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H. G . Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
A Business of Service 
Very few people in Atlanta know of the volume of business done by blastings beyond our local store at Id 
W. Mitcbell street. There are over 65,000 square feet of floor space, nearly two acres, where at present from 
3,000 to 6,000 orders are filled daily to go out by mail, express and freight. 
The Hastings business is built and run on the basis of honesty and square dealing; on a desire to help our 
fellow-man. We want to prosper, and in order to do so, we must help you and all our customers in whatever 
lines of honest endeavor you are engaged. We want our section, the South, and especially right here around 
Atlanta, to grow great in every way. 
Atlanta is our home and we love it. What concerns you concerns us also, for we are both neighbors in the 
larger sense. While we have always tried to be of real service to our friends and customers, we appreciate 
to the fullest extent the loyal manner in which they have stood by us in our purpose to build here in Atlanta a 
great seed business, second to none in the United States. 
As the years slip by we realize more and more that service and not selfishness is the real aim and end of 
any business that expects to become a large and respected one. Therefore, the Hastings business is a busi¬ 
ness of SERVICE, and that is what we want you to have in your every dealing with us, be it great or small, 
genuine, helpful, open-hearted SERVICE. 
While we have nearly 500,000 seed-buying customers and add from 50,000 to 75,000 new ones to our lists 
each year, we want you and we want to keep you as a regular customer. 
This booklet is not our general catalogue, but an endeavor to offer a few suggestions in way of seeds, plants, 
and bulbs that are seasonable to plant during March, April and May in and near Atlanta. 
Many people here in Atlanta want to have good family gardens to cut the store bills in half, and many oth¬ 
ers also want to make the home more beautiful with plants and flowers, but, they don’t know just when and 
what to plant. Now is the time to plant the varieties found in this booklet. There are cultural directions 
on the packets of seeds and also in our regular catalogue along with full descriptions of the varieties. If you 
want the catalogue, telephone, write, or call for it—it's a great help around the home. 
We are at your service and as near as your telephone. 
THIS IS YOUR HOUSE 
