^Seventeen Years 



•Wi5HIN0TON.0.Cf 



For seventeen years we have been supplying the Market Gar- 

 deners and Farmers with Choice Garden and Field Seeds. 



Our large business is not the growth of chance, but by hard 

 and honest labor we have built up a business which has extended 

 all over this country. Honest Seeds at Low Prices has been 

 our Motto. The heads of our firm have had a thorough education 

 in the seed business, and the catalogue which we now present to you is the product of our best efforts. Our 

 endeavors have always been to present and describe the best goods true to nature as words can describe, not to 

 overdraw descriptions to mislead and deceive customers. We intend that our customers' interests and ours shall 

 always be the same. We do not make a big flourish in an elaborate catalogue and introduce a quantity of worth- 

 less novelties at high prices to make our trade pay the cost. 



Seeds by Mail at Catalogue Prices 



8®= FREE BY MAIL. 



Remember that we deliver by mail, postage paid, 

 packets, ounces and quarter pounds. Postage must 

 be added 'at the rate of eight cents per pound on 

 pounds and half pounds of seed. On peas aud 

 beans add 15 cents per quart ; add lO cents 

 per quart on corn. 



fi@~ WHEN BEST TO ORDER. 



We are fully equipped for tilling orders, and 



fully supplied with fresh seeds. 



Order at once, so that you can have your seed on 

 hand ready to start planting your crops at the proper 

 time without any delay. 



B^» BE SURE TO SIGN YOUR NAME 

 AND ADDRESS. 



If by boat or railroad, say distinctly which boat or 

 railroad to ship by. and if freight has to be prepaid add 

 this amount of money to your order to prevent delay. 



fifeg" SPECIAL. 



II to go by express, add 8c. per pound in 



small quantities. 



In. large quantities, by ...prepaying, expressage, we 

 get the advantage of the regular merchandise rate to 

 your express office, less 20 per cent, which insures 

 quick transportation at a small cost to the customer. 



6@" TWO-BUSHEL COTTON SEAMLESS 

 BAGS, 18c. EACH. 



One bushel, 10 cents each. Onion Sets Bags, hold- 

 ing two bushels (not strong enough for Peas and 

 Beans), 5 cents each. 



6®° This Catalogue Contains Order Sheet 

 aud an Envelope Directed to Us. 



Upon the order sheet we hope pou will send us a 

 trial order, that we may convince you of the merits of 

 Dur Seed. 



GUARANTEE.— Complaints made that seeds are not good should quite as often be attributed toother 

 causes as to the quality of the seeds. There are hundreds of contingencies continually arising to prevent the best 

 seeds always giving satisfaction, such as sowing too deep, too shallow, in too wet or too dry soil; insects of all 

 descriptions destroying the plants as soon as or before they appear ; wet weather, cold weather, frosts, chemical 

 changes in the seeds induced by temperature, etc. For the above reasons it is impracticable to guarantee seeds 

 under all circumstances. 



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

 any seeds, bulbs, or plants 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 and the money that has been paid for 

 same will be refunded. 



Address all Letters 



F. W. BOLCIANO & COMPANY 



935 B Street, Northwest - 



Telephone, Main 91 



Washington, D. C. 



