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SEEDS, PL/XMTS, BULBS, ETC. 



PETER HENDERSON €r CO.'S BUSINESS PAGE 



REGARDING ORDERING, REMITTING, ACCOUNTS, PACKING, FORWARDING, FREE DELIVERY, PARCEL POST, SAFE ARRIVAL, 

 NON-WARRANTY, ERRORS, CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 



We Deliver Free of Transportation {A«ord?n"°we"gh, 



} By Mail, Express or Freight 



To Any Post Office, R. R, Express Office or Freight Station in the U. S. 



All Vegetable and Flower Seeds {vlpt^rlnd^prnd} 



And La\A/n Grass Seeds 



OFFERED IN THIS CATALOGUE 



Purchasers Pay — or Allow — for Transportation on Bulk Oyantities, viz.: Pints, Qyarts, Half-Pecks, Pecks, Bushels and Barrels — Also on Farm Seeds, 

 Tools, Implements, Requisites, Fertilizers and Insecticides. For details regarding the Shipment of Plants, see page 123 



Regarding UNITED STATES PARCEL POST 



(Effective on and after January 1st, 1913) 



The rate of postage on seeds, plants, bulbs and roots mailed within the 

 United States and possessions; Alaska, Canal Zone, Guam, Hawaii, Porto Rico 

 and the Philippines remains the same as heretofore, viz: one cent (Ic. ) for 

 each two ounces or fraction, though the maximum weight of a mailable 

 package may now be eleven (11) pounds, and the size seventy-two (72) inches 

 for combined length and girth. 



OUR FREE DELIVERY OFFER — as above — also the extra amounts to be 

 added for postage on certain bulk quantity seeds, plants, roots and bulbs, as 

 specified under such articles in this catalogue, therefore remains unchanged. 



THE U. S. PARCEL POST MAY ONLY BE OF ADVANTAGE to some of 

 our customers In the United States and possessions — those distant and those liv- 

 ing away from Express Offices on Rural Delivery routes will perhaps be the most 

 benefited — who order from us to go by " Parcel Post" the undernoted merchandise 

 when mailable and within the packed weight and size limit as above, viz: tools, 

 and accessories, odorless fertilizers, insecticides and fungicides (fluids and poisons 

 excluded). All such merchandise mailable by Parcel Post offered in this 

 catalogue we have marked "P.P." and given the packed weight so that extra 

 for postage may be allowed according to Zone distances as follows: 



^•^^ U. S. PARCEL POST RATES /fl^ 



First 



Each 



Within the U. a. and Possessions 

 (Seeds, Plants. Bulbs, Roots, and Books Excluded) 



Pound 

 or fraction 



Pound 

 or fraction 



Local Rate Manhattan and the Bronx only 



5c. 



Ic. 



First Zone within 50 miles of New York City 



Sc. 



3c. 



Second" " 50 to 150 miles of New York City 



6c. 



4c. 



Third " " 150 " 300 



7c. 



Sc. 



Fourth " " 300 " 600 " .. » « 



8c. 



6c. 



Fifth " " 600 " 1000 " a u u 



9c. 



7c. 



Sixth « " 1000 " 1400 " « <. <■ 



10c. 



9c. 



Seventh" " 1400 " 1800 " « « ,. 



lie. 



10c. 



Eighth " all over 1800 " « « a 



12c. 



12c. 



For small packages, weighing 4 ounces or less, a special rate of Ic. per ounce or 

 fraction is provided covering all zones. A package weighing over 4 ounces and 

 less than 16 ounces is charged at the "First Pound" rate. 



HENDERSON'S SEEDS OBTAINABLE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES 

 BY INTEKNATIONAL PARCEL POST 



We can forward seeds to almost any post office in most civilized countries 

 by International Parcel Post. Frequent steamships from New York to various 

 ports of the world with their postal connections enable our distant patrons to 

 obtain Henderson's Seeds easily, promptly and at a minimum of expense. With 

 two exceptions, the maxitnum weight allowable (including packing), is eleven 

 pounds, (5 kilograms) and the size, combined length and girth, 72 inches (182 

 centimetres). We make no charge other than for the seeds at prices quoted in 

 this catalogue, with the amount for postage added at the rate of twelve (12) 

 American cents per pound. Peas, Beans and Corn at 10c. per pint. We make 

 no charge for postage on "Packets" of seeds. Remittance covering the value 

 of seeds and postage should accompany the order. International Post Office 

 Money Order advised. 



