OUR DOUBLE SEED WAREHOUSES 



Located on the principal business street of Philadelphia, 

 Nos. 217 and 219 Market St., extending through the 

 block to Nos. 206 and 208 Church St, are the largest 

 in the East, and afford us every facility for the conduct 

 of a large business, being especially arranged to accom- 

 modate the various departments of the Seed business. 

 Visitors to Philadelphia are always welcome at our 

 business offices as well as at Floracroft. 



Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 1, 1905. 



To Our Friends and Customers : 



For nearly twenty-five years we have been 

 catering to the most critical and exacting class 

 of market gardeners in this country. It has been 

 our endeavor from the commencement, not only 

 to supply strains of absolute purity, but we have 

 been among the leaders in the trade in keeping 

 up improvement in varieties. The successful 

 gardener knows the value of these, and is always 

 willing to test a ' ' novelty ' ' offered by a seedsman 

 in whom he has confidence. While every so- 

 called "novelty" does not turn out, after the 

 critical grower's test, to be as valuable as it was 

 anticipated, yet the progressive gardener cannot 

 afford to pass them by without careful experi- 

 ment, as in many instances he is in this way en- 

 abled to get into the market with profit before 

 his less enterprising neighbor. 



Fortunate is the seedsman who can find and 

 introduce a novelty of sterling merit, as it gives 

 him a prominence in the trade and in the confi- 

 dence of the enterprising grower. Our record in 

 introducing new and improved varieties has been 

 a long and successful one. We have thousands 

 of letters on file, testifying to the merits of our 

 introductions of this character. 



In price, we do not attempt to compete with 

 all, but endeavor to excel in quality, and make a 

 charge which is fair to our good customers and 

 honest to ourselves. 



In the matter of catalogue illustration, we 

 were the first seedsmen in this country to trust 

 entirely to photographic reproduction . This has 

 given our Manual a deserved reputation for truth- 

 fulness and accuracy. Our photographs have 

 won for us the attention of thousands of seed 

 buyers, and it has been our endeavor to hold their 

 confidence by meeting the promises of our cata- 

 logue, both as to descriptions and illustrations. 



Directions for ordering, modes of remitting 

 and liberal discounts will be found on page 13. 



For complete index of this Catalogue, see 

 last page. 



Johnson & Stokes 



217-219 MARKET STREET 

 PHILADELPHIA' 



Copyright, 1905 



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