PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING 
Seeds and bulbs are forwarded as ready All seeds, but 
not actual bulbs or live plants, are postpaid. Safe arrival 
is guaranteed. Goods are offered subject to arrival or 
harvest. All previous prices are withdrawn. 
I try to send out only good seeds, but I cannot control 
the conditions under which they are planted. L give no 
warranty, expiess or implied, as to description, quality, pro¬ 
ductiveness, or any other matter of any seeds, bulbs, or 
plants I sell, and I will not be responsible for the crop. 
Please remit in full with your order, by postal 
or express money order, if possible. Personal 
checks will be accepted, however, should it not be 
convenient to get a money order, but if remittance 
is made by check, be sure to add five cents, (not 
5%) to the total sum, this being about our 
average cost per check, (not per dollar), for 
handling, bank collection charges, etc. 
REX, D. PEARCE 
Merchantvill© New Jersey 
At our Old Orchard Seed Gardens, near Moorestown, 
N. J., we have several acres of interesting hardy 
flowers, in all more than 3000 kinds, each one plainly 
labeled. They are there to produce the seeds that we 
sell, or of as many of them as may be produced under 
our growing conditions. We are not florists, and do 
not sell cut blooms. To an incidental degree we are 
nurserymen, since we occasionally offer plant surpluses 
for sale; but chiefly, and first of all, we are plant- 
breeders and seed-growers. That is the prime purpose 
of all our operations. We now save, from carefully 
selected plants, an actual majority of the seeds that we 
sell. While our Old Orchard Gardens are not ar¬ 
ranged as a show place, yet visitors who want to see 
the flowers as they grow, are welcome there. To 
reach the Gardens, go out Chester Ave. from Moores¬ 
town. At flicker light, turn right on Bridgeboro Road. 
The Gardens are about 1J4 miles farther along, left 
side. Not open Sundays. It should be noted that the 
Seed-house and offices are in Merchantville, corner 
Centre St. and Irving Ave., nearly eight miles from 
the Gardens. Visitors, however, may go direct to the 
Gardens. Save on Sundays and holidays, there are 
always persons on duty there. Don’t expect green¬ 
houses, though, or display plantings. You will find 
simply row on row of unusual perennials, for hardy 
border or rock garden use, with special beds of certain 
still rarer plant materials. 
KEY TO LETTERS USED IN DESCRIPTIONS 
a, prefers acid soil; at, tolerant of acidity; b, suitable for 
the hardy border; bt, for backgrounds or screen plantings; 
c, good cut flower; d, tolerates dry places; e, of easy culture 
for the beginner; f, in north, protect with winter mulching; 
ft, lift in autumn, and store in frostproof place through 
winter; g, ground cover or carpeting plant; h, sow in early 
spring or late autumn by preference (if sown in summer, 
shade the seed-bed and have patience); ht, makes a good 
pot or house plant; j, tree; k, sow in early spring; 1, needs 
lime; It, tolerant of, or slightly prefers, lime; m, likes moist 
soil, keep watered; n, effective for wild naturalizing; o, an 
annual; ot, biennial; p, for pavements, step crevices or walls; 
q, a shrub; r, of value in rock garden; s, prefers shade; st, 
tolerant of light shade, but will grow in sun; t, has meaning 
only when combined with letter before it; u, bulb, tuber, or 
bulb-like habits; ut, bulb for forcing, or pot culture; v, vine; 
w, sow in heat in sunny window, frame or conservatory; x, 
sow in spring or summer; y, sow in late autumn (November 
through February), in open ground or in frame, for spring 
germination, or give refrigerator treatment as described in 
cultural leaflet sent with seeds. 
Numerals in parenthesis indicate season and duration of 
bloom: (1) early spring, (2) late spring and early summer, 
(3) summer, (4) late summer and early autumn, (5) all 
autumn, (6) late autumn, (7) winter, (8) tends to be ever- 
blooming, (9) valued for other qualities more than for its 
flowers. The numerals following parenthesis indicate normal 
mature height in inches under good culture. Height of trees, 
and of some shrubs, is given in feet. 
A star (*) before a variety name indicates an annual. A 
star following the name indicates a hardy perennial that will 
bloom first season if sown early. 
