IMPORTANT INFORMATION. 



SHIPPING FACILITIES GOOD -Located at the junction of the Delaware, 

 Maryland and Virginia railroad, which connects for all points north, and the Bal- 

 timore, Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway, which connects with the B. & O. for 

 all points west and south, and only ei;i;ht miles Irom the Atlantic ocean; where 

 the famous summer resort. Ocean City is situated. 



ALL ORDERS will be filled with the gre;it st promptness possible, correct- 

 ly labeled and packed by experienced packers. 



TIME OF SHIPMENT — We commence to ship to our southern customers 

 any time after they receive this catalogue if the weather is mild. In most sea- 

 sons we can fill a limited number of orders in February for the south ana as late 

 as May 10th for northern customers. For all sections it is best to plant as early 

 as you can cultivate the soil properly. Always name date when you w^ant plants 

 shipped but have them reach you before you need them. We endeavor to han- 

 dle our plants in the .lest manner, cleaning off all dead leaves and tie 54 in a 

 btinch and count as 50, to be sure there are 50 good plants; or 27 in bundle and 

 count as 25, when plants are large late in season. 



WHEN BEST TO ORDER — Order now. Do not wait until you are ready 

 to plant. Your order will not be shipped until the proper time or until you 

 wish it. 



HOW BEST TO REMIT— Remit by Bank Draft, Express Money Order or 

 Post Office Money Order on Berlin postoffice. Registered Letter, or stamps for 

 fraction of a dollar. 



PAYMENTS INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE— Goods sent C. O. D. only when 

 one fourth the amount,is sent with order, with charges for returning money add- 

 ed to bill' usual terms to purchasers of good rating. 



SPECIAL LOW EXPRESS RATE— By special arrangement we are able to 

 send plants by express to any part of the country at 20 per cent off from regular 

 rate. We interest ourselves in giving our customers a low express rate on all 

 shipments, We have the Adams and United States express Co's. 



GUARANTEE— While we exercise the greatest care to have every tree and 

 plant true to name, and are r^ady, on proper proof to replace anything sent by 

 us that may prove untrue to label frae of charge, it is understood and agreed be- 

 tween purchaser and ourselves, that we are not to be held liable for any greater 

 sum than that paid us for said trees that may p;-ove untrue. 



CLAIMS FOR DEDUCTION should be made within five days from receipt of 

 goods 



WHENTREES AND PLANTS ARE RECEIVED, bury the roots in moist 

 shady ground until planted, 



OFFICE AND PACKING HOUSE is within 150 yards of the Webtern Union 

 telegraph office and the Adams and United States Express, and any order large 

 or small will be cared for promptly in due time We have just completed two 

 large packing houses that enables us to give better care to handlmg and packing 

 stock from wnnd, sun and frost, and our oflce connected by telephone to farms. 



Entomologist's and Pathologist's Certifioato of Nursery Inspection. 



To Whom it May Concern: This is to certify that on the 13th day of January 

 we examined the nursery stock of J. G. Harrifon & Sons, growing in 

 their nurseries at Berlin, county of Worcester, State of Maryland in accordance 

 with the laws of Maryland, 1898, Chapter 289, Sec. 58, and that said nurseries 

 and premises are apparently free, so far as can be determined by inspection, from 

 the San Jose Scale, Peach Yellows, Pear Blight or other dangerously injurious 

 insect pests and plant diseases. This certificate is invalid after Aug. 1, 1899, 

 and does not include nursery stock not grown within this state, unless such 

 stock is previously covered by certificate and accepted by the State Entomolo- 

 gist and State Pathologist. 



WILLIS G. JOHNSON, State Entomologist, 

 CHARLES O. TOWNSEND, 

 College Park, Md., Jan. 18, 1899 State^ Pathologist 



