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M..- FERRY & COS” DESCRIPTIVE -CATALOGUE 
GARDEN SEEDS FROM 3 
D.M.FERRY & CO. 
_DETROIT. MICH. 
FERRY’S SEEDS 
‘‘AT THE STORE AROUND THE CORNER’’ 
Over sixty years ago we adopted our present method of placing Ferry’s seeds within easy 
reach of the gardener. During that period we have kept pace with the economic development 
of the United States until Ferry’s seeds are now on sale in over fifty thousand towns and cities 
and there is scarcely a neighborhood in which they are not available at the nearest ‘‘Store 
around the corner.”’ 
By placing our assortments of seeds in the hands of local dealers throughout the United 
States, we offer the seed buying public the most convenient way of securing seeds which are 
fresh every year. This means that all of the packets of Ferry’s seeds are put up especially 
for the season in which they are sold. We do not offer any of our packets for sale asecond time, 
nor do we leave any with the local dealer to be carried over. Our traveling salesmen visit the 
local dealers at least once every year, taking up the unsold packets. These are returned to our 
headquarters at Detroit and after reaching our warehouse are not placed on sale again. 
For those who find it more convenient to purchase by mail, we maintain a mailing depart- 
ment which is organized to handle all orders in the shortest time consistent with the care 
necessary to avoid error. An order sheet will be found in the front of this catalogue and full 
instructions for ordering are published on the page opposite. 
Whether you buy ‘‘At the store around the corner”’ or direct by mail, the seeds you 
receive are precisely the same. In either case you can be assured of receiving fresh seeds, in a 
sealed envelope bearing the imprint of the largest seed house in the world, having behind them 
its entire organization with all of its generations of experience expressed through the most 
efficient facilities known in the production and distribution of garden seeds. 
Experience has convinced us that it is best to give our entire attention to the production 
and distribution of garden seeds. At every point our business is directed by men especially 
fitted for the duties they perform. Backed by the experience of nearly three generations of 
seedsmen, and equipped with: every facility, we have every incentive to meet your needs. 
