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



LIBRARY of CONHRlS 

 Two Copies deceived 



enderson's Wholesale GataloAue 



FEB 24 1905 



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VBGBTABIvi: SEEDS, ETC. 



for 





rket Gardeners and Truckers 



IN sending you this Wholesale List of Vegetable Seeds and soliciting your orders, 

 we wish to emphasize the fact that 



OUR TESTED SEEDS ARE PROCURABLE ONLY FROM US DIRECT. 



EMAKE A SPECIALTY 



- OF 



SUPERIOR 

 v TYPES^ STRAINS 



OF 



Vegetable Seeds 



Several years ago we abolished the jobbing department of our business. Our 

 efforts are now especially directed to the interests and requirements of the Market 

 Gardener. 



Having no jobbing trade interests to protect, we are enabled to supply the 

 planter direct with the highest quality of seeds at the lowest possible price. Com- 

 ing in closer contact with our customers — from grower to planter direct — begets 

 a confidence that is impossible when seeds pass through the hands of a middle-man. 

 "" '' The seed business differs from nearly all others, from the fact that after the 

 seeds are sown, weeks must elapse before their real value can be established, and 

 for this reason the exchange of seeds between buyer and seller must ever be entirely 

 a matter of confidence, and that confidence, we believe, can only be lastingly held 

 by such seed firms as test their seeds before selling, and who have the practical ex- 

 perience to accurately determine when they are right. Our own practical experience of thirty years as market gardeners forcibly 

 impresses upon us the fact that the best is none too good for those whose living depends upon profitable crops, and we assure 

 all, our old as well as prospective customers, that there are no better stocks procurable than are being used in our Market 

 Gardener's Department to-day. 



MARKET GARDENERS 



AND 



TRUCK FARMERS 



"We Deliver Free . . . 



ANYWHERE IN THE U. 5. 



(to any P. O. or R. R. Express Office 

 or Freight Station, at our option.) 



Vegetable Seeds ^quarter JSS 



Purchaser pays transit charges on bulk quan- 

 tities of seeds, viz : pounds, pints, quarts, peGks, 

 bushels, barrels and on Plants, Farm Seeds, Im- 

 plements, Fertilizers, Insecticides, etc. 



NOTE. — When desired, we will prepay express charges 

 or postage on such seeds or quantities as we do not offer 

 to deliver free. IF 10c. per quart or 8c. per pound is added 

 to prices. 



OUR BUSINESS RULES. 



The Prices quoted in this Gatalo*ue cancel all previous offers unless accepted by us. 



All goods in this Catalogue are. offered subject to being unsold on receipt of order, and the prices 

 quoted are subject to advance 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. 



About Warranting Seeds, etc. Peter Henderson & Co. give no warranty, express or implied, as 

 to description, quality, productiveness, or any other matter of any Seeds, Bulbs 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. 



How to Order, Remit, Etc. 



Remittances should be made either in the form of an Express .Money Order, P. 0. Money Order, 

 Bank Draft cr Registered Letter. 



Customers can also shop by Express, as all express companies have purchasing departments in all 

 their offices. If you wish to order goods from us to be sent by express, ask for a Purchasing Order Blank 

 at any express office, and it will be supplied and forwarded without charge, other than usual rates for 

 returning goods. 



Orders from unknown correspondents, without remittance, should be accompanied by New York 

 City references, to save "delay. 



If goods are wanted C. O. D., 25 per cent, of the amount must accompany the order. 



Give full shipping instructions on each and every order you send. 



Every order is filled immediately on arrival, or its receipt is acknowledged if, under rare circum- 

 stances, its shipment is likely to be delayed. 



We fill orders of all values, from the smallest to the largest, and all receive the same careful and 

 prompt attention. 



About Packing and Shipping. When goods are ordered from both seed and greenhouse establish- 

 ments, we always combine the orders, where practicable, and make one shipment. 



We make no charge for packing, cases, baskets, packages or barrels, and pack as lightly asjpossible 

 consistent with safety, so as to reduce the cost of carriage. 



Cloth bags only we charge for, and these at cost, viz: 1 peck, 10c; \ bush., 12c; 1 bush., 15cl; 2 bush.. 

 20c. All grass seed bags, excepting bags for Timothy and Clover, are furnished free. 



Special packing of seeds for foreign shipments when necessary, in tin-lined cases or double sacks, 

 we charge for at cost. 



We make no charge for cartage or delivery of goods to any railroad station, steamship line or express 

 office in New York City. 



The safe arrival is guaranteed of all goods sent by express to any part of the United States or Can- 

 ada. We ship plants by express at all seasons of the year, even in the coldest weather. 



When shipped by freight we deliver all bulbs and roots, properly packed and in good condition, 

 into the hands of transportation companies. After that our responsibility ceases. Consignee then as- 

 sumes all risks of heating, freezing and delays. 



January, 1905, 



CHARLES HENDERSON, President. 



