When and How Peter Henderson & Go. Fill Orders, Ship, etc. 



WHEN WE EXECUTE ORDERS. 



EVERY ORDER IS FILLED IMMEDIATELY on arrival, or is acknowl- 

 edged if, under rare circumstances, its shipment is likely to 

 be delayed for a day or two. If goods, notification of ship- 

 ment or acknowledgment of order is not received by the customer 

 after a reasonable lapse of time, it may be assumed that the order 

 has miscarried, or that the name or address was omitted from 

 the order. We will, where notified of such a case, use our best 

 efforts to trace it without delay. 



We fill orders of all Tallies from 10 cts. to $5,000, and all, whether 

 large or small, receive the same careful and prompt attention. 



WE MAIL SEEDS AND PLANTS. 



We pay the postage on all seeds in packets, ounces and quarter- 

 pounds purchased from this catalogue. 



We only charge postage on bulk quantities, viz. : Customers will 

 please add at the rate of 8 cts. per lb. to the catalogue prices for 

 seeds purchased in quantities of j^ lb. and upward of one variety, 

 and to the catalogue price of Peas and Beans add at the rate of 15 

 cts. per quart, and to Corn at the rate of 10 cts. per quart, to pay 

 postage. We are obliged to require postage on the bulk quantities just 

 mentioned, for we not only have an enormous counter trade, but a large 

 proportion of our customers have their goods shipped by freight or ex- 

 press, consequently we could not, in equity, base our prices to include 

 postage. 



Plants by mail. All plants (with exceptions noted below) pur- 

 chased from this catalogue and ordered to be sent by mail, will be 

 sent post-paid, but in the absence of such instructions we invaria- 

 bly send them by express. A few plants cannot be sent by mail 

 because they are too large, notably the larger sizes of Palms, Panda- 

 nus and other decorative plants, first size Roses of all kinds, large 

 Rhododendrons and Magnolias, etc., etc. 



About Packing and Shipping and No Charge Made. 



We make no charge for packing-, cases, baskets, packages or 

 barrels, and pack as lightly as possible, consistent with safety, so 

 as to reduce the cost of carriage. In fact, we assume extra expense 

 in supplying light, strong cases, and, where possible, we pack in bas- , 

 kets covered with waterproof canvas, which greatly reduces weight. 



Cloth bags only we charge for, and these at cost, viz. : 1 peck, { 

 10c. ; % bush., 12c. ; 1 bush., 15c. ; 2 bush., 20c. All grass seed bags, 

 excepting bags for Timothy and Clover, are furnished free. 



Special packing of seeds for foreign shipments. We pack seeds, 

 when necessary, in tin-lined cases or double sacks and charge for 

 them at cost. 



We make no charge for cartage or delivery of goods to any rail- 

 road station, steamship line or express office in New York City. 



The safe arrival is guaranteed of all goods sent by express to 

 any part of the United States or Canada. We ship plants at all 

 seasons of the year, even in the coldest weather. 



The advantage that we possess in shipping from New York is 

 pronounced on account of the many different routes by which we 

 can ship, and the consequent competition in speed and transporta- 

 tion rates, thereby securing for our customers quick delivery at the 

 lowest cost. In most instances customers can get their goods 

 more quickly and cheaply from us than when ordered nearer home. 



HAVE YOUR PLANTS SENT BY EXPRESS. 



IMPORTANT NOTICE.— After lengthy negotiations, we have 

 succeeded in obtaining a lower rate on plants from the express com- 

 panies, so that henceforth they will be carried at a reduction of 20 

 per cent, from the rates previously in force. We therefore urgently 

 advise that plants be sent by express, because they arrive in better 

 condition, and we can send larger plants. We pack very light to 

 reduce the expressage to the minimum, and to encourage cus- 

 tomers to have plants sent by express we will add enough plants, 

 gratis, of our selection, to generally more than equal the amount 

 of expressage that the purchaser pays. 



