REMARKS, NOTES, AND LETTERS 
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Novelties. — I invite the special attention of 
my friends to the new and rare flowers briefly 
described on page 48 and the two pages follow¬ 
ing. 1 have nearly all the choice novelties, and 
offer them at 5cts. per packet. My seeds are 
all of the new crop, and can be depended upon 
for vitality and quality, and with every pack¬ 
age I mail a little booklet telling just how to 
sow seeds and treat the little plants. And still 
more, I guarantee to send you seeds that will 
grow and be true to name. The booklet ac¬ 
companying the seeds explains all conditions. 
I aim to do an honest business and to please 
all my patrons. The success and pleasure of 
my patrons are more to me than their money. 
This has been my business method since 1868, 
when I began. Many of my early patrons, 
some octogenarians, are still buying of me. 
Dear Mr. Park: I have been raising your seeds for 
35 years and have always had good luck with them. Mrs. Etta 
McConnell, Columbia Co., Pa., April 8, 1933. 
Dear Mr. Park: My mother used your seeds40 years 
with great success. Adcle Blair, Warwick Co.,Va., Feb.28, 1933. 
Dear Mr. Park: For half a century my grandmother 
has relied upon your seeds for the beautiful garden which she 
stiil maintains. Mrs. L. J. Docker, Marion Co., Ind,, Mar. 1932. 
The Sweet Pinks. —The beauty, fragrance 
f and profusion of the Sweet Pinks, 
Dianthus plumarius fl. pi. (see 
cut) together with the hardiness 
) and tenacity of the plants should 
secure for them a prominent 
place in the flower garden. The 
plants start readily from seeds, 
and if set six inches apart in a 
sunny bed will stool out and become a carpet 
of lovely glaucus foliage from which the num¬ 
erous stems will shoot up bearing a cluster of 
the richly scented blooms during May and 
June, and a few in later months. It is one of 
the good perennials that deserves a place in 
every garden. See Pinks Hardy Garden, p. 41. 
A Good Letter. —My friends will appreci- 
ate the following letter which I have just (Oct.l4th) 
received. Miss Scott is a flower enthusiast who has been 
my patron for some years, and her place is made fa¬ 
mous by the great variety and superior beauty of her 
flowers, and the artistic manner in which they are 
arranged. Miss Scott’s letters are always an inspiration. 
Dear Mr. Park: I wish you could see my flower 
garden which is the product of your seeds. Never have 1 had 
such beautiful Snapdragons — i bought the Majesiie varieties, 
and they are rightly named. The flower spikes are very long 
and tilled with huge flowers of the loveliest colors. Likewise, 
your Dianthus seed displayed a remarkable run of colors anti 
the flowers are easily two and a half inches in diameter. I tried 
your dwarf large-flowering Petunias, and the hots are varied 
and extremely rich. The Zinnias elicit many admiring ahs and 
ohs. I do not recall ever having such gorgeous coiors, and cer¬ 
tainly n^ver so lar<je flowtrs. The Coxcombs did not allow their 
neighbors to outshine them, for there are many reds, pinks and 
yellows. Carnations have always been a favorite flower of mine 
and I have seventy-seven beautiful plants. Then, too, there are 
the wilt-resisting Asters which have done well in spite of the 
heat and drought. 
In laying out my garden I followed a suggestion found in one 
of your Catalogues. I placed each variety of Snapdragons in a 
separate bed. Each bed I bordered with Blue Cap Ageratum--I 
have twenty varieties. Many have come to view my gardens and 
some have said I should charge for the privelege, for it is well 
worth while, and all have agreed that they are werth coming 
to see. I am glad to give flower-lovers the enjo>ment of my 
flowers, and I take not a little pleasure in telling them of whom 
1 bought the seeds and how cheaply. Ours is one of the show 
places of Brocknort, and people look to us to have something 
extra fine. Well, we have fulfilled all their expectations, and 
1 suspect many go away marvelling at your own good will to¬ 
ward flower-lovers, for many like me would not think, especially 
in these days that they could afford’such an elaborate display 
were they to depend on most seedsmen with their fancy prices. 
