PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE. 



We Deliver Free^^^^^^oirsifnrby Parcel Post or Express ESomce at Our Option 



All Vegetable and Flower Seeds by the Packet, Ounce and 3>^'Pound. 



Purchasers Pay Transportation on Half'Pounds, Pounds, Qyarts, Half'Pecks, Pecks and Bushels. Also on Requisites. Fertilizers and Insecticides. 



IF GOODS ARE WANTED BY PARCEL POST, POSTAGE MUST BE ADDED AS PER TABLE BELOW, EXCEPT FOR THOSE QUANTITIES OF 



SEEDS WE OFFER TO DELIVER FREE 



BEANS, PEAS AND CORN WEIGH (POSTAL WEIGHT) TWO POUNDS PER QUAKT. 



PARCEL POST ZONES AND RATES. 







1st 



Weight 





Up to 



in 



Local 



50 



Pounds 





miles 

 from 

 New 







York 



1 



SD.oe 



$0.06 



a 



.06 



.06 



3 



.06 



.07 



t 



.07 



.08 



6 



.07 



.09 



6 



.08 



.10 



7 



.08 



.11 



8 



.09 



.12 



9 



.09 



.13 



10 



.10 



.14 



11 



.10 



.15 



12 



.11 



.16 



IS 



.11 



.17 



14 



.12 



.18 



16 



.12 



.19 



16 



.13 



.20 



17 



.13 



.21 



18 



.14 



.22 



19 



.14 



.23 



20 



.15 



.24 



21 



.15 



.25 



22 



.16 



.26 



23 



.16 



.27 



24 



.17 



.28 



28 



.17 



.29 



26 



.18 



.30 



27 



.18 



.31 



28 



.19 



.32 



29 



.19 



.33 



SO 



.20 



.34 



SI 



.20 



.36 



S2 



.21 



.36 



33 



.21 



.37 



34 



.22 



.38 



3S 



.22 



.39 



36 



.23 



.40 



37 



.23 



.41 



38 



.24 



.42 



.39 ■'- 



.24 



.43 



/■■'•40' 



.35 



.44 



41 



.26 



.46 



42 



.26 



.46 



43 



.26 



.47 



44 



.27 



.48 



45 



.27 



.49 



46 



.28 



.60 



47 



.28 



61 



48 



.29 



.52. 



