Directions for Ordering 



Please Read Carefully Before Ordering 



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

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



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



Send money by Express, Postoffice Money Order, Bank Draft, or Registered Letter. 

 We cannot be responsible for money lost in the mail. Stamps can be sent for small ord- 

 ers amounting to less than one dollar. 



On seed orders customers may select seeds to the value of 20 cents additional for 

 each one dollar of their orders. 



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. 



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 larger sizes, also all heavy bulbs, and 

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



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



When sent by express customers may select 10c worth of plants or seeds on each 

 dollar. No gratis on mail orders except on seed orders. 



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 

 8c per lb., sometimes less, on packages not exceeding 4 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 offices. 



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



Write questions or requests for any information on a separate sheet of paper, leav- 

 ing a 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-estab- 

 lish 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 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 piants, 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 day, but take care not to wet the soil in the pot too much, which would make the 

 roots rot. 



In any case avoid extremes in watering or drying out. 



If 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 the 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. 



