We mail this Catalogue to all our Customers, and we are also willing to send it free to anyone who will send 
us an order after getting it. Otherwise, those who apply for it should send io cents. 
WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. 
During the 24 years we have carried on a Seed, Bulb and 
Plant business we have aimed to excel in the quality of 
stock sold. We have not offered or furnished our custom¬ 
ers anything but the very best strains obtainable, and the 
full capacity of our 32 greenhouses and 200 acres of gar¬ 
den has been devoted to producing improved strains, and 
testing stocks from all parts of the world that the best 
might be known to us. We have also made a specialty each 
year of introducing a line of highly valuable novelties. 
Not articles of questionable merit that are too often put 
upon the market, but real meritorious sorts, the value of 
which has been adequately proven by cultivation and tests 
under our own eyes. In short, our work in the Seed and 
Florist business has been carried on with the object of 
securing a good reputation rather than a good profit, and 
we believe it is owing to our vigilance in regard to the 
merits of our stock that we now supply a half million in¬ 
dividual customers. It is certainly a satisfaction to see 
that the novelties originated, named or introduced by us 
have in almost every instance become famous the world 
over. The policy which has accomplished so much and made 
Floral Park so famous will be continued as long as we is¬ 
sue a Catalogue. We do not offer a large variety of Seeds 
and Plants, only those that are novel and superior strains 
of the best standard varieties bred up to the highest mark 
of perfection and selected with scrupulous care. Such 
sorts as will give the greatest satisfaction everywhere, 
all of which we endeavor to offer at prices that will 
bring them within the reach of everybody. 
Xe\V 1“)vVarf “GUpid” S" ?cc t peas. 
This is a Dwarf Sweet Pea, the plant growing only five inches high, yet spreading out and forming a solid mat of 
foliage and flowers one and one-half feet across. The blossoms are very sweet, of largest size and great abundance, and 
borne on stems four inches long, three flowers on each stem. It begins to bloom as early as May, and unlike the climb¬ 
ing Sweet Peas, continues in profusion until killed by frost. This is a remarkable feature and makes it at once one of the 
most superb plants for bedding, massing and edging in cultivation. As shown in this plate Cupid Sweet I’eas are not 
only excellent garden bloomers, but are also very desirable as pot plants. In fact it will be hard to find a more 
satisfactory flowering plant for pot culture. No garden can possibly be complete without this superb novelty. 
White Cupid — Pure milk white, large size, perfect form and very sweet. Pkt., ioc.; 3 pkts., 25c. 
Pink Cupid — Exactly like the above, but a lovely pink in color, and a very free grower. I'kt., ioc.; 3 pkts., 25c. 
Or we will give a packet of both colors, mired, free to anyone who orders anything from this Catalogue if the check is returned. 
[Out on this line.] 
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Good for a packet of Cupid Sweet Peas, Mixed Colors, free with any 
order enclosing this check, received before July 1st. 
JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, Floral Park, N. Y. 
