THE NO. 10 SEED LISTING 
ISSUED JANUARY 1954. 
We are printing our complete seed list in one issue this year because many of our read- 
ers have requested it. However, because of so many seeds arriving in every month, it 
will not be possible to have every thing listed this way and thus you should look in the 
lists that will follow in each issue for the new arrivals. 
We have gotten into much trouble and unnecessary work, to say nothing about the 
dissatisfaction of our customer, in listing sceds that have been promised and then fail 
to appear. This year we will try to list after the seeds arrive and while this may be too 
late for some of them, it will save the delays and refunds that have been caused in the 
past. 
The Famed Royal Poinciana — Delonix 
HOW TO ORDER: It will help a great deal if you will use the symbols in each listing and 
be sure to print them; this will be easier than if you write the complete name out, but if 
your hand writing is not of the best, then the name of the seed will be an additional 
help. Be sure to have your name and address on each order. 
HARDINESS SYMBOLS: We have started to use a hardiness symbol on listings and in 
time you will find many of them. We will appreciate information from our customers on 
this as we are not sure of all the thousands of seeds listed. The symbol used is in Roman 
figures as: (VII) which indicates which zone the plant is hardy; in some protected locat- 
ions the plant will be hardy even farther north. A hardiness zone map will be published 
shortly and you will have to refer to it to know what your particular zone is. 
ABBREVIATIONS: In order to get as much information in a line, it is necessary to 
abbreviate many common words and we feel sure that most of our readers will readily 
understand them GH means the flower is recommended fer greenhouse growing but 
in many cases it can also be grown cutside; RG means rock garden; tr, tree: sh, shrub; Bb, 
bulb; HP, hardy perennial; HHP, half hardy; HA, hardy annual; HHA, haif hardy annual; 
TA, tender annual like tomatoes, salvia, etc; by hardy we have in mind our location in 
Michigan that is the (IV) zone of hardiness. In the near future we hope to make up a 
set of cultural operations to which numbers can be given and thus listed with each 
seed offering. We are always pleased to have readers make corrections and suggestions 
they are really apprciated. 
HARRY E. SAIER 
DIMONDALE MICHIGAN 
regia — Hardy only in the South 
