THIS IS IMPORTANT 



r ORDERS should bes-ent ^n just as early as possi- 

 ble — it is better for you as wtll as the nurseryman 



TIME OF SHIPMENT.— From the time you receive 

 this catalog to May 1st. Our heaviest shipments 

 are made in March and first half of April. 



GUARANTEE. — T guarantee plants ordered by 

 mail or express to reach customers in good condi- 

 tion when promptly taken from the express office 

 and opened at once. 



CLAIMS, if any, must be made on receipt of goods, 

 as I can not become responsible for neglect of pur- 

 •ch ser to att< nd to stock after received, or for mis- 

 fortune perpetrated by drouths, floods or inseots. 



AT PURCHASER'S RISK.— Plants ordered to be 



shipped by freight after March 20th will be at pur- 

 chaser's risk. Plants ordered to be shippe 1 after 

 May 1st are shipped in best possible condition, but 

 always at purchaser's risk. 



TRUE TO NAME. — While I use every precaution 

 to have all stock true to name, and am sure that I 

 am as successful in doing this, as anyone in the bus- 

 iness, J will not be responsible for any sum greater 

 than the cost of the stock, should any prove other- 

 wise than represented. 



PACKING.- I make no charge for boxing or pack- 

 ing at rates quoted in this catalogue. Everything 

 is de ivered f. o. b. trains at rates named. We do 

 not charge one price for the plants and then extor- 

 tion on our customers by charging them a big price 

 on old boxes ard barrels In buying plants I have 

 had very satisfactory prices quoted, and when the 



bill came there was quite a nice little profit charged 

 up for packing, boxes, etc When we go to our 

 grocer and buy a barrel of flour for $5.00 we do not 

 expect to pay an additional 25 cents for the barrel, 

 and if we buy two pounds of sugar for 10 cents, we 

 do not expdct to pay 2 oents more for wrapping it 

 up, and if such charges were made we would not go 

 back to that grocer. Not so much that we would 

 care for the amount of 2 cents for wrapping the su- 

 gar, or the 2 • cents for the barrel, but we would no t 

 stand for the principal of paying the price quoted 

 for an article and then having a lot of additional 

 charges tacked on and why should we ? The prin- 

 ciple !s the same when we are charged for the pack- 

 age in which our plants are packed. Our price in- 

 cludes the packing and the package. 



TWENTY-FIVE'S— All plants are tied twenty five 

 in a bundle. 



PAYMENT. — Invariably cash in advance. 



REMIT by Money Order, Registered Letter or 

 Draft. Postage stamps for the fractional part of a 

 dollar accepted; 2,3,4,5,6,8, 10 and 15 cents 

 preferred. Foreign customers will please send 

 Money Order on Salisbury, Md. 



DO YOU KNOW of two or three persons who buy 

 plants and seeds and want the best of everything? 

 If so. they are the people that I should like vsry 

 much to get acquainted with. Their nnmes and ad- 

 dress on a postal, or enelosed with your order, ad- 

 dressed to W. F. Allen, Salisbury, Md., would serve 

 as an introduction. Will you attend to it? Now 

 please don't forget it. 



The Most Liberal Prizes Ever Offered For 

 .*^NEW VARIETIES—. 



$200.00 For the Best Dozen Strawberry Plants 

 $1 00.00 For Second Best Dozen Strawberry Plants 



These prizes are offered for the best dozen plants 

 all points considered. It does not matter whether 

 the varieties are early, medium or late, the most 

 valuable ones will receivethe prizes. The only con- 

 ditions are that the varieties winning the prizes 

 must be new varietif s that have never been intro- 

 duced (That is no plants having been sold, or 

 otherwise disposed of, at time prizes are awarded.) 

 Anyone can compete with one or more varieties, 

 not to exceed five kinds from one person. When 

 sending plants be sure to write your name and ad- 

 dress plainly on the outside of each package so that 

 I may be sure who it is from. Make all corres- 

 pondence short, and write plainly. When plants 

 are received each lot will be numbered and that 

 number written opposite the name and address of 

 the sender and when the selection is made it will be 

 made by the numbers, without any knowledge as to 

 who sent the plants until after the awards are made, 



then I will go to my records and see who sent the 

 lucky numbers and pay the prizes accordingly. 

 Everything shall be absolutely fair. The prizes will 

 be awarded immediately after the fruiting season of 

 June, 19i9, and all plants not capturing a prize will 

 be destroyed, absolutely, unless I have written in- 

 structions from the sender not to do so. All plants 

 should be sent as soon after March 1st, by mail or 

 express prepaid, and packed in moss. No plants 

 should be sent after May lse, but as much sooner 

 as possible. SEND 12 GOOD PLANTS OF EACH 

 VARIETY AND NO MORE. I hope that my 

 offer mav be attractive enough for many to compete 

 for it, and I shall be glad to hear from those who 

 intend doing so. As to ray reputation for living up 

 to my contracts and my financial ability to do so, 

 I refer you to any commercial agency or any bnsi- 

 ness man in this city. Address plainlv, 



W. F. ALLEN, Salisbury, Md. 



