MISS MARY E. MARTIN, FLORAL PARK, NEW YORK 



1916 New Catalogue for Spring 1916 



DEAR FRIENDS— 



I send you greetings for the future and my best thanks for the past, and trust I may merit your 

 good will in the future, as I have had evidences of it for many years in the past. I realize fully that my 

 modest little catalogue comes in competition with the largest firms in the country. Small as my catalogue is, 

 you will note it contains as complete a list of Flower Seeds as the largest. I give my undivided attention to 

 my business. I have no other interests to distract my attention, and I do not delegate it to managers or super- 

 intendents as so many larger houses do. 



Gardening, an occupation that so many think of so little moment, is to me divine; the mystery and 

 wonder working of nature and the Creator are shown more fully in the development of the little seed than in 

 any other way. We plant a seed and reap a wondrous plant. No occupation is so healthful, so elevating, so 

 satisfying. Nature stands ready to heap our table with the most healthful of foods, to adorn our houses with 

 the most beautiful of decorations. Food and proper environment shape the human race more than anything 

 else. Meat eating alone tends strongly to savagery. I hope soon to see horticulture taught in every school 

 in the land; I am so strongly impressed with the importance of this, that I firmly believe the fate of the 

 Nation, and the happiness of its people, depends on their willingness to heed the cry, " Back to Nature." 



/ am in no way whatsoever connected with any other seed or floral establishment doing business in Floral 

 Park. " Sincerely yours, 



Floral Park, N. Y., Jan. i, 1916 MARY E. MARTIN 



Seeds by Mail. We will send postpaid all Garden and Flower Seeds at the prices given in the follow- 

 ing list, with the exception of heavy seeds, as Beans, Peas, Corn, and Grass Seeds. If you order these by mail, 

 be sure to add 5 cents a pound to cover postage. 



Wheii ordering, please write name ana address plaimy and do not ieave out any part of it that li, 

 necessary. 



I receive a number of orders every year that 1 am unable to forward, as some part or all of the address 

 is omitted, and the postmark is often illegible. 



In remitting, a post-office order on Floral Park is a good plan, as in case of loss in the mail, the amount 

 can be recovered; or by Express Money Order or Draft on New York or by Registered Letter. 



Discount on Seeds. — When you order 50c. worth you can select 10c. worth additional, and for a 

 $1.00 order you can select 20c. worth additional. 



No discount on plants, bulbs or shrubs, the prices include Free Delivery at your Post Office or Express 

 Office, except in a few cases where noted. 



' Paper Flower Pots. 



, Here we offer 

 Flower Pots made 

 from Naponset 

 Waterproof Fab- 

 rics. They are vey 

 light, durable, un- 

 breakable, cheap, 

 and of terra-cotta 

 color. Just the pots 

 for growing small 

 plants and seedlings. 

 Size, two and a q uarter 

 inches, 15c. per dozen ; 

 per one hundred, 75c. 



Size, three inches, 30c. 

 per dozen ; per one hun- 

 dred, $1.25. 



Size, four inches, 35c. 

 per dozen; per one hun- 

 dred, $1.50. 



By mail, postpaid, at 



above prices, except in 



quantities over one dozen ; 



over one dozen, by express 



at buyer's expense. 



Botvker's Plant Food, 



This is a most useful fertilizer for 

 all kinds of plants raised in pots. It 

 produces a rapid and vigorous 

 growth and an abundance of flowers. 

 Odorless, takes the place of liquid 

 manure. Drives insects out of the 

 soil. Packet, containing food for 20 

 plants for three months, 25 c. Large 

 package, containing sufficienlt plant 

 food for one year, 40c. 



Each pkg. contains full directions. 



Tobacco Insecticide Soap, 



It is absolutely safe to handle and , 

 will not injure the tenderest growth 

 of plants. It is used by dissolving in hot water at the 

 rate of 1 oz. to 2 qts. of water. "With this water the plants 

 are sprinkled or sponged. One or two applications will 

 exterminate any kind of insect. It is sure death to green 

 or black fly (aphis), scale, mealy bug, red spider, etc. If 

 used once or twice a month on plants they never will be 

 troubled with insects. Sold in 7°=oz. cans at 30c. each, and 

 In 2-oz. packasres at 12c. each, by mail, postpaid. 



