

R. L. TEMPLIN 
Founder 

FLOYD BRADLEY 
President 

P. T. BRADLEY 
Vice President 

The Templin- 
Bradley 
Guarantee 
We guarantee the safe 
arrival of all seeds and 
bulbs you order from us, 
that they will be as repre- 
sented and in condition to 
grow satisfactorily if plant- 
ed and cared for properly. 
Any item or items not 
found to be satisfactory 
will be replaced free of 
charge or we will refund 
the price you paid us for 
same if reported to us 
promptly. Itis agreed that 
we shall in no case be 
liable for more than the 
actual price paid for items 
found to be unsatisfactory, 
if any. We do not guarantee 
garden accessories and 
manufactured articles. 
The 
Templin-Bradley Co. 
5700 Detroit Ave. 
Cleveland, Ohio 




THE TEMPLIN-BRADLEY CoO. 
The World’s Best Seeds and Bulbs 
5700 Detroit Avenue 
CLEVELAND, OHIO 

Home of Templin-Bradley Company 
Dear Customers: 
This letter to you is always the last page | prepare for our annual catalog, which makes it a 
December job. This one, | did the next morning after Congress voted war against Japan. Yesterday, 
as the President addressed his request for that action to the joint session of Congress, all of our people 
were gathered in the offices to hear him speak over the radio. They were serious and sober. When he 
had finished speaking, there was a We-must-roll-up-our-sleeves-and-clean-up-the-job-he-presents- 
to-us tone to their conversations. 
| am including on this page a picture of the first member of the 
Templin-Bradley organization to join the U.S. Army. He is Private 
Albert E. Kostalany, who enlisted in the Air Corps last winter, 
completed his training in September at one of the big Air Schools 
and has since been sent to one of our remote Air Bases. | have 
watched Albert a long time, ever since his days in the Horticultural 
School at West Tech and of course, rubbed elbows with him every 
day after he came to work for us. He checked in seeds as they 
came from harvest, tested them for germination, stored them until 
needed and issued them for use in filling the orders for our customers. 
It is a job that requires close attention to very small detail and a 
lot of hard work. | am sure Albert will please his commanding officers 
in the Air Force. | know that our folk here feel that he is a worthy 
first representative of The Templin-Bradley Co., on a job where the 
best of our young men are needed very much. 
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has just asked for an in- 
crease of 1,300,000 food gardens for 1942, over 1941. Every home 
should have one of these vegetable gardens, no matter how small. 
Not only will it provide new sources of production of fresh vegetables for the homes, but it will help 
relieve the tremendous strain on our market gardens,-from countless numbers of which, men like 
Albert have left their work to join the armed forces in defense of our Nation. 
| urge you to spade up as Rig a patch of soil as you possibly can and plant it to vegetables. 
It will help to keep the cost of your food down, for you can grow vegetables much cheaper than you 
can buy them. Besides, they all taste better when picked within an hour or so of mealtime. 
To save paper needed for National Defense, | have reduced the number of pages in our 
catalog this year, both color and black and white. Not much, but they tell me in Washington if we alll 
do even a little in this direction, it will help the cause, so we gladly do this bit. 
| believe our seed stock will be ample in most cases to supply your needs. However, because 
Britain had to come here and buy many hundreds of thousands of pounds of seed in America which 
she never bought here before, there is no backlog of seed in the warehouses of the seed producers in 
America, so make up your order just as soon as you receive this catalog and send it in to us. 
No one knows how long this war will last. We hope it will not be long, but we must be pre- 
pared for a long one if necessary. Let each of us do our part from day to day. Your vegetable garden 

will help a lot more than you can appreciate. And don’t forget to plant flowers, too, for they fill a very 
big place in bringing inexpensive beauty into your yard and home. 
Now, the best of luck in your gardening for 1942, is my wish for every American. 
Li, 
FB:B. President. 

WHEN TO ORDER 
Catalogs are mailed early so you can order as early as pos- 
sible. We appreciate early orders because it enables us 
to fill them with most experienced help before the rush 
hits us, at which time we can fill 7,500 orders per day. 
We like to fillall orders within 24 hours of arrival here. 
Our customers like this service. 

See Index on Page 50. 
HOW TO ORDER 
Use the printed order blank which we send with catalog. 
Fill in the form at the top first. Then list the seeds and 
bulbs, price and add. Note the column for “‘Variety Num- 
bers’’ on all seeds and also on collections of bulbs. By 
using the “‘Variety Numbers” when you order it willin- 
crease accuracy all around. Use the enclosed tough, safe, 
self-addressed envelope, when you mail us your order. You 
may pay by Money Order, Check or if you must send 
cash or stamps, be sure to register the envelope. 
WHEN DO WE DELIVER? 
Seeds will be shipped as soon as your order is received. Be- 
gonias, Gladiolus, Dahlias, Cannas and other bulbs will 
be shipped from here, either with the seeds, or if there is 
danger of freezing them, later. 
PRICES INCLUDE DELIVERY 
On everything in this catalog except where noted, prices 
include delivery to your mailbox or express office. This 
means you have no extras when you buy here. 

Only the best is good enough for Templin-Bradley customers 
