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An Illustrated Monthly Rural Magazine. 
Conducted by Isaac F. Tillinghast. 
FOR EVERY ONE WHO PLANTS A SEED 
OR TILLS A PLANT. 
SUBSCRIPTION 50 CENTS PER YEAR. 
Advertising Rates, 30 Cents Per Line. 
Entered at the post-office as second class matter. 
VOL. IV. NO. I. WHOLE NO., XV. 
La Plume, Lackawanna Co., Pa., January, 1883. 
In wintry days, when weary earth 
Lies cold in pulseless sleep, 
With not a blossom on her shroud, 
It is too late to reap. 
Too late! too late! 
It is too late to reap. 
If you receive a copy of Seed-Time and 
Harvest that you have not ordered, don’t 
be afraid to take it from the post office think¬ 
ing a bill will be presented for it. We do 
not send out any copies “on trust” to any one 
and if you are so fortunate as to receive a 
sample copy by mail, you may feel assured 
that it is a present to you, and we trust that 
vou will carefully examine it and see if it is 
not worth your while to subscribe for it. 
The story entitled “Seed-Time and Har¬ 
vest,” on our 8th page is a literary curiosity 
in that it contains no other letters than 
those found in its title. Miss Dakin has ex¬ 
hibited considerable ingenuity in compos¬ 
ing this little story, and we doubt if there 
are a dozen others among our thousands of 
readers who could do as well. 
But when comes the winter dreary; 
Though the hearth fire blazes cheery, 
And evening guests are merry 
As in years gone by, 
Fain I’d see the spring buds bursting 
On the tree-tops bare and brown, 
Aught but this continuous sifting. 
Of the white flake falling down. 
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How you can get it. There are sev¬ 
eral ways in which any person who wishes 
it can obtain Seed-Time and Harvest at h 
very trifling cost. The subscription price 
has been fixed at the low rate of 50 cents 
per year and we shall endeavor to make ev¬ 
ery number well worth that sum. We will 
accept $1.00 as payment for four subscrip¬ 
tions sent in at one time, so if you will get 
three of your neighbors to subscribe at 35 
cents each your own copy will cost you 
nothing. Elsewhere in this issue we pub¬ 
lish a very complete list of “Reliable Seeds 
at Honest Prices ,” which comprises the very 
best varieties of Vegetable and Flower seeds, 
and at low rates. At the head of that list 
will be found an offer to send Seed-Time 
and Harvest for one year free to any per¬ 
son who will order seeds from that list to 
the amount of $2.00 or more. These may 
be either Vegetable or Flower seeds in pack¬ 
ets, ounces or pounds as you may desire. 
If only Flower seeds are wanted we make 
on page 32 the best offer yet, which is to 
send your own selection of Flow^er seeds 
from our list to the amount of 50 cents, 
and a copy of Seed-Time and Harvest for 
one year, to any person who sends 50 cents 
in postage stamps and a list of the seeds de¬ 
sired. If you will show that offer to your 
friends and induce them to send also, you 
may add ten cents worth of Flower seeds to 
your own list for every additional half-dol¬ 
lar you send, and each subscriber will re¬ 
ceive Seed-Time and Harvest and his own 
selection of seeds to the amount of 50 cents 
for his premium. 
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How to send Money by Mail. The 
lack of fractional currency no doubt debars 
many from sending away for small things 
which they desire, as silver is unhandy and 
unsafe to send in letters. If you wish to 
send less than one dollar, or make change 
for fractional parts of a dollar, send us clean 
l-cent, or 2-cent postage stamps, and we 
will Lake them at face value. Please do 
not sewd over one dollar at a time in post¬ 
age stamps, if greenbacks can be had, and 
do not send 3-cent stamps if you can get 
any other denomination. We have a large 
stock of diem on hand now and much pre¬ 
fer any other denomination. If you send 
over one dollar in money in a letter have it 
registered. If you feel that you cannot af¬ 
ford the expense which is but ten cents, de¬ 
duct it from the amount enclosed. If yom 
prefer to send a money order have it drawn 
on Scranton, Pa., post-office. If you have 
an account with a bank send your own 
