PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE. 



We Deliver Free \X™ a s tes by Parcel Post or Express Z°.oL e at Our Option 



AH Vegetable and Flower Seeds by the Packet. Ounce and } 4-Pound. 



Purchasers Pay Transportation on Half-Pounds. Pounds, Quarts. Half-Pecks. Pecks and Bushels. Also on Bulbs, Requisites. Fertilizers and Insecticides. 



If wanted by Parcel Post add postage as noted for these. 



BEANS. PEAS AND CORN WEIGH (POSTAL WEIGHT) TWO POUNDS PER QUAKT. 



PARCEL POST AND EXPRESS. 



On shipments weighing 20 pounds or more it is cheaper to ship by express. 

 As the express companies give a receipt for each package, and are responsible. 

 it amounts practically to insurance without cost, whereas it costs extra, accord- 

 ing to value, to insure a parcel post package. We guarantee the safe arrival 

 in the U. S. of all goods shipped by express. 



IF GOODS ARE WANTED BY PARCEL POST, POSTAGE MUST BE 



ADDED AS PER TABLE BELOW, EXCEPT FOR THOSE 



QUANTITIES OF SEEDS WE OFFER TO DELIVER 



FREE. 



The Postal Weight of Beans, Peas and Corn is Two Pounds per Quart. 



For other merchandise mailable by Parcel Post offered in this catalogue — 



Odorless Fertilizers. Insecticides and Fungicides (Fluids and Poisons excluded) 



— we have given the packed weight so that extra fur postage may be remitted 



according to Zone distances as below. 



Weight Limit — The weight limit within the 1st and 2nd Zones is fifty (50) 

 pounds, within the other Zones the weight limit is twenty (20) pounds and 

 the size limit eighty-four (84) inches for combined length and largest girth. In 

 this catalogue we give the weight packed up to ten (10) pounds on Insecticides 

 and Fertilizers. 







PARCEL POST ZONES 



Weight 



1st 



2nd 



,,:,! 



ith 



5th 



nth i 7th 



8th 



in 



Local 



Up to 



50 to 



150 to 



300 to 



600 to 



lllOllto 1400M 



Over 



Pounds 





,-,ii 



150 



300 



600 



1000 



1400 1800 



IMMI 







link's 



miles 



miles 



miles 



miles 



miles 



miles 



miles 







from 



from 



from 



from 



from 



from 



from 



from 







N I ! w 



New 



New 



New 



New 



New 



New 



New 







York 



York 



York 



York 



York 



York 



York 



York 



1 



$0.05 



SO 05 



$0.05 



$0.06 



$0.07 



$0.08 



$0.09 $0.11 



$0.12 



2 



.06 



.06 



.06 



.08 



.11 



.14 .17 .21 



.24 



3 



.06 



.07 



.07 



.10 



.15 



.20 .25 .31 



.36 



4 



.07 



.08 



.08 



.12 



.19 



.26 .33 .41 



.48 



5 



.07 



.09 



.09 



.14 



.23 



.32 .41 | .51 



.60 



6 



.08 



.10 



.10 



.16 



.27 



.38 .49 



.61 



.72 



7 



.08 



.11 



.11 



.18 



.31 



.44 .57 



.71 



.84 



8 



.09 



.12 



.12 



.20 



.35 



.50 .65 



.81 



.96 



9 



.09 



.13 



.13 



.22 



.39 



.56 



.73 



.91 1.08 



10 



.10 



.14 



.14 



.24 



.43 



.62 



.81 



1.01 



1.20 



11 



.10 



.15 



.15 



.26 



.47 



.68 



.89 



1.11 



1.32 



12 



.11 



.16 



.16 



.28 



.51 



.74 



.97 



1.21 



1.44 



13 



.11 



.17 



.17 



.30 



.55 



.80 1.05 



1.31 1.56 



14 



.12 



.18 



.18 



.32 



.59 



.86 1.13 



1.41 1.68 



15 



.12 



.19 



.19 



.34 



.63 



.92 1.21 



1.51 1.80 



16 



.13 



.20 



.20 



.36 



.67 



.98 1.29 



1.61 1.92 



17 



.13 



.21 



.21 



.38 



.71 



1.04 1.37 



1.71 2.04 



18 



.14 



.22 



.22 



.40 



.75 



1.10 



1.45 



1.81 2.16 



19 



.14 



.23 



.23 



.42 



.79 



1.16 



1.53 



1.91 



2.23 



20 



.15 



.24 



.24 



.44 



.83 



1.22 



1.61 



2.01 



2.40 



21 



.15 



.25 



.25 















22 



.16 



.26 



.26 





23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 



.16 

 .17 

 .17 

 .18 

 .18 



.27 

 .28 

 .29 

 .30 

 .31 



.27 

 .28 

 .29 

 .30 

 .31 



IMPORTANT — In remitting postage 



always add it to the foot of the order as a 

 separate item — this will help to avoid 

 mistakes. 



28 

 29 

 30 

 31 



.19 

 .19 

 .20 

 .20 



.32 

 .33 

 .34 

 .35 



.32 

 .33 



.34 

 .35 



Your local postmaster will inform you 

 what Zone you are in from New York 

 City, if you are in doubt, and you can 



32 



.21 



.36 



.36 



add for postage accordingly. 



33 

 34 



.21 

 .22 



.37 

 .38 



.37 

 .38 



INTERNATIONAL PARCEL POST. 



