R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO. 



6 and 7 SOUTH MARKET ST., BOSTON 



January 1st, 1916. 



GENERAL DIRECTIONS TO CUSTOMERS. 



PRICES AND TERMS. The prices quoted in this catalogue 

 are those ruUng at this date and are subject to fluctuation 

 without notice. 



We make no charge for packing nor for delivery 

 to Freight Terminals or Express Offices in Boston. 

 Two bushel Cotton Bags only, we charge for at 25 cents 

 each and if returned in good condition free of expense they 

 will be credited. 



ACCOUNTS. Parties having no account with us — wlio 

 order goods without remittance — must furnish satisfactory 

 reference. 



SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS can now be sent by Parcel 

 Post at the regular zone rates. 



We mail free of charge all seeds purchased by the 

 packet or ounce, but when ordered in larger quantities 

 customers pay cost of transportation. 



Fluids and poisonous insecticides are not mailable. 



RESPONSIBILITY. Xo salesman or other employee of 

 1! \- .1 1 iniuhar & Co. has any authority to alter or 

 iiiodity any of the sales conditions printed in our Catalogues. 

 All sales are made subject to acceptance by the firm. 



NURSERY AND GREENHOUSE DEPARTMENT. 



SHIPPING SEASONS. Deciduous Trees, Shrubs, Roses, and 

 Vines, March 20 or as soon as weather will permit, up to the 

 unfolding of the fohage, which is usually about May 10 to 

 15 in this loealitJ^ also through the months of October and 

 November. 



EVERGREENS. April and May; also in August and early 

 .Si-piciiil)er, during a wet period. 



HARDY PERENNIALS. 



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.\pril. May, .Vug\ist and .Scptcnr 



SHIPPING DIRECTIONS AND TIME OF DELIVERY. 



I'lcasr specify at tim<- of urdcriiif; wh ■tlu-r ;;oorls arc want id 

 by freight or express, also desired approximate date of 

 delivery. We shall us? our best judgment in these matters 

 when definite instructions are not given. 



PACKING FREE. Customers in comparing prices should 

 note that we do not charge for boxes and packing; nor for 

 delivery to any Express, Freight, or Steamship Line, in 

 Boston. 



COMPLAINTS. No complaints will be considered that are 

 not made within ten days after receipt of stock. 



CASH WITH ORDER. We decline sending Trees, Shrubs, 

 and Plants "Collect on Delivery," but we will ship by 

 Express C.O.D. when desired, provided 50 per cent, of 

 the amount of the order accompanies the same as a 

 guarantee. Said guarantee is only required from parties 

 with whom we have insufficient business acquaintance; 

 it does not apply to our regular credit customers. 



COPY OF CERTIFICATE 



^f)c CommontDcaltf) of Iflassacfjusetts 



STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 

 Official Certificate No. 80, Boston, Sept, 7, 1915, 



t^o Wl)om lit Mip Concern: 



This is to certify that I have this first day of Sepiem'ier, 

 completed the iiispection of the nursery stick of R. & J 

 Farquhar & Co., grown at Dedham, Sharon Hcii/hts and 

 West Barnstable, State of Massachusetts, and find it to he 

 apparently free from all injurious insects and diseases 

 which might he transferred on nursery stock from the nur. 

 sery to the orchard or garden. 



This certificate is good until revoked. 



{Signed) H. T. PER NALD, Inspector, R.H.A. 

 Inspected by R. H. Allen, in charge. 



NON-WARRANTY. We do not give as to description, r|uality, productiveness or any oilier matter, any warranty, express 

 or implied, of any seeds, bulbs, plants, insecticides, fungicides, or fertilizers, which we send out. If the purchaser does not 

 accept the goods on these terms, they are at once to be returned. R. & .1. FARQUHAR & CO . 



Burpee's Bush Lima Improved. 



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