R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO.'S 



CATTALOOUK OK 



Bmd®, mmU, Siilfes, 



GARDEN REQUISITES, FERTILIZERS, ETC., 

 16 and 19 South Market Street, Boston, Mass. 



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g^(G}III? xve have the pleasure of preser^tirig our ^Ii^wal 



Catalogue, and we hope to be favored with your orders, which 

 shall have our careful, personal attention and prompt execution. 

 '*^ We olfer our sincere thanks for the generous patronage we have 

 £'' received, also for the many valuable recommendations of our seeds from 

 j customers to their neighbors and friends. 



Our seeds for the seasoi^ of 1555 are the firmest we have 



ever offered, ^^^ being fresh and grown from the purest and best stocks. It 

 may interest new customers to know that we do not keep a low-grade class of 

 seeds usually offered by most large houses to sell to country merchants, many of 

 whom buy almost anything in the shape of seeds, if only cheap. The peculiar 

 feature of our business is, that we furnish Reliable, Tested Seeds of the 

 best strains of Vegetables o.nd Flowers, also Grass and Agricultural Seeds, for 

 parties who purchase for their own use. Being ourselves experienced Growers 

 of seeds, as well as Importers, on an extensive scale, we are able to furnish the 

 many varieties catalogued, of unsurpassed quality, and at as low prices as good 

 seeds can be purchased. Visiting Europe almost annually during summer, and 

 being acquainted with the leading horticulturists there, we secure many choice 

 strains which no other firm can possibly furnish. 



(Hher^ our seeds are harvested, the first thii^g we do is to 



test their growth, and we have recently erected a hot-house at our trial 

 grounds for this purpose. If any prove indifferent they are not sold. It will be 

 evident that our anxiety and efforts are to send out seeds of unsurpassed reliabil- 

 ity, and we hold ourselves ready to refill any order anew, gratis, with other seeds, 

 should the first prove defective; and here we limit our respons-ibility, — we do not 

 wan-ant our seeds in any respect; we arc not accountable for bad weather, nor 

 want of due care, etc., at sowing-time, and do not hold ourselves accountable, in 

 any way, for crops. N"o farmer, at sowing-time, even if he uses seeds of his own 

 saving, can warrant the crop. 



