REMARKS TO PURCHASERS. 



Read Carefully Before Purchasing. 



NAME AND ADDRESS. Write yoar Name, Post-Office, County and State as plainly and legibly as possible, 

 instances are not rare where correspondents, in sending us orders, neglect to give either name or location. Where such 

 oversights occur, it is, of course, impossible for us to fill orders until we hear from the senders again. 



USE THE ORDER SHEET.' Make out your list of requirements in the order given in the catalogue, placing the 

 quantity wanted before the article, and the price of the same after, and using the upright columns allotted for that purpose. 

 It is better always to keep a copy of your orders. 



CORRESPONDENCE should not be intermingled with the body of the order, but either written at the bottom, or on 

 one side of the order sheet, or on a separate sheet of paper. 



REMITTANCES. Tne safest method of sending money is by Post-Office Orders; where they are not obtainable, it 

 can be sent by Express Money Order, Registered Letter, or Draft on New York. For small amounts, postage 

 stamps are acceptable. 



WHEN THE REMITTANCE is not sufficient to pay for the quantity of seeds ordered, we will reduce the quantity to 

 correspond with the remittance. 



ERRORS. We very rarely have any complaints made on this score, as all possible precautions are taken to avoid their 

 occurrence. Notify us at once if your order is not filled as it should be, and we will promptly make the necessary corrections. 



SUBSTITUTION. It sometimes occurs that late in the season we may have sold all our stock of some particular 

 article ordered. We will in such case substitute the variety nearest akin to it, if requested to do so ; otherwise the money 

 will be refunded. 



FOR PRICES ON LARGE QUANTITIES OF SEEDS, write for our Market Gardeners' or Florists' Catalogue, 

 which is, however, only furnished on presentation of business card, or other evidence sufficient to show that the applicant 

 is entitled to the same. 



PACKING. There will be no charge for packing or delivery to depots, boats, or express office. Fifteen cents will be 

 charged for two-bushel cotton sacks, when such are required. In no case do we prepay Express or Freight charges 

 unless by special agreement. 



SEEDS FREE BY MAIL. Allseeds quoted in this catalogue by the quarter pound, ounce or packet are forwarded 

 postpaid, at the prices herein named. Postage must be added for Peas, Beans and Corn, where quoted by the pint or quart 

 as stated under the headings ; also, on seeds ordered by weight, where that exceeds one-fourth pound of one variety, 

 at the rate of 8 cents per pound. We reserve the privilege of sending seeds by express, prepaid, if more suitable to us. 

 Purchasers when ordering will, therefore, please give the name of their express office. 



SEEDS BY EXPRESS. Seeds quoted by the peck, bushel and larger quantities are forwarded at purchasers' 

 expense; likewise all other heavy or bulky articles named herein. Unless goods are of a perishable nature, we send 

 C. O. D., if requested. As prices are all given in the catalogue, there is no necessity for having goods forwarded in this 

 manner, the purchaser thereby incurring the extra return charges. 



SHIPMENTS BY FREIGHT. Seeds in bulk, implements, and other heavy goods we generally ship by freight. 

 Unless there is a freight agent at point of destination, the freight must be prepaid in advance, and unless by special 

 arrangement with us, the purchaser must advance the same. Our facilities for shipping to points south of Pittsburgh on 

 the Ohio river and connecting streams are excellent, steamers plying daily between here and southern points. Points 

 above Pittsburgh, on the rivers, are also accessible by boat. 



CATALOGUES are sent free to all our customers of the past year, and to all others who apply for them. Should any 

 of oar customers change their place of residence, we desire them to inform us of their whereabouts, that we may make the 

 necessary correction of address in our catalogue list. After a period of one year, the names of those who have not 

 acknowledged the receipt of our catalogue will be stricken from our list — we take it for granted that they do not wish it any 

 longer. Send its an ordc>\ be it ever so small, and we will send you both spring and fall catalogues the next season. Any 

 of our patrons who receive more than one copy of this catalogue will please hand a copy to some one whom they know to be 

 interested in gardening. Their names have probably been duplicated on our register, and, as we are annually at heavy 

 expense for catalogues, we can ill afford to have any wasted. If those who receive more than one copy will therefore, 

 kindly inform us of the fact, so that our registers may be corrected, we will be glad to recompense them for the trouble 

 with some packages of flower or vegetable seeds, as may be desired. 



OUR SEED STOCKS. Most of our principal stocks are grown for us by specialists from stock seeds furnished by us ; others, 

 again, are our own production. Careful and exhaustive tests are made of all varieties of seeds that we send out. Our patrons can rest^ 

 assured that seeds purchased from us will germinate, cijnditions being proper. 



OUR LIST of both vegetable and flower seeds is very complete, comprising nearly all sorts that are desirable or of merit. Wei 

 do not give novehies a special classification in our catalogue, but include them in the general list of varieties. 



PLEASE COMPARE PRICES with those of any other reliable house. We decline to compete with so-called cheap seeds. 

 Sorrefponbenjen unb Sefteltungen in beutc^er ©i^racfce er^alteii biefelbe aufmertfamfctt a[§ biejenigen in englifc^er ©^)racf)e. 

 Address all orders to 



\NM. C. BECKERT. 

 19 Federal Street, Allegheny, Pa. 



