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Once more, as the year rolls around, we place before 
you our Garden and Floral Guide. This issue for 
1903, like all those which have preceded it, has been 
prepared with care and deliberation, to make it in¬ 
structive and attractive as a true garden guide, and 
not merely a catch-penny catalogue, with exaggerated 
descriptions and overdrawn and misleading engrav¬ 
ings. The half-tone illustrations have been made 
from actual specimens raised on our Seed Farms 
and Trial Grounds, and are as true to nature as pho¬ 
tography is capable of making them. The reading 
descriptions are simple statements of facts that can 
be implicitly accepted. 
On pages II. to IX. will be found a list of Novel¬ 
ties and Specialties in both Seeds and Plants, which 
we especially recommend as worthy of a trial. All 
of these have proved to be of sterling merit, and are 
sure to give the greatest satisfaction. 
Our “Bargain Counter” (Popular Collections) is 
found on pages X. and XI., where we offer collec¬ 
tions of Vick’s Flower and Vegetable Seeds, Plants, 
Bulbs, etc., at prices which are exceedingly low. 
In conclusion, we wish to thank our friends for 
their patronage in the years past; and, while solicit¬ 
ing their favors for this season, we assure them of 
the same careful attention in the filling and mailing 
of their orders, large or small, as has marked our 
establishment since its foundation, fifty-four years 
ago. Should errors of any kind be made, we are 
always ready to correct them, and to make every 
effort necessary to cement more closely the relations 
between our customers and ourselves. 
JAMES VICK’S SONS. 
President. 
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