Prompt and Efficient Service by Mail and Express 



T IS more convenient for many of our customers to order their seeds and bulbs by mail than 

 to call at our store. For those customers, this catalogue is specially written and mailed, free, 

 to all who have favored us with their orders during the past year and to any others who are 

 interested in gardening and ask for it. 



Whether you call at our store for your seeds and garden supplies or order them by mail, we 

 can assure you of the same prompt and courteous attention and the same helpful interest in 

 your garden success. We make it our business to fill every mail order, large or small, suc- 

 cessively as received: throughout the year we maintain a strictly "Up-to-the-minute service." "Quick 

 mails make near neiglibors of us all." 



It is our desire to serve you well. We have tried to make this catalogue a thoroughlj' reliable guide to 

 garden success. The varieties which we handle are carefully selected and accurately described. If you 

 are in need of further information, do not hesitate to write us; the knowledge we have gained in forty- 

 six years of seed-growing is at your command. If you are in doubt as to what varieties to use, you can 

 leave it to us to select those best adapted for your purposes. 



Please help us to fill and ship your orders accurately and with all possible dispatch by noting carefully 

 the following instructions: 



Send Us Your Order as Early as Possible. 



Use the Enclosed Order Sheet, listing your require- 

 ments consecutively in the order in which thej- appear \n the 

 catalogue. Always keep a copy. 



Write Your Name and Address Distinctly on every, 

 order you send us. Give your Name, Post Office, County 

 and State, also Street or Box Number. 



Send Your Remittances by Post Office or Express 

 Money Order, Registered Letter or Draft. For small 

 amounts stamps arc acceptable. 



Correspondence should not be intermingled with the 

 body of the order, but should be written on a separate sheet. 



Give Complete Shipping Instructions on every order. 

 If you are not sure which method of shipment will be best 

 or cheapest you can safely leave that to us. Seeds, bulbs, 

 and plants are now entitled to special express rates, which 



are considerably lower than on general merchandise. Con- 

 sequently, we advise shipment by parcel p>ost or express in 

 all cases where quick delivery is desired and the order is 

 not too bulky. See table of Parcel-Post Rates below, 



' Substitutions and Adjustments. Late in the season 

 some stock may be e,\haustcd, so it is advisable, if you do not 

 order early, to name substitutes, or instruct us to use our 

 judgment in filling your order if, by chance, certain varieties 

 which you desire should be sold out. We never substitute 

 unless mstructed to do so. 



When a remittance is not suflicicnt to pay for the goods 

 ordered, we will send the quantities for which the remittance 

 pays. 



With regard to errors, we take every possible precaution 

 to avoid their occurrence. Notify us at once if your order is 

 not properly filled and we will make the necessary adjust- 

 ment. 



About Warranties and Guarantees. Because of our inability to control Nature's forces, we cannot guarantee crops 

 from our seeds and bulbs. No honest seedsman can or does. We take all precautions, eiery precaution, to see that our seeds 

 are right. Thej' are tested as to vitality and purity; they come from the foremost seed-growing specialists; they are handled 



by experienced men and put up in the most careful manner; represent full value for 

 money received. Beyond that we cannot go, so, in common with all responsible 

 houses, we do not warrant in any way, expressed or implied, the contents or description, 

 quality, productiveness, or any other matter oj any seeds, bulbs, or plants sold by us, and 

 we will not be in any way responsible for the crop. If the purchaser does not accept the 

 goods on these terms, be should return them at once and money will be refunded. We make 

 all sales subject to the above conditions. 



OUR POULTRY 

 DEPARTMENT 



We have added a complete depart- 

 ment of poultry supplies and equip- 

 ment. We are confident that the weU- 

 known Beckert's standard of quality will 

 be as profitable for the poultryman as 

 for our other customers, whether he is 

 making a business of a poultry farm, 

 or merely raising a few chickens in the 

 back yard. 



In our special poultry booklet, sent on 

 request, we list only standard equip- 

 ment that has proven entirely satis- 

 factory and practical. Our feeds and 

 powders have been worked out scien- 

 tifically with careful attention to the 

 practical needs of the average poultry- 

 man. Our chicks are strong, healthy 

 and true to type. 



We will maintain an information 

 bureau where profes- 

 sional and amateur 

 poultrymen can get ex- 

 pert advice. Make use 

 of it, to your own profit. 



Parcel-Post Rates 



Fir»t pound liach additionll 

 or fraction pound or fraction 



Parcels of seeds and bulbs weighing less than 8 ounces must pay postage to all zones 

 at the rate of 1 cent for each 2 ounces; in excess of 8 ounces at pound rates. 



Parcels of general merchandise weighing 4 ounces or less must pay postage to all 

 zones at the rate of 1 cent per ounce; in excess of 4 ounces at pound rates. 



We deliver ptostpaid at catalogue prices all seeds in packets, ounces and quarter-pounds. 



Limtc of 



70 lbs. 



Within 50 miles of Pittsburgh 05 01 70 lbs. 



Over 50 and under 150 miles from Pittsburgh. 05 



Over 150 " " 300 " " " 06 



Over 300 " " 600 " " " 07 



Over 600 " " 1.000 '■ " " 08 



Over 1,000 " " 1.400 " " •' W 



Over 1,400 " " 1,800 " " " 11 



Over 1,800 miles from Pittsburgh 12 



Local rate 

 1st zone. 

 2d zone. 

 3d zone. 

 4tli zone. 

 5th zone. 

 6th zone. 

 7th zone. 

 8th zone. 



Pittsburgh and R. F. D. Routes Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 .SO 05 



$0 01 

 01 

 01 



02 

 04 

 06 

 08 

 10 

 12 



70 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 



All goods sent by parcel post are at purchaser's risk, unless insured. Insurance is 

 5 cents for $25 or less, 10 cents for $25 to $50. This insures delivery only, but not 

 damage to package. 



