Tlbe Retaro of Proserpma 



Dear Folks : 



If we were seated at the fireside tonight, I'd tell you a story 

 and start it as all good stories start : 



Once upon a time, the ancient Greeks tell us, Ceres, the God- 

 dess of Agriculture, went from field to field blessing the crops all 

 over the World. Proserpina, her beautiful daughter, grew all the 

 flowers and when she walked across the meadows, violets and 

 daisies and buttercups sprang up in her footsteps. 



But one day Pluto, the King of the Underworld, dragged her 

 from her meadows to be his queen below the earth, Ceres, heart- 

 broken, searched the world for her daughter in vain and becoming 

 angiy decreed that drought and famine should reign until her 

 daughter's return. 



Finally it was arranged that Proserpina should return to 

 Ceres for half of each year. The time approached, and as her 

 Mother waited, there was suddenly a new freshness in the air; 

 the grass grew green ; violets sprang up around her ; then she saw 

 her daughter, arms outstretched, advancing with the breeze across the meadow, her face lit 

 with happiness as the flowers sprang up around her. This was the first Spring. 



It's an old story and pretty one. We all know the joy of the returning verdure of the 

 Spring. Whether your dream is of luscious, green things for the table, or you are working 

 for beautiful flowers around the home, the coming of Spring makes your dream come true. 

 Plant a generous garden this year and make that dream come true. 



Cordially yours, 



CHARLES W. BOLGIANO. 



915 E St. N. W. is our new address. OR MISTER CHARLES. 



CHARLES W. BOLGIANO 



PRESIDENT 



F. W. BOLGIANO & CO. 



HOW TO ORDER 



SEEDS DELIVERED FREE. Packets, Ounces, 

 Quarter Pounds, or Pounds of all Vegetable Seeds, 

 ordered at list prices, will be sent FREE by Parcel 

 Post. This also applies to Peas, Beans and Sugar 

 Corn by the Packet, Pint and Quart; larger quanti- 

 ties than these, carrying charges extra. This DOES 

 NOT APPLY to Field and Grass Seeds and Seed 

 Potatoes, which will be sent at regular Parcel Post 

 or Express Rates. Orders for greater than one- 

 pound lots will also be delivered at regular parcel 

 post or express rates. 



OUR TERMS 



factory New 

 reference. 



are always cash with order, or satis- 

 York, Philadelphia, or Washington 



MONEY can be sent at our risk by Post-Office or 

 Express Money Order, New York or Chicago Draft, 

 or by registered letter. We cannot hold ourselves 

 responsible for cash sent loose in letters. 



AN ORDER BLANK for your convenience in 

 placing your order will be found in this catalog. 



NAME AND ADDRESS should be written plainly 

 both on the Order Blank and on the envelope en- 

 closing the order. Names of seeds and plants 

 should be written out in full in plain writing. 



EXPRESS or FREIGHT shipments should have 

 the name of the station plainly given where dif- 

 ferent from the post-office. 



GIVE FULL DIRECTIONS always whether ship- 

 ments is to be made by freight, express or parcel 

 post. 



ORDER EARLY. We aim to fill all orders within 

 twenty-four hours after receipt. Please do not 

 wait to the extreme rush season when there are 

 more chances for delay. 



WE GUARANTEE our seeds, plants, etc., to reach 

 our customer in good condition. We give no war- 

 ranty, expressed or implied, as to description, purity 

 or productiveness, or any other matter of any 

 seeds, plants or bulbs we send out, and will not be 

 in any way responsible for the crop. If purchaser 

 does not accept the goods on these terms, they are 

 to be returned at once, and the money that has been 

 paid for same will be refunded. There are many 

 reasons why seeds do not always turn out as de- 

 sired such as sowing too deep or too shallow, in too 

 wet weather, cold weather or too dry soil, or too 

 wet soil, insects which do not only destroy the 

 seeds, but often the young plants, about the time 

 they appear at the surface of the ground. For 

 these causes we cannot guarantee seeds or the crop. 



