PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE. 1 



PETER HENDERSON ^ CO.'S BUSINESS PAGE 



REGARDING ORDERING, REMITTING, ACCOUNTS, PACKING, FOKDWARDING, FREE DELIVEKY, PARCEL POST, SAFE ARRIVAL 

 . NON'WAKRANTY, ERRORS, CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 



We Deliver Free of Transportation 1 x;;o''rd°r^?' wSi^ ! 



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 



J By the Packet, Ounce 

 "/ ■ and i- Pound 



— I Offered in this Catalogue 



Purchasers Pay — or Allow — for Transportation on Bulk Qyantities, viz.: Half'Pounds, Pounds, Pints, Qyarts, Half-Pecks, Pecks. Bushels and Barrels — Also on 

 Farm Seeds, Tools, Implements, Kequisites, Fertilizers and Insecticides. For details regarding the Shipment of Plants, see page 48. 



NOTE. — When desired, we will prepay postage on such seeds or quantities as we do not offer to deliver free IF 10c. per quart where offered by measure and 8c. per pound when 



offered by weight is added to price. 



Domestic PARCEL POST— Third Class Matter 



Postage rate Ic. for each two ounces or fraction thereof. 



Seeds, plants, bulbs and roots mailed within the United States and pos- 

 sessions: Alaska, Canal Zone, Guam, Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Philippines, 

 viz: one cent (Ic.) for each two ounces or fraction, though the maximum 

 weight of a mailable package after Jan. 1st, 1914, may be fifty (50) pounds, 

 within the first and second zones; in the other zones the limit of weight is 

 twenty (20) 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 iDulbs, as 

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



DOMESTIC PARCEL POST-FOURTH CLASS MATTER— The under- 

 noted merchandise when mailable and within the packed weight and size limit 

 as above, constitutes " Fourth Class Matter," viz: tools and accessories, odor- 

 less 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 stated below. 



The " Fourth Class " mail matter weight limit within the first and second 

 zones is now fifty (50) pounds. The rate of postage on parcels exceeding four 

 ounces in weight is five cents for the first pound and one cent for each 

 additional two pounds or fraction thereof when intended for local delivery. 



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. 



^^ u. s. 



PARCEL POST RATES ^^ 

 ouRTH Class Matter ''^ 



First 



Each 

 additional 



F 



pound 



pound 



(Seeds, Plants, Bulbs and Roots, Excluded) 



or fraction 



or fraction 



Local Rate Manhattan and the Bronx onlv 



5c. 

 5c. 





First Zone within 



50 miles of New York City 



Ic. 



Second " " 



50 to 150 mi. of New York City.. 



5c, 



Ic. 



Third " 



150 " 300 " « « " 



6c. 



2c. 



Fourth ' 



300 " 600 " « 



7c. 



4c. 



Fifth " 



600 " 1000 « « « . 



8c. 



6c. 



Sixth 



1000 " 1400 « « « « 



9c. 



8c. 



Seventh " * 



1400 " 1800 « « « " 



lie. 



10c. 



Eighth " all over 1800 « « <- « 



12c. 



12c. 



The above rates went into effect Jan. 1st, 1914. 

 IMPORTANT — In remitting postage always add 

 separate item — this will help to avoid mistakes. 



it to the foot of the order as 



BUSINESS RULES 



ORDERING, REMITTING, ACCOUNTS, FORWARDING, Etc. 

 Prices in this Catalogue cancel all previous offers unless accepted by 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 half a pound at pound rates; half pecks at peck rates; 

 half bushels at bushel rates. 6 bulbs of one variety at the dozen rate, 25 at 

 the 100 rate, 250 at the 1000 rate. 



THE PRICES QUOTED IN THIS CATALOGUE ARE NET, except we 

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

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

 packets) are priced 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. 0. D. 

 unless 25% of their value accompanies the order. Plants we do not ship C. 0. D. 

 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 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 U. S., but on other seeds and 

 goods purchaser pays or allows transportation charges when prepaid (see details 

 at top of this page). In regard to the shipment of plants, see page 48. 



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 cases, baskets, packages or 

 barrels except special packing for foreign shipments as tin-lined cases, double 

 sacks, etc., then we charge cost. Cloth bags we charge for, viz.: 1 peck, 10c. ; 

 ibushel, 12c.; 1 bushel, 15c.; 2 bushels, 25c. All Grass seed bags are furnished 

 free excepting for Timothy and Clover. 



WE GUARANTEE THE SAFE ARRIVAL in United States of all goods 

 forwarded by express. We ship plants by express at all seasons of the year, 

 even in the coldest weather. 



WHEN SHIPPED BY FREIGHT WE DELIVER ALL BULBS, ROOTS 

 AND POTATOES in good condition, into the hands of transportation com- 

 panies, our responsibility ceases there. Consignee then assumes all risks of 

 heating, freezing and delays. 

 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, 10c. per pint. We can also ship to Canada by express or freight, customer paying the trans- 

 portation 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. 



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



WU€^J& 



CHAKLES HENDERSON, President. 



