Let^s Gardemi tlie Year Rominidl 



Dear Folks : 



It certainly does not look like spring when the first flakes of 

 snow are falling outside, and they were coming down right fast, 

 too, when this was written. 



Let this serve as a reminder, however, that the ground will 

 be all the more able to support the new crops when the freezing 

 and thawing of winter has gotten in its beneficial action. An- 

 other advantage of the winter weather is that it gives ample time 

 to plan that new garden, or truck patch. Then when spring does 

 arrive, we are ready with new ideas and fresh seeds for the 

 waiting ground. 



It's pretty hard to beat old winter. Sometimes, however, we 

 can push him out of the way just a little bit. 



Did you ever try a cold frame or a genuine hot bed? They 



are lots of fun. Of course, with a hot bed you can keep in green 



vegetables all winter and make your friend's eyes open wide with 



wonder. A lot can be done, tho, with a cold frame without a 



great deal of trouble, and you certainly can get an early start in the spring with one. Then 



there are Hotkaps — little individual hothouses for each plant — which certainly do help on 



frosty nights. 



Well, it's a great game. It brings good returns as well as loosening up rusty joints out 

 in the sun and air. 



Plan this year for a larger garden. 



Cordially yours, 



CHARLES W. BOLGIANO. 



CHARLES W. BOLGIANO 



PRESIDENT 

 F. W. BOLGIANO & CO. 



607 E St. N. W. 



OR MISTER CHARLES. 



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 are always cash with order, or satis- 

 factory New York, Philadelphia, or Washington 

 reference. 



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 until 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. 



Copyright, 1928, by F. W. Bolgiano & Co., Inc., Washington, D. C. 



