FLOWER SEEDS 
Gardening is a perennial thrill. To bury tiny seeds in the loam, and 
then to see the little plants push forth, grow from day to day and finally 
burgeon into gorgeous bloom, is a delight that never stales. 
Here in central New York, there are many flowers which we cannot 
hope to grow to perfection—our season is too short, our soils too slow to 
warm up in the spring. But there are, fortu¬ 
nately, many other kinds which do wonder¬ 
fully well—some even better here than in 
climates supposedly more favorable. Only 
actual experience over a period of years can 
determine what one may plant with assur- 
ance of satisfaction and success. 
Let Us Help For twenty-two years 
we have been growing flowers indoors an 
out, from seeds, plants and bulbs. 
We have tested literally thousands 
of varieties and strains. We have 
tried seeds from England and Hol¬ 
land, France and Germany, Cali 
fornia and Washington and Michi¬ 
gan, and, of course, New York. 
During recent years, we have made 
many trials of Japanese grown seeds. 
We hope you will avail yourself of this 
experience. In the lists on the following 
pages, space does not permit us to give any¬ 
thing but a very much condensed description. 
If you are in doubt as to what to plant, 
please ask us. Let us recommend some of the 
new types we have found to be worth growing. 
A word about quality. Two packets of 
flower seeds may look exactly alike, even 
under a microscope; both may be labeled, 
honestly, with the same name; yet one will 
contain a heritage of vigor, hardiness, size 
and abundance of blossom that the other 
does not possess when sown in this climate. 
We handle the seeds that we know will 
give results, regardless of cost, and sell 
them as cheaply as we can 
CLAYTON E. RISLEY 
