eseph F. Martin Co 
PERENNIAL PLANTS, SEEDS 
BULBS, ROSES AND SHRUBS 
Pal mesville* Ohio 
♦ 
My Dear Patron and Friend 
Please accept this our fall wholesale perennial catalog. 
We are sure you will find this hook worth keeping, not only from 
the standpoint of offering material for sale, hut we believe you 
will find much valuable information on hardy flowering plants. 
The descriptions following each variety are written in a way that 
they can he easily understood and are carried out a little more 
in detail than those given in the average wholesale catalog. 
If you are a florist, you will find our hook especially 
interesting. We have continuously produced perennial plants 
suitable for florist cut flower purposes. We have also made up 
various floral pieces, using perennial flowers to point out to you 
that by having a planting of perennials on land adjoining your 
greenhouse, throughout the summer you can cut your own flowers 
and make up floral arrangements that are distinctive. 
For general planting purposes we 
measure up to your full expectations, 
wonderfully well and we are sure that 
the beginning of our shipping season, 
class. 
beleive our plants will 
At this writing they look 
by September 1st, which is 
the quality will be first 
Last year we issued our first wholesale seed catalog. It 
is gratifying to note that many of you gave our seeds a trial, 
ho doubt, you will be interested in knowing that this addition to 
our business was well accepted. If you have not yet purchased 
seeds from us, we will very much appreciate your initial order. 
We wish to fully prove to you that our seeds are superior. 
All orders entrusted to us will receive our personal attention 
and we will consider it a pleasure to have the opportunity of 
serving you. 
Sincerely yours, 
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