R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO. 
6 and 7 SOUTH MARKET STREET, BOSTON 
January Ist, 1918. 
GENERAL DIRECTIONS TO CUSTOMERS. 
PRICES AND TERMS. The prices on all our merchandise are 
based on cash at time of purchase. For the convenience of 
customers who are frequent buyers, we are pleased to keep 
an account of the entire month’s purchases, to be paid for 
promptly on the first part of the following month. All goods 
in this catalogue are offered subject to being unsold on receipt 
of order, and the prices quoted-are subject to advance with- 
out notice. 
UNSIGNED ORDERS. We frequently receive orders without the 
name of the sender or with insufficient address. Customers 
should be particular to give full Name, Post Office, County and 
State, number of Street or P. O. Box, and the nearest Express 
Office. 
REMITTANCES. Remittances should be made either in the form 
of a P. O. Money Order, Bank Draft, Registered Letter, or Ex- 
. press Money Order. 
ORDER EARLY. It will greatly facilitate shipments if orders 
are sent inearly. We aim to send off all orders the same or next 
day after receipt, but during the rush season this may be impos- 
sible—hence the advisability of ordering early. 
SEEDS AND BULBS can now be sent by Parcel Post at the 
regular zone rates. Fluids and poisonous insecticides are not 
matlable. 
BAGS AND PACKING will be charged for at cost. Cotton bags, 
1 bushel, 10 cts.; 3} bushel 12 cts.; 1 bushel, 15 cts.; 2 bushels, 
40 cts. Bacs returned in good condition, charges prepaid, will 
be creditcd at price charged. 
WE DELIVER FREE IN THE UNITED STATES to any Post- 
Office, Railroad Express Office, or Station, at our option, 
all Vegetable and Flower Seeds at the packet, ounce, {-pound, 
3-pound and 1-pound prices, and also books. Purchaser pays 
transit charges 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 by Parcel Post, add postage at 
zone rates; mailing weight, 2 lbs. per quart. 
CANADIAN ORDERS. Vegetable and Flower Seeds in packets 
or ounces will be mailed postage paid into Canada, but for 
larger quantities add one cent per ounce for postage. For 
Peas, Beans and Corn, add 15 cents per pint, 30 cents per 
quart. The cost of Canadian import duties must be borne by 
the customer. 
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. To any Customer who may fail 
to receive a Catalogue at the usual time we will gladly send 
a copy on receipt of a postal card request. 
RESPONSIBILITY. No salesman or other employee of R. & J. 
Farquhar & Co. has authority to alter or modify any of the 
sales conditions printed in our Catalogues. All sales are made 
subject to acceptance by the firm. 
NURSERY AND GREENHOUSE DEPARTMENT. 
SHIPPING SEASONS. Deciduous Trees, Shrubs, Roses and 
Vines, March 20 or as soon as weather will permit, up to the 
unfolding of the foliage, which is usually about May 10 to 15 in 
this locality, also through the months of October and Novem- 
ber. 
Evergreens. April and May; also in August, September and 
October. 
Hardy Perennials. April, May, August, September and Oc- 
tober. 
Eedding Plants. May 20 to early July. 
SHIPPING DIRECTIONS AND TIME OF DELIVERY. 
Please specify at time of ordering whether goods are wanted by 
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. Customers in comparing prices should note 
that we do not charge for boxes and packing; nor for delivery 
to any Express, Freight or Steamship Line, in Boston. 
COMPLAINTS. Complaints will not be considered unless they 
are made within ten days after receipt of stock. 
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 insuffi- 
cient business acquaintance; it does not apply to our regular 
credit customers. 
Our nurseries are 
both State and Federal Inspectors and 
inspected by 
all shipments of nursery stock have 
their certificate attached. 
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 to have satisfactory references as to his character and ability. In eon- 
sequence of this care, the men we recommend rarely fail to give satisfaction. We make no charge to either party for this 
service. 
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NON-WARRANTY. We do not give as to description, quality, productiveness or any other matter, any warranty, express or implied, 
of any seeds, bulbs, plants, insecticides, fungicides, or fertilizers, which we send out. If the purchaser does not accept the goods on these 
terms, they are at once to be returned. 
R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO. 
