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TO insure dispatch, the proper remittance must be enclosed with the order. 

 Please remember that admirable and safe as our mail facilities are, some vexatious losses to 

 the senders of letters are liable to occur; that careful as Uncle Sam is, some letters are lost 

 in transit ; some mails are burnt up in great railroad wrecks. Prudence dictates that remittances 

 be made so that in case of loss duplicates can be had. Therefore we say money may he sent at 

 our risk ^ by P. O. Money Order on West Grove, Bank Draft, Express Money Order, Money (not 

 stamps) in Registered Letter. We will be responsible for the safe carriage of money sent us in 

 any of the above ways, and if lost will give full value, ^'e cannot send Roses or Shrubs 

 to Canada owing to a l&w recently enacted to that effect. All other goods are 

 admissible. 



Canada customers can remit by International Money Order on West Grove, Bank Draft, 

 or currency in Registered Letter. Canada postage stamps have no value here. 



Please do not send stamps for money; they often come stuck together or stuck to the 

 letter so that they cannot be taken out except by soaking the whole. Silver in small sums, 

 if carefully wrapped, will carry just as safely, and is far more acceptable. 



We do not guarantee that Roses we send out will not l^e 

 killed by drought, insects, accidents or frost after they are 

 planted. 



But ^ve do guarantee that all plants we send shall 

 reach their destination in good growing condition ; if they 

 do not, inform us by leturn mail and we will replace at 

 once. When we deliver them to you in good order our 

 responsibility ends. 



Orders by mail are sent postpaid to all post- 

 offices in the United States or Canada, and we guarantee 

 they shall reach the purchaser in good growing condition. 



When so directed "we sliip by Express, or when 

 the order is of a size or character that it cannot be safely 

 sent by mail, the purchaser paying express charges. Rut 

 we are on the constant lookout to save purchasers all 

 needless expense, and to that end, especially on long dis- 

 tances where goods are ordered by express, we send them 

 by mail, knowing that it is to our customer's decided ad- 

 vantage to do so. 



We guard against errors in filling orders as care- 

 fully as we can, but occasionally, in spite of best care, some 

 mistakes will creep in; when they do, notify us at once, and 

 we will correct by return mail. We cordially invile cus- 

 tomers for our goods, and do not intend they shall regret 

 coming to us if we can possibly by fair dealing prevent it. 

 But do not blame us for not promptly filling your order, if 

 you have (as hundreds do every year) given no name or 

 address ; if you live in a city please be careful to give street 

 and number. If your letter is lost on the way and does not 

 reach us, it will of course cause delay and often vexation. 



Our Roses are all on their own Roots. — No 



budded or grafted Roses are sent out. Only a few years 

 ago a great authority on Roses said that Hybrid Perpetuals 

 and Mosses could not be grown that way; he was mis- 

 taken ; we grow all classes of Roses on their own Roots, 

 and such only are sent out. 



Our Roses are all grown in pots, in good, fresh 

 soil without stimulants ; are strong, healthy plants, kept 

 free from blooming here by cutting the buds off as they 

 appear, and with any fair treatment on your part will be 

 sure to grow ; and the Ever-blooming class will bud and 

 bloom as soon as they start to grow vigorously. 



Do not expect all varieties of Roses to be of the same 

 size. Some under the same conditions make much larger 

 and stronger plants than others, but many of the weakest 

 growers produce the most beautiful flowers. 



Please Observe Carefully. — In ordering please 

 use the sheet which we provide for the purpose whenever 

 possible. Simply fill up the blanks, giving the number and 

 name of the varieties wanted, with the price ; we will under- 

 stand. Do not interline or make other notations thereon 

 having reference to the order. If you wish to communi- 

 cate with us at the same time use a separate sheet of paper. 

 Write neatly, giving your name and address plainly. \\'hen 

 ordering always state "vvhen you w^ish the things 

 shipped, else they will be sent you at once. Attention 

 to these details will greatly facilitate our work and prevent 

 confusion, errors and misunderstandings. 



Our aim is to do even better than we prom- 

 ise, so when the order will at all afford it, we add to it 

 some plant or plants gratis ; they are marked P. on tlie 

 back of label, and are often choice new kinds ; several of 

 the Roses now so eagerly sought after were first introduced 

 to our customers in this way — Presented with their order. 



Foreign orders can be sent by mail to the countries 

 with which we have a parcel post exchange. They can 

 also be sent by express, but the party ordering must give 

 the name and address of some one in New York who will 

 recei ve the goods, prepay ocean charges and forward to them . 



When large lots of Roses, Shrubbery, Vines, etc., are 

 wanted for Cemetery or Hedge planting, send us a list of 

 stock wanted to price ; growing it in large quantities as we 

 do, we can make for such very advantageous prices. 



