Beautiful Regal Lilies 
OF SS 
“Dear Mrs. Field: My Regal Lilies 
‘were beautiful this summer and I in- 
tend to order another dozen bulbs 
_ ithis fall, Lilies and roses are my 
Mf favorites as they seem to bring me 
~| ‘closer to God than others. I have 
1 | been a pleased customer for years. 
W like you because you are an honest 
| company!”’—Mrs. W. M. Morrell, 
921 Ky. Ave., Bristol, Tenn. 
| Glad Bulblets 
SS Se 
BG360 — Same 
| size as I plant for 
| growing my own 
bulbs here. If you 
| are willing to wait a 
year for a part of 
your flowers (20% 
will bloom the first 
| year) plant these 
_bulblets. Bulblets 
are simply small 
_ bulbs not yet grown &= 
tothelargest bloom- f 
ing size. 1000 for 4 
$2.50; 500 for 
$1.50; 300 for 90c; __ 
or 35c, all post- — 
t 
the Policy of the House 
is “policy of the house” are the rules I 
x my helpers in the business way back 
or 40 years ago. It still is our guiding 
set of principles for our business dealings and 
holds good without the change of a word or a 
comma. 723 “ 
In all dealings with customers we 
keep in mind these general rules that 
have been the settled policy of the 
business from the start. 
i. Be Helpful—Answer the custom- 
ers’ questions kindly, intelligently, 
fairly and carefully, whether there is 
an order in it for us or not. 
2 Don’t Sass Back—If the cus- 
tomer gets sassy, be patient, explain, 
and take the blame. It is natural to 
; 
| want to sass back, but it never got 
anyone anywhere. 
3.\ Give the Customer the Benefit 
of the Doubt—lIt is generally safe to 
leave it to him and put him on his 
honor. Show ’him we want to be fair, 
and he will always come back in the 
same spirit. 
4. We believe in liberal treatment 
of customers, extra seeds, extra care 
in packing, promptness, better meas- 
ure and certainty in filling orders. 
5. We don’t believe in hot air, big 
words, penny saving, trickery, care- 
| Jessness or jll humor. Cut them out. 
lie SAL 
1 Pkt. 
1 Pkt. 
1 Pkt. 
4 Pkt. 
~~ “1 Pkt. 
«4 « Pkt. Sweet Alyssum Little Gem 
Brilliant Petunias Mixed 
Bachelor Button Mixed 
. Then You Get These Below for 
1 Pkt. Poppies—All Colors Mixed 
1 Pkt. Larkspur—All Colors Mixe 
. Calliopsis—Mixed 
Snapdragons 
Calendulas—Mixed 
Verbena 
This Collection Only............02eeeeee eens 
American Beauty Asters Mxd. 
Zinnias, California Giant Mixed 
Carnation Flowered Marigold 
Our Nursery Guarantee 
——— ty Suarantee 
All our stock is guaranteed. If 
you are not pleased with it in every 
way when you receive it, return it 
promptly, at our expense, and it will 
be replaced or your money refunded, 
whichever you prefer. After you 
have planted it, if it fails to grow, 
we think we should both take part 
of the blame. We will take one- 
half and you and the weather take 
the other, and we’ll replace at half- 
price anything unsatisfactory 
through any fault of the stock. Fair 
enough? 
If you wonder how we can make 
such a guarantee, here are some of 
the reasons: 
: 1. Our nursery stock is all state 
inspected. 
2. Our nursery stock is free from 
disease. . 
_ 3. Our nursery stock is of the 
highest quality. 
4. Our nursery stock ig true to 
name. 
5 5. Our nursery stock is mature, 
live, ready-to-grow stock, first-class 
in every way. : i 
Free Peonies for Wedding 
Pictures 
For years we have shared a tiny 
bit of the pleasure of our friends 
and customers by sending a wed- 
ding gift of a free rose bush to 
every newly married couple or cou- 
ples celebrating their Golden Wed- 
ding anniversary. This year, due 
to a very, very small crop of rose 
plants throughout the entire United 
States, we are going to have to 
change our custom a little. (The 
shortage is so bad it looks as though 
we may not even have enough roses 
to fill our orders. So if you want 
roses, better get your order in 
early.) 
We still want to give a wedding 
gift to our friends, so to anyone 
sending in a picture of their recent 
wedding or their 50th wedding an- 
niversary, 
we'll send at proper 
planting time a free peony. As you 
know, peonies live and bloom beau- 
tifully for years and years with very 
little care and are among the most 
satisfactory of all plants for the 
home garden. 
If you don’t have a picture, send 
us an announcement or something, 
though we’d rather have a picture. 
Can’t tell you what kind of peony 
we will send, but you can be sure 
you'll like it—and it will be a 
named variety. 
