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2 EVERYTHING FOIR TSE GAEDEM -Vegetable Seeds 
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT 
Our country being now at war, the incentive to plant food crops is not one of self-interest 
alone, but it has become the patriotic duty of everybody having ground suitable for the pur¬ 
pose, to turn it to account at the earliest opportunity. 
This view of the matter has been well put by our President in the following words: 
“Patriotism consists in doing some very practical things — practical in that they helotig to the life 
of every day — that they wear no extraordinary distinction about them, and that they are con¬ 
nected with commonplace duty .” 
Home gardeners throughout America can contribute to victory by raising, as far as may 
be, supplies of vegetable foods for the use of their families. As this food will be raised right 
on the spot, it will lessen the strain on the means of transportation, already taxed to the limit. 
The call to arms last spring transformed millions of Americans into gardeners, with the happy 
result that it is estimated fully $350,000,000 additional were added to our national wealth. 
During the coming spring the planting movement will be vastly accelerated and 
better organized than ever. 
OUR PART in this great undertaking is to provide and distribute the PRIMAL 
NECESSITIES, viz.: Seeds, Fertilizers, Tools and Implements for the garden and farm— 
in a word, to furnish the means by which a not inconsiderable portion of the home gardeners 
will be able to raise their quota of foodstuffs. 
YOUR PART in facilitating an early distribution of garden necessities, is to mail your 
orders in January or February instead of March or April. Do not wait until the spring 
rush is on, because the seeds will keep with you as well as with us, and you will thereby be 
spared possible disastrous delay when you are ready to plant. 
It is regrettable that the season was a disastrous one for many seed crops, Beans, Corn, 
Onions and Peas particularly. Conditions in Europe are such that little seed is exported 
from there. The expenses of seed growing are greater by far than formerly 
and with very short crops prices have consequently advanced considerably. 
We have made all humanly possible exertions to provide stocks to meet 
the anticipated enormous demands, and our customers can rest assured that 
this has not been done by sacrificing quality. All the stocks we offer will, 
under normal conditions, sustain the national reputation justly achieved by 
HENDERSON’S TESTED SEEDS. 
THREE GENERATIONS OF HENDERSONS 
For several years rumors have been circulated, probably by persons 
actuated by malice and devoid of fair business principles, that our business had 
been sold out to a syndicate, that there were no longer any Hendersons con¬ 
nected with it. It was to offset these repeated rumors that we inserted the 
followsng notice in our annual catalogue for 1914: 
“The business founded by PETER HENDERSON is still carried on by his son, Charles Henderson and tw’O grandsons of Peter 
Henderson, viz.: Peter Henderson, son of Alfred Henderson (deceased), and Howard M. Henderson, son of Charles Henderson, thus insuring 
its continuance along the lines laid down by its founder. 
In this country, w r here quick transitions in business are common, the w'orth of a house carried successfully into the third genera¬ 
tion should inspire confidence. In no other business is this factor more essential. The purchaser of seeds should consider the reputation 
of the house seeking his patronage before buying.” 
We now give the names of the officers of PETER HENDERSON & Co. so as to set at rest these baseless and malicious rumors: 
CHARLES HENDERSON, President; < 
PETER HENDERSON, Vice-President, 
ALLAN MACKRELL, Secretary, 
PATRICK O’MARA, Treasurer, 
HOWARD M. HENDERSON, 2d Vice-President 
and General Manager. 
Very sincerely yours, 
President 
January 1, 1918 
PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK 
