D. M. Ferry & Company's 



1909 BULB CATALOGUE 1909 



Holland bulb growers tell us that nowhere 

 else in America are made such extensive trials 

 of Hyacinths, Tulips, Narcissi, etc., as are 

 carried on by us annually at our trial grounds, 

 both out of doors and in green houses. These 

 exhaustive tests are necessary in order to know 

 all about the goods we sell, for, unlike our 

 seeds which are grown from pedigreed stock, 

 carefully bred for generations, and developed 

 with great care by ourselves for years before 

 they are offered to the public, all bulbs imported 

 into this country are practically strangers when 

 they arrive on our shores. Instead of our 

 having known their parents and grandparents 

 for so long that we can be reasonably sure as 

 to the future conduct of the offspring, we, as 

 well as all other American Importers, have to 

 take Holland bulbs upon faith. Our trial 

 grounds' tests verify this faith. Moreover, they 

 not only remove from the foreign grower and 

 exporter the temptation to substitute different 

 and inferior kinds which cannot be detected 

 until planted, but lessen the danger of unin- 

 tentional mistakes as well. 



In buying your bulbs, will it not be well to 

 avail yourself of the protection afforded by the 

 most extensive bulb trials in America and make 

 sure of getting the best ? 



