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OUR BUSINESS IS OUR PRIDE. WE WANT YOUR TRADE. 



WE WIL L TREAT YOU RIGHT. 



READ C f\ Ft E F" U L L Y Q E F=- O F* E ORDERING. 



BALTIMORE IS THE LOWEST 

 flARKET IN THE UNITED 

 STATES ; it gets lower freight rates 

 than any other city. It is nearer and 

 has much quicker connections all over 

 the South than any of the northern 

 cities. It is an established fact that 

 you can secure from us more and better 

 Seeds for your money than in any 

 other city in the United States. Not a 

 day passes but that we receive large 

 orders from trucker, market gardeners, 

 farmers and canners from North, East, 

 South and West, who have found out 

 for themselves or learned from their 

 friends and more enterprising neigh- 

 bors the great saving and advantage 

 to be obtained in buying their full 

 Spring orders of Garden Seeds, Pota- 

 toes, Clover, Timothy, etc., from 

 Bolgiano of Baltimore. In every In- 

 stance You Can <iet Your Goods 

 Quicker, Cheaper and Better From 

 Us than from Ordering Nearer Your 

 Home. 



OUR INTERESTS ARE 

 NOT DIVIDED. 



SEED ALONE occupy our attention 

 and time. Your orders are handled 

 py experienced men. We do not 

 handle machinery, tools, hardware, 

 dairy and poultry supplies, wagons, 

 harness, etc. Therefore, having no 

 other interests at stake, we are much 

 better able to supply you at very low 

 prices with fresh, carefully grown, 

 reliable tested Seeds, than any farm 

 implement or agricultural supply house 

 who only sell Seeds as a side issue. 



ORDER EARLY. 



IT IS nOST IHPORTANT TO OR- 

 1 DER SOON AFTER YOU GET 

 OUR CATALOGUE. Then you will 

 have your Seeds ready for planting at 

 the first opening of Spring. Besides, 

 if you buy Seeds in large quantities, 

 you will have plenty of time to ship by 

 freight which is much cheaper. 



THE PEOPLE WHO KNOW US AND BELIEVE IN US. 



BUSINESS ESTABLISHED IN 1818, has grown from occupying one small room to the above large warehouse, and we are compelled to secure large 

 additional storage besides. We cannot stand still in this busy world. We have ambitions to realize. 



IMPORTANT EXPRESS NOTICE. 



BY SENDING US ENOUGH MONEY TO PREPAY EXPRESSAGE we can secure for you a discount from the regular rate of 20 per cent. In this 

 way small orders can be sent as cheaply by express as by freight and get to you much quicker. 



MARKET GARDNERS, FARMERS' CLUBS AND INSTITUTIONS 



WANTING TO PURCHASE SEEDS in unusally large quantities should write for special prices. We have made prices very low in this catalogue, yet, 

 when a number of bushels or pounds are wanted we can frequently supply at a lower price than by the single pound or bushel. In writing, give us a list 

 of quantities and varieties required, and we will return list promptly at our lowest price for the lot. 



IT TAKES TIME to demonstrate anything. Years ago when we first began the Seed Business our low prices were looked upon with suspicion and 

 doubt, as no one could understand how'we could sell at our catalogue prices. The success of these methods is evident to-day, as farmers and truck 

 gardeners, everywhere point to Bolgiano of Baltimore, as the Old Reliable Seed House which sells to consumers at wholesale prices. 



THERE IS ONLY ONE POLICY, AND THAT IS HONESTY. Honesty is the path we were shown when we first began our business life. We 

 have walked in it ever since. Every Employee in our establishment has been taught the same lesson, and they understand it is their duty to treat our 

 customers exactly as they would like to be treated, were thev in your place. These are the means and rules that have built up our great business. 



WE ONLY SELL HIGH-GRADE, RELIABLE, FIRST-QUALITY SEEDS— such as we can affix our name to and know that under favorable 

 conditions thev will prove all that is claimed for them. All the Seed we do not grow ourselves, is either imported direct by us, or secured direct from 

 reliable growe.s. When a trucker or farmer secures our Seed it means something to him. ,. 



TO-DAY WE ARE SELLING SEEDS TO residents of every city in the Union. Mexico, Cuba, Europe, China, Japan and Hawaii. If you have not 

 dealt with us, some of your neighbors have. Ask them about us. Turn over the leaves of this catalogue and read the testimonials from our farmer friends. 



MAILED FREE. Packets, ounces and quarter pounds. Postage must be added at the rate of eight cents per pound on one pound and half-pound 

 packages of seed On Peas and Beans add is cents per quart ; on Corn add 10 cents per quart ; two-bushel Cotton Sacks add 15 cents; one-bushel, 10 cents. 



TO BUY BY MAIL HAS BECOME A~GREAT FEATURE OF THE WORLD TO-DAY. Buyers in far remote cities are enabled to buy from our 

 stock with as much success as if thev were present in our store. It is our aim to use ESPECIAL CARE to give a patron the best to be had for the money. 

 The basis of success is CONFIDENCE, and this you must have in the house from which you order. We have been in business 85 years in Baltimore, and 

 refer you to The Fidelity Deposit Company of Baltimore, National Mechanics' Bank, or any Newspaper or large merchant in our city. A merchant who 

 has good goods is not afraid to tell what they are or what he is. In the following pages we have set out clearly what we think would mostly interest our 

 customers. Prices are extremelv low and our stocks are strictly choice market gardeners stock. You will find everything as good as you expect and 

 many things better. The only way to test the prices and methods, is to send us a trial order, no matter how small. 



ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY, NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE. Write us about any Seed you would like 

 to know of, and your letter will be answered the same day it is received. If you wish to know exactly what the freight or express would be on any 

 article to your station, write us and we will tell you. . . , . , :__«.~ 



GUARANTEE :-There are hundreds of contingencies continually arising to prevent the best Seeds always giving satisfaction, such as sowing too 

 deep too shallow, in too wet or too dry soil ; insects of all descriptions destroying the plants as soon as, or before they appear ; wet weather, cold weather, 

 frosts chemical changes in the Seed 'induced by temperature, etc. For the above reasons it is impractical to guarantee Seeds under all circumstances 

 W- give no warranty express or implied, as to description, quality, productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds, bulbs, or plants we send out, and we 

 win not be in any way responsible for the crop. If the purchaser does not accept the goods on these terms, they are at once tote returned and the money 

 that has been paid^r sam^villbe ret'unded^J_^ BOLGIANO & SON. ^ NAT1QNAL MECHAN|CS , BANK OF BALTIMORE. 



AS TO OUR RELIABILITY, john b. ramsay. president. Baltimore Nov 24 18 " -**-■&*&$& 



eSSrS Gent°emen°— Reviving to voui favor of the 23rd, I beg to say that it gives me great pleasure to testify to the the relia" 

 firm, and also to the high standing which it has held i n the business community for so many years. Yours very truly. J 



J. BOLGIANO & SON, N. W, Gor. Light and Lombard Sts. 



