Photograph of a small section of our Trial Grounds, taken in August, showing vegetable trials 
To Our Friends and Customers: 
I N presenting our Garden and Farm Manual for 1910, we wish first to express our thanks to the 
thousands of customers for their generous patronage, which we have enjoyed in the past, and to assure 
them that we will use our best endeavors to merit a continuance of their good-will and orders in the years 
to come. Many, no doubt, dislike to order but a few packets of seed which may be wanted, but we would 
like to emphasize the fact that we solicit the orders of all buyers, no matter how small or how large. 
Johnson’s Seeds Are Ever a Source of Confidence and Satisfaction 
The seed business differs from nearly all others, from the fact that after the seeds arc sown, weeks 
and often months must elapse before their real value is known, and for this reason the exchange of seeds 
between buyer and seller must ever be entirely a matter of confidence, and that confidence, we believe, 
can only be lastingly held by such seed firms as test their seeds before selling, and who have the practical 
experience to accurately determine when they are right. 1 'he practical experience of the writer (Herbert 
W. Johnson), who was the active head of the late firm of Johnson & Stokes during its entire existence, 
and who has now had thirty-seven years' experience dealing with market gardeners and critical growers, 
forcibly impresses upon us the fact that the best is none top good for those who depend upon profitable 
crops to reimburse them for the large outlay of time and money, and we assure all, our old as well as pros¬ 
pective customers, that there are no better seeds procurable than are being sold by us to-day. 
WE DELIVER, FREE BY MAIL, ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES 
The U. S. Mail and its thousands of Rural Free Delivery Carriers, over this whole country, bring 
our Seed Store to every farmer’s door, as we deliver, postage paid, all vegetable and flower seeds offered 
in this catalogue by the packet, ounce, quarter pound and pound. 
Customers ordering these seeds by the pound, to be sent by freight or express, may deduct postage at 
the rate of io cents per pound, except where noted. When sent in this way, the purchaser pays the freight 
or express charges on receipt of seed, l’urchaser pays express and freight charges also on pecks, bushels 
and barrels, and on Potatoes, Grass, Clover and Farm Seeds, Implements, Incubators, Brooders, Poultry 
Foods, Supplies, etc., except where the order reaches S15.00, as per our special offer on next page. 
WHEN POSSIBLE USE ORDER SHEET opposite page 1, which can be easily detached from 
book at perforated line, and which also contains full directions for ordering. 
REMIT AMOUNT WITH ORDER. Money can be sent safely by post-office money order, express 
money order, bank draft or check. We will hold ourselves responsible for money sent in this way. 
CASH. —Notes, silver or postage stamps may also be sent at our risk and expense by registering 
your letter; registration fee (8 cents) may be deducted from amount sent on orders of Si.00 and over. 
WE GUARANTEE all shipments to reach the purchaser safely and in good condition. 
LIBERAL PREMIUMS. Fifty cents’ worth of seeds extra for each Si.00 sent us for seeds in 
packets. Thus, any one sending us Si.00 can select seeds in packets to the value of Si.50; for $2.00, to 
the value of S.uoo; for $3.00, to the value of $4.50; for $5.00, to the value of S7.50, and so on. 
Twenty-five cents’ worth of seeds extra allowed for each Si .00 sent us for seeds by the ounce; that 
is, Si 00 buys seeds by the ounce to the value of Si 25; $2.00 buys seeds by the ounce to the value of S2.50; 
S5.00 buys seeds by the ounce to the value of S6.25; S10.00 buys seeds by the ounce to the value of $12.50. 
Our packets are large size and liberally filled with seed and with full cultural directions printed thereon. 
The above liberal premiums apply only to orders for flower and vegetable seeds in 
PLEASE packets or ounces, and do not include seeds by weight ('/> lb. and over) or measure 
NOTE (pints, quarts, etc.), or collections, or bulbs and plants; nor can it be applied to orders sent 
at different times during the season. 
