1919 PREMIUM OFFER 



One Packet of Flower Seeds Free with Every 25 Cents of Your Order as follows: 



1. This Premium is Offered on any purchase of seeds, plants or bulbs (excepting Lawn Grass seed, 

 Alfalfa seed in bulk, and Shrubs, page 47), but not on other articles. 



2. As Premium You May Select for every twenty-five cents of your order one packet of flower seeds 

 free, selecting such seeds as are listed at not more than 5c a packet. 



3. Premiums Must Be Selected with the order and according to my offer. 



A GREETING AND AN APOLOGY 



Dear Patron: I take pleasure in mailing you a copy of my 1919 catalog, but call attention to the 

 use, on account of the greatly increased cost in getting out this edition, of surplus covers that were left 

 from a previous issue. This of course in no way detracts from the conscientious service I shall strive to 

 give, as always in the past I have tried to render. 



I regret also a necessary increase in the price of vegetable seeds, especially as there will be more need 

 for the home garden than ever during this reconstruction period. Many lines of vegetable seeds have 

 been grown in Europe, which supply has been cut off by the war. The expense of growing in our own 

 country is so much more, and owing also to some partial crop failures, that for some things the grower's 

 cost is four and even six times as much as before. While therefore compelled to advance prices, I have 

 kept them to as low a limit as possible. Your flower garden need not cost you more, however, as there 

 is little change in the flower list prices. 



Thanking you for past patronage and hoping to serve you again this year, I am 



Yours sincerely, 



EMMA V. WHITE. 



CINNAMON VINE BULBS 



Beautiful leaves, dainty flowers, exquisite perfume, grows in shade 

 or sun, wet or dry. No insects ever trouble. No winter harms. 



A charming climber that will quickly surround your arbor, window 

 or veranda with a wonderful profusion of vines covered with hand- 

 some, glossy, heart-shaped leaves, while its clusters of delicate white 

 flowers emit a delicious fragrance. Very hardy, thriving almost 

 everywhere, though perhaps not so well adapted to the extreme north. 

 The first year the vines run about 10 feet, but eventually reach a height 

 of 25 to 40 feet. See my "Culture of Flowers" for directions. Two 

 or three roots, one foot apart, on each side of a door or window will 

 quickly cover it. They do best in a warm, sunny location, though 

 thriving almost anywhere. 



Extra Quality — Sure to grow. Price, 1 strong root, 5c; 3 roots, 

 12c; 6 roots, 21c; 12 roots, 40c; all postpaid. 



FLORICULTURE GUIDES 



"CULTURE OF FLOWERS FROM SEED." My booklet of prac- 

 tical directions, with special instructions for Asters, Pansies, Sweet 

 Peas, Roses and Greenhouse Seeds, free, if asked for, with an order for 

 flower seeds of 25c or over. Otherwise the price is 5c. 



"HOME FLORICULTURE." A guide to growing seeds, plants 

 and bulbs in the house or garden. A book of 175 pages, all about the 

 puzzling things a flower lover wants to know, gathered from the author's 

 experience of 25 years. Price, paper-bound, 30 cents, postpaid. 



FLORAL ART PICTURES 



Receiving so many compliments for my dainty 

 and artistic catalog covers, I have printed a quan- 

 tity of late years without lettering. The dainty 

 colorings and fine workmanship give them a value 

 as art studies, and, properly framed, they will adorn 

 any wall. I offer as follows: Double Rose Study, 

 1915 cover; Nasturtium Study, 1917 cover; Rose 

 Study, 1916 cover; Clematis and Hawthorn Study, 

 1915 cover, and Basket of Pansies, 1913 cover. 

 Price of any except Pansy, 5c each; 2 for 8c; 3 for 

 lie; more than 3 at 3c each. Price of Pansy study 

 is 7c straight. 



REMITTING BY CHECK. 



When remitting by check please add five cents 

 as, by late bank rulings, I am obliged to pay for 

 collecting nearly all checks. Not much for you 

 to pay for the convenience of using your check 

 book, but in the aggregate it means many dollars 

 for me. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Perennial Seeds 2 



Miscellaneous Offers 3 



Alfalfa 3 



Vegetable Seeds 4-7 



Fertilizer and Insecticides 8 



Lawn Grass and Clover 8 



Asters 9-12 



Pansies 13 



Sweet Peas 14-16 



Roses 13 



Flower Seeds. Alphabetical List 17- H 



Plants and Bulbs 42-4S 



All Bulbs, Plants and Seeds sent prepaid, unless 

 otherwise stated. 



Send for Terms to Agents to sell my choice s>ed*. 



