TO OUR MANY FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS 
We send a word of cheer and greeting for the New Year and wish you success in all 
things, and most particularly, for in that we are most directly concerned and interested, we 
wish you success in growing things, for there is no greater satisfaction, to our minds, than 
watching things grow and mature which we have planted and tended, and by cooperating with 
Nature add to the esthetic and economic resources of our community and the world at large. 
To this end, it is OUR PART to give you a good start by furnishing you with seeds of 
perfect quality, fuil of the wonderful, life-giving energy that must be embodied in the tiny 
seed if the resulting plants are to be strong and vigorous, and we have left nothing undone that 
our long experience tells us is necessary to accomplish this purpose. 
Seeds that thrive best in Washington when grown in Washington, we either grow ourselves 
or buy from persons personally known to us for their absolute integrity and trustworthiness; 
seeds that are better, more virile and productive when grown in their native soiis, we buy 
abroad from trusted agents. 
Not even satisfied with this, we test all seeds for germination qualities and also to be sure 
that they are true to name, by the most scientific, modern methods. 
It is OUR BUSINESS to sell you SEEDS THAT GROW, and we feel that we have accom- 
plished this as nearly as human care can do it. 
To show that this extreme punctilliousness has its reward in the satisfaction which our 
seeds give to our customers, we append a few letters in which some of our generous customers 
have expressed their appreciation and told us of the results obtained by them from our seed. It 
is such letters as these that give us new enthusiasm in our work and stimulate us to fresh en- 
deavor to “make good” in the future. 
A FEW TESTIMONIALS FROM OUR CUSTOMERS 
Enumclaw, Wash., Route No. 1. 
Ford, Wash., Oct. 16. 1916. 
Aabling-Boyce Seed Co., 
Seattle, Wash. 
Gentlemen: Yours of the 9th to hand and must 
say that all of the seed I got from you last spring 
was satisfactory. 
The corn was fine but did not ripen; would like 
to have had some for seed, but w'e have enjoyed 
the green corn, it w'as out of sight. Please send 
me one of your catalogues. 
Yours respectfully, 
R. J. ELLIOTT. 
Shelton, Wash., Oct. 14. 1916. 
Aabllng-Royce Seed Co., 
Seattle. Wash. 
Dear Sirs: I have been very successful with 
your garden seeds, and the seed of Golden Cream 
Corn is the best I have ever tried here and I find 
it very hardy, as the frost has killed other corn 
1 planted and still have the Golden Cream Corn 
for marliet. I would be very glad to receive your 
catalogue, especially of Flower Bulbs. 
Yours very truly, 
H. STEIDLKK, R. F. D. 2. 
Clear Lake, Wash., Oct. 14. 1916. 
Enumclaw, Oct. 21, 1916. 
Aabling-Boyce Seed Co., 
Seattle. Wash. 
Have planted your Garden Seed.s the last two 
years. Am very well satisfied. I think every seed 
grew. Please send your catalogue. 
Yours truly, 
ED. INGLIS, 
Anacortes, Wash., Oct. 26. 1916. 
Aabling-Boyce Seed Co. 
Dear Sirs: Enclosed please find 25c for oz. of 
Mixed Giant Spencer Sweet Peas, also 3 pkts. of 
Grandifiora, 15c. 1 am ordering from Spring Cata- 
logue. I would enclose an order for Tulips if 1 
had received the Fall Catalogue. 
Having lived in Washington, D. C., the greater 
part of a long life, I naturally sent East for seeds 
and bulbs, but the last two years have convinced 
me that I get far better results by using shrubs, 
garden and flower seeds from The Aabling-Boyce 
Seed Co. Respectfully yours. 
MARY E. POST. 
Elma, Wash.. No. 1. 
Aabling-Boyce Seed Co., 
Seattle, Wash. 
Dear Sirs: I received your Double Poppy Seed, 
many thanks. The seeds we bought from you 
were all good. We had a lovely garden: everyone 
said we had the best garden in Clear Lake. Please 
send your new catalogue. 
MRS. MARION T. BOYD, 
Clear Lake, Wash. 
Shelton, Wash., Oct. 16, 1916. 
Aabling-Boyce Seed Cd., 
Seattle, Wash. 
Yours of October 9th at hand. In reply will 
say, I would be pleased to receive your catalogue. 
Your seeds were the very best. I have mangles 
from them at this time that will weight close to 
tw'entv pounds. Yours truly. 
* W. J. BEEKER. 
These are just a few of the many expressions of satisfaction and good wil Ithat have come 
to us recently and perhaps the best indorsement of all is the great increase in our business 
for the year that is past. This is solid recognition, indeed, and of the kind that makes it pos- 
sible to enlarge our service and extend our operations. 
We solicit anew your kind patronage and hope to make of 1917 THE BANNER YEAR. 
W ILL YOD BELP PS DO IT? • 
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