t RICHARD FROTSCHER’S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 
SEEDS BY MAIL. 
Seeds can be sent by mail to any part of the United States in packages not exceeding four 
pounds, at eight cts. per pound, or one cent for two ounces, or fraction thereof. On “seeds 
ordered in papers or by the ounce I prepay the postage, except on peas, beans and corn. This 
refers to large sized papers which are sold at one dollar per dozen. When ordered by the pound 
eight cents per pound postage has to be added to the price of the seeds; to peas, beans and 
corn, fifteem cents per.quart. 
All packages are put up in the most careful manner, and every precaution is taken to insure 
their reaching their destination in safety. Purchasers living at any place where my seeds are 
not sold, are requested to write to me to obtain their supplies. This will be more profitable than 
to buy from country stores where seeds left on commission are often kept till all power of ger- 
mination is destroyed. As seed merchants, who give their goods out on commission, rarely col- 
lect what is not sold, oftener than once every twelve months, and as Lettuce, Spinach, Parsnip, 
Carrots, and many other seeds will either not sprout at all or grow imperfectly if kept over a 
summer in the south—to buy and plant such, is but money, time and labor wasted. 
Here in our climate, where we plant garden vegetables as freely in autumn as in spring, and 
where often the seeds have to be put in the eround when the weather is very warm, it is an 
indispensable necessity to have perfectly fresh seeds. 
My arrangements with my growers are made so that I receive the new crop; expressly 
cleaned for me, as soon as itis matured. The varieties which are not raised in the North, I 
order from Europe, and have them shipped so as to reach me about the beginning of August, 
just the time they are needed for fall planting. By following this plan I have always a full 
supply of fresh seeds of undoubted germinating qualities, while dealers, who sell on commission , 
have only those from the winter previous. 
On the receipt of one dollar I will mail thirteen large size papers of seeds, put up the same 
as seeds sold by the pound. ‘These papers can be selected from this Catalogue, and include four 
papers of either Beans or Peas in the thirteen papers. Or, for the same amount, I will mail 
twenty smaller papers, including four papers of either Peas or Beans. This is done to enable 
consumers to get reliable seeds in good size papers in places where my seeds are not sold. The 
papers put up by Northern seedsmen are so small that of some varieties they hardly contain 
enough to do any good. The low prices charged to merchants are made at the expense of 
consumers. My papers are large and worth the full value of the money paid for them. 
It cannot be too well impressed on the minds of all cultivators of vegetables, that most 
seeds kept through a summer in this chmate will not grow, and that all who use such seeds will 
be losers. 
All seeds that leave my establishment are thoroughly tested. 
Having received a great many complaints that letters which were 
addressed to me and contained money, were not answered, I must state 
that these letters never reached me, and, therefore, would caution my 
customers not to send any money in letters without registering sanie. By 
sending one dollar, or upwards, the cost, ten cents, ean be charged to 
me. The cheapest and surest way is money order, Postal Note or draft, 
but where they cannot be had, letters have to be registered, which can 
be done at any Post Office. 
On all goods ordered C. O. D. one fourth of the amount of bill must 
accompany the or der; otherwise the same will not be filled. A// bills are 
payable in Vew Orleans or New York exchange. No. individual Checks 
on country banks received on amounts under Ten dollars. 
{fel receive a good many letters which are plainly enough written, 
except the signature. To insure prompt filling of orders, I ask all cus- 
tomers and there W riting to me, to write their name plainly; at the 
same time, never fail to give the name of the nearest Post Office and 
Express Station. Also write out the order in columns, not in the body 
of the letter. Some letters came in without any signature; when the 
Post Office was properly given, I returned the letter to the Post Master 
of that place, and in some instances have traced up the writer in that way. 
