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To Our Customers and the 
General Public. 
HE prospect of a good business year is cheering, both to sower 
and seedsman. Mutual congratulations are therefore in order, and 
with our best wishes we also send our thanks for last season’s gen. 
erous crop of orders. Our “sowing” along the various lines of 
business has been with the hope of deserving and reaping an even 
larger harvest for this year. 
Our leading business principle has been, and will always 
be, to supply only the very highest class of seeds at the lowest prices. Every 
intelligent buyer knows that poor, cheap seeds are dearest in the end. 
Our Catalogue is not padded with long and useless descriptions of well 
known varieties, but has been revised to suit the intelligence of the average 
reader. The formulas and cultural directions are as full and explicit as our 
space will allow, and are worthy of constant reference. 
Our Prices have been graded to suit the times, and are as low as good seeds 
can be sold for. The prices quoted are the ruling net prices, and do not include 
free delivery by mail, except for Flower Seeds in packets. 
For seeds sent by mail, add 8 cents per pound, 15 cents per quart, to prices, 
to pay postage. 
Express charges are not uniform, since they depend upon the distance 
goods are sent. 
Warranties. Seeds of the best quality will sometimes fail through improper 
treatment. The conditions suitable to one kind may not suit another. Causes 
of failure are many and varied, and cannot here be taken into consideration. 
So, while taking the greatest possible care to have all seeds pure, reliable and 
true to name, all our seeds are sold without any warranty, expressed or implied, 
and without any responsibility in respect to the crop. 
Yours for future service, 
J. JEROME SMITH, 
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. 
Fourth and Shipley Streets, 
