DER SON &CO- 
PLANT 
~INTRODUCTION_= 
N the succeeding pages—123 to 175, inclusive—we offer a complete stock of growing 
plants, embracing flowering and ‘‘ foliage” plants, palms, bulbs and decorative plants 
for the greenhouse, conservatory and dwelling house, hardy plants and shrubs for the 
lawn and garden, vines for the house, garden and dooryard, small fruits and vegetable plants 
for the kitchen garden, and a general assortment of plants for all purposes, making the 
most complete collection offered by any business firm in the country. 
VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS. 
To aid us in correctly and expeditiously filling 
orders, we respectfully ask our customers to comply 
with the following requests: First. Use the order sheet and give explicit instructions 
how you wish the plants sent, whether by express, naming company, or mail. SECOND. 
Please don’t mix orders for seeds and plants together; remember that the plants and green- 
house bulbs offered on pages 123 to 175, are all at our greenhouses; seeds, implements, ferti- 
lizers, etc., are at our store in New York. All can be sent in one shipment, but it aids us 
materially if they are written on the separate order sheets supplied for that purpose. THIRD. 
Please don’t mix orders with letters. They should be written on separate sheets to avuid 
confusion. As far as possible, in writing orders put only one item on a line, and carry out 
the prices so that we may know which size is wanted. FourtH. Add premiums selected to 
the bottom of the order, seeds on seed sheet, plants and bulbs (from pages 123 to 175) on 
plant order sheet. 
Despite the very low prices at which our plants are sold, 
LI BERAL PREMIUMS. yet we still further reduce them by offering liberal premiums. 
These will be found on page 3, and are for the benefit of all our customers. 
PLANTS ARE NOT DELIVERED FREE BY EXPRESS, in all cases the buyer must 
pay the carrying charges. We deliver plants free by mail if so ordered and it is practicable ; 
but we have to take the soil from the roots to lighten and must send smaller plants than if 
sent by express. 
Nextinimportance to growing good 
plants is proper packing of them,so 
The system of packing plants 
PAGKING DEPARTMENT. 
that they may reach the purchaser withoutinjury. a 
that obtains to-day was evolved by the founder of our house and perfected by 
him. Our plants almost invariably reach the purchaser as fresh as when they 
left our greenhouses. 
SAFE ARRIVAL ASSU RED We guarantee the safe arrival 
* of all plants sent by express in 
the United States or Canada. Should anything be injured in transit we would 
urge our customers to notify us at once on receipt of the goods, and in every case 
send us a list of what has been damaged, so that we can replace them without 
delay. But when they arrive in good condition our responsibility ceases, and if 
from inattention or other causes they fail andcomplaint is then made, we cannot 
replace them. Plants sent other than by express are entirely at the risk of the 
purchaser. 
EXPORT ORDER The extra packing necessary to provide for the 
¢ safety of plants going on long journeys to for- 
eign countries compels us to charge 25 per cent. extra for packing. All plants 
exported are at purchaser's risk of damage from any cause whatsoever. 
We always add extra plants to cover express charges. 
PLANTS FREE BY MAI Plants can be sent free hy mail, ex- 
* cept large Roses, Palms, Azaleas, 
Camellias, Shrubs and other plants of large size, when instructions to that effect 
accompany the order, otherwise they will besent by express( buyer to pay charges) ; 
but as we always add enough plants gratis to cover thesecharges customers will 
see the great advantage of having plants sent by express, for not only can we 
send larger plants, but they arrive in better condition than if sent by mail. 
Under the new ruling of the leading 
LOW: EXPRESS (RADESS Get ee ee 
secured by us, plants packed in closed boxes will now be carried at the ‘‘ General 
Special’’ rate. This ,ate means a reduction of 20 per cent. from the regular 
merchandise rates to ill points where no ‘‘General Special’’ exists. Shipments 
weighing less than 100 Ibs. receive the benefit of the rate per 100 Ilbs., but the 
minimumchargeis35c. Forinstance, where theregular merchandise rateis $4.00 
per 100 Ibs.,a box of plants weighing 25 lbs. would be carried for 80c.—a saving 
of 20c. on oneshipment. It is not necessary to prepay charges to secure this 
rate, as we guarantee charges to the express companies, and, as a consequence, 
they allow the reduction. The buyer pays the express charges. 
IMPORTANT. 
We ship all orders for plants immediately upon receipt. 
structions to that effect must accompany the order. 
We will reserve plants for future shipment, but in- 
‘This applies specially to plants ordered in winter. 