35 



.22 



.39 



.39 



We forward Seeds to any postoffice 



36 



.23 



.40 



.40 



in foreign countries by International 



37 



.23 



.41 



.41 



Parcel Post when mail routes are open. 



38 



.24 



.42 



.42 



Full details in our "Imternational 



39 



.24 



.43 



.43 



Parcel Post Circular" mailed on 



40 



.25 



.44 



.44 



application. 



41 



.25 



.45 



.45 





42 



.26 



.46 



.46 



We prefer not to forward Plants, 



43 



.26 



.47 



.47 



Tubers or Roots to foreign countries 



44 



.27 



.48 



.48 



on account of the possibility of inj jry 



45 



.27 



.49 



.49 



in transit. 



46 



.28 



.50 



.50 





47 



.28 



.51 



.51 



D tmestic Parcel Post rales apply to 



48 



.29 



.52 



.52 



Aliska, tlv Canal Z me, Guam. Hawaii, 



49 



.29 



.53 



.53 



Porto Ric i and the Philippine Islands. 



50 



.30 



.54 



.54 















BUSINESS RULES AND PROCEDURE. 



Prices in this Catalogue cancel all price lists previously issued by us. The prices 

 quoted herein are subject to advance without notice. 



We Do Not Supply Dealers, therefore our seeds, etc., can only be procured by 



sending orders direct to us. 



ALL GOODS IN THIS CATALOGUE are offered subject to being unsold 

 on receipt of order, and the prices quoted are subject to change without notice. 



ADVANCE ORDERS, CONDITIONS OF ACCEPTANCE. All advance 

 orders, for growing crops, are booked by us previous to harvesting and receipt 

 — subject to crops permitting — and accidents or delays beyond our control. 

 Should shortages necessitate it, we reserve the right to fill such orders pro rata. 



WE WILL SUPPLY half a pound at pound rates; half pecks at peck rates; 

 half bushels at bushel rates. 6 bulbs of one variety at the dozen rate, 25 at 

 the 100 rate, 250 at the 1000 rate. 



THE PRICES QUOTED IN THIS CATALOGUE ARE NET, except we 

 furnish Market Gardeners and Florists for their own planting, our retail packets 

 of Vegetable and Flower Seeds at 25% off. All other quantities (other than 

 packets) are priced net. We offer no premiums, discounts nor gratuities. 



REMITTANCES should be made by Express Money Order, P. O. Money 

 Order, Bank Draft or Registered Letter. We must decline sending goods C. O.D. 

 unless 25% of their value accompanies the order. Plants we do not ship C.O.D. 



ACCOUNTS — Parties having no account with us — who order goods with- 

 out remittance — must furnish satisfactory reference. New York City reference 

 preferred on account of the shorter delay pending investigation. 



WE FORWARD AS CUSTOMER DIRECTS by express, freight, steamer 

 or mail. When no shipping instructions are given we send according to our 

 judgment. Some seeds, etc., we deliver free in the U. S., but on other seeds and 

 goods purchaser pays, or allows, transportation charges when prepaid (see details 

 at top of this page.) 



WE MAKE NO CHARGE FOR SHIPPING AND CARTING of goods to 

 any railroad station, steamship line or express office in New York City proper. 



WE MAKE NO CHARGE FOR PACKING cases, baskets, packages or 

 barrels except special packing for foreign shipments as tin-lined cases, double 

 sacks, etc., then we charge cost. Cloth bags we charge for, viz.: 1 peck, 10c; 

 '2 bushel, 12c; 1 bushel, 15c; 2 bushels, 25c All Grass seed bags are furnished 

 free excepting for Timothy and Clover. 



WE GUARANTEE THE SAFE ARRIVAL in United States of all goods 

 forwarded by express. We ship plants by express at all seasons of the year, 

 even in the coldest weather. 



WHEN SHIPPED BY FREIGHT WE DELIVER ALL BULBS, ROOTS, 



etc., in good condition, into the hands of transportation companies, but our re- 

 sponsibility ceases there. Consignee then assumes all risks heating, freezing and 

 delays. 



CANADIAN ORDERS — Vegetable and Flower Seeds in packets and ounces 

 we mail into Canada, postage paid, but for other quantities and goods add 12c. 

 per pound extra for postage, and to Beans, Corn and Peas, 12c per pint. 

 Limit of weight is 4 lbs., oz., for each package. This is rated as a 5 lb. pack- 

 age costing 00c for postage. We can also ship to Canada by express or freight, 

 customer paying the transportation charges and assuming any import duties, 

 which on most Garden and Flower Seeds is 25%. Most Flower Bulbs are free. 

 In regard to sending Plants into Canada refer to our Canadian circular — 

 mailed on application. 



WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THE WELL-DOING of any seeds, plants 

 or bulbs we send out. — therefore : • 



PETER HENDERSON & CO. give no warranty, express or implied as 

 to description, quality, productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds, bulbs 

 plants or roots they send out, and they will not be in any way responsible for 

 the crop. If the purchaser does not accept the goods on these terms they are 

 at once to be returned. 



TESTIMONIALS FROM CUSTOMERS— We are always pleased to 

 hear from our customers regarding results. We appreciate the thousands 

 of unsolicited testimonials we receive annually and are glad to publish 

 as many as space will permit. Photographs of gardens and particu- 

 larly of individual vegetables, flowers or fruits are always very gladly 

 received bv us 



September 1, 1917. 



CHARLES HENDERSON, President 



