Philadelphia, January 1, 1898 



To Our Friends and Customers: 



Faust's Seeds are the Standard for Purity 



and Excellence, and are so recognized tliroughout the United States among 

 private planters and market gardeners. We exercise the greatest care to main- 

 tain our high standard, and state that seeds of as good quality cannot be 

 purchased for less money. Our large contracts with the best growers enables 

 us to buy well, and buying well enables us to sell well. Our highest aim is to 

 have you satisfied, and the return yearly of our thousands of customers is our 

 conspicuous compliment. Our double mammoth five-story warehouses are used 

 exclusively by us for the storing and putting up of seeds. We have every 

 facility for handling promptly and carefull}^ your valued orders. Trusting we 

 may be favored with your patronage, and with best wishes for a happy and 

 prosperous 'New Year, we remain, 



Yours Truly, 



H. G. FAUST & CO. 



Faust's 

 Imperial Hibiscus. 



This beautiful plant is a hybrid between the Hibiscus 

 and Abutilon. It combines some of the characteristics 

 of both, having leaves like the Abutilon and flowers re- 

 sembling in form those of some varieties of Hibiscus, 

 though very much finer, while in its manner of growth 

 it is more spreading than either. The flowers are 5 or 6 

 Inches across, opening flat or saucer-shape, and in color 

 a clear, bright canary-yellow, with a black centre, which 

 greatly heightens the eflect. The plants begin blooming 

 while quite small, and flower constantly, whether In 

 pots in the window in winter or bedded out in summer. 

 The flower has such a peculiar beauty combined with 

 its great size, and forms such a striking contrast with 

 its deep green leaves, that it catches every eye. From 

 the interest which it has already created, it is safe to 

 predict that it will become a very popular plant. Per 

 packet, 10 cents. 



