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Important Notice! 



Read Our New Delivery Offer. 



WE DELIVER TRANSPORTATION PAID 



IN THE UNITED STATES AND POSSESSIONS 



EVERYTHING IN THIS CATALOGUE 



EXCEPT THE FOLLOWING (For packed weights see below) 



Asparagus Roots. Onio^i Sets. Potatoes. Gladiolus by the hundred. : : 



Beans in half pecks or larger quantities. Tuberoses by the hundred. 



Peas in half pecks or larger quantities. Farm Seeds listed pages 76-84. 



Sweet Corn in half pecks or larger quantities. Implements listed pages 144-169. 



Mushroom Spawn. Fertilizers listed page 172. ,„«,„, 



Caiadium and Crinum Bulbs. Insect'cides and Fungicides listed pages 170-171. 



We reserve the right in our Free Delivery Offer to ship by Parcel Post, Express or Freight, at our option. 

 Purchaser pays transportation to points not in the United States or Possessions. 



^ BUSINESS RULES 



THE PRICES QUOTED IN THIS CATALOGUE ARE NET— 



We offer no premiums, discounts nor gratuities. We reserve the right 

 to advance prices without notice should current conditions require it. 



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

 Money Order or Bank Draft. Stamps or cash sent through the mail 

 go at owner's risk, unless letter is registered. 



C. O. D. ORDERS — We must decline sending, unless 25 per cent, 

 of the amount is remitted with the order. AH Transportation 

 Charges, as well as charges for returning the money, will be collected 

 on delivery. 



ACCOUNTS — Parties having no account with us — who order 

 goods without remittance — must furnish satisfactory reference. New 

 York City reference preferred on account of the shorter delay pending 

 -investigation. 



ERROR IN THE FILLING OF ORDERS— We use the greatest 

 care in filling, checking and packing orders. Yet should anything be 

 omitted we will promptly forward when advised. Write your orders 

 carefully and keep a duplicate copy for comparison. 



WE MAKE NO CHARGE FOR SHIPPING AND CARTING 

 of goods to any railroad station, steamship line or express office in 

 New York City proi:ier. 



WE MAKE NO CHARGE FOR PACKING, except special for 

 foreign shipments, as tin-lined cases, double sacks, etc., then we 

 charge cost. Cloth bags we charge for, viz.: }4 peck, 10c. ; 1 peck, 

 15c.; M bushel, 20c.; 1 bushel, .30c.; 2 bushels, 50c. Burlap bags, 

 1 peck, 10c. ; }-i bushel, 15c.; 1 bushel, 20c.; 2 bushels, 25c.; 4 bushels, 

 30c. ; 6 bushels, 35c. ; 8 bushels, 40c. No charge for bags with lawn 

 grass mixtures. 



GARDENERS' AND GREENSKEEPERS' SITUATIONS— We 

 have at all times the names of practical gardeners and farm managers 

 and greenskeepers in want of situations. If parties desiring such will 

 write us, we shall be glad to put them in communication with men 

 whom we deem suitable. We make no charge for this service. 



QUESTIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE— We endeavor to 

 answer promptly all letters of inquiry — which should he on separate 

 paper fro?n orders — but we cannot undertake the planning of entire 

 gardens and grounds. ■ 



WE DO NOT SUPPLY DEALERS, therefore our Seeds, etc., 

 can only be secured by sending orders direct to us. 



PETER HENDERSON & CO. give no warranty, express or im- 

 plied, as to description, quality, productiveness, or any other miatter 

 of any Seeds, Bulbs, Roots or Plants 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. 



PARCEL POST AND EXPRESS 



WE GUARANTEE THE SAFE ARRIVAL in the United States 

 of all goods shipped by express or parcel post. 



On shipments weighing 20 pounds or more it is cheaper to ship Ijy 

 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, according to value, to insure a parcel post 

 package. 



If goods that we do not prepay are wanted by Parcel Post, postage 

 must be added. ■ 



PACKED WEIGHT OF GOODS ON WHICH BUYER PAYS TRANSPORTATION 

 Asparagus Roots 50 2-year-old, packed, weigh about 3 lbs. 



.100 2 



« « 50 3 « 



« 100 3 " 



Beans 3^ peck, 



Peas H 



Sweet Corn 3^ " 



Mushroom Spawn 1 brick 



Onion Sets 1 quart 



Potatoes 1 peck 



Gladioli 100 bulbs 



Tuberoses 100 



For other merchandise mailable by Parcel Post offered in this 

 catalogue — Tools and Accessories, Odorless Fertilizers, Insecticides 



6 

 10 

 20 



9 



2 



1 



16 



10 



10 



and Fungicides, etc. (Fluids and Poisons excluded) — we have given 

 the packed weight on the pages where offered, so that extra for postage 

 may be remitted according to Zone distances as below. - ■ •, , 

 IMPORTANTr— In remitting postage always add it to the foot of 

 the order as a separate item — this will help to avoid mistakes. 



DOMESTIC PARCEL POST RATES 



First 



Each 



Within the U. S. and Possessions 



Pound 



Additional 



1st, 2d & 3d Zones weight limit 70 lbs., other Zones 50 lbs. 



{over 8 oz. 



Pound 



Size limit 84 inches for combined length 



rates as 



or 



and largest girth 



1 lb.) 



fraction 



First - Zone within 50 miles of New York City 



5c. 



Ic. 



Second " " 50 to 150 " 



1 *« •! 



5c. 



Ic. 



Third . " " 150 " 300 " 



• •* *• 



6c. 



2c. 



Fourth " " 300," 000 " 



• <• •' 



6c. 



4c. 



Fifth " " 600 " 1000 " 



I X « 



8c. 



6c. 



Sixth . " " 1000 " 1400 " 



1 4* <• 



9c. 



8c. 



Seventh " " 1400 " 1800 " 



• " " 



lie. 



10c. 



Eighth " all over 1800 " 



12c. 



12c. 



LOCAL ' This zone includes the Boroughs of Manhattan, and, the 

 ZONE Bronx, also Pelhamand Pelham Manor;- N. Y. The rate 



is 5 cents for the first pound and 1 cent for each additional 



(2) two pounds or fraction thereof. 



NOTE- 



-If cash or stamps are sent by mail REGISTER THE LETTER, otherwise it travels at owner's risk. 

 Letters are frequently lost in transit. 



