Kerna.rl^3 to Purchasers, 



READ CAREFULLY BEFORE ORDERINC. 



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



Sometimes orders reach us which give neither name nor location. In such cases it is 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 in the column to the right. 

 Always keep a copy of your orders. 



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

 bottom 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 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. 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. 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 ; other- 

 wise the money will be refunded. 



For Prices on Large Quantities of Seeds, write for our Market -Gardeners' or Florists' Cata- 

 logue, which is, however, only furnished on presentation of business card, or other evidence sufficient 

 to show that the applicant is entitled to the same. 



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 1 . • No charge for packing or delivery to depots, boats, or express offices. Fifteen cents 

 will ^be charged for 2 -bushel cotton sacks, when such are required. In no case do we prepay Ex- 

 press or Freight charges, unless by special agreement. 



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

 ter-pound, ounce or packet are forwarded postpaid at the prices herein named. Postage must be 

 added for seeds by the half-pound, p3Und, pint or quart, as stated under the headings. We reserve the 

 privilege of sending seeds by express, prepaid, if more suitable to us. 



S33ds by Express. Seeds can now be forwarded at 20 per cent less than the merchandise rates; 

 a saving of one -fifth to the buyer over previous rates. Unless goods are of a perishable nature, 

 we can 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 ship by freight. 

 Unless there is a freight agent at point of destination, the freight must be paid in advance, and, un- 

 less by special arrangement with us, the purchaser must advance the same. Our facilities for ship- 

 ping to points south of Pittsburg on the Ohio River and connecting streams are excellent, steamers 

 plying daily between here and southern points. Points above Pittsburg, on the rivers, are also acces- 

 sible by boat. 



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

 of residence, we desire them to inform us, that we may correct the address in our Catalogue list. 

 Our local customers, who purchase over our counters, will please leave their address when making their 

 first annual purchase; this will ensure their receiving Catalogues the following year by mail. Great 

 numbers of our patrons who desire our Catalogues fail to receive them because we have not their 

 post office address. 



gSTGorrciponbcnjcn unb y.cHcLfungcn iu tcuti'cBer epradjt erfmrten btcfctDe aufmcrtiamfeit at§ bicjenigen in englifcfjer ©pracfye. 

 Address all orders to 



WM. C. BECKERT, 103 Federal St., Allegheny, Pa 



