MISS MARY E. MARTIN, FLORAL PARK, NEW YORK. 



1910 I New Catalogue for Spring | 1910 



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 

 superintendents as so many larger houses do. If mistakes are made by anyone in my employ, I do not 

 hesitate to correct them at once, and consider you do me a favor to report anything of this kind. 



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 is 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 of 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." 



Sincerely yours. 



Floral Park, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1910. 



MARY E. MARTIN. 



When ordering, please write name and address plainly and do not leave out any part of it that is 

 necessary. 



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

 is omitted, and the post mark 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 l5c. worth additional, and for a 

 $1.00 order you can select 30c. 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 very 

 lig'ht, durable, un- 

 breakable, cheap 

 and of terra cotta 

 color. Just the pots 

 for growing small 

 plants and seedlings. 

 Size, two and a quarter 

 inches, ISc. 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. 



Bowker'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, 20c.; 3 for 

 50c., by mail. Large package, con= 

 taining'^ sufficient plant food for otie 

 year, 35c.; 3 for $1.00, by mail. 



Each pkg. contams 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 exter- 

 minateany kind of insect. It is suredeath togreen 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 

 packages at 12c. each, by mail, postpaid. 



