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I D. M. FERRY & GO'S I 



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FOREWORD 



THE ultimate aim of any catalogue is to sell goods. In this respect we do not claim our intention in pub- 

 lishing this Annual differs from that of others. It is always a pleasure to fill orders which result from 

 people having seen our catalogue. However, our purpose, by no means an unselfish one, is primarily to 

 induce people to take a permanent interest in Gardening. 



It is our wish to have this book the standard guide to Gardening rather than a mere list of prices. The 

 descriptions of the varieties of Vegetables and Flowers have been written with the aim of making them of 

 real assistance to you in deciding what you want to grow. The cultural directions should be a help in suc- 

 cessfully caring for what you have decided to plant. 



Our business has long since outgrown an experimental stage. D. M. Ferry & Go's Seeds are known and 

 sold by dealers throughout the United States and Canada. We hope you will acquire a permanent habit of 

 planting your garden with our Seeds. 



OUR TERMS ARE STRICTLY CASH WITH THE ORDER. 



We do not send C. O. D., as the cost of collecting return charges is 

 quite an unnecessary item of expense and the prices being given, 

 we can conceive of no necessity to warrant goods being so sent. 



HOW TO SEND MONEY. Remittances may be made at our 

 risk by any of the following methods, viz: Postal Money Order, 

 Draft on New York or Chicago, or Express Company's Money 

 Order. 



The rates charged for Postal Money Orders and Express Money 

 Orders are now so low that these are the best ways to remit. We 

 will bear the expense of sending money in either of these ways. 

 Deduct the cost of the order from amount sent. Express Money 

 Orders can be obtained at all offices of the principal Express 

 Companies. They are cheap and absolutely safe. 



When Money Orders cannot be obtained, letters containing 

 money should always be registered. Money in ordinary letters is 

 unsafe. If currency is sent by express, the charges should be pre- 

 paid, and if local checks are used they must be certified. 



FREE OF POSTAGE OR EXPRESS CHARGES. Packets, 

 Ounces, Two Ounces, Quarter Pounds or Pounds, ordered at 

 list prices, will be sent free by mail or express. 



Customers ordering enough for a freight shipment, 100 pounds 

 or more, or desiring to pay their own express charges, may deduct 

 10 cents per pound from prices of this catalogue on all seeds quoted 

 by the pound or less. 



PINTS AND QUARTS. Pints, Quarts and Four Quarts, 

 ordered at list prices, fifteen cents per quart, ten cents per pint, 



must be added for postage or express charges and they will then be 

 sent free. 



ONE-FOURTH BUSHEL, BUSHEL AND HUNDRED 

 POUND LOTS. Where One-Fourth Bushel, Bushel or Hundred 

 Pound lots are ordered, we deliver free at depot or express office in 

 Detroit, Mich., the freight or express charges to be paid by the 

 party ordering. 



^"Where perishable or other goods are ordered to be sent by 

 freight or express to such great distances that the cost of transpor- 

 tation will nearly or quite equal the value of the goods, we must de- 

 cline to ship unless purchasers remit us, in addition to the price of 

 goods, sufficient funds to prepay transportation charges. When this 

 requirement is not complied with, we reserve the right of declining 

 the order and returning money to the person ordering. 



SEEDS BY MEASURE. One-fourth bushel and over sold at 

 bushel rates; four quarts and over up to one-quarter bushel sold 

 at four-quart rates; less than four quarts sold at quart or pint rates. 



SEEDS BY WEIGHT. We supply half pound and over at 

 pound rates; less than half pound lots are charged at ounce, two- 

 ounce or quarter pound rates; 25 lbs. and over at 100 lb. rates 

 when quoted. 



BAGS. To every order for one-quarter bushel and upwards, to 

 the amount of two bushels, 25 cents must be added for a new bag 

 in which to ship. 



SEEDS IN PACKETS. We offer the following inducements to 

 those wishing to purchase seeds in packets: Select packets to the 

 value of $1.15 and send us $1.00; for $2.35 send $2.00; for $3.60 

 send $3.00; for $4.85 send $4.00; for $6.13 send $5.00; for $12,50 

 send $10.00; for $26.00 send $20.00. The seeds will be sent by 

 mail, postpaid, but these low rates apply to seeds in packets only 

 and at catalogue prices and not to seeds by weight or measure. 



NAME AND ADDRESS SHOULD ALWAYS BE GIVEN. 



Frequently we receive unsigned letters. Sometimes they contain 

 money and orders. Sometimes too, letters are received in which 

 the name of the town is left out and the postmark is blurred. We 

 cannot fill orders unless we know the name and address of the 

 buyer. The easiest way for you is to use our order sheet filling in 

 the blanks. 



NON- WARRANTY. Sometimes though not often our seeds do 

 not come up after planting. This may be due to one or more of 

 several reasons, such as covering too deeply or not deeply 

 enough, too much or too little water, too cold weather or a baking sun 

 which forms a crust too hard for the tender shoots to penetrate. Some- 

 times insects destroy plants at the surface before they are seen by 

 the gardener. We cannot personally direct the use of our goods 

 after they leave our hands; neither can we fully control anywhere 

 or at any time the operation of natural law as it affects seeds; 

 therefore, we give no warranty, express or implied, as to des- 

 cription, purity, productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds 

 or bulbs we send out, and we 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. 



D. M. Ferry & Co. 



Detroit, Mich., January 1, 1914. 



