How to Order 



FREE DELIVERY. Packets, Ounces, Quarter-Pounds, or Pounds, ordered at list prices, will be sent 

 FREE by mail or express. This DOES NOT APPLY to Beans, Corn, Peas, Field and Grass Seeds and 

 Seed Potatoes, which will be sent at regular Parcel Post or Express Rates. Orders for greater than one- 

 pound lots will also be delivered at regular parcel post or express rates. 



OUR TERMS are always cash with order, or satisfactory New York, Philadelphia, or Washington 

 reference. 



MONEY can be sent at our risk by Post-Office or Express Money Order, New York or Chicago Draft, 

 or by registered letter. We cannot hold ourselves responsible for cash sent loose in letters. 



AN ORDER BLANK for your convenience in placing your order will be found on the last page 

 of this catalog. 



NAME AND ADDRESS should be written plainly both on the Order Blank and on the envelope 

 enclosing the order. Names of seeds and plants should be written out in full in plain writing. 



EXPRESS or FREIGHT shipments should have the name of the station plainly given where different 

 from the post-office. 



GIVE FULL DIRECTIONS always whether shipment is made by freight, express or Parcel Post. 



ORDER EARLY, for although we aim to fill all orders within twenty-four hours after receipt, un- 

 avoidable circumstances sometimes causes delay. 



WE GUARANTEE our seeds, plants, etc., to reach our customer in good condition. We give no war- 

 ranty, expressed or implied, as to description, purity or productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds, 

 plants or bulbs we send out, and will not be in any way responsible for the crop. If purchaser does not 

 accept the goods on these terms, they are to be returned at once. There are many reasons why seeds do 

 not always turn out as desired, such as sowing too deep or too shallow, in too wet weather, cold weather 

 or too dry soil, or too wet soil, insects which do not only destroy the seeds, but often the young plants, 

 about the time they appear at the surface of the ground. For these causes we cannot guarantee seeds 

 or the crop. 



We Will Pay War Tax on Parcel Post Packages. As a courtesy to our customers and as an 

 appreciation of their trade, we will pay the new war tax on all Parcel Post packages ordered from us. 



United States Parcel Post Rates — Fourth-Class Matter 



Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, Roots, Garden, Lawn and Poultry Supplies 



RATE TABLE Lb",, tenant., or 



Fraction Fraction 



Local Rate Washington and Suburbs only _ _ 5c J / 2 c 



First Zone within 50 miles of Washington, D. C 5c lc 



Second Zone within 150 miles of Washington, D. C 5c lc 



Third Zone within 300 miles of Washington, D. C _ 6c 2c 



Fourth Zone within 600 miles of Washington, D. C 7c 4c 



Fifth Zone within 1,000 miles of Washington, D. C _. 8c 6c 



Sixth Zone within 1,400 miles of Washington, D. C 9c 8c 



Seventh Zone within 1,800 miles of Washington, D. C lie 10c 



Eighth Zone all over 1,800 miles from Washington, D. C 12c 12c 



SIZE OF PARCEL THAT CAN BE SENT BY PARCEL POST 



Size of package that can be sent by Parcel Post cannot be over 84 inches in length and girth combined. 



The rate of postage on mailable parcels of seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots and plants weighing 8 ounces 

 or less, shall be lc for each 2 ounces or fraction thareof, regardless of distance, and on those weighing 

 more than 8 ounces the pound rates shown in table shall apply. 



WEIGHTS BY PARCEL POST 



Parcels up to 70 pounds can be sent by Parcel Post in the local, 1st, 2nd and 3rd zones, and up to 

 50 pounds in all other zones. 



To points further than the 2nd zone on weight of over 10 pounds, the charge by freight or express 

 is usually more economical. 