Full details in our "International Parcel Post Circular" mailed on application. 



We prefer not to forward plants, tubers nor roots to foreign countries on 

 account of their restriction by many governments and the possibility of loss'or 

 Injury in transit. 



BUSINESS RULES 



OKDERING, REMITTING, ACCOUNTS, FORWARDING, Etc. 



PLEASE ORDER EARLY, thus enabling us to forward promptly — as a 

 rule the day after the order is received. During the March and April rush 

 we may fall a day or two behind, but if any delay is likely, we will advise. 



iTHE ORDER BLANKS accompanying this catalogue will be convenient 

 for customers and facilitate our filling orders (extra ones mailed on request). 

 Use the plant sheet when ordering plants — pages 123 to 176 — these being filled 

 at our Jersey City greenhouses, seeds and all other goods being collated at 

 our New York stores, though all can be shipped together when advisable. Give 

 full shipping instructions in every order sent, and write address legibly. 



THE PRICES QUOTED IN THIS CATALOGUE ARE NET. We offer 

 no premiums, discounts nor gratuities. 



REMITTANCES should be made by Express Money Order, P. O. Money 

 Order.Bank Draft or Registered Letter. We must decline sending goods C. O. D. 

 unless 25% of their value accompanies the order. Plants we do not ship C. O. D. 



ACCOUNTS — Parties having no account with us — who order goods without 

 remittance — must furnish satisfactory reference. New York City reference 

 preferred on account of the shorter delay pending investigation. • 



WE FORWARD AS CUSTOMER DIRECTS by mail, express, freight or 

 steamer. When no shipping instructions are given we send according to our 

 judgment. Some seeds, etc., we deliver free in the United States, but on other 

 seeds and goods purchaser pays transportation charges or allows for same when 

 prepaid (see details at top of this page). In regard to the shipment of plants, 

 see page 123. 



WE MAKE NO CHARGE FOR SHIPPING AND CARTING of goods to 

 any railroad station, steamship line or express office in New York City proper. 



WE MAKE NO CHARGE FOR PACKING except special for foreign ship- 

 ments as tin-lined cases, double sacks, etc., then we charge cost. Cloth bags we 

 charge for, viz; 1 peck, 10c. ; J^ bushel, 12c.; 1 bushel, 15c.; 2 bushels, 25c. AU 

 Grass seed bags are furnished free excepting for Timothy and Clover. 



WE GUARANTEE THE SAFE ARRIVAL in United States of all goods for- 

 warded by express. 



CANADIAN ORDERS — Vegetable and Flower seeds in packets and ounces 

 we mail into Canada, postage free, but for other quantities and goods add Ic. 

 per ounce extra for postage, and to Beans, Corn and Peas, 15c. per pint. We 

 can also ship to Canada by express or freight, customer paying the transportation 

 charges and assuming any import duties which on most garden and flower 

 seeds is 25% , most flower bulbs are free. In regard to sending plants into Canada 

 refer to our Canadian circular — mailed on application. 



QUESTIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE— We endeavor to answer 

 promptly all letters of inquiry — which should be on separate paper from orders — 

 but we cannot undertake the planning of gardens and grounds. 



ERROR IN THE FILLING OF ORDERS— We use the greatest care in filling. 

 checking and packing orders. Yet should anything be omitted we will promptly 

 forward when advised. Keep a duplicate copy of your order for comparison. 



WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THE WELL-DOING of any seeds, plants or 

 bulbs we send out, having no control over conditions — therefore: 



PETER HENDERSON & CO. give no warranty, express or implied, as 

 to description, quality, productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds, bulbs 

 or plants they send out, and they will not be in any way responsible for the crop. 

 If the purchaser does not accept the goods on these terms, they are at once to 

 be returned. 



GARDENERS' AND HEAD-FARMERS' SITUATIONS.— We have at times 

 the names of practical gardeners and farm managers in want of situations on 

 our books. If parties desiring such will write us we shall be glad to put them in 

 communication with men that we deem suitable. To aid us in making a selec- 

 tion we ask full particulars. We make no charge for this service. 



FOR INDEX 



OF CONTENTS OF THIS CATALOGUE 



SEE PAGE 198 



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CHARLES HENDERSON, President. 



