REMARKS TO PURCHASERS 



Read Carefully "Before Ordering 



Name and Address. Write your Name, Post Office, County and State as distinctly as possible 

 Some orders reach us which give neither name nor location. In such cases it is impossible for us to fill 

 orders until we again hear from the senders. 



Use the Order Sheet. Make out your list of requirements consecutively in the order as given in the 

 Catalogue, placing the quantity wanted before the article, and the price of the same in the column to the 

 right; and always keep a copy of your orders. 



Correspondence should not be intermingled with the body of the order, but either written at the bot- 

 tom of the Order Sheet, or on a separate sheet of paper. 



Remittances. The 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 will be 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. All possible precautions are taken to avoid their occurrence. Notify us at once if your order 

 is not properly filled and we will promptly make the necessary corrections. 



Substitution. As the season advances some stocks of seeds are exhausted, so it is advisable when 

 late orders are sent to name a few substitutes. We make substitution only when requested to do so, sending 

 varieties that will as fully cover the indicated wants as our stock will permit. If not so instructed, the remit 

 tance will be refunded. 



Send Us Your Order as Early as Possible. It will facilitate the prompt execution of same, and you 

 will have your seed when you are ready to plant. 



Packing". No charge for packing or delivery to depots, boats, or express offices. In no case do we pre- 

 pay Express or Freight charges, unless by special agreement. 



Seeds Free by Mail. All Vegetable and Flower Seeds quoted in this Catalogue by the quarter- 

 pound, ounce or packet are forwarded postpaid at the prices named. Postage must be added for seeds by 

 the half-pound, pound, pint or quart, as stated under the headings. We reserve the privilege of sending 

 seeds by express, prepaid, if more convenient or expedient to do so. 



Seeds by Express. Seeds can now be forwarded at 20 per cent less than merchandise rates; a saving 

 to the buyer of one-fifth over previous rates. 



Shipments by Freight. Seeds in bulk, implements, and other heavy goods are shipped by freight, 

 and unless there is a freight agent at point of destination, the freight must be prepaid, the purchaser advanc- 

 ing the same, unless otherwise arranged. Our facilities for shipping to points south of Pittsburgh on the Ohio 

 River and connecting streams are excellent, steamers plying daily between this and southern points. 



Catalogues are sent free to all our customers of the past year. Should any change their place of resi- 

 dence, we desire to be informed, that we may correct the address in our Catalogue list. Our local customers, 

 who purchase over our counters, will please give their correct address when making their first annual pur- 

 chase; this will insure their receiving Catalogues the following year by mail. Many of our patrons who 

 desire our Catalogues fail to receive them because their post office address is unknown to us. 



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By the final decision of the U. S. Supreme Court, the City of Allegheny has ceased to exist as a separate municipality and has 

 bt-come a part of Greater Pittsburgh. Our place of business is at the old stand where we have been so many years. 



WM. C. BECKERT 



BELL PHONE 9 CEDAR 101 and 103 Federal St., North Side, Pittsburg, Pa. 



