Instructions for Ordering Plants, Etc. 



Orders should always be sent in as soon as possible; it is better for you as well as the nur- 

 seryman. 



C. O. D.— We do not ship plants C. 0. D. unless one-half the amount of order has been received. 



How to Scrd Money- Make all orders payable to E. W. Tow.nsend. Remit by Money Order. 

 Registered Letter, or Bank Draft. Postage stamps taken for the fractional part of a dollar. Do 

 not send currency unless you register your letter. (We have received thousands of dollars in this 

 way, but had rather pay the registration fee ourselves, or for a money order. 



Shipping Season— From October 1st until May 1st is our regular shipping season. We can us- 

 ually ship plants all winter. After May 1st we do not guarantee plants to reach customers in good 

 condition and all orders are shipped after this date at their own risk.. However we do ship thous- 

 ands of plants every season after this date and usually they are perfectly satisfactory. But there 

 is no need to put off planting later than May 1st, and even if late planting is desired it is by far 

 the best to have plants shipped May 1st and healed in so as to be ready when ground is prepared. 

 Our hardy grown plants can be kept a long time after they are received by you if properly healed 

 in by making a trench V shaped deep enough to take the roots and leave out the buds; firm dirt 

 around the roots and cover with boards, keeping boards off the top of plants. Always loosen the 

 bundles before trenching. 



True to Mame— We guarantee our plants and etc. to be true to name and upon proper proof that 

 any plants prove untrue we will replace them free of charge or refund the purchase price. We have 

 had so few claims in the past of plants proving untrue to label that it seems unnecessary to add 

 the customary language that the trade laws demand. But in order to protect ourselves we will be 

 held responsible only for the amount of the plants that actually prove untrue. 



Our Guarantee— That plants ordered by express reach our custcm.ers in good growing condition 

 and prove satisfactory, when taken from the express office at once. We pack and deliver freight 

 and mail orders in good condition and deliver to post office or freight station but cannot be held re- 

 sponsible while in transit. 



Packing - We make no charge for packing. Every package is delivered free on board cars at 

 prices named in catalogue. 



Twenty-Five — All plants are tied twenty-five to a bundle wrapped neat with fine raffia. 



Payments — invariable cash in advance before shipment. This is our Iron Bound Rule to every- 

 body. This is to our customers' interest as well as ours. We have no bad bills and you do not have 

 any bills to pay for the other fellow. If not ready to send the full amount of remittance now make 

 out your order and send one-fourth now, balance when plants are ordered shipped. 



One Price to All— Every customer at the first table. It is our desire to treat every customer 

 the same. 



No Order Too Small— We will accept your order for twenty-five plants and give it the same 

 careful attention as the fellow with a hundred thousand order. 



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EEP this Catalogue, and use it until you receive another copy, or give this one to your friend 

 and ask for another one. 



Copyrighted, 1 91 6, by C. W. Townsend. 



