THE SEEDS YOU SOW 



are pretty sure to detepmine the size and quality 

 of tbe epop you reap 



Any seeds are seeds. True ! So any tea is tea ; so any 

 flour is flour. But grades differ. It's so with seeds. There 

 are grades. You want the best. If you understood seeds 

 as well as j'ou do tea and flour, it would be easy to deter- 

 mine. But you don't. How should you when all grades 

 look alike? 



When you are going to buy a commodity whose value 

 you don't know, you pick out an old-established house to 

 trade with, and trust their experience and reputation. Do 

 so when buying seeds. You can buy seeds at almost any 

 price you choose to pay. But a few cents' reduction in the 

 price may meau a reduction of many dollars in the value of 

 the crop. Can you afibrd to take such chances ? 



For nearly a quarter of a century we have sought the 

 trade of those who appreciate the 



Best Araerican=Qrown Seeds at Fair Prices 



and that we have been successful in furnishing such is evi- 

 denced by the fact that our business is to-day the largest of 

 any house in America direct with critical market garden- 

 ers and experienced growers who plant for profit. 



MANY SEEDS ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY THIS SEASON 



Good seeds of new crop on many varieties are very scarce at this time. Since January ist we have 

 been obliged to refuse orders for hundreds of bushels of Beans and Peas, and hundreds of pounds of 

 Onion and Cabbage Seed from fellow Seedsmen, at even higher prices than those quoted in this cata- 

 logue, but feel it a duty to protect our own trade, and shall fill all orders from our Market Garden cus- 

 tomers at reasonable prices, rather than to sell other seedsmen, even at higher prices. 



A TRICK OF THE TRADE— LOOK OUT FOR IT 



We regret to say that several Seedsmen are quoting, in their catalogues this year, on some scarce 

 varieties of Beans and Peas, prices much below their real market value, with a full knowledge that they 

 cannot fill orders for them (it is easy to make low prices on something you have not got). The object, 

 of course, is to catch general orders for seeds, then filling the order with such as can be sent with a 

 profit, and substituting for or leaving out entirelj' the scarce varieties and returning the money on them. 



We carry the largest stock and best assortment of any house in Philadelphia, and custo° 

 mers may depend on having their orders completely filled with varieties wanted. 



DireetioDS for Ordering Johnson 8t Stokes' Seeds 



REMIT AMOUNT WITH ORDER.— Money can be sent safely by post-ofiS.ce order, express money 

 order, bank draft or check. 



CASH. — Notes, silver or postage stamps (two-cent stamps preferred) may also be sent at our risk 

 and expense, by registering your letter, which can be done at any post-office in America by the pay- 

 ment of 8 cts. extra postage, which may be deducted from amount sent on orders of $[.oo and over. 



lA/o rioliwOI* ^raa hw Mail we pay postage on ail seeds in packets, ounces 

 WW C UCllwCl rice Uy IVICIII and quarter=pounds purchased from this Ust. 

 We only charge postage on bulk quantities, viz.: 



Customers will please add at the rate of 8 cts. per lb. to the catalogue prices for seeds purchased in 

 quantities of }4 lb. and upwards of one variety, and to the catalogue price of Peas and Beans at the rate 

 of 15 cts. per quart, and to corn at the rate of 10 cts. per quart, to pay postage, when sent by mail. 



Low Express Rates ^y special arrangement with all the express lines in the United States 



and Canada, in the traffic agreement, seeds and plants are now carried 

 at-a reduced rate of 20 per cent, less than merchandise rares, when guaranteed bj' us. Our customers 

 will, therefore, find these reduced express rates almost as cheap as freight on small quantities. 



C. O. D. — Orders can be sent by express, collect on delivery, if I2.00 is sent with the order as 

 a guarantee of good faith. There is litt e need for C. O. D. shipments, however, as even where we are 

 not known personally you can ascertain our responsibility by consulting the Mercantile Agencies at any 

 bank, fi®"" Goods can NOT be sent C. O. D. by freight, and, of course, on heavy orders it is cheaper 

 to ship by freight. 



OUR BULK PRICES include new bags, boxes, packing and free delivery on cars here. 



WE GUARANTEE the safe arrival of all shipments in good condition. 



Address all orders, inquiries, etc., 



JOHNSON & STOKES, 217 & 219 Market St., Phila., Pa. 



