TO MY FRIENDS AND CUSTOMERS: 
It gives me great pleasure to hand you once again “ Johnson’s Garden and 
Farm Manual,” which you will recognize as an old friend. 
You have already been advised regarding the dissolution by limitation of the 
old firm of Johnson & Stokes on July 1, 1906, also as to the formation and 
incorporation of the Johnson Seed Company for the purpose of giving an interest in 
the business to several of the trusted and deserving employees who had served the 
old firm faithfully for twenty years or more. 
It was my conviction at the time of this establishment that I carried with me 
the confidence of my old friends and patrons, the critical and discriminating 
customers of Johnson & Stokes. The fact that last season I was favored with 
orders from a very large majority of these demonstrates that my belief was well 
founded. I take this opportunity to thank those who thus showed their confi¬ 
dence in me and to assure them that no effort will be spared that the Johnson 
Seed Company may continue to merit it. 
The needs of the gardener have been my special study for thirty-five years. 
Constant care is the watchword which every responsible seed house must adopt. 
As was my custom, when at the head of the old firm of Johnson & Stokes, I have 
during the past year given to the growing of the Garden Seed Supply for Johnson 
Seed Company my personal supervision and care. The seeds may he absolutely 
relied upon to he STRICTLY TESTED AND PROVEN, FRESH AND TRUE TO 
NAME. 
In our seed trial grounds I have tested large numbers of new varieties, which 
are offered from all over the world. Many of those tested have been discarded as 
being inferior or no better than varieties already listed, but I have found some of 
real merit, and these will he found offered in the pages of this book, particularly 
in pages 4 to 20. 
Certain crops, especially Sweet Corn, Egg Plant, some of the Peas, Onions and 
Peppers, are extremely scarce this season. I am therefore advising all my patrons 
to send in their orders early, before stocks are depleted, thus saving themselves 
and me disappointment in not being able to obtain the varieties they desire. 
I respectfully ask a careful perusal of this Catalogue, for which I claim no 
literary or artistic merit, hut which is an honest, modest attempt to tell you about 
“THE BEST SEEDS THAT GROW AND THE VARIETIES IT PAYS TO 
GROW.” 
Hoping for a continuance of the favors afforded me last year, I am. 
Very truly yours, 
Philadelphia 
Pa. 
January 1 
1908 
