Z o out Customers anb the 
Ceneral public. 
N ISSUING our Catalogue for 1897, we desire first of all to 
thank our patrons for their generous patronage of last season, 
and we need hardly add that a continuance of their favors will 
be always appreciated. 
We would observe that our leading business principle has 
always been to supply only the very highest class of seeds at 
the lowest prices. 
We would call attention to the fact that our Catalogue has been care- 
fully revised, and will be found to contain much information, including a table 
and valuable formulas, with directions concerning seeds and their culture. 
These directions are as full and explicit as the limited space will admit, and 
worthy of constant reference. Poor and inferior seeds are worse than worth- 
less to the buyer, as he loses not only the time, money and labor expended, 
but the season also. Poor, cheap seeds are the dearest in the end. 
Our prices, it will be seen, are much lower this season, and lower, we 
believe, than those of any other reliable house, whilst the quality is strictly 
first-class. 
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, whilst 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, 
Fourth and Shipley Streets. 
J. JEROHE SMITH, 
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. 
