LANDRETHS' SEEDS 
1784 
1936 
Serving America from Washington to Roosevelt 
You Will Reap What You Sow in 1936 
One of life’s realest pleasures will soon be 
yours again ... For perhaps the hundred-thousandth time in history 
this spring, people will recognize the call of dark rich earth. Will you 
be one of them? Will you turn it with a spade, feel its cool damp 
readiness, plant it with seeds, and add to the beauty, the richness, the 
satisfaction of your life? For that’s what it means to garden. 
Over one hundred and forty years ago, George Washington felt just 
what you are feeling now. To satisfy it he purchased certain seeds 
and plants from a well-established seedman, David Landreth by name. 
Every spring since then, other well and little-known Americans have 
sought out the seeds chosen and offered by the descendants of 
David Landreth. 
Why have they done it, and why will you find it worth while to 
demand the products of ”D. Landreth Seed Company”? ... We hope 
the answer shows on every page in this catalogue. Every item in it— 
every strain of flower, vegetable, and grass—is the newest, finest, 
surest-to-grow member of its family which we have been able to find 
or develop and to present in salable quantities in 1936. Each item 
has a known and pedigreed ancestry. Each item has been planted by 
us in our own trial or experimental grounds, checked and compared 
with other available types, and determined by our experts to be most 
satisfactory for your use. 
You will find that by purchasing all your seeds from your Landreth 
dealer through this catalogue, you will guarantee your garden the 
most accurately described, surest-to-mature vegetables and flowers 
which are obtainable in seed form. 
Place your order with your Landreth dealer now. It will assure 
delivery of every strain you order. 
D. LANDRETH SEED COMPANY 
BURNET LANDRETH, Jr. S. PHILLIPS LANDRETH DAVID LANDRETH 
President & Treasurer Secretary Assistant Secretary 
From Father to Son for Five Generations is a Record 
Unequaled in the Seed Business in United States 
The simplicity of the LANDRETH CATALOGUE rests in the fact 
that it is so easily understood. It is arranged alphabetically and 
contains straightforward, concise descriptions in order that the seed 
or plant may be identified at once. 
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