D. M. Ferry's & Co's 



1906 



FIFTY years ago our business was established with very little capital other than an 

 earnest purpose and a capacity for hard work. Today we are not only the largest 

 seed house in the world but have acquired a store of experience and knowledge 



which we think entitles us to be considered authority on matters pertaining to the 

 growth of the choicest varieties of flowers and vegetables. 



Our commercial success is due largely to a thorough understanding of this simple 

 principle : " Men do not gather figs from, thistles." In free competition those only suc- 

 ceed who are worthy of public confidence. We cannot afford to sacrifice reputation for 

 temporary gain. As gardeners we are convinced of the necessity of sowing rightly in 

 order that we may reap abundantly ; of the futility of trusting to luck. As merchants 

 therefore we have aimed to give full value for whatever money we have received and as 

 a consequence our trade has increased beyond the highest hope. 



Our success in discovering and compiling what we know concerning the best flow- 

 ers and vegetables, what varieties are of greatest value and how these are best grown is 

 the result of the same idea, not luck but intelligent effort. We are glad to give you in 

 the following pages a summary of this knowledge. If you desire fuller information we 

 shall be pleased to answer as well as we can any inquiry you may make. Call upon us 

 if possible, write if you are too far away for a personal interview. 



D. M. Ferry (^ Co. 



OUR TERMS ARE STRICTLY CASH WITH THE ORDER. 



We do not send C. O. D., as the cost of collecting return 

 charges is quite an unnecessary item of expense, and the 

 prices being given, we can conceive of no necessity to wai'- 

 rant goods being so sent. 



HOW TO SEND MONEY, Remittances may be made at 

 OUR RISK by any of the following methods, viz. : Postal 

 Money Order, Draft on New York or Chicago, or Express 

 Company's Money Order. 



The rates charged for Postal Money Orders and Ex- 

 press Money Orders are now so low that these are the best 

 ways to remit. We will bear the expense of sending money 

 in either of these ways. Deduct the cost of the order from 

 amount sent. Express Money Orders can be obtained at 

 •ALL offices of the principal Express Companies. They are 

 cheap and absolutely safe. 



When Money Orders cannot be obtained, letters contain- 

 ing money should always be registered. Money in ordinary 

 letters is unsafe. If currency is sent by express, the charges 

 should be prepaid, and if local checks are used, they must 

 be certified. 



FREE OF POSTAGE OR EXPRESS CHARGES. Packets, 

 Ounces, Two Ounces, Quarter Pounds or Pounds, ordered 

 at list prices, will be sent free by mail or express. 



Customers ordering enough for a freight shipment, 100 

 pounds or more, or desiring to pay their own express charges, 

 may deduct 10 cents per pound from prices of this catalogue 

 on all seeds quoted by the pound or less. 



PINTS AND QUARTS. Pints, Quarts and Four Quarts, 



ordered at list prices, fifteen cents per quart, ten cents 

 p&R PINT, must be added for postage or express charges, 

 and they will then be sent free. 



' ONE=FOURTH BUSHEL, BUSHEL AND HUNDRED 

 POUND LOTS. Where One-Fourth Bushel, Bushel or 

 Hundred Pound lots are ordered, we deliver free at depot or 

 express office in Detroit, Mich., the freight or express 

 charges to be paid by the party ordering. 



|^r° Where perishable or other goods are ordered to be 

 sent by freight or express to such great distances that the 

 cost of transportation will nearly or quite equal the value of 

 the goods, we must decline to ship unless purchasers remit 

 us, in addition to the price of goods, sufficient funds to pre- 

 pay transportation charges. When this requirement is not 

 complied with, we reserve the right of declining the order 

 and returning money to the person ordering. 



SEEDS BY MEASURE. One-fourth bushel and over 

 sold at BUSHEL rates; four quarts and over up to one- 

 quarter bushel sold at four-quart rates; less than four 

 quarts sold at quart or pint rates. 



SEEDS BY WEIGHT, We supply half pound and over 

 at POUND rates; less than half pound lots are charged at 

 ounce, two-ounce or quarter-pound rates; 25 lbs. and 

 over at 100 lb. rates when quoted. 



BAGS. To every order for one-quarter bushel and up- 

 wards, to the amount of two bushels, 20 cents must be added 

 for a new bag in which to ship. 



SEEDS IN PACKETS. We offer the following induce- 

 ments to those wishing to purchase seeds in packets: Select 

 packets to the value of .$1.15 and send us $1.00; for $3.35 send 

 12.00; for S3.60 send $3.00; for $4.85 send .$4.00; for $6.15 send 

 $5.00; for $12.50 send $10.00; for $26.00 send $20.00. The seeds 

 will be sent by mail, postpaid, but these low rates apply to 

 seeds in packets only, and at catalogue prices, and not 

 to seeds by weight or measure. 



NAME AND ADDRESS SHOULD ALWAYS BE GIVEN. 



We frequently receive letters containing money and orders,, 

 which we cannot fill because the sender has failed to sign 

 his name or the p. O. address is omitted, and the post mark 

 being blurred, we are unable to fill the order, no matter how 

 much we desire to do so. Use our Order Sheet and Envelope 

 whenever you can, filling out the blank and signing your 

 name and you will have no cause to censure us. 



GUARANTEE- Complaints made that seeds are not good, 

 should quite as often be attributed to other causes as to the 

 quality of the seeds. There are hundreds of contingencies 

 continually arising to prevent the best seeds always giving 

 satisfaction, such as sowing too deep, too shallow, in too wet 

 or too dry soil; insects of all descriptions destroying the 

 plants as soon as or before they appear; wet weather, cold 

 weather, frosts, chemical changes in the seeds induced by 

 temperature, etc. For the above reasons it is impracticable 

 to guarantee seeds under all circumstances. 



We give no warranty, express or implied, as to description, 

 purity, productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds we 

 send out, and we 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. 



D. M. Ferry & Co. 



Detroit, Mich., January 1, 1906. 



