Directions to Customers 



Order Early — We suggest that you send us your order as early 

 as convenient. Please keep a copy of your order with which to 

 check the goods when received. 



Name and Address — Please remember to write on each order 

 and letter your full name, Post Office, County, and State. 

 .Also give the street name and number, or P. O. Box besides the 

 nearest E.\press Office. 



Cash With Order — Remit by Post Office Money Order, Express 

 Money Order, Draft, or Check. If you send cash, register your 

 letter. If you request goods which are "Not Prepaid" to be 

 shipped by parcel post please include in your remittance the 

 cost of postage and special packing as explained below. We 

 decline sending goods C. O. D. (Collect on Deliver>'). 



Packing — No charge is made for boxes or packing on express 

 or freight shipments nor for delivery to freight depot or express 

 office in Philadelphia. The extra cost of "special packing" for 

 parcel post shipments of plants and roots is included in the 

 charges noted below. 



"Prepaid" and "Not Prepaid" Shipments in the 

 U. S. A. and Possessions 



(For Canada and Foreign, see next column) 

 Bulbs — Bulbs offered in this catalog are sent prepaid to any post 

 office in the United States and its possessions or at our option 

 by express prepaid, excepting where quoted "Not prepaid" on 

 which the customer bears the cost of transportation. 



Perennial Plants — Orders for from one to a dozen plants 

 can generally be shipped cheaper by parcel post. They will be 

 sent in this manner if you add to your remittance 10% (15% 

 west of the Mississippi) of their value to cover postage and 

 special packing. (Minimum charge 10 cents.) Larger orders 

 should go forward by express. 



Roses— From one to a dozen dormant Roses can generally be 

 forwarded by parcel post and if you wish to have them sent 

 in this way add to your remittance 10% (15% west of the 

 Mississippi) of the catalog price to cover postage and special 

 packing. (Minimum charge 10 cents.) Larger quantities should 

 go forward by express. 



Shrubs— Our S'lrubs are too heavy to be sent by mail and they 

 are shipped by express or freight at purchaser's expense. 



Climbing Plants — Single plants of Climbers will be sent by 

 parcel post if you add 10% (15% west of the Mississippi) 

 of their value for postage and special packing. (Minimum 

 charge 10 cents.) Larger quantities are best sent by express. 



Vegetable Roots — Small quantities of Vegetable Roots are 

 mailable. Add 10% (15% west of the Mississippi) of the value 

 of these items to your remittance to cover postage and special 

 packing. (Minimum charge 10 cents.) 



Small Fruits — Orders for Small Fruits up to about 25 plants 

 can usually be sent by parcel post. Add to your remittance 

 10% (15% west of the Mississippi) of their value for postage 

 and special packing. (Minimum charge 10 cents.) 



Potted Plants — Plants in 4-inch pots or larger can be sent by 

 express only. Smaller sizes will be mailed if you add 10% 

 ( 15% west of the Mississippi) to the value of these for postage 

 and special packing. (Minimum charge 10 cents.) 



Seeds— All Seeds are sent prepaid to any Post Office in the 

 United States and its possessions except quantities quoted 

 "Not prepaid." These will be shipped by express, customer 

 paying transportation charges. At our option prepaid ship- 

 ments may go forward by express prepaid. 



Sundries — Sundries, except where quoted "Postpaid," are sent 

 either by express or freight the purchaser paying transportation 

 charges. Shipments by express offer the safest and quickest 

 method of transportation but they are alsj more expensive than 

 freight. If undecided you may safely leive the method of 

 transportation to our judgment, otherwise please state on 

 your order whether they are wanted by express or freight. 



Shipment by Steamboat — Fast lines of Steamboat connect 

 Philadelphia with Baltimore, Boston, Jacksonville, Miami, and 

 Savannah. This forms a convenient, cheap, and safe method 

 of transportation for heavy goods except during severely cold 

 weather. 



Plants by Railroad Freight — Shrubs, Hedge Plants, and 

 other dormant stock can be forwarded by fast freight even to 

 distant points. 



Canadian Shipments — Flower Seeds and Bulbs (except where 

 quoted "Not prepaid"), are sent postpaid. The complicate! 

 regulations concerning the importation of Vegetable Seeds from 

 the United States into Canada force us, much to our regret, ta 

 decline all orders for Vegetable Seeds to be sent to Canada. 

 All other goods are sent "Not Prepaid" by Express or Freight, 

 purchaser paying all transportation charges as well as custom's 

 duties. Patrons who wish to purchase Plants or Bulbs must 

 first secure a permit from the Department of Agriculture, 

 Ottawa. If mailable Plants, Roots, and Bulbs are wanted by 

 Parcel Post add 20% of amount of order to cover postage 

 and special packing. Remittances from Canada must be made 

 in U. S. funds. 



Foreign Customers will please remit in U. S. funds. Fbwer 

 Seeds and Vegetable Seeds quoted "Prepaid" (except Beans, 

 Peas, and Corn) will be prepaid for regular postage, but transit 

 and surcharges, as well as any costs for Consular invoices and 

 clearance papers are to be included in the remittance. All other 

 goods are forwarded "Not Prepaid." If mailable Plants, Roots, 

 and Bulbs are wanted by Parcel Post add 25 % of order to cover 

 postage and special packing. Custom's duties cannot be prepaid. 



Time of Shipment — We expect to be able to ship the majority 

 of the Bulbs offered in this catalog before the close of September, 

 yet there are some like Lilies which will not be ready until the 

 time as stated under the different varieties. Unless otherwise 

 instructed we will send the early Bulbs as soon as ready and the 

 late maturing kinds when in good condition to ship. 



All Seeds and Sundries will be forwarded upon receipt of the 

 order unless otherwise instructed. 



Roses likely will not have properly ripened until late in October 

 or early November. 



Flowering and Decorative Plants for indoor growing, will be for- 

 warded upon receipt of the order unless otherwise noted. 



Hardy Shrubs, Hardy Climbers, Perennial Plants, Small Fruits, 

 and Vegetable Roots will be ready for shipment about the middle 

 of October. 



Where frost is likely to enter the ground before the arrival of 

 the plants, prepare the soil in advance and cover deeply with 

 leaves. This will permit prompt planting upon receipt of the 

 goods. 



Safe Arrival of Packages -We guarantee the safe arrival of 

 all goods sent by express or mail ti pjints within the U. S. 

 proper. If a package sent by express or mail is injured or lost 

 we will replace it as soon as informed of the fact. Goods sent 

 in any other way travel at purchaser's risk. Claims for damages 

 or errors must be made on receipt of goods. We do not hold 

 ourselves responsible for failure after delivery of the goods in 

 gjod condition. 



Non-Warranty — Because most failures with Seeds, Bulbs, and 

 Plants, are due to causes entirely beyond our control, we 

 cannot guarantee success, and we give no warranty as to 

 description, quality, or productiveness of any of the seeds, 

 bulbs, or plants we send out and will not in any way be responsi- 

 ble for the crop, and every order for articles purchased from 

 tliis catalog will be accepted on these conditions only. 



Correspondence — Your inquiries will have our prompt 

 attention but we ask that all questions be stated clearly and 

 briefly. Give them on a piece of paper separate from the order 

 sheet and always add your full name and address to each. 



Henry A. Dreer, Philadelphia, Pa. 



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