49 



.29 



.53 



60 



.30 



.64 



61 



.30 



.66 



62 



.31 



.66 



63 



.31 



.57 



64 



.32 



.58 



66 



.32 



.59 



66 



.33 



.60 



67 



.33 



.61 



68 



.34 



.62 



69 



.34 



.63 



60 



.35 



.64 



61 



.36 



.65 



62 



.36 



.66 



63 



.36 



.67 



64 



.37 



.68 



66 



.37 



.69 



66 



.38 



.70 



67 



.38 



.71 



68 



.39 



.72 



69 



.39 



.73 



70 



.40 



.74 



2nd 

 50 to 



150 

 miles 

 from 

 New 

 York 



tO.Ol 

 .06 

 .07 

 .08 

 .09 

 .10 

 .11 

 .12 

 .13 

 .14 

 .15 

 .16 

 .17 

 .18 

 .19 

 .20 

 .21 

 .22 

 .23 

 .24 

 .25 

 .26 

 .27 

 .28 

 .29 

 .30 

 .31 

 .32 

 .33 

 .34 

 .35 

 .36 

 .37 

 .38 

 .39 

 .40 

 .41 

 .42 

 .43 

 .44 

 .45 

 .46 

 .47 

 .48 

 .49 

 .50 

 .51 

 .52 

 .53 

 .54 

 .55 

 .56 

 .67 

 58 

 .59 

 .60 

 .61 

 .62 

 .63 

 .64 

 .63 

 .66 

 .67 

 .68 

 .69 

 .70 

 .71 

 .72 

 .73 

 .74 



S0.06 



.08 



.10 



.12 



.14 



.16 



.18 



.20 



.22 



.24 



.26 



.28 



.30 



.32 



.34 



.36 



.38 



.40 



.42 



.44 



.46 



.48 



.50 



.52 



.54 



.56 



.58 



.60 



.62 



.64 



.66 



.68 



.70 



.72 



.74 



.76 



.78 



.80 



.82 



.84 



.86 



.88 



.90 



.92 



.94 



.96 



.98 



1.00 



1.02 



1.04 



1.06 



1.08 



1.10 



1.12 



1.14 



1.16 



1.18 



1.20 



1.22 



1.24 



1.26 



1.28 



1.30 



1.32 



1.34 



1.36 



1.38 



1.40 



1.42 



1.44 



4th 

 300 to 



bOO 

 miles 

 from 



New 

 York 



$0.07 



.11 



.16 



.19 



.23 



.27 



.31 



.35 



.39 



.43 



.47 



.51 



.55 



.59 



.63 



.67 



.71 



.75 



.79 



.83 



.87 



.91 



.95 



.99 



1.03 



1.07 



1.11 



1.16 



1.19 



1.23 



1.27 



1.31 



1.36 



1.39 



1.43 



1.47 



1.61 



1.56 



1.59 



1.63 



1.67 



1.71 



1.75 



1.79 



1.83 



1.87 



1.91 



1.96 



1.99 



2,03 



5th 

 600 to 

 1000 

 miles 

 from 

 New 

 York 



$0.08 



.14 



.20 



.26 



.32 



.38 



.44 



.50 



.56 



.62 



.68 



.74 



.80 



.86 



.92 



.98 



1.04 



1.10 



1.16 



1.22 



1.28 



1.34 



1.40 



1.46 



1.62 



1.58 



1.64 



1.70 



1.76 



1.82 



1.88 



1.94 



2.00 



2.06 



2.12 



2.18 



2.24 



2.30 



2.36 



2.42 



2.48 



2.54 



2.60 



2.66 



2.72 



2.78 



2.84 



2.90 



2.96 



3.02 



6th 

 1 000 to 

 1400 

 miles 

 from 

 New 

 York 



$0.09 



.17 



.26 



.33 



.41 



.49 



.57 



.66 



.73 



.81 



.89 



.97 



1.05 



1.13 



1.21 



1.29 



1.37 



1.46 



1.53 



1.61 



1.69 



1.77 



1.86 



1.93 



2.01 



2.09 



2.17 



2.25 



2.33 



2.41 



2.49 



2.57 



2.66 



2.73 



2.81 



2.89 



2.97 



3.05 



3.13 



3.21 



3.29 



3.37 



3.45 



3.53 



3.61 



3.69 



3.77 



3.85 



3.93 



4.01 



7th 

 1400 ti 

 1800 

 miles 

 from 

 New 

 York 



$0.11 

 .21 

 .31 

 .41 

 .51 

 .61 

 .71 

 .81 

 .91 

 1.01 

 1.11 

 1.21 

 1.31 

 1.41 

 1.61 

 1.61 

 1.71 

 1.81 

 1.91 

 2.01 

 2.11 

 2.21 

 2.31 

 2.41 

 2.51 

 2.61 

 2.71 

 2.81 

 2.91 

 3.01 

 3.11 

 3.21 

 3.31 

 3.41 

 3.51 

 3.61 

 3.71 

 3.81 

 3.91 

 4.01 

 4.11 

 4.21 

 4.31 

 4.41 

 4.61 

 4.61 

 4.71 

 4.81 

 4.91 

 5.01 



8th 

 Over 

 1800 

 miles 

 from 

 New 

 York 



$0.12 



.24 



.36 



.48 



.60 



.72 



.84 



.96 



1.08 



1.20 



1.32 



1.44 



1.56 



1.68 



i.ao 



1.92 

 2.04 

 2.16 

 2.28 

 2.40 

 2.52 

 2.64 

 2.76 

 2.88 

 3.00 

 3.12 

 3.24 

 3.36 

 3.48 

 3.60 

 3.72 

 3.84 

 3.96 

 4.08 

 4.20 

 4.32 

 4.44 

 4.66 

 4.68 

 4.80 

 4.92 

 5.04 

 5.16 

 5.28 

 6.40 

 5.52 

 6.64 

 6.76 

 5.88 

 6.00 



P.\RCEL POST WEIGHT LIMIT 



The weight limit within the 

 Local 1st. 2nd and .3rd Zones is 

 seventy (70) pounds, within the 

 other Zones the weight limit is 

 fifty (50) pounds and the size limit 

 eighty-four (84) inches for com- 

 bined length and largest girth. In 

 this catalogue we give the weight 

 packed up to ten (101 pounds on 

 Implements, Insecticides and 

 Fertilizers. 



