D. M. FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



FERRY'S SEEDS 



"AT THE STORE AROUND THE CORNER" 



How easy it is to buy Ferry's seeds! 



Our mailing department is organized to handle all orders with the best speed consistent with the care necessary 

 to avoid error. For your convenience you will find an order sheet inserted at the front of the catalogue. You 

 have only to write the quantity and names of the items you want to buy, enclose the amount required, in ac- 

 cordance with instructions printed on page three, and mail to us, using the addressed envelope. We will give your 

 order prompt and careful attention. 



For most of our customers a still more convenient way is to let your local dealer supply you from the assortment 

 of seeds which we have furnished him. These assortments of seeds are placed in the hands of local dealers through- 

 out the United States and Canada, reaching over fifty-five thousand towns and cities, so that there is scarcely 

 a neighborhood in which Ferry's seeds are not on sale. Buying Ferry's seeds, "At the store around the 

 corner," is the easiest and best way for the home gardener to start on his way to a successful garden. 



There is a steady increase in the number of those who buy Ferry's packet seeds for home gardens and there is, 

 of course, a good reason for this general confidence in our seeds. For seventy years we have conducted our business 

 on the principle that we could continue in the public's favor only so long as we respected their confidence and did 

 our best to deserve it. We started our business by offering only the best seeds that could be produced and have 

 steadfastly maintained that principle, sparing no effort or expense, until having long ago reached the territorial 

 limits of that portion of the North American continent lying north of the Rio Grande, we are still able to enjoy, 

 with occasional exception, an annual increase in our business, due to the fact that the seed buying public realizes 

 that we have always kept faith with them. 



We purpose to hold our well earned position in public esteem by continuing to deserve it. When you buy a 

 packet of Ferry's seeds you can be confident that we have taken every precaution to see that you receive seeds 

 true to name, of satisfactory vitality, and so selected as to produce the best results. 



A very important point for you to consider is that Ferry's seeds are fresh every year. This means that 

 our packets are put up especially for the season in which they are sold. We do not send out packets a second 

 time, nor do we leave any with the merchants to be carried over. Our traveling salesmen visit the local dealers 

 at least once every year. All unsold papered seeds are then taken up and shipped to Detroit. None of our packets 

 are carried over and none are offered for sale a second season. The seeds you buy from, "The store around the cor- 

 ner," are precisely the same as those you would receive direct from us by mail. In either case you receive fresh 

 seeds in a sealed envelope bearing the imprint of the largest garden seed house in the world, and having directly 

 behind them our entire organization with all of its generations of experience expressed through the finest facilities 

 ever devoted to 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. 



