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R. @ J. FARQUHAR @® CO. 
6 and 7 South Market Street, Boston 
Prices and Terms. The prices quoted are those ruling at 
this date, and are SUBJECT TO FLUCTUATION witbout notice. 
Our terms of payment are net cash. 
Quotations with samples will be chee:fully given for such 
variable articles as Grasses and Clover Seeds. 
Do Not Forget Your Nameand Address. We frequently 
receive orders without the name of the sender or with in- 
sufficient address. Customers should be particular to give 
the full NAME, Post-OFFICE, COUNTY AND STATE, number of | 
STREET or P. O. Box, and the NEAREST EXPRESS OFFICE. 
Changes of Residence. In order that our Catalogues may 
be forwarded regularly, we will feel obliged if Customers 
inform us of any change of residence. 
who may fail to receive a Catalogue at the usua! time we 
will gladly send another copy on receipt of a postal card. 
Order Early. 
next day after receipt, but during the rush season this may 
be impossible — hence the advisability of ordering early. 
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We Deliver Free in the United States to any Post Office, 
Railruad Express Office or Station, at our option all Vegetable 
and Flower Seeds at the packet, ounce, 4-pound, %-pound, 
and 1-pound prices, and also books. Purchaser pays transit 
clarges on pints, quarts, pecks, bushels; also Farm Seeds, 
Bulbs and Plants, except where otherwise stated; Tools, 
Fertilizers, Insecticides, etc. If pints and quarts of Peas, 
Beans and Corn are wanted, post or express paid, please remit 
extia at the rate of 8 cents per pint and 15 cents per quart. 
To any Customer | 
It will greatly facilitate shipments if orders | 
are sent in early. We aim to send off all orders the same or | 
Remittances. Remittances should be made either in the form 
of a P.O. Money Order, Bank Draft, Registered Letter, or 
Express Money Order, 
| Discount. A discount of 5% is allowed on orders of VEGETABLE 
and Frowrr SEEDS amounting to $1.00 or more, when ac- 
companied by cash. This offer is made to limit our book- 
keeping and making of detailed bills. It does not apply to 
seeds that are charged, nor to anything except Vegetable 
and Flower Seeds. 
| Bags and Packing. No charge for boxes or packing, nor for 
delivery to Freight Depots or Express Offices. Two Busbel 
Cotton Bags only we charge for at 26 cents each, and if re- 
turned in good condition free of expense, they will be cred- 
ited as charged. 
NURSERY AND GREENHOUSE DEPARTMENT 
Shipping Seasons. Deciduous Trees, Shrubs, Roses and 
Vines, March 20 up to the unfolding of the foliage, which is 
usually about May 10 to 16 in this locality; also through the 
months of October and November. 
Evergreens. April and May; also in August and early Sep- | 
tember during a wet period. 
Hardy Perennials. 
Bedding Plants. 
Shipping Directions and Time of Delivery. Please 
specify at time of ordering whether goods are wanted by 
April, May, August and September. 
May 20 to early July. 
freight or express, also desired approximate date of delivery. | 
We shall use our best judgment in these matters when 
definite instructions are not given. 
Packing Free. 
that we do not charge for boxes and packing; nor for deliy- 
ery to any Express, Freight, or Steamship line in Boston. 
Customers in comparing prices should note | 
Cash with Order. We decline sending Trees, Shrubs and 
Plants ‘‘ Collect on delivery,’’ but we will ship by Express 
C.O.D. when desired, provided 50 per cent of the amount of 
the order accompanies the same as a guarantee. Said guar- 
antee is only required from parties with whom we have 
insufficient business acquaintance: it does not apply to our 
regular credit customers. 
Commonmealth of Massachusetts. 
STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 
Official Certificate No. 3, Boston, July 20, 1909, 
Go Whom It May Concern: 
This is to Certify, that I have this Twentieth day of July, 1909, 
completed the inspection of the nursery stock of R. & J. Farquhar 
| & Co., grown at Roslindale, Dedham and Sharon Heights, State of 
| Massachusetts, and find it to be apparently free from all injurious 
| insects and diseases which might be transferred on nursery stock 
from the nursery to the orchard or garden. 
This Certificate is good until July 1, 1910. 
| (Signed) H. T, FERNALD, Inspector. 
Planting and Improvement of Private Estates and Public Grounds. 
We have a large assortment of thé best hardy 
Nursery stock suitable for the Northern States. We invite correspondence from those contemplating improvements or additional 
plantations of hardy trees, shrubs, vines and perennial plants. We can also furnish competent gardeners to carry out such work. 
NON-WARRANTY. R. & J. Farquhar & Co. give no warranty, express or implied, as to description, quality, productiveness, 
or any other matter of any seeds, bulbs, or plants they send out, and they will not be in any way responsible tor the crop. If 
the purchaser does not accept the goods on these terms, they are at once to be returned. 
GARDENERS AND 
SUPERINTENDENTS 
We are always able to find Competent Gardeners and Superintendents for the 
management of estates. 
We recommend no man unless we know him or have satisfactory references 
as to his character and ability. 
recommend rarely fail to give satisfaction. 
party for this service. 
In consequence of this care, the men we 
We make no charge to either 