No C.O.D.’s, Please 
Sorry, but we just can’t accept 
C.O.D.’s. We'd like to but it just 
isn’t practical because of so many 
delays involved with delivery of 
C.0.D.’s. Nursery stock should be 
planted the day it is received and 
,if it has to lay around in a post 
office for several days, the chances 
are it will not do well because it 
will be all dried out. So, actually 
this is for your own protection and 
benefit. 
ON FLOWER 
SEEDS 
Onlync o28 3c ess 
d 
59° 
oth Collections (12 PKTS.), $1.20 Value, only......... 
n afford a riot of flowers at this price. All full-size, 
: rap eng Ask for Field's Giant Flower Seed Bargain. 2500X 
Likes “V for Victory” 
This picture 
was sent in to us 
by Mrs. Norman 
Resch, Rt. 4, 
Reedsville, Wisc. 
It shows her lit- 
tle 3-year-old son 
roses. The bush 
is a Brownell “V 
for Victory” and 
had been planted 
less than 2 
: , "months when this 
picture was taken! The bloom 
measured 514 in. across. Mrs. Resch 
Says she has never seen new roses 
bloom like this before. ¥ 
How We Ship to You 
If some of you folks who have 
sent in large orders don’t get every- 
thing at the same time, it probably 
is because we have split your order 
up according to when different 
items should be planted. Orders 
are filled when stock is in best con- 
dition and during proper planting 
time. Garden seeds, and non- 
perishable goods, are sent immedi- 
ately. But’perennials, plants, ever- 
greens, bulbs, etc., are sent in sep- 
arate packages, even when sent the 
same day as the rest of your order. 
So you needn’t worry if you don’t 
get everything at once. Just look 
the papers over that come inside the 
package. They will give you full 
details, x 
a 
Phlox Most Admired 
“Dear Mrs. Field: I am one of 
your mewer customers, having 
bought my first seed in 1949. I am 
enclosing a snapshot of my 12-year- 
old son, standing behind a bed of 
phlox, which are all colors and the 
most admired of all my flowers.’”’— 
Mrs. Palla S. Spivey, Rt. 1, Box 116, 
Lake City, Florida. , 
Chinese Lombardy Poplar 
Here’s anew Poplar like the Lom- 
bardy, except it’s. prettier. Just as 
fast growing, just as straight, but 
the leaves are a rich black-green 
and the leaf-stem (petiole) is bright 
red, making a beautiful color com- 
bination. It’s so pretty we know. 
you will like it. Only have a few 
of them so didn’t put them in the 
regular catalog. A4221—2 to 3 ft., 
75c each, ppd.; 3 to 4 ft., 98c, ppd. 
Plant Nursery Stock 
AT ONCE 
Don’t let nursery stock lay around 
and dry out after you’ve received it. 
It’s not like garden seed. For best 
results it should get into the ground 
as soon as possible. Our stock is 
shipped 
planting, but of course, we can’t 
guarantee it will stay that way. If 
the weather is bad when it arrives 
or you can’t plant for some other 
reason, heel the stock in the ground. 
It will stay alive that way. Never 
expose roots to the sun or air fora 
long period of time. 
by one of her new | 
in perfect condition for. 
Happy Birthday! — 
“Dear Mrs. Field: I’m sending a 
picture of my little grandson, 
Richard Wilson, taken on his 2nd 
birthday and sure would like to see 
it in Seed Sense. We think he’s 
pretty cute. I read all the letters in 
Seed Sense and also all the planting 
and storing tips. I use lots of your 
seeds and think they are fine.’”’— 
Mrs. Jasper Wilson, Matheson, Colo. 
FREE FOR Ie 
FOR KIDS ONLY 
This is for 
the kids and 
how they 
love it. They 
can’t buy 
everything 
they’d like 
to raise so 
I’ve rolled 
100 packets 
into one and 
made a biz 
mixture of 
every kind 
Write “Conglomeration Packet” on 
your folks’ order, slide in your le, and 
you’ll be buying your OWN garden. 
This must come with your folks’ or-_ 
der. ‘ 4 Rea ore 6 
‘ #4, 
. - = 
Write Us a Letter 
Sometime when you have a spare 
minute, sit down and write us a let- 
ter. Let us know how our seeds 
and nursery stock are doing for you, 
or how you like some of our new 
items. Or, if you have some ques- 
tions on gardening or planting, 
don’t hesitate to ask us about them. 
Our advice is free for the asking. 
Anyway, keep on sending in your 
letters—we like to hear from you. 
Golden Wedding 
“Dear Mrs. Field: Enclosed find 
a picture of my father and mother- 
in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Miles 
of Atchison, Kans. They celebrated 
their Golden Wedding on July 18. 
They are parents of 7 children, 14 
grandchildren and 1 great grand- 
child.’”,—Mrs. Clarence Miles, At- 
chison, Kans. 
We have sent Mr. and Mrs. Miles 
a rose in honor of the occasion.— 
Mrs. H. F. 
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