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The best advertising medium is a pleased patron. 
Small profits and fair dealing defy competition. 
Old seeds do not satisfy old patrons or make 
new ones. 
In our house a guarantee means something. If 
our seeds do not satisfy you we will refill your order. 
*** Should you receive more than one copy of Seed- 
Time and Harvest, please have the kindness to hand 
those you do not need to some one who is interested. 
Our Flower-seed List comprises the choicest va¬ 
rieties to be procured at home or abroad. All pack¬ 
ets not otherwise priced are but Five Cents each. 
*** Amounts not exceeding One Dollar may be sent 
in a common letter at our risk. If over one dollar 
Register the letter, or buy a Money Order and deduct 
the fee—10 cents—from the amount enclosed. 
SSf" In comparing our prices with those of other 
growers please do not overlook the fact that our quo¬ 
tations include the prepayment of postage. The 
amount we charge will bring our seeds to your door. 
*** In writing to us never fail to plainly write your 
full Name and Address. Don’t think that because you 
have written to us before, our clerks can remember 
where you belong or who you are. Tell us every 
time. 
j]pg° We accept Postage stamps when sent but contin¬ 
ually receive more than we can use. If you will send 
us even dollars in currency we will return your exact 
change. If you must send stamps, send one-cent 
stamps if possible. 
*** We do not care to boast of handling more tons 
of commercial seeds than any other firm in the coun¬ 
try. We much prefer to sell a limited amount of 
pure fresh seeds to a few hundred good customers on 
whom we can depend after they have learned that 
they can depend upon us, than to flood the country 
with stock that we know little or nothing about. We 
think it better to sell seeds which are worth all you 
are asked to pay for them and live on a fair profit, 
than to sell a cheap purchased article at a large mar¬ 
gin and then have to expend the profits in newspaper 
advertising in order to drum up new customers for 
the future. 
The P. M. G. has decided that “Seed-Time and 
Harvest” is a “regular periodical designed primarily 
for advertising purposes,” and not entitled to pass in 
the mails at second class rates. We have therefore 
decided to include our Price-list of seeds in it and pub¬ 
lish no other catalogue until such time as His Honor 
sees fit to accord to us the rights which other pub¬ 
lishers are permitted to enjoy. 
Our Office is now fitted up with a full supply of 
Presses and modern job printing materials sufficient 
to do all our own work and considerable job work for 
any of our friends who may want neatly executed 
price-lists, &c., at a moderate cost. We give this 
publication as a sample of our work and invite corre¬ 
spondence from any one in need of job printing of 
any kind. Address all orders and inquiries to 
SEED-TIME AND HARVEST, 
La Plume, Lack’a Co., Pa. 
Our Best Exchanges. 
Among the many Journals that we receive 
at our office we are pleased to mention the 
following as being particularly valuable in 
the special features to which they are devot¬ 
ed. Most of them are offered at reduced 
rates in our Clubbing List: 
Arthur’s Home Magazine,— T. S. ARTHUR & Son, 
Philadelphia, devoted to general literature, and the 
improvement of mankind, still holds its high rank 
and grows even better as it grows older. 
Demorest’s Monthly, devoted to Fashion, Art, and 
General Literature. Sustains its high character as 
the leading magazine of its kind. Every number is 
finely illustrated, and the beautiful and artistic pict¬ 
ures given with each number make it well worth the 
subscription price. It is $3.00 per year with a beauti¬ 
ful oil picture as premium to each subscriber, or $2.50 
without premium. 
Peterson’s Magazine. Chas. J. Peterson & Co., 
Philadelphia, comes again with its New Years greet¬ 
ing and is welcomed by all, the ladies especially. Its 
old and well known writers, as well as many new ones 
still fill its pages with choice matter while its fashion 
department is always up with the times and reliable. 
Lippincott’s Magazine. J. B. Lippincott, & Co., 
Philadelphia, is ever a welcome visitor. Filled to 
overflowing with choice literature, which is not of the 
ephemeral character of many of the so-called litera¬ 
ry magazines, he who has a year’s subscription has 
a* real treasure to which he may refer with pride. The 
most noted writers o' England and America contrib¬ 
ute to its columns, while the elegant illu trations that 
adorn its pages serve to render the text even more 
instructive,—if such a thing were possible. 
The Phrenological Journal. S. R. Wells, & Co., 
New York, ranks ahead of any other in America in 
its specialty. The January number contains a fine 
portrait of Hon. J. G. Blaine, with an analysis of his 
character, and much other matter of interest to every 
one who would know himself. 
The Prairie Farmer. A Weekly Journal for the 
Farm, Orchard and Fireside, is a large 8-page paper 
published at Chicago, Ill., at $2.00 per year. The va¬ 
rious departments are well edited and the whole 
make-up shows that men of brains are in charge. 
The Rural New-Yorker still maintains its place in 
the front rank of Weekly Agricultural Journals. Its 
various departments are in charge of practical men 
and it now enjoys a greater popularity than ever. A 
highly prized feature is its experimental farm reports 
and its free seed distributions connected therewith. 
Publication office 78 Duane Street, New York. 
Vick’s Monthly Magazine, Rochester, N. Y., devot¬ 
ed to Horticultural matters. Every number is finely 
illustrated with original engravings, and a choice col¬ 
ored plate each month is one of the attractions. Mr. 
Vick is a natural artist. Whatever he does is done 
well and his Magazine proves it. 
The Gardener’s Monthly and Horticulturist. 
Edited by Thos. Mehan and published by Charles H. 
Marot at Philadelphia Pa., at $2.10 per year. It gives 
full instructions in the science and practice of every 
bi anch of gardening. 
The Farm Journal, Monthly, Philadelphia, Pa., as 
the Editor justly says, is cream, not skim-milk. 50 
cents per year. No Chromos, Books, Dog-Powers, 
Alderney Calves or other premiums. See Adv’t. 
Park's Floral Magazine, G. W. Park, Mt. Vernon, 
Ohio, is a finely illustrated monthly, devoted to the 
cultivation and management of flowers. First class. 
The Ladies’ Floral Cabinet is an elegant month¬ 
ly devoted to flowers and home adornment. Every 
lady should have it on her work-table. Published by 
Adams & Bishop, New York, N. Y., who give splendid 
premiums to every subscriber. 
