ALLEN'S STRAWBERRY CATALOGUE. 



Some Information. 



ORDERS — Please be sure to write your name and address plainly — giving 

 Postoffice, County, and State — and do this every time you write. Be particular 

 to say how the goods are to be sent, whether by mail or express. If by express 

 name company. All orders too heavy for mail should go by express, as freight 

 is too slow, except very early in the season while the weather is quite cool, and 

 is therefore not safe for perishable goods except for short distance or very early 

 shipment. Keep a correct copy of the order and check off the stock when it ar- 

 rives. People often forget what they order and make unjust complaint. 



GUARANTEE — I warrant my stock to be true to name and to reach my cus- 

 tomers in good condition, except plants shipped by freight, which are at the pur- 

 chaser's risk. 



CLAIMS — If any, must be made on receipt of goods, when they will be care- 

 fully and cheerfully examined, and, if just, all will be made satisfactory. Any 

 claim made after fifteen days from receipt of goods will not be entertained. I 

 send out only good stock, in good condition, carefully packed, in all cases, but 

 success or failure depends in so large a degree upon the weather and care and 

 management after having been received, that I do not, because I cannot, under- 

 take to guarantee stock to live. 



PACKING— Is executed with the utmost care. Special pains are taken to 

 pack lightly, thereby reducing the expense to a minimum. All goods at prices 

 quoted are packed free. Everything is labeled. 



TinE OF SHIPMENT — I commence to ship to my Southern customers 

 during mild weather any time after they receive this catalogue. In most sea- 

 sons 1 can fill a limited number of orders in January and February for the 

 South, and as late as the 10th of May for my northern customers; but for all sec- 

 tions it is advisable to order early and name date for shipment as early as you 

 can possibly use the plants. This is good advice for several reasons, as plants 

 when shipped early, if to go a long distance, are less liable to damage in the 

 package; they have less foliage and can be packed lighter, thereby lessening ex- 

 press charges; and another good reason is that plants set early almost invariably 

 do well if cared for by an intelligent person, while those set late in the season of- 

 ten do well but frequently fail entirely. 



^"ALWAYS use the order sheet in catalogue in making out your order, 

 and do not mix your order and letter together on same sheet. 



SPECIAL EXPRESS RATES — By special arrangements I am now able 

 to ship my customers by express to any part of the country, plants at the hun- 

 dred pound merchandise rates, less a special reduction of 20 per cent therefrom. 



PAYMENTS— invariably in advance. — Goods sent C. O. D. only when 

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

 added to the bill. 



REMIT — by Money Order on Salisbury, Md. : by Registered Letter; by Check; 

 or by Express. Postage stamps taken for fractional parts of a dollar. 4, 5, 6, 8, 

 10, and 15c stamps preferred. Canadian customers will please remit by Express, 

 Money Order or Canadian Bills. Foreign customers will please remit by Money 

 Order on Baltimore, Md. 



^S^It sometimes happens that I send two catalogues to one address. If 

 you should receive more than one copy please hand the extra one to some 

 friend who will be interested in it. 



\ AN INVITATION. \ 



\ All my customers and others who are interested and can make it con- > 



S venient are invited to come and see my plant beds, I claim to have the ^ 



";- largest strawberry plant nursery in the world, and I would like for all my C 



r customers who can do so to come and see for themselves that this claim % 



< is no empty boast, but a "plant fact-" I am not ashamed of my stock ; 



\ and have no fear of my claims being successfully contradicted. ) 



5 Yours for success, W. F. ALLEN, Jr. } 



