THE GARDEN :\I A G A Z I N E 
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Evolution in Seeds 
Packet 
10 cents 
30-32 Barclay St. 
New York 
as shown by the advance in types and what 
Stumpp & Walter Company are doing to 
place the best within the reach of all 
Let Us Send You Our Catalogue — 
Everyone who wishes to grow better flowers and better vegetables should send for 
this catalogue. Attractively and conveniently arranged with many clear pictures 
showing results you can obtain in your garden, and text explaining how to get these 
results. Describes all the latest novelties and specialties in flowers and vegetables, 
as well as standards. 
There may be more elaborate books and there may be some putting forth stronger claims. 
But none can help more to realize ambitions toward more beautiful flowers or luscious 
vegetables than our guide. Write for your copy NOW — it will be mailed about January 
15th, or as much sooner as ready. 
10c per Ounce or 10 Dollars 
—Which? 
When you buy a suit of clothes or a ton 
of coal you can generally judge instantly 
whether or not you get your money’s 
worth. Not so in seeds. Some pansy 
seed is dear— at loc per ounce, while our 
choicest strains are considered cheap at 
^10 per ounce by those of our patrons who 
“know”. It’s the inbred quality that 
S. & W. Co s. 
Strain of New 
Globe Tomato 
— large, 
solid, no 
waste. 
A Seedsman’s Conscience 
depends upon how well he knows the gar- 
deners’ troubles. We have been on the 
“other side of the fence,” so to say. Since 
we became seedsmen, we have personally 
met hundreds of gardeners among our 
customers every year. Moreover, our 
fathers were seedsmen before us. To us, 
seeds are living things. They stand for 
beautiful flower beds, bountiful gardens, 
productive fields, the wealth of our agri- 
cultural people. 
Because we consider seeds, our business, in 
that light, rew'ards have beenin ampleevidence. 
Ours is one of the youngest of modern Ameri- 
can seed businesses. Yet, in volume and char- 
acter of business secured our records compare 
favorably with the oldest. J his is one way in 
P eople to-day want better 
things than those which satis- 
fied past generations. They 
want prettier flowers, better vege- 
tables. While the cost counts, it 
has become a matter of secondary 
importance. Most people now 
realize that price is truly indicative 
of the value — particularly in seeds. 
F rom the very beginning, Stumpp & 
Walter Company has made “Qual- 
ity First” and “full value for price 
paid” its guiding rules. Twenty 
short years have seen the house 
grow from a small store to one being 
favored with nation-wide attention. 
counts! Rape seed w'orth loc per pound 
and Cauliflower seed, worth $10 per 
pound look alike. Yet how different the 
value of resulting crops. 
The ap- 
pearance of 
seeds may be 
splendid, yet 
their quality 
may be poor. 
It all hinges 
around the 
fact that the 
real quality of 
seeds does 
not show' un- 
til months, 
often years, 
have elapsed 
1 f b Old-fashioned "Heart’s Ease” — the 
wnen tne forerunner to the modern Pansy, 
plants grown shown above 
from the seeds bear the finished crop. 
From S. & W. Co’s. 
“World’s Best.” 
Mixture of Prize 
Pansies. Packet 
25 cents. 
which our customers show their appreciation of 
Stumpp & Walter Company’s Service in Seeds. 
A Matter of Policy 
Ever since its inception The Stumpp & Walter 
Company has worked tow’ard higher standards. 
To learn about an improved type of vegetable 
or flower simply meant to us to put forth every 
effort to secure it for our customers. The best 
growers of Europe and America were impressed 
with the fact that the best is just good enough 
for our patrons. Results : We are generally able 
to do better than the most critical customers 
expect. It matters not whether the order calls 
for a IOC packet of tomato seeds or for a com- 
plete planting of high-class bulbs on private es- 
tates. Stumpp & Walter Company’s Service 
stands for superlative quality plus liberal 
quantity delivered in perfect shape, on time. 
The old-fashioned “pin-cushion” tomato, flat, ribbed, small 
and with lots of waste. Note modern "Globe” opposite 
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