A Word of Thanks. 



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T IS with pleasure I again send you my catalog of Plants, Trees, Seeds, 

 etc. I am indeed grateful to you for the large increase in my orders 

 last spring. I sold more stock last spring than I had hardly hoped to 

 sell, and I thank every one who sent me an order or who recommend- 

 ed me to a friend and I trust you were as well pleased with the stock 

 you received as you expected to be. I tried to so please you that you would 

 send me your order whenever you are again in want of any of the stock I grow. 

 If you will compare my prices with others I think you will find them in 

 my favor, but do not think just because the price is less that the stock is in- 

 ferior. My stock is as good as any grown. Which YOU already know 

 if you have tested them. 



I want YOUR order this season and promise to give you the very best ser- 

 vice and stock possible. 



Again thanking you for your favors, and wishing you abundant success in 

 your efforts, I remain Yours for a prosperous season, 



LEAMON G. TINGLE. 



Advice to Customers. 



Terms. Payment invariably at time of ordering or before shipment. Remit 

 by Money Order, Registered Letter or Draft. 



How To Order. Order early. Use the order sheet, and be sure to write your 

 name and address plainly. Give Post Office, County and State -and do this every 

 time you write me. Be sure to say how goods are to be shipped; whether by mail, 

 express or freight, and state plainly to what point goods are to be sent. No change 

 or countermand of order can be considered final without my written consent. 



Shipping. I deliver all goods to forwarders here without extra charge, after 

 which my control ceases, consequently my responsibility also. I particularly cau- 

 tion patrons against having Strawberry plants shipped by freight; they should 

 always go by express or parcels post. Transportation charges are to be paid by 

 purchaser. If wanted by parcels post add 25 cents per hundred for postage. 



Packing. We use great care in packing. Special care is taken to pack light- 

 ly, thereby reducing the expense of transportation. No charge for packing. 



Substitution. It is my custom, should a variety of plants become exhausted, 

 (which sometimes occur in all nurseries), to substitute a similar variety. When 

 it is desired that I should not do this, just write on your order "No Substitution. " 



Claims. If any must be made on receipt of goods, when if just, will be made 

 satisfactory. Claims made after ten days from receipt of goods will not be enter- 

 tained. I send out only good stock in good condition, carefully packed, m all cases; 

 but success or failure depends in so large a degree upon the care and management 

 after received, that I do not, BECAUSE I CANNOT, undertake to guarantee 

 stock to live. 



Guarantee. I warrant my stock true to name, with the explicit understanding 

 that should any prove untrue, I will return the money paid or replace it with other 

 stock; but am not liable for damage beyond this. 



Western Union Telegraph, Pittsville, Md. 



Testing New^ Varieties. 



By all means have a small plot of ground for the purpose of testing the new 

 varieties. Each season get a few of each of the new kinds that appeal to you. 

 By doing this you are not investing a lot of your money in something that may not 

 suit your soil or locality, while among the new ones you are likely to find some 

 better than you now have. Many large growers say they could not afford to be 

 without their testing plot. This is not an expense as you will get enough berries 

 from it the first season to pay the expenses. Make a start this season. 



