Good Seeds Cheap—Good as Can Be Grown-None Better at Any Price. 1 

R. H. SHUMWAY 
THE PIONEER AMERICAN SEEDSMAN 
Established in 1870 

Dear Customers and Friends: 
A long—long time ago before the advent of 
the Rubber, Tire Buggy—The Bicycle—The 
Automobile—The Radio—and the Aeroplane— 
Shumway’s Annual Catalog was the Garden 
Guide that your Mothers and Fathers looked for- 
ward anxiously to receiving annually. It was 
then, as it has always been down through the 
century, the leading American Seed Catalog. 

Catalog, we find the world engulfed by the 
horrors of war. This is a time when all of us 
can show our patriotism and love of Country 
by cheerfully making any sacrifices requested 
“to the end”’ that shortly hostilities will cease 
throughout the world and that a justified Chris- 
tian peace may be granted to all nations. 
Plant A Victory Garden 
73 : : A modest Garden will afford you fresh Vege- 
Years Sats SA Be saeco este Sle tables and Fruit all summer long with sufficient 
of halt entur quantity to can and store for winter consump- 
P his eae : tion. This is one very definite way to reduce your 
rogress You younger men and women will remember livi ok cand-at the Same time enn 
© the joy and satisfaction your parents obtained orl? Hinest Pruite-and:VepetsbRgeresenae ae 
From planting Shumway’s Northern Grown, Pedigreed es poe eee 7 
the Se nemway Serie ice oN en oe May we suggest that you and your good wife 
Covered Anv Price.” and family carefully look through the Catalog at 
Ww Been ner . . your earliest convenience; one writing on the 
wittes Shumway s first Seed Catalog was mailed in order sheet enclosed the things you need; the 
to the 1870. We were still suffering from the effects of Tier qiemher or yoirstaimilyeherkite the + ahaa 
Aeroplane the Civil War—times were very hard. Some 92 th Garalag aes Sir will iave Socooy uname 
people thought we would never recover from the eee © y F , h hi t 
aoe effects of the War and that the Nation could not 0der to a Barts ty Bn ee y ie 5 sce 
The — endure. You and I know instead of those predic- - ieee ; ee crehaene 2s pcetificeeks fase 
House tions coming true we came out of the depression ie a oy y P , : 
of a stronger and better people, and the Nation ae : 
Shumway rose to greater heights than ever dreamed of f ae are all andeee ey ae Se God 
H before. We did likewise in 1873, in 1893, in 1907 OFS Dian ys ieesiigs CUPS Ue Sears tee eee 
a oe and again in:1932 ; g ’ referred to above, and likewise appreciative to 
eae All during those distressing periods—1873- ae your valued patronage of many years 
a 1893-1907-1932—the house of R. H. Shumway S’@ncuns. 
f p ae has gone forward Growing Better Seeds and IMPORTANT NOTICE 
aN a Giving Greater Values for Less Money than any For nearly three-quarters of a century, Rock- 
Lendl ad other Seed House on earth. Compare Prices—See — ford, Illinois, has been recognized throughout 
pe Your Parents| for, Yourself. the world as the center of mail order Seed, Plant, 
and eee von eae Pees Site oe and Nursery houses. R. H. Shumway was the 
Grandparents| ¢: Te A eae Aas thts ‘ ae . iG ee - pioneer in this industry and after being estab- 
Were Among tion, 4, IES reine oh ABLE Heb: Iul Latalog —jished some twenty years, the firms of H. W. 
has 96 pages—size 10 x 13/,—many items  Buyckbee, Charlotte M. Haines and Great North- 
Our Early featured in natural colors—Garden, Flower and orn Seed Company developed as separate institu- 
Customers. Field Seeds, Hardy Perennials, Ornamental tions in the production of Seeds, Plants and 
They and Shrubs, Fruit Trees, Strawberries, Hardy Lilies ; Nursery items. For many, many years these 
Aes in ae Beene for the Garden.” Edition three old reliable houses served millions of 
uch to nearly a miilion copies. American planters. 
Make _ In 1870 when Shumway’s first Catalog was Sr certty the allwise Creator called to their 
Shumway issued Rockford had a population of 5,000 people. heavenly reward Charlotte M. Haines, H. W. 
the Largest 
Direct Mail 
on re 

Today our City boasts of more than 100,000 in- 
habitants. The great Chicago fire did not occur 
until the following year—to be exact, October 
As we go to press with this our 73rd annual 
Buckbee and the proprietors of the Great North- 
ern Seed Company. Unfortunately there were 
no sons to carry on these long establi - 
Seed House 7th, 1871. Covered Wagons—Horses and Buggies panies, so the ster and heirs Se eae 
SE EE bs cl rE Roads—Log Cabins—were the things of gach of the Institutions, and R. H. Shumway, the 
and We Are| luxury then. Compare those conditions with to- Pioneer American Seedsman bought their entire 
Grateful to | day and surely you will agree that this has been assets and good will. 
You All. a Century of Great Progress. 
To all of the Shumway, Buckbee, Haines and 
Great Northern customers and friends, we send 
you this copy of our big 1948 illustrated Garden 
and Farm Catalog and sincerely hope you will 
find it helpful in making your selections this year for everything 
you need in Seeds, Plants, Bulbs and Nursery items. 
When sending in your or- 
ders feel free to write us for 
any special information per- 
taining to your Garden and 
Farming problems. 
Yours most sincerely, 
—_ Will you please hand to your neighbor or friend who 
gardens the postal card enclosed so they too may re- 
ceive a copy of this instructive catalog? Thank you. 


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