Johnson & Stokes 



DOUBLE FRONT SEED STORES 



NOS. 217 AND 219 MARKET STREET 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



WE HAVE NO BRANCH STORES— LOOK OUT FOR OUR NAME AND 



NUMBER BEFORE ENTERING 



SWkH In ordering Vegetable seeds to be sent bj' mail, 10 cents per 



F r ^2 BY Iwl Al L pound, or at this rate for the fraction, should be added to 

 ^^^^m.^^m..^^^^^m^-^^^^^^^^^mm cover postagc, except where otherwise specified. We will, 

 however, send packets and ounces at catalogue rates free of postage. 



—BEANS, PEAS, CORN AND GRASS SEEDS— 



When ordered by the quart or pound, to be sent by mail, 15 cents per quart or 8 cents per pound should 

 be added to cover postage, except where otherwise specified. 



pcnJJQCn EXPRESS RATES ^^ special arrangement with all the express lines in the 



. United States and Canada, in the traffic agreement, seeds are 



now carried at a reduced rate of 20 per cent, less than merchandise rates, when guaranteed by us. Our 

 customers who order their seeds sent by express will therefore receive them cheaper now than ever before. 



HO\A/ TO ORDFR Cashshouldalwaysaccompany the order. We will be re- 

 n Vi/ WW I Ky \J 11 Ly ^ ri sponsible for money sent to us by Post Office Order, Express 

 ^^^^— ^— ^— ^^^^-^— ^^^-^ rioney Order, Bank Draft, Express or by Registered Letter. 



Post Office Orders cost, for any amount up to $2.50, Scents; over $2.50 and not exceeding |5, 

 5 cents ; over *5 to $10, 8 cents ; over $10 to $20, 10 cents ; over $20 to $30, 12 cents ; over $30 to $40, 15 

 cents ; over $40 to $50, 18 cents ; over $50 to $60, 20 cents ; over $60 to $75, 25 cents ; $75 to $100,30 cents. 



Express Money Orders are issued by express companies at their agencies, and cost, for amounts 

 not over $5, 5 cents ; $10, 8 cents ; $20, 10 cents ; $30, 12 cents ; $40, 15 cents ; $50, 18 cents. 



Bills, Coin or Stamps (we accept postage stamps the same as cash) can be sent safely by registered 

 letter. Every postmaster is required to register any letter on payment of eight cents extra postage. 



Cost of remitting may, on all orders over $1.00, be deducted from the amount sent. 



WE GUARANTEE ALL SHIPHENTS of Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, Implements, Live Stock, etc., to 

 reach the purchaser safely and in good condition. 



NOVELTIES FOR 1899-Trial Packets Now Free 



|||r lilAyT y A AMCC ^^'^'''^y ^^ each of these splendid new 

 WE ffMlll WMItlllO VARIETIES, and will pay $200 for them. 



A NEW BEET FOR INTRODUCTION IN 1899 



The result of eight years' hard work and intelligent selection by a successful gardener, who has 

 kept it entirely in his own hands until the past season, when we secured his entire stock of seed at a 

 fabulous price. It is the handsomest in form and best in quality of any Deep Blood Turnip Beet ever 

 seen in Philadelphia markets, and a decided improvement over all others. We will put a liberal trial 

 packet in all orders over $1.00 from this catalogue, which entitles the purchaser to the privilege of com- 

 peting for $ 1 00 CASH, which we offer as a prize for the best and most appropriate name suggested for it. 



A GREAT NOVELTY IN TOMATOES FOR INTRODUCTION IN 1899 



A remarkable variety, which has proven the earliest and best of all at Floracroft Trial Grounds, 

 even eclipsing our famous Atlantic Prize in earliness, and is really a wonder in many ways. The seed 

 has never been offered for sale and will not be until 1899. We will, however, include a trial packet of 

 both this and the new beet above, in all orders of $2.00 and over received this season, which entitles 

 the purchaser to suggest names for both in competition for the $200 Cash Prizes ($100 for each variety), 

 as offered above. A competition blank is printed on each packet of seed. 



The names can be sent in any time before September 1, 1898, at which time they will be carefully 

 considered by an impartial disinterested committee of three well-known agriculturists, whose decision 

 shall be final and the prize money forwarded to the successful competitors. 



Please remember that these Special Premiums are entirely free and do not in any way interfere 

 with our book premiums, or the liberal premiums on seeds in packets and ounces as offered above. 



