TO OUR CUSTOMERS 
AND OTHERS 
Dear Friends, Farmers, Gardeners, and all who grow Vegetables or Flowers: 
We present you with this, our Twenty-fourth Annual Seed Catalogue, and 
will do all we can to help you have good gardens this year. We thank you for 
the very generous way in which you responded last yea'r, sending us 1,000 more 
orders than we ever had any year before. We now have the largest and best 
stock of. carefully selected and tested seeds for 1909 we have ever bad for you, 
and want each and every one of you to send in your esteemed orders again, and 
if you have never used our seeds before, please be sure and send us a trial order, 
as we are an.xious to have 2,000 new customers this vcar, and not miss any old 
ones. Read what our customers say about our seeds.' They are all tested bftfore 
we send them out, so we know they wrill grow. They are the best seeds for your 
use. You need them for your gardens. We can fill all orders by return mail, 
which will bring them to you quickly. Should you not hear from us in a reason- 
able lim.e, you will please notify us promptly. We shall do our best to more 
than please you. 
We exercise the greatest care to have all seeds fresh, pure and reliable, but 
there are so many influences, as soil, weather, etc., beyond our control, that we 
will not guarantee resultant crops, nor be held responsible for more than the 
amount paid us for the seed. 
WE DO NOT send our seeds C. O. D. nor on COMMISSION, and they 
are not to be found for sale at the stores. We prefer to deal directly with, our 
customers. 
WE SEND OUR SEEDS BY MAIL POSTPAID 
at prices named in this list, and Guarantee Safe Arrival to your address. We 
shall continue to put in one or more FREE PACKETS with every order that 
amounts to 50c or more, except in the case of the Special Offers. Look over 
this catalogue carefully and mark with a pencil all that you want, then make out 
on the order sheet, or any other paper, a list of all the kinds and quantities that 
you have selected. Be sure to write your NAME AND ADDRESS plainly, en- 
closing the amount, and we will fill your orders promptly by return mail, and 
pay the postage ourselves. 
HOW TO SEND MONEY 
If the amount is FIFTY CENTS OR MORE, send by POST OFFICE 
MONEY ORDER on LA CONNER P. O. (in applying for which you can fill 
out at home for the postmaster, the government blank which we send you with 
the order sheet), and we recommend this as the safest and best way to .send 
money. But if you are not convenient to a Money Order Office you 'may send 
EXPRESS MONEY ORDER, BANK CHECK, or by REGISTERED LETTER. 
If the amount is less than FIFTY CENTS, you may send coin or POST.A.GE 
STAMPS in common letter, securely sealed and plainly addressed, without reg- 
istering. 
BE SURE that all orders and checks are drawn to the order of A G TIL- 
LINGHAST, LA CONNER, WASH., and all coin should be wrapped with a 
small piece of cloth or strong paper, or otherwise secured from shaking around 
loose in the envelope, and stamps should be kept dry and carefully folded within 
the letter or order sheet. 
You cannot afford to be without our Reliable Seeds. Please favor us with 
your estemed order this year and have the best garden you ever had. 
DO NOT DELAY', but make out your order now. while you think of it, and 
have the seeds on hand when the planting time comes. 
Yours very truly. 
A. G. TILLINGHAST, 
La Conner, Skagit County, Wash. 
