To Our Customers and Friends 



Nothing gives us more pleasure each season than to greet our many customers through the me- 

 dium of our GARDEN ANNUAL, to thank one and all of our steady customers whom we know will or- 

 der Seeds again from this Catalogue. It has been a pleasure to serve our good customers for over 

 fifty years since we embarked in the business of growing and selling Seeds when school boys. 



Another Spring sowing season lies before us. Now in the dreary months of early winter we plan 

 for the new and brighter side of the days to come, of sunshine and flowers. Early Spring. It is then 

 we appreciate the wonders of nature. 



It has always been and will continue to be our aim to supply only the best grades of Seed and 

 Bulbs obtainable. 



Many of our customers have been on our mailing list for years, and we will spare no effort to 

 handle every order entrusted to us with great care and personal attention. 



Our motto is "satisfaction to everyone", so if customers have any caause for complaint we hope 

 they will notify us at once. 



We like to have our Catalogue in the hands of every person that expects to buy seeds. We will 

 appreciate the courtesy if our customers will send the addresses of their neighbors that may want 

 good tested seeds, and will return the favor by sending some extra packets of seeeds. 



gjg«g>^ CROPS been a peculiar season and some crops have suffered severely from the 



great heat and others from the wet and rainy spell in the Fall. Onion Seed was 

 struck by a blight when in bloom. Beans, Clover, and Early Potatoes are cut short by early frost and 

 wet weather. 



XF^XFn ^FFn^ Seeds are all tested as to vitality, and none is sent out from our estab- 



lishment until we are satisfied that they are absolutely of the best quality 

 and of the highest germinating power, and are certain to grow under favorable conditions and planted 

 at the right time. With bad weather and careless planting the very best Seeds may fail to grow and 

 no seedsman is to blame for this. If any fail to grow when properly tested, we stand ready to replace 

 the same or give value in other Seeds. 



Y^y^J^J^^ja'j'Y Failure of Seeds to produce a good crop is dependent upon so many causes, as 

 every experienced cultivator well knows, that the utmost care with the seeds 

 and planting cannot control it, and the maturing of a crop also sometimes fails from causes that no 

 human power can control. We know that the seeds we offer are unsurpassed in quality, yet with our 

 practical experience of many years as growers we find that crops sometimes faU no matter how good 

 the seed. Hence to guarantee seed to invariably produce a perfect crop would be sheer folly. Under 

 all these circumstances, while we exercise the greatest care to have all seed pure and reliable we give 

 no warranty express or implied as to description, quality, productiveness, or any other matter of any 

 seeds or bulbs we send out, and we will not be in any way responsible for the crop. If the purchaser 

 does not accept the goods on these terms, they are at once to be returned. 



MARKET GARDENERS AND DEALERS :^L'Z:TZe:t':V:^lV^^^^^ 



count Sheet. 



Of TR R FQPOIMQIRII ITV Catalogue will go into the hands of many who have 



\J\JI\ n.IL;9rV^i>l01DlI^l 1 I ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^.^j^ liindly ask for a trial from you, which 



shall have our best attention. As to our standing, we refer you to the Security State Bank, to the 

 Postmaster, or to the Express Agent. 



In conclusion we tender you our thanks for past favors. We shall be much pleased to hear from 

 you in 1926. 



With our best wishes for a prosperous New Year, we are. 



Sincerely yours. 



DE JONG FLORAL & SEED CO. 



