Stokes' Standard Seeds 



Walter P. Stokes, Seedsman 



219 Market Street 

 208 Church Street 

 205 Church Street I 



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PHILADELPHIA 



Store and Warehouse. 



Greenhouses and Trial Grounds. 



NiLmsiimjEs 



Warehouse, 205 Churcli Street 



Main Store and Offices, 

 219 Market Street 



To the old Customers of the late firm of Johnson & Stokes. 



Promptness in Filling Orders. 



The growth of my business has 

 been such in the last two years 

 that I have been obliged to take an additional warehouse for stor- 

 age purposes ; this in addition to the large, five-slory building 

 shown in the illustration, on the left, which runs i6o feet in depth, 

 through to Church street in the rear. The warehouse, 205 Church 

 street, is directly across the street through the rear entrance of my 

 Market street store, so wagons can be handled from either building 

 with equal ease. It greatly facilitates my ability to ship promptly, 

 and to carry in stock a large amount of both seeds and poultry sup- 

 plies that are handled in the spring of the year. 



In addition to the 

 above, I have a fine 



range of greenhouses, shown on opposite page in connection with 

 my trial grounds at Moorestown, New Jersey. On these trial 

 grounds are tested, not only my own stocks, offered in this Cata- 

 logue, but the novelties of other seedsmen, in order to test their 



desirability in comparison with my own. No well-conducted seed business can get along without a trial 

 ground, in order to test the quality of the stock they are sending out. 



I find that many of my old friends think that I 

 have simply withdrawn, or sold out, from the 

 old firm. Such is not the case; the firm of Johnson & Stokes was dissolved by limitation on the first of luly, 1906, and the Stokes' 

 half of it is very much alive and wanting your business. 



Every department of the business is receiving my personal touch and care, and your 

 orders will be filled promptly and liberally, with courteous attention to any of your special 

 requests. Trusting that I may be favored with vour orders this coming season, and assuring you of my utmost endeavor to serve 

 you carefully and well, I am. Yours very truly, 



WALTER p. STOKES 



How to Order Stokes' Standard Seeds 



SEEDS BY MAIL. The Rural Free Delivery Mail Carrier here illustrated, and thousands like him all over this w hole coun- 

 try, bring my seed store, with its complete equipment, right before every farmer's door. No br.inch of our great go\ eriinient has 

 ever been established that has been so instantly popular and serviceable 

 to the farming communities all over the land as this Rural Free Delivery 

 .Service. Their daily calls keep the farmer in touch with the outside 

 world in a manner which was unknown before. 



SEEDS MAILED POSTPAID. In considering my prices, both of new 

 and standard garden seeds, please bear in mind that I pay the postage by 

 the packet, ounce, quarter-pound, pound and pint. 



HOW TO ORDER. Please be careful to sign your name, post-office, 

 county and state on each and every letter sent me. Cash should accom- 

 pany the order. You may remit at my risk either by post-office order, 

 bank draft, express order, or cash by registered letter. I am responsible 

 for safe arrival of the seeds, — whether sent by mail, express or freight. 



YOU RUN NO RISK in sending cash with order. My reputation as 

 an honest and experienced seedsman is well known, w hile my financial 

 resp 'nsibility can be learned by inquiry of any bank, trust company, or 

 wholesale merchant who subscribes to either of the Commercial Agency 

 Reports. I do not charge for bags or boxes. 



25 Cents' Worth of Seeds Extra ^"o^'ed on each $i sent 



for seeds m packets and 



ounces, excepting on cauliflower and other seeds priced at more tlian 25 cents an ounce. T his premium (allowed on cash orders) 

 can l)e selected only in packets and ounces. No premium can be allowed on seeds by the quarter-pound, pound, pint, quart, peck 

 or bushel, nor upon bulbs or plants, upon which prices are net. After making out your order, kindly figure the total value of 

 packets and ounces (priced at 25 cents per oiuice or less). On this amount select your ow n premiums, as above, at the rate of 25 

 cents on each dollar sent us for packets and ounces. 



Copyright 1908 by Walter P. Stokes 