Correspondence, Advice, etc. We are always glad to give any 

 information in our power to our customers on any subject pertain- 

 ing to our business, but, to avoid error, this should always be 

 written on separate paper to that used for orders. 



All orders and letters on business should be addressed to the 

 firm, Peter Henderson & Co., 35 and 37 Cortlandt Street, New York. 

 If the special attention of any member of our establishment is 

 desired, by so stating in your letter or order we shall be pleased to 

 refer it to the party mentioned. Envelopes addressed to special 

 persons are frequently the cause of long delays, on account of 

 absence or sickness. 



Gardeners' and Head-Farmers' Situations. We have at all times 

 a number of practical gardeners' and farm-managers' names on our 

 books who are in want of situations. If parties desiring such will 



write to us we shall be glad to put them in communication with 

 men that we deem suitable. To aid us in making a selection we 

 ask that prospective employers in writing us will please state full 

 particulars, whether a married or single man is wanted and the 

 nature of the situation to be filled, also about what wages they 

 expect to pay and any other particulars which they wish to state. 

 We make no charge for this service, either to employer or em- 

 ployee. 



Beware of Fraudulent Traveling Agents. Every season we have 

 complaints from Retail buyers in different sections of the country 

 of parties who fraudulently represent us and collect money in our 

 name. Our customers are warned against paying money to any 

 one in this way. All remittances should be sent direct to our 

 firm. 



SEED TESTING. 



The practice which we inaugurated years ago of testing before 

 selling all seeds, both for germination and purity of stock, is now 

 imitated by nearly every seed house in this country. But we 

 claim, as pioneers in this, a system possessed by no other dealer. 

 The usual custom is to sprout seeds on damp cotton or paper ; by 

 this unnatural method a high and misleading percentage of growth 

 is obtained which is not borne out in practical tests. Our method 

 is to sow the seeds in " old mother earth," thus arriving at the 

 actual percentage the seeds will grow. This can only be done in a 

 greenhouse establishment such as ours, where we have houses 

 kept at the various temperatures required by the nature of the seed. 



OUR TRIAL GROUNDS. 



Here all the varieties of vegetable and flower seeds are grown 

 to perfection, and progress of each sample is watched by experts 

 day by day, and the slightest inferiorities in any of our stocks 

 are thus at once detected. We believe that by this system we 

 throw more safeguards around our customers than any other 

 house in the trade, yet, despite all care, crops will fail and seeds 

 will fail to germinate, from causes beyond our control. Hence, to 

 guarantee seeds to invariably produce a perfect crop is little 

 short of quackery. And while we are justified in believing that 

 the seeds we offer are unsurpassed in quality, still, for the reasons 

 above given, we do not (and our employees also have strict orders 

 never to do so), under any circumstances, guarantee or warrant 

 seeds. 



OUR RED TRADE-MARK LABEL. 



Every package, large or small, of vegetable seeds sent from our 

 establishment is sealed with oar Red Trade-Mark Label (copy- 

 righted), ftnd as our jobbing 

 trade is supplied with our seeds 

 sealed in this manner, you will 

 consequently be perfectly justi- 

 fied in refusing any packages of 

 seed not bearing this trade-mark. 

 We have been reluctantly forced 

 to adopt this method for our mu- 

 tual protection, as every season 

 we have cases where unscrupu- 

 lous dealers foist a cheap and 

 inferior article on purchasers 

 under the name of "Hender- 

 son's Seeds." Insist that every 

 package you buy bears our Red 

 Trade-Mark Label, which we 

 here illustrate. 



Special Notice. — While we exercise the greatest care to have all 

 Seeds, Plants and Bulbs pure and reliable, we do not give any war- 

 ranty, express or implied. If the purchaser does not accept the goods 

 on these conditions they must be returned at once, and the money that 

 has been paid for same will be refunded. — P. H. & Go. 