Packages weighing 8 oz. or less 

 can be forwarded .Tnywhere in the 

 U. S. at a cost of one cent for each 

 two ounces, or fraction thereof. 



BUSINESS RULES AND PROCEDURE. 



PRICES IN THIS CATALOGUE CANCEL ALL PRICE LISTS PREVIOUSLY 

 ISSUED BY US. 



THE PRICES QUOTED HEREIN ARE SUBJECT TO ADVANCE WITHOUT 



NOTICE. 



We Do Not Supply Dealers, therefore our seeds, etc., can only be procured by 

 sending orders direct to us. 



ALL GOODS IN THIS CATALOGUE are offered subject to being unsold 

 on receipt of order, and the prices quoted are subject to change without notice. 



ADVANCE ORDERS, CONDITIONS OF ACCEPTANCE. All advance 

 orders, for growing crops, are booked by us previous to harvesting and receipt 

 — subject to crops permitting — and accidents or delays beyond our control. 

 Should shortages necessitate it, we reserve the right to fill such orders pro rata. 



WE WILL SUPPLY halt a pound at pound rates; half pecks at peck rates; 

 half bushels at bushel rates. 



THE PRICES QUOTED IN THIS CATALOGUE ARE NET, except we 



furnish Market Gardeners and Florists for their own planting, our retail packets 

 of Vegetable ind Flower Seeds at 25% off. All other quantities (other than 

 packets) are priced net. We offer no premiums, discounts or 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. 



ACCOUNTS — Parties having no account with us — who order goods with- 

 out remittance — must furnish satisfactory reference. New York City reference 

 preferred on account of the shorter delay pending investigation. 



WE FORWARD AS CUSTOMER DIRECTS by express, freight, steamer 

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

 judgment. Some seeds, etc., we deliver free in the U. S., but on other seeds and 

 goods purchaser pays, or allows, transportation charges when prepaid (see detaiU 

 at top of this page.) 



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.; M peck, 15c.; 1 peck, 2,5c.; 14 bushel, 35c.; 1 bushel, 45c.; 

 2 bushels, 70c. Burlap bags. 1 peck, 1.5c.; y^ bushel, 20c.; 1 bushel, 25c.; 2 

 bushels, 35c.; 4 bushels, 55c.; 6 bushels, 7,5c.; 8 bushelu, 90c. No charge for 

 bags with lawn grass mixtures. 



CANADIAN ORDERS — Vegetable and Flower Seeds in packets and ounce^ 

 we mail into Canada, postage paid, but for other quantities and goods add 12c. 

 per pound extra for postage, and to Beans. Corn andPeas. 12c. per pint. Limit 

 of weight is 4 lbs., 6 oz., for each package. This is rated as a 5 lb. package 

 costing 60c. for postage. We can also ship to Canada by express or freight, 

 customer paying the transportation charges and assuming any import duties. 



INTERNATIONAL PARCEL POST— We forward Seeds to any postoffice 

 in foreign countries by International Parcel Post when mail routes are open. 

 Full details in our Tntern.\tional Parcel Post Circul.\r" mailed on appli- 

 cation. 



Domestic Parcel Poit rales apply to Alaski, the Canal Zone, Guam, Hawaii, 

 Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands. 



WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THE WELL-DOING of any seeds or bulbs 

 we send out. — therefore: 



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

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

 or roots 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. 



TESTIMONIALS FROM CUSTOMERS— We are always pleased to 

 hear from our customers regarding results. We appreciate the thousands 

 of unsolicited testimonials we receive annually apd are glad to publish 

 as many as space will permit. Photographs of gardens and particu- 

 larly of individual vegetables, flowers or fruits are always very gladly 

 received by us. 



On shipments weighing 20 poundsornore it i? preferable to 

 ship by express. As the express companies give a receipt for 

 each package, and are responsible, it amounts practically to 

 insurance without cost, whereas it costs extra, according to 

 value, to insure a parcel post package. We guarantee the 

 safe arrival in the U.S. of all goods shipped by express. 



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