It gives me great pleasure to be able to thus express truth¬ 
fully my appreciation for your graciousness, a part of which I 
may so heartily enjoy. With best wishes, I am. Sincerely yours, 
Zella Scott, Brockport, N. Y., Oct. 7. 1933. 
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Golden Gleam Nasturtium. —The other 
day a patron came to my seed-house and said, 
“I want another packet of Golden Gleam Nas¬ 
turtium. Of the packet I got some weeks ago, 
every seed grew, and the flowers are beautiful.” 
But I wish you could see the testimony of t he 
many letters about this flower. Here is a sample: 
Dpar Mr. Park: The Golden Gleams were the pretti¬ 
est and best Nasturtiums we have ever grown. All of our 
friends had spells about them. I am well pleased with all your 
seeds. They grew better than any other seed we planted, gave 
strong plants, and just what you said they’d be. Our Rock 
Garden seeds filled the space about 10 by 40 ft., and the garden 
was beautiful. Mr. W. N. Berry. Ingham Co., Mich., Mar. 1933. 
About Freesias. —Freesias are as easily 
grown from seeds as Zinnias, and seedlings 
started in Spring will bloom freely the follow¬ 
ing Winter. They are beautiful, delightfully 
fragrant flowers that grow in a graceful cluster. 
See pages 44 and 51. A patron kindly writes: 
Dear Mr. Park: I believe every seed of the Freesias 
I ordered from you grew, and the plants flowered this Winter. 
The Rosa Rugosa and Black Locust also came up well Mrs. 
Anton Johnson, Grant Co., N. Dak., March 4. 1933. 
When going through Texas to California in 
August I was pleased 
to see beautiful plants 
of Euphorbia vari- 
gata decorating the 
road-side by their 
showy masses of 
green and white foli¬ 
age. They sprung 
from seeds of plants of 
previous year’s growth, and of course are per¬ 
petuated from year to year. At the north the 
easily grown plants do well and make a showy 
bed or border. In good soil the plants grow 
four feet high, branching freely, and even a 
single plant becomes a handsome specimen. 
See engraving, also page 23. 75 seeds Sets. 
Mette’s Giant Pentstemon. —This is a 
splendid Gloxinia-flowered perennial that should 
be in eveiy garden. It blooms the first season, 
the rich-colored firs, appearing in long spikes. 
To Promote Happiness.— Soloman, reput¬ 
ed to be the wisest man, wrote, “A Good Name 
is rather to be chosen than Great Riches, and 
Loving Favor rather than Silver or Gold.” 
Now, my friends, in these depressed and trou¬ 
blous times, brought on chiefly by profiteering 
and greed, would it not promote individual 
and world happiness if this maxim were gen¬ 
erally believed and heeded? Echo answers 
“Would it not!” “Would it not!” Park. 
Dear Mr. Park: You have certainly made this Spring 
and Summer an enjoyable one for me. The Ciarkia3 were beau¬ 
tiful. Ammobiums, Orange Gomphrenas, Crimson Bedder 
Nicotianas, and Rose Marie Snapdragons were new, and proved 
of interest to many. F. E. Cleghorn, Monona Co. ,1a., Aug 1983. 
Dear Mr. Park: I enjoyed your catalogue very much 
and have read it several times, instead of once or twice as you 
suggest. Clarkias in my garden last year caused much favorable 
comment. Nasturtium Golden Gleam and Nemophila were also 
admired. E. R. Johnson, Kitsap Co,, Wash.. March 7, 1933. 
Dear Mr. Park: I got Gloxinias, Cinerarias, etc. to 
germinate for the first time by following your directions. I have 
one of your glorious New Giant Petunias in bloom in a pot 
from seeds 1 got last fall, it is gorgeous. Mrs. M. L. McAllister, 
Washington Co., Utah, Feb. 17, 1933. 
Dear Mr. Park: I began using your seeds last year 
and like them very much. Gaillardia plants were all up in seven 
days, Aquilegia and Passiflora in ten day3. I al3o have some 
nice Gloxinias raised from your seeds last year. Mrs. Lee Beals, 
Aroostook Co., Maine, March 3, 1933. 
Dear Mr. Park: I ordered 50pkts of your seeds last 
year and was well pleased with all. The Zinnias took first prize 
at our flower show. Mrs. B. E. Shaw, Texas Co.. Okla. 
