DIRECTIONS FOR ORDERING 



PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE ORDERING 



Our catalogue is free to all customers. The price is ten cents to new applicants, which 

 amount will be added in seeds to the first order amounting to 25 cents. 



Write name and address plainly. We sometimes receive orders with the address omitted. 



Send money by Express. Post office Money Order, Bank Draft, or Registered Letter. We 

 cannot be responsible for money lost in the mail. Stamps can be sent for small orders amount- 

 ing to less than one dollar. 



Customers may select seeds to the value of 20 cents additional for each one dollar of their 

 orders. 



We will send twenty 10 cent packets of seeds for SI. 25: ten 15 cent packets for SI. 25; 

 twenty 5 cent packets for 75 cents postpaid. 



If plants or seeds arrive in bad condition, report must be made within ten days, and we 

 will replace same;but can pay no attention to complaints made after some time has elapsed. 

 We will be pleased to receive expressions of satisfaction from purchasers regarding our plants 

 and seeds. 



We rill no plant orders for less than SI. 00, unless 10 cents extra is sent for postage and 

 packing. 



Always send a second choice list, or state whether money shall be returned if we are out 

 of varieties. We are often put to much unnecessary correspondence, and orders are delayed, 

 by failure to comply with this, our frequent request. 



Express orders. All plants with soil, and the larger sizes, also all heavy bulbs, and cactus, 

 will be sent by express or freight at customer's expense . 



We will send 20 cents worth of plants extra, our selection, on each dollar, where orders 

 are sent by express. 



Mail orders. We send only small plants without soil by mail postpaid. 



Customers may select 10c worth of plants extra on each dollar. This premium on plants 

 applies only to price per single plant, not on collections or plants by the dozen, or on rhubarb 

 or cactus. When plants are sent by express we always send extras to help cover charges. 



Be sure to give directions how plants shall be sent, otherwise we send by express. 



We always take into consideration the cost of express and send no unnecessary weight, 

 making charges as light as possible to customers. Express charges are generally Sc per lb., 

 sometimes less, on packages not exceeding -A lbs., and on larger packages it is lower, being less 

 when sent by a through company. When packages are transferred to two or three companies, 

 charges are higher. Rates can always be learned at local express office 



Write questions or requests for any information on a separate sheet of paper, leaving blank 

 space for replies. 



TREATMENT OF PLANTS ON ARRIVAL 



Plants shipped by express or freight suffer little, if any. as the roots get disturbed but 

 very little if taken out of pots. Some water and shade for a few days will re-establish them. 



With plants received by mail more care and precaution have to be taken on arrival. On 

 all plants to be shipped by mail the soil has to be removed from the roots in order to lessen the 

 weight, and damp moss and paper take the place of the soil. 



If the plants are the least wilted on arrival, put them in lukewarm water in a shallow pan. 

 for about one hour, leaving the paper and moss undisturbed. This will soon restore their 

 vitality. 



In potting the plants, after removing moss and paper, use clean pots and loose fine soil. 

 Take pots only one size larger than the one the plant has grown in. Press the soil well down 

 after placing the roots in a natural position, leaving half an inch empty space above the soil 

 for the pot to receive the water. Water should be applied until it runs out at the bottom of 

 the pot. 



Keep shady and from the wind or draught for four or five days. Sprinkle the leaves every 

 dav. but take care not to wet the soil in the pot too much, which would make the roots rot. 



In anv case avoid extremes in watering or drying out. 



If the plants are to be cultivated in pots, most of them will be ready to be shifted into 

 larger sized pots in from two to four weeks, according to nature of plants. 



Bedding plants can be set out at once in the open ground by observing the above rules 

 about watering and shading, provided there is no danger of frost, etc. 



