TO MY FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS: 



It gives me great pleasure to hand you once again " Johnson's Garden an 

 Farm Manual," which you will recognize as an old friend. 



You have already been advised regarding the dissolution by limitation of the 

 old firm of Johnson & Stokes on July 1, 1906, also as to the formation and 

 incorporation of the Johnson Seed Company for the purpose of giving an intere 

 the business to several of the trusted and deserving employees who had served 

 old firm faithfully for twenty years or more. 



It was my conviction at the time of this establishment that I carried wit* 

 the confidence of my old friends and patrons, the critical and discrimina 

 customers of Johnson & Stokes. The fact that last season I was favored 

 orders from a very large majority of these demonstrates that my belief was well 

 founded. I take this opportunity to thank those who thus showed their co i 

 dence in me and to assure them that no effort will be spared that the Johnson 

 Seed Company may continue to merit it. 



The needs of the gardener have been my special study for thirty-five years. 

 Constant care is the watchword which every responsible seed house must adopt. 

 As was my custom, when at the head of the old firm of Johnson & Stokes, I have 

 during the past year given to the growing of the Garden Seed Supply for Johnson 

 Seed Company my personal supervision and care. The seeds may be absolutely 

 relied upon to be STRICTLY TESTED AND PROVEN, FRESH AND TRUE TO 

 NAME. 



In our seed trial grounds I have tested large numbers of new varieties, which 

 are offered from all over the world. Many of those tested have been discarded as 

 being inferior or no better than varieties already listed, but I have found son 

 real merit, and these will be found offered in the pages of this book, parti* 

 in pages 4 to 20. 



Certain crops, especially Sweet Corn, Egg Plant, some cf the Peas, Onions ai 

 Peppers, are extremely scarce this season. I am therefore advising all my patron 

 to send in their orders early, before stocks are depleted," thus saving themselves* 

 and me disappointment in not being able to obtain the varieties they desire. 



I respectfully ask a careful perusal of this Catalogue, for which I claim no, 

 literary or artistic merit, but which is an honest, modest attempt to tell you about 

 "THE BEST SEEDS THAT GROW AND THE VARIETIES IT PAYS T< 

 GROW." 



Hoping for a continuance of the favors afforded me last year, I am, 

 Very truly yours, 



Philadelphia 



Pa. 



January 1 



1908 



