Reliability 



has 



always been 



our 



Watchword 



During our long business career we have always 

 been deeply impressed with the fact that the best is 

 never too good for the Oardener who wants a proper 

 return for his time and labor in successful and profitable 

 crops, of which good seeds are the foundation. That 

 our efforts have been appreciated is evidenced by the 

 fact that our business to-day is the largest of any 

 house in America, direct with critical market gar- 

 deners aiid experienced growers who plant for profit, 

 and that our seeds have become known in every large 

 market of the United States as producers of vegetables 

 which are the accepted standards of excellence. 



HONEST CATALOGUE ILLUSTRATIONS 



We trust entirely to photographic reproduction. 

 This has given our Manual a deserved reputation for 

 truthfulness and accuracy. It is for this reason that 

 some things that are much lauded in other catalogues 

 are omitted. Some do not appear as large or extrava- 

 gant as shown in the overdrawn cuts of other lists. 

 Our pictures have won for us the attention of thou- 

 sands of seed buyers, and we have held their con- 

 fidence by meeting the promises of bur catalogue both 

 as to illustrations and descriptions of the various 

 vegetables and flowers which are made during the 

 growing season at Florackoft Trial Grounds or on ; 

 our Seed Farms where the crops are grown. It is for : 

 this reason that our Manual is so frequently used by '. 

 other seedsmen as a reference-book and is frequently '. 

 found at the agricultural colleges, being used as an : 

 auxiliary text-book. 



Partial view of Seed Testing Houses at Floracroft, where all ■jj. 

 seeds are tested for germination before being sold. 



Floracroft Seed Gardens and Trial Grounds 



We make a critical study of the wants of the 

 critical gardener, and do everything possible to safe- 

 guard his interests, and for this reason conduct every 

 year, at great expense, extensive trials at our Flora- 

 croft Seed Gardens and Trlal Grounds, located 

 about nine miles from our city warehouses. The cash 

 expended at Floracroft buys knowledge, and the 

 benefit goes to our customers. 



Besides the testing of the prodnctB of our own 

 and other people's seeds, we develop a considerable 

 amount of hign-grade pedigree stock seed at Flora- 

 croft. We have men there under the direct super- 

 vision of one of our firm, who understand the 

 improvement and development of ideal types and high 

 standards. From Floracroft we send improved seed 



stocks to our various farms in other States, wherever the conditions of soil and climate are best adapted 



to their perfect development, for multiplication as to bulk and quantity. 



OUR DOUBLE SEED V/AREHOUSES 



Locaiod on the principal business street of Philadel- 



"7 " - „ 



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



cipi 



rli 



phla, N08. 317 and 219 Jlarket St., extending through 



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. 



We solicit the orders of all who want the Best American-grown Seeds at the lowest 

 prices at which they can be produced and sold. 



JOHNSON & STOKES, 217 and 219 market st., Philadelphia, pa. 



COPYRIGHTBD.— Johnson & Stokea' Oarden and Farm Manual for 1902 is copyrighted and all right! reserved. 



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