper treatment, the climate and soil being in a proper condition, they will grow. The prices are as low as good fresh seeds can be sold for. That our business is conducted in an honorable and business-like manner.

"Do You Warrant Your Seeds To Grow?"-We are asked a dozen times a day. We Do Not! What would you think of a doctor who warranted his medicine to cure every disease that flesh is heir to? His warrant would be as reasonable, however, as that from the seedsman who undertakes to insure that his seed will always grow and produce a perfect crop, regardless of how, when or where they may be planted, cr [or] what kind of weather or cultivation they may have to grow in. It is asking entirely too much of any seedsman, and no responsible sane man can afford to make such warrants. In proof of this, all the principal seed houses in Europe and America plainly print their refusal or non-warrants in their Catalogues, but this does not injure the quality of their seeds in the least, or cause them to be less careful. In fact nobody knows as well as the intelligent seedsman himself that his seeds must come up to a high standard of quality if he would keep and increase his trade. Whenever the planter is ready to warrant the weather, the ravenous insects that sometimes destroy entire crops of young plants just when they are coming through the ground, and before the planter ever sees them, the manner in which he will plant, cultivate, etc., then we shall only be too glad to warrant our part of the crop - the seeds. Therefore, while we exercise the greatest possible care to have everything strictly reliable and perfectly satisfactory in every particular, yet we cannot warrant the same and are not liable or responsible for any loss or damage arising from any seeds sold by us.

Promptness-We endeavor to fill every order promptly on the day it is received. Our rule is first in first filled, etc. Sometimes it happens, we have such a tremendous rush, we cannot possibly get them off the day they are received, notwithstanding we always expect to work till midnight in the Spring.

Order Early-This will enable us to fill the orders promptly, and assure their being filled before our stocks are exhausted or broken.

Order Sheets and Envelopes-These are sent with each manual, for convenience in making out and forwarding your orders.

We Will Be Responsible-That all money sent by Registered Letter, Postal Note, Post Money Order, or Bank Draft will reach us. Small amounts may be sent in stamps when more convenient. Do not moisten them in the least, but place them safely in a sealed letter. Do not send private checks, as they have to be returned for collection. Do not send silver, except in registered package.

Our Terms-Are cash with all orders. No goods sent C. O. D.

Remember -That the prices quoted on Vegetable and Flower Seeds, (except Peas, Beans and Corn, in larger qnantities than packets) Trees and Plants, Potatoes by the Pound; and other articles where so noted, Include Mail or Express Charges Prepaid Through By Us.

Perishable Goods-Like Potatoes, &c., which are ordered before the season for forwarding, will be held till the proper time and sent as soon as practicable, without further writing by the customers.

Departments-This manual is divided into the following general departments: Vegetable Seeds; Flower Seeds; Fruit Trees, Grape Vines, &c.; Mulberry Trees for Silk Culture; Choice Seed Potatoes; Vegetable Plants; Flower Plants and Bulbs; Miscellaneous Farm Seeds and Roots; and Implements[.] The rules and directions which govern each department, are under their respective headings. Where discounts are allowed in one department, this has nothing to do with any other. For instance in the Vegetable department, there are special discounts for orders that amount to $5.00 and over; these discounts apply only to Vegetable Seeds, there being other rules for Flower Seeds and the other departments. We cannot allow part of the order to be made up from one department and the balance from the others and then allow the same discount as though it was all in one department. Therefore please be particular in making your orders, and observe the special rules and discounts under Each Department.

Exhibit Your Farm and Garden Products-At our next State Fair, which will be held in this city the first week in September. We have the best State Fair in the United States, and there you will be welcome and kindly treated; another thing the Iowa State Fair pays its premiums in full and has money left every year.

To the Farmers in the North-West who desire the best practical information in horticulture, we recommend you to join the Iowa State Horticultural Society. It costs but one dollar per year, which entitles you to the large annual reports of the society. Send your address and $1.00 to J. L. Budd, secretary of the society - P. O. address, Ames, Iowa, and your money will be well invested.

Thanking our friends and customers for their generous patronage in the past, which we trust has been merited on our part, we most sincerely wish you, one and all, a year of happiness and prosperity.

Charles W. Dorr,
W. W. McKnight,
Charles N. Page,

C. W. Dorr & Co,
Office and Seed Store, 219 Fourth St.,
Des Moines Iowa.