1889 



GREETINGS 1917 



TWENTY-EIGHT Years have passed 

 since our Mr. Bolgiano started the 

 Seed Business in Washington — in that 

 time, by strict attention to business and 

 untiring efforts to please, this business 

 has been built up to its large proportions. 

 1916 Our Greatest Year. 



SEEDS FREE BY MAIL 

 We deliver all Seeds and Plants by mail 

 free, EXCEPT Peas and Beans, and these 

 will have to go by the Express or Parcel 

 Post rates. Don't be deceived by delivery 

 offers of other seedsmen — compare their 

 prices. Our offer is a bid for more trade 

 and is to your advantage. 



Our terms are always cash with order, 

 or satisfactory New York, Philadelphia or 

 Washington reference. 



How to Remit. You can send your re- 

 mittance at our risk by Postoffice or Ex- 

 press Money Order, New York or Chicago 

 Draft, or by registered letter. We can- 

 not hold ourselves responsible for cash 

 sent loose in letters. 



Be Sure to Sign Your Name and give 

 your full address on every order you send 

 us. We frequently receive orders without 

 names or address. If you do not hear fiom 

 your order in a reasonable time, write us 

 fully, giving date of mailing, how you re- 

 mitted and copy of order sent. We will 

 try to trace it. 



Give Full Directions on all orders to be 

 shipped by freight or express. Give your postoffice, also your freight or express office, county and 

 State, and advise us whether you wish goods shipped by freight or express. 



Please Order as early as you conveniently can. We aim to fill all orders promptly. Should 

 there be any cause for delay we will write you, stating when we expect to forward. 



our work. 



Use Order Sheet inclosed in this catalogue in making out your ordei 

 We will furnish you as many extra order sheets as you can use. 



as it facilitates 



Guarantee. We give no warranty, expressed or implied, as to description, purity or productive- 

 ness 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. There are many reasons why seeds do not always turn out as desired, 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. 



RAYMOND B. WARD, Treasurer. F. W. BOLGIANO, President. R. T. MAFFETT, Secretary. 



January 1, 1917. 



F. W. BOLGIANO & CO., Inc^ 



1009 B Street N. W„ Washington, D. C. 



