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Multigraphing and Printing Department. 
Guaranteeing Seeds to Grow 
There are so many conditions over which the seedsman has no 
control, that a universal rule has been adopted by the seed trade of 
America, not to guarantee seeds in any particular. This may be all right 
. in the general seed business, but we are not in the general seed business. 
There is a wide difference between the general public purchasing and 
planting seeds, and the little children taking their first lessons in garden¬ 
ing, purchasing their first seeds with pennies that have been saved by 
foregoing some other pleasures. We cannot bear the thought of having 
the children, who in good faith paid their pennies for the seeds, and as 
they believed, planted them carefully, but from lack of proper knowledge 
and care, be disappointed and discouraged through the failure of 
germination. 
Our Guarantee 
We do not believe it advisable for teachers to make a general public 
statement that we guarantee all seeds. The point we wish to make is that 
this guarantee is solely to prevent disappointment and discouragement on 
the part of the younger beginners. We will, however, leave it entirely 
to the judgment of the teachers, but would prefer that you leave the 
impression that you are replacing them personally. Where complaints 
are made, mark such varieties as failed to germinate in red ink, along 
with the new orders which are in black ink, and all such varieties will be 
replaced free of charge. 
Testing Seeds 
We test all seeds before packeting them, so that we are sure that a 
fair percentage in each packet will grow under favorable conditions. 
We have two systems of testing, using a modern up-to-date testing ap- 
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