Suggestions to Customers 



PARKING 



To know where to find a place to park your car while shopping is an important item in these days of crowded 

 thoroughfares. At our location on Federal St., right near the end of the Sixth St. bridge, parking is permitted on 

 Federal St. for 2 hours from 9:30 A. M. to 4:30 P. M., and for 1 hour on Isabella St., which is directly across from 

 our store. 



LOCAL DELIVERY SERVICE 



We maintain truck delivery service to all parts of the city as well as to Wilkinsburg, Edgewood Swissvale, South 

 Hills, Mt. Lebanon, Crafton, Ingram, McKees Rocks, Coraopolis, Sewickley, Ben Avon, Avalon, Bellevue, West View, 

 Millvale, Etna and Aspinwall. 



WHETHER you call at our store for your seeds and garden supplies or order them by mail, we 

 can assure you of the same prompt and courteous attention and the same helpful interest in 

 your garden success. We make it our business to fill every mail order, large or small, successively 

 as received ; throughout the year we maintain a strictly "Up-to-the-minute service." "Quick mails 

 make near neighbors of us all." 



It is our desire to serve you well. We have tried to make this catalogue a thoroughly reliable 

 guide to garden success. The varieties which we handle are carefully selected and accurately de- 

 scribed. If you are in need of further information, do not hesitate to write us. If you are in doubt 

 as to what varieties to use, you can leave it to us to select those best adapted for your purposes. 



Please help us to fill and ship your orders accurately and with all possible dispatch by noting 

 carefully the following instructions : 



Send Us Your Order as Early as Possible 



Use the Enclosed Order Sheet, listing your require- 

 ments consecutively in the order in which they appear in 

 the catalogue. Always keep a copy. 



Write Your Name and Address Distinctly on every 

 order you send us. Give your Name, Post Office, County 

 and State, also Street or Box Number. 



Send Your Remittances by Post Office or Express 

 Money Order, Registered Letter or Draft. For small 

 amounts stamps are acceptable. When remittance is not 

 sufficient to pay for the goods ordered, we will send the 

 quantities for which the remittance pays. 



Correspondence should not be intermingled with the 

 body of the order, but should be written on a separate 

 sheet. 



Give Complete Shipping Instructions on every order. 

 If you are not sure which method of shipment will be 

 best or cheapest you can safely leave that to us. Seeds, 

 bulbs, and plants are now entitled to special express 

 rates, which are considerably lower than on general mer- 

 chandise. Consequently, we advise shipment by parcel 

 post or express in all cases where quick delivery is de- 

 sired and the order is not too bulky. See table of Parcel 

 Post Rates below. 



Delivery by Parcel Post. We will deliver free by parcel 

 post to any post office in the United States, all vegetable 

 and flower seeds by the packet, ounce or pound, except 

 Beans, Peas and Corn. For Beans, Peas, Corn, Bulbs and 

 Miscellaneous Supplies wanted by mail, add postage at 

 your zone rate. (See table below.) 



Substitutions and Adjustments. Late in the season 

 some stock may be exhausted, so it is advisable, if you 

 do not order early, to name substitutes, or instruct us to 

 use our judgment in filling your order if, by chance, cer- 

 tain varieties which you desire should be sold out. 



With regard to errors, we take every possible precau- 

 tion to avoid their occurrence. Notify us at once if your 

 order is not properly filled and we will make the neces- 

 sary adjustment. 



Non-warranty. In common with all responsible houses, 

 Beckert's Seed Store does not warrant in any way, ex- 

 pressed or implied, the contents or description, quality, 

 productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds, bulbs, 

 or plants sold by us, and we will not be in any way re- 

 sponsible for the crop. If the purchaser does not accept 

 the goods on these terms, he should return them at once 

 and money will be refunded. We make all sales subject 

 to the above conditions. 



PARCEL POST RATES 



Parcels of seeds and bulbs weighing less than 8 ounces must pay postage to all zones at the rate of 1 cent for each 

 2 ounces; in excess of 8 ounces at pound rates. 



On the local rate, Pittsburgh and R. F. D. Routes Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 the rate is 7 cents for first pound or frac- 

 tion thereof; for each succeeding 2 pounds the rate advances 1 cent, viz., 2 or 3 lbs., 8 cents, 4 or 5 lbs. 9 cents, etc., 

 to a limit of 70 lbs. 



First Pound Each Additional Limit of 



or Fraction Pound or Fraction Weight 



1st zone. Within 50 miles of Pittsburgh $ .08 $ .01 70 lbs. 



2d zone. Over 50 and under 150 miles from Pittsburgh 08 .01 70 lbs. 



3d zone. Over 150 and under 300 miles from Pittsburgh 08 .02 70 lbs. 



4th zone. Over 300 and under 600 miles from Pittsburgh 10 .04 70 lbs. 



5th zone. Over 600 and under 1,000 miles from Pittsburgh 11 .05 70 lbs. 



6th zone. Over 1,000 and under 1,400 miles from Pittsburgh 12 .07 70 lbs. 



7th zone. Over 1,400 and under 1,800 miles from Pittsburgh 14 .09 70 lbs. 



8th zone. Over 1,800 miles from Pittsburgh 15 .11 70 lbs. 



All goods sent by parcel post are at purchaser's risk, unless insured. Insurance is 5 cents for $5 or less, 8 cents for $5 to 

 $25, 10 cents for $25 to $50. This insures delivery only, but not damage to package. 



