MY TERMS OF BUSINESS 
All seeds, but not bulbs, are sent postpaid. Safe 
arrival is guaranteed. 
I try to send out only good seeds, but I cannot 
control the conditions of planting. I give no 
warranty, express or implied, as to description, 
quality, productiveness, or any other matter of 
any seeds, bulbs, or plants I sell, and I will not 
be responsible for the crop. 
Please remit by money order if possible, or by 
personal check. Order minimum should be fifty 
cents. No C. O. D. shipments made. Stamps 
will be accepted for small amounts only. 
REX. D. PEARCE 
Merchantville New Jersey 
AUTUMN SOWING 
Seeds of certain rockery and border perennials, 
of many bulbs, shrubs, and trees seem to be 
benefited by a period of exposure to low tem¬ 
perature. The best way to handle such seeds is 
to sow them in open ground seed beds, or in 
cold frames, in late autumn. The seed bed should 
be lightly mulched with peat moss, straw dr 
litter during the colder months, to keep it from 
drying out, and to prevent frost heaving. 
WINTER SOWING 
Sowing may be done just as long as the ground 
can be worked. In me North this usually means 
November or December, but in regions with open 
winters, sowings may also be made in January 
and February, or even in early March. Where- 
ever you may live, should the ground freeze 
before you can sow, you may simulate actual 
ground sowing with much the same benefit by 
stratifying alternate layers of seeds and damp 
sand or peat moss. This should be done in an 
unheated shed, the pile covered with litter to 
prevent drying, and all left until early spring, 
when the treated seeds may be sown outside for 
quick germination. 
FOURTEEN HUNDRED RARITIES 
My general catalog now offers seeds of nearly 
fourteen hundred unusual plants having orna¬ 
mental or economic value. Included in it are 
a large number of kinds that either may or 
should be sown in late autumn for spring ger¬ 
mination. These kinds are marked with the key 
letters “y” or “h”. In making up your order, 
please be sure to check through the general cata¬ 
log for such, as well as through the present 
folder. 
The latest general catalog is No. 23. All old 
customers are supposed to have a copy, but if 
you have lost or mislaid it, I shall be glad to 
send another. 
SEEDS OF WILD FLOWERS 
I have made up a special mixture of seeds of 
true wild flowers, mostly American, but a few 
other temperate zone species are included. Al¬ 
together the blend contains about four hundred 
kinds, of course in varying proportions. These 
are Wild Flowers, not mixtures of garden flowers 
for wild sowing. You will enjoy them. % oz. 
35c; 1 oz. $1.00; % lb. $3.75. 
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