Barretts 1938 Catalogue 
To Our Customers and Friends 
E TAKE great pleasure in presenting you with our 90th Annual 
Catalogue. 
There are many new features in our 1938 edition, especially in 
the Dairy Supply and Poultry Supply Section, which will be of 
great interest to those who are engaged in dairy farming or 
poultry raising. 
Our Farm, Lawn, Vegetable and Flower Seed stocks are of the finest, and 
are grown for us by the best seed-breeders in this country and abroad. We 
constantly aim to supply you with the best that can be obtained. 
TRUE TEMPER GARDEN TOOLS. These are the finest quality garden 
tools that you can purchase anywhere. Our assortment is complete, and we are 
the authorized distributors for these nationally known quality tools. 
INSECTICIDES. Our Insecticide Department contains all of the best 
materials to use in combating insect pests and fungous diseases, and we are 
willing at all times to assist you in solving your problems. 
HORTICULTURAL ADVISORY SERVICE. Mr. E. K. Thomas, former 
Superintendent of the Providence Public Parks System, and one of the foremost 
horticultural authorities in New England, is now available as consultant in all 
matters pertaining to your garden and lawn problems, including soil-analysis. 
This service is given to our customers without charge and you may feel free to 
consult Mr. Thomas at any time. 
Our Farm Implement Division is complete to the last detail, and we can 
completely equip the smallest or the largest farm. 
When you purchase equipment from us you are assured of prompt delivery, 
because our stocks are complete and immediate shipment can be made from 
our warehouse. 
We maintain an efficient demonstration, installation, repair and service 
department, handled by capable mechanics of long experience. 
Entering our goth year in business, we happily look forward to a great many 
more, realizing that the success we have enjoyed has been due to the patronage, 
loyalty, and confidence of our many customers. We extend to them our sincere 
thanks and assure them of our best efforts to give them entire satisfaction in 
the future ’ THE W. E. BARRETT CO. 
The W. E. Barrett Company give no warranty, express or implied, as to description, 
quality, productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds, plants, or bulbs they send out, 
and they will not be in any way responsible for the crop. If the purchaser does not accept 
the goods on these terms, they are at once to be returned. 
