* Philadelphia, January i, if 



1^ I OTHING would give us more pleasure than to extend in person our right hand ai greeting to 



l\| each and everyone of our old friends and customers and personally thank you for your con- 



I M tinued patronage, kind recommendations and good words spoken for us among your neighbors 



I and friends ; but as that would be a herculean task, which no man could perform, we can only 



j return you our thanks and best wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year through the toedium 



of this, our Gardkn and Farm Manuai, for 1890. We shall still strive to prove ourselves 



worthy of your confidence by continuing to deal liberally with you and in supplying '■^ only the Besty 



With a largely increased trade the past season, we have enlarged our facilities for growing, both in 



increased acreage of our own farms and those of our private growers, and the system of producing our 



crops from selected seed stocks has been rigidly carried out under our personal direction. To any new 



friends who may receive our Catalogue this season for the first time, we can only repeat what we have 



said to others before : that it is our constant aim and care to have every seed we sell as perfectly ptire 



and trtie to name, freshness and germinating power as it is possible for human oversight to make it, and 



that our entire business is constructed upon principles that insure success to ourselves and to those who 



put their confidence in us. By these methods of care and caution we have built up the largest business 



of any house in the trade, direct with critical market gardeners a.ndi experienced planters, who cultivate 



for profit, and whose trade always seeks the source where the highest quality can be obtained. " Our 



success achieved can only be maintained by the methods that obtained it/' 



Very truly yours, JOHNSON & STOKES. 



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All vegetable and Flower Seeds by the packet, ounce, 

 pound, pint or quart, will be delivered by us, postage paid, 

 and free of all expense, to any post-office in the United 

 States. Thus, you have only to enclose, with the order, the 

 cost of the seeds as given in this Catalogue (either by P. O. 

 order, postal note, draft, cash or stamps), and they will be 

 safely delivered, neatly packed, without extra charge. Pur- 

 chasers of seeds, in large or small quantities, cannot fail to 

 see the great advantages to them of this offer, as it places 

 our store at your very door, and enables customers thousands 

 of miles away to obtain their supplies as safely and cheaply 

 as if they called in person at our store. 



CUSTOMERS ORDERING TO BE SENT BY 

 FREIGHT OR EXPRESS 



nay deduct postage at the rate of eight cents per pound, or 

 ifteen cents' per quart, from our prices, on all vegetable 

 leeds. When sent in this way the purchaser pays the trans- 

 wrtation charges on receipt of seed. 



TFE GUARANTEE AXA. SHIPMENTS 



bf Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, Implements, Live Stock, etc., shall 

 l«-eaoh the purchaser safely and in good condition. 



Cash should always accompany the order. We will be 

 responsible for money sent to us by Postal Note, P. O. 

 Order, Bank Draft, Express or Registered Letter. 

 Every postmaster is required to register any letter 011 pay- 

 ment of ten cents extra postage. The cost of remitting may, 

 in all cases, be deducted from the amount sent. Amounts of 

 one dollar or less may be sent by ordinary letter. 



POSTAGE STAMPS THE SAME AS CASH. 



When notes are not obtainable, or to make proper 

 change, we accept postage stamps (two-cent stamps pre- 

 ferred) the same as cash. 



C. O. D. Orders exceeding ten dollars can be sent C. O. 

 D. by express, when twenty-tive jjer cent, of the amount ac- 

 companies the order. We are obliged to add the extra ex- 

 press charges for the return of money on all C. O. D. orders. 

 It is therefore less expense to the purchaser to forward full 

 amount of money with order. Plants cannot be sent C. O. 

 D., neither can goods be sent C. O. D. by freight. 



CHEAP FREIGHT. Freight rates from Philadelphia 

 to all points in the United States are now very low. Custom- 

 ers at a distance requiring large quantities of Garden and 

 Field Seeds should order early, that their seeds can be sent 

 this way, being cheaper than by express. Small orders, how- 

 ever, can often be sent as cheaply by express. 



