MY TERMS OF BUSINESS 
All seeds, but not bulbs or plants, are sent post¬ 
paid. Safe arrival is guaranteed. 
I try to send out only good seeds, but I cannot 
control the conditions of planting. I give no 
warranty, express or implied, as to description, 
quality, productiveness, or any other matter of 
any seeds, bulbs, or plants I sell, and I will not 
be responsible for the crop. 
Please remit by money order if possible, or by 
personal check. Order minimum should be fifty 
cents. No C. 0. D. shipments made. Stamps 
will be accepted for small amounts only. 
REX. D. PEARCE 
OFFICE AND SEEDHOUSE—2904 Center St., Merchant- 
ville. New Jersey; (near Philadelphia). 
OLD ORCHARD SEED GARDENS—Trial Grounds and 
Nursery. Bridgeboro Road, Moorestown, New Jersey. 
AUTUMN SOWING 
Seeds of certain rockery and border perennials, 
of many bulbs, shrubs, and trees seem to be 
benefited by a period of exposure to low tem¬ 
perature. The best way to handle such seeds is 
to sow them in open ground seed beds, or in 
cold frames, in late autumn. The seed bed should 
be lightly mulched with peat moss, straw or 
litter during the colder months, to keep it from 
drying out, and to prevent frost heaving. 
WINTER SOWING 
Sowing may be done just as long as the ground can be 
worked. In the North this usually means November or 
December, but in regions with open winters, sowings may 
also be made in January and February, or even in early 
March. Wherever you may live, should the ground freeze 
before you can sow, you may simulate actual ground sow¬ 
ing with much the same benefit by stratifying alternate 
layers of seeds and damp sand or peat moss. This should be 
done in an unheated shed, the pile covered with litter to 
prevent drying, and all left until early spring, when the 
treated seeds may be sown outside for quick germination. 
SEEDS OF RARE PLANTS 
My general seed catalog now offers seeds of about 3000 
uncommon plants having ornamental or economic value. 
Included are a large number of kinds that either may, or 
should, be sown in late autumn for spring germination. 
These kinds are marked with the key letters “y” or “h.” 
In making up your seed order, please be sure to check 
through the general catalog for such, as well as through the 
present folder. The latest general catalog is No. 29. All 
old customers are supposed to have a copy, but if you have 
mislaid or given away yours, I shall be glad to send another, 
THE GORGEOUS IRISES 
Irises may be grown from seeds with the greatest of 
readiness, providing the seeds are sown outside in late au¬ 
tumn, germination taking place in the spring. In my 
General Seed Catalog No. 29 I offer seeds of 82 separate 
Iris species and hybrid strains. There are some mighty 
fine kinds there. Among them are mellita, ruthenica, are- 
naria, Haynei, dichotoma, atrofusca, Milesi, inominata, gi- 
ganticoerulea, aphylla, verna, Bulleyana, Wilsoni, gracilipes, 
mongolica and many others. 
IRIS AVALON BLEND 
For those who do not care for the kinds separately, I 
have made up a mixture of seeds of all the Irises that I 
stock, not in equal proportions of course, some are too rare 
for this, but at least a little of each has been used, with 
much of many, to produce a balance of color and form 
that cannot, I believe, be excelled. Here is the opportunity 
to secure fine Irises in quantity. Special large pkt. 15c; 
% oz. 25c; % oz. 40c; 1 oz. $1.25; % lb. $4.00; 1 lb. $14.60. 
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