PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE. 



Hendersons Wholesale Gatalo&ue 



OF VEGETABLE SEEDS, FLOWER 

 SEEDS, BULBS, ETC., FOR . . . 



Market Gardeners and Florists 



N sending you this Wholesale List of Seeds, Bulbs, Etc., and soliciting your orders 

 we wish to emphasize the fact that 



OUR TESTED SEEDS ARE PROCURABLE 0A T LY FROM US DIRECT. 



E MAKE A SPECIALTY 



_ OF 



SUPERIOR 

 ^TYPES^ STRAINS 



OF 



Vegetable Seeds 



Several years ago we abolished the jobbing department of our business. Our 

 efforts are now especially directed to the interests and requirements of the Market 

 Gardener. 



Having no jobbing trade interests to protect, we arc enabled to supply the 

 planter direct with the highest quality of seeds at the lowest possible price. Com- 

 ing in closer contact with our customers — from grower to planter direct — begets 

 a confidence that is impossible when seeds pass through the hands of a middle-man. 



The seed business differs from nearly all others, from the fact that after the 

 seeds are sown, weeks must elapse before their real value can be established, and 

 for this reason the exchange of seeds between buyer and seller must ever be entirely 

 a matter of confidence, and that confidence, we believe, can only be lastingly held 

 by such seed firms as test their seeds before selling, and who have the practical ex- 

 perience to accurately determine when they are right. Our own practical experience of thirty years as market gardeners forcibly 

 impresses upon us the fact that the best is none too good for those whose living depends upon profitable crops, and we assure 

 all, our old as well as prospective customers, that there are no better stocks procurable than are being used in our Market 

 Gardener's Department to-day. 



/ FOR 



MARKET GARDENERS 



AND 



TRUCK FARMERS 



WHEN ORDERED DIRECT 



We Deliver Free 



ANYWHERE IN THE U. S. 



(to any P.O.or R. R. Express Office or Freight Station, 

 at our option) 



Vegetable Seeds £*£& SK 



Purchaser pays transit charges on bulk quan- 

 tities of seeds, viz: pounds, pints, quarts, pecks, 

 bushels, barrels and on Pbnts, Farm Seeo\; Im- 

 plements, Fertilizers, Insecticides, Bulbs, etc. 



NOTE. — When desired, we will prepay express charges 

 or postage on such seeds or quantities as we do not offer 

 to deliver free, IF lQc. per quart or 8c. per pound is added 

 to prices. 



OUR BUSINESS RULES. 



The Prices quoted in this Catalogue cancel all previous offers unless accepted by us. 



All goer's in this Catalogue are offered subject to being unsold on receipt of order, and the price* 

 quoted are subject to change without notice. 



Advance Orders, Conditions of Acceptance. All advance orders, for growing crops, are booked by 

 lis previous to harvesting and receipt — subject to crops permitting — and accidents or delays beyond our 

 control. Should shortages necessitate it, we reserve the ri^ut to fill such orders pro rata. 



About Warranting Seeds, etc. Peter Hen - derson & 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 for the crop. Ii the purchaser does not accept the goods on 

 these terms, they are at once to be returned. 



How to Order, Remit, F,tc. 



Remittances should be made either in the form of an Express Money Order, P. O. Money Order, 

 Bank Draft or Registered Lette.-. 



Customers can also shop by Express, as all express companies have purchasing departments in all 

 their offices. If you wish to order goods from us to be scut by express, ask for a Purchasing Order Blank 

 at any express office, and it will be supplied and forwarded without charge, other than usual rates for 

 returning goods. 



Orders from unknown correspondents, without remittance, should be accompanied by New York 

 City references, to save delay. 



If goods are wanted C. O. D., 25 per cent, of the amount must accompany the order. 



Give full shipping instructions on each and every order you send. 



Every order is filled immediately on arrival, or its receipt is acknowdedged if, under rare circum- 

 stances, its shipment is likely to be delayed. 



We fill orders of all values, from the smallest to the largest, and all receive the same careful and 

 prompt attention. 



About Packing and Shipping. When goods are ordered from both seed and greenhouse establish- 

 ments, we always combine the orders, where practicable, and make one. shipment. 



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. 



Cl"th bags only %ve charge for, and these at cost, viz. 1 peck, 10c. ; i bush., 12c.; 1 bus!:.. 15c; 2 bush., 

 25c. All g.'ass seed bags, excepting bags for Timothy and Clover, are furnisned free. 



S-ecial packing of seeds for foreign shipments when necessary, in tin-lined cases or double sacks, 

 we charge for at cost. 



We make no charge for cartage or delivery of goods to any railroad station, steamship line or express 

 office in New York City. 



The safe a-rival is guaranteed of all goods sent by express to any part of the United States or Can- 

 ada. We ship plants by express at all seasons of the year, even in tiie coldest weatner. 



When shipped by freight we delive- all bul'-s and roots, properly packed and in good condition, 

 into the hands of transportati n companies. After that our responsibility ceases. Consignee then as- 

 sumes all risks of heating, freezing and delays. 



CHARLES HENDERSON, President. 



Press of Mcllroy «fc Emmet, 22 Thames Street, New York, 



