PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING 
(Being Conditions of Sale) 
ALL ITEMS in this catalog are offered subject to arrival, 
harvest, or previous sale. Because of conditions of the times, 
prices are subject to change without notice, but no unneces- 
sary changes will be made. To our prices please add any 
applicable sales or other transaction taxes. Minimum size 
acceptable order is One Dollar for seeds, or Two Dollars for 
plants and bulbs. Add 25c as a handling charge if you must 
order less than these amounts, otherwise we take an actual 
loss. Please remit with order, using money order or postal 
note when possible. Personal checks are acceptable only in 
amounts of two dollars or more. If you send actual cash, any 
loss would be yours, so register the letter. We do not send 
plants C.O.D. Seeds can be sent C.O.D., but it will cost more, 
since a fee is charged. Seeds and books are postpaid; bulbs 
and plants are not, and are offered for express shipment, 
collect for shipping charges. If you want plants or bulbs by 
mail, add to your remittance for postage and mail packing 
on basis of 10% for shipments east of the Mississippi, and 
of 15% for points west of the river. We reserve option of 
shipping plants and bulbs by express, if, in our judgment, 
conditions at time of shipment make that method of forward- 
ing advisable. In such instances, any postage allowance will 
be refunded. 
I try to send out only good seeds, bulbs and plants, but since 
I have no control over the purchaser’s degree of knowledge 
and skill, nor over climate or the weather of the particular 
season, I cannot be responsible for any results dependent on 
such factors. 
GUARANTEE—Our seeds, bulbs and plants must reach cus- 
tomer in good, growable condition. We pack carefully, and 
nearly all shipments get through in fine shape. If yours does 
not, report to us at once, and we will make free replacement 
or other satisfactory adjustment. On bulbs and plants this 
applies only in regular shipping seasons given below. 
PLANT SHIPPING SEASONS—Bulbs and plants go out 
during April, May and June, and again during September, 
October and November. Safe arrival plant guarantee applies 
in months named. If you wish plants or bulbs sent at other 
seasons, the risk of loss from heat or cold must be yours. 
Winter shipments of plants by express, however, usually go 
through safely. We always pack carefully. 
REX. D. PEARCE 
Moorestown New Jersey 
PLANT ORDERS are filled in rotation when shipping season 
opens, each in its turn according to date of receipt. You see 
plant orders come in year around, while we can ship only 
part of the year. We are as anxious to send your plants as 
you are to receive them, but we can’t fill all orders at once. 
For early shipment, then, send an early order. Our hardy 
plants are outside-grown, and in some years it is close to the 
middle of April before we can start digging and packing 
them, but there is a lot of planting time after that. In most 
parts of the north, plants can be safely moved until at least 
middle of June. Actually in our own work at the Nursery 
we do a good bit of planting in late June. 
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IPOMOEA TUBEROSA 
Handsome, yellow - flowered, 
tropical vine. Called WOOD- 
ROSE from the brown, woody, 
blossom-formed sepals that last 
almost indefinitely, and are val- 
ued for decorative arrangements. 
Under glass, North. 3 seeds for 
125e; 15 for $1.00; 30 for $2.00. 
78 THE BLUE AMARYLLIS 
The rare and lovely AMARYL- 
LIS PROCERA from the Organ 
Mountains of Brazil. Handsome, 
; large flowers of a lilac that ap- 
tig proaches blue. 2 seeds for 50c; 
Za 5 seeds for $1.00; 30 seeds, (cus- 
NW tomer limit), for $5.00. 
THE ROYAL AZALEA 
Flower-lovers and gardeners 
know the beauty illustrated on 
the front cover as The Royal 
Azalea. It is a deciduous species, the big, sweetly scented flow- 
ers of brightest pink coming in May, just as its leaves begin. 
Brightly colored autumn foliage. Hardy in northern New Eng- 
land. Makes a well-shaped shrub. AZALEA SCHLIPPEN- 
BACHI. Seeds, per pkt. 35c; 3 pkts. for 90c. Plants, one year, 
4 to 6 inches, each 75c; 3 for $1.80; 10 for $5.50. 
4 THE RARE FRANKLINIA 
The FRANKLIN TREE makes a handsome large shrub, 
thriving under Azalea conditions, and winter-hardy at Boston 
and at Buffalo. It blooms in late summer and autumn, big, 
wax-white blossom cups, with tufted golden anther-tassels. 
It is one of the few really fine autumn-blooming shrubs. 
Later its foliage becomes scarlet. It grows naturally as a 
several-stemmed shrub, but it is not difficult to train to a 
single stem as a small tree, if that be preferred. Illustrated 
above. Available as plants, two years from seed, height 12 
inches up, beginning to branch. Each $1.25; 3 for $3.30; 
10 for $9.25. 
KEY-LETTER EXPLANATION 
b—Suitable for the hardy border. 
' e—The flowers cut well. 
d—Will grow in rather dry soils. 
e—Of easy culture for the beginner, if key letter and other 
directions are followed. 
g—Ground cover or carpeting plant. 
k—Sow in early spring while soil is cool. 
kt—As in ‘k’’, but may also be sown in latest fall. 
p—For pavements, step-crevices or walls. 
r—Of value in rock garden. 
s—Prefers shade. 
st—Tolerant of either light shade or sun. 
w—Sow in heat, in sunny window, frame or conservatory. 
x—Sow in spring or summer, up to September. If sown in 
heat of summer, be sure seedbed is shaded. 
y—Sow in late autumn or even in early winter, in open 
ground beds or unheated frames, germination to take 
place in spring. These are seeds that need cold to start 
them, not heat. May usually be sown in early spring also, 
providing they have been stratified, or have received 
refrigerator treatment. Cultural folder sent with seeds, 
gives directions for this. 
yt—Seeds so marked should be sown in late autumn or earliest 
spring in outdoor seedbed. If sown too late in spring, 
they may lie dormant until following year. 
z—Requires winter protection. 
NUMERALS IN PARENTHESES indicate season and dura- 
tion of bloom, as follows: (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) grown for fruit, form or 
foliage, rather than flowers. NUMERAL FOLLOWING 
PARENTHESES indicates normal mature height in inches 
(or in feet if so specified) under good culture. 
THE TREASURE CHEST—This catalog isn’t big enough to 
include all our seeds, bulbs, plants and garden books. The 
rest of them are listed and priced, without much description, 
in a separate supplementary folder that we call our TREAS- 
URE CHEST OFFER. Will those who are interested in the 
Treasure Chest Offer, please ask for it? It is sent only on 
request, but gladly then. 
