Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen 



WENTY-EIGHT New Years have come and gone since a certain boy (then about eighteen 

 years old) printed his first price-list — a few thousand four-page folders. Without capital 

 and without business training, he determined to improve his then almost destitute circum- 

 stances by building up a plant business. Under these circumstances the start was slow 

 and tedious. In fact, the entire start was made with $15.00 borrowed capital. With a very 

 few customers at first, the business has grown steadily, increasing year by year, until his 

 annual customers are numbered by thousands — satisfied customers who send their friends to him for 

 plants, until the present proportions of the business are second to none in this line. 



The 1913 catalogue, of which this is one, consists of 60,000 copies, weighing 15,000 lbs., or 7^2 tons. 

 The demand for Allen's catalogue and plants is growing by leaps and bounds. There must be a reason. 

 It is my endeavor to make a friend of every customer; by so doing, he will not only be pleased to send 

 me his next order, but will also bring his friends with him. 



Thanking you most sincerely for your liberal patronage in the past and trusting to merit a continuance 

 of your favors, and wishing you a very, very prosperous season, I remain 



Yours faithfully, W. F. ALLEN 



PLEASE READ THIS TWICE 



I fill strawberry plant and other small-fruit plant and shrubbery orders any time after November I, 

 during November, December, January, February, March, April and until May 1. From May I to May 

 10 I will fill a limited number of orders on any stock that is unsold, and put it in the very best possible 

 order, but at purchaser's risk as to results. 



After May 10, and during June, July, August, September and October, I most positively will not 

 fill any orders for small-fruit plants. (This, however, does not apply to vegetable or flower plants.) 



During March and April, the great planting season, almost my entire attention, and that of over one 

 hundred employees, is given up to filling plant orders. 



I am willing to answer any questions during the summer months as promptly as possible if written 

 in a short style and to the point. Long letters are subject to long delays. This notice was made necessary 

 from the fact that I receive hundreds of orders for strawberry plants during the summer months when I 

 have no plants in fit condition to transplant, and when not one in ten could make even good plants grow 

 if I could send them, unless it were potted plants, which I do not grow at all. 



IMPORTANT TO CUSTOMERS 



It is better for you 



Orders should be sent in just as soon as possible after receiving this catalogue, 

 as well as for the nurseryman. 



Remit by Money Order, Registered Letter or Bank Draft; Postage Stamps will be accepted for the 

 fractional parts of a dollar, the larger denominations preferred. Foreign customers will please send Money 

 Order on Salisbury, Md., or Bank Draft payable in New York. 



Time of Shipment. From the time you receive this catalogue to May I. By far the larger part of 

 my shipments are made during March and April. Bermuda, Cuba, Florida, California and other similarly 

 located sections are supplied any time in the fall and winter after November I. 



True to Name. While I use every precaution to have all plants, etc., true to name (and I believe I 

 come as near doing this as any one in the business), I will not be responsible for any sum greater than the 

 cost of the stock, should any prove otherwise than as represented. 



Guarantee. I guarantee plants ordered by mail or express to reach customers in good condition when 



promptly taken from the express office and opened 

 at once. 



Claims, if any, must be made on receipt of goods. 

 I cannot become responsible for stock that is allowed to 

 lay around your station or express office, for neglect 

 of purchaser or his employees to care for stock after 

 it has been received, or for misfortunes caused by 

 droughts, floods, frosts, insects, etc. These things are 

 entirely beyond my control. 



At Purchaser's Risk. Plants shipped by freight 

 will be at purchaser's risk, and all small-fruit plants 

 shipped after May I will be packed and shipped in best 

 condition possible, but always at purchaser's risk. 



Packing. I make no charges for boxing or packing 

 at rates quoted in this catalogue. Everything is de- 

 livered f. o. b. trains at rates named. 



Prices include the packing and the package. 

 Twenty-five. All plants are tied twenty-five in 

 a bundle. 



Payment. Invariably, cash in advance. It is 

 my desire that all customers should have the very 

 best of success and, strange as it may seem, plants 

 that are not paid for seldom do well. 



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