Prompt and Efficient Service by Mail and Express 



T IS more convenient for many of our customers to order their seeds and bulbs by mail than 

 to call at our store. For those customers, this catalogue is specially written and mailed, free, 

 to all who have favored us with their orders during the past year and to any others who are 

 interested in gardening and ask for it. 



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, suc- 

 cessively 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 described. If you 

 are in need of further information, do not hesitate to write us; the knowledge we have gained in 50 

 years of seed-growing is at your command. 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. 



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 merchandise. Con- 



sequently, we advise shipment by parcel post or express in 

 all cases . where quick delivery is desired and the order is 

 not too bulky. See table of Parcel-Post Rates 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, certain varieties 

 which you desire should be sold out. We never substitute 

 unless instructed to do so. 



When a remittance is not sufficient to pay for the goods 

 ordered, we will send the quantities for which the remittance 

 pays. . 



With regard to errors, we take every possible precaution to 

 avoid their occurrence. Notify us at once if your order is not 

 properly filled and we will make the necessary adjustment. 



Postpaid. We will send postpaid all vegetable and flower 

 seed in packets, ounces, ana pounds. For larger quantities 

 postage must be included in remittance. 



About Warranties and Guarantees. Because of our inability to control Nature's forces, we cannot guarantee crops 

 from our seeds and bulbs. No honest seedsman can or does. We take all precautions, every precaution, to see that our seeds 

 are right. They are tested as to vitality and purity; they come from the foremost seed-growing specialists; they are handled 



by experienced men and put up in the most careful manner; represent full value for 

 money received. Beyond that we cannot go, so, in common with all responsible 

 houses, we do not warrant in any way, expressed 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 responsible for the crop. If the purchaser does not accept the 

 goods on these terms, be should return them at once and money will be refunded. We make 

 all sales subject to the above conditions. 



POULTRY 

 OWNERS 



The sign of success always 

 hangs over the poultry yard 

 using Basic Feeds. 



These feeds have a definite, 

 tangible effect on health, 

 growth and egg production. 



The Basic Ration constitutes 

 an assurance of success with 

 poultry. 



The best time to start their 

 use is NOW. 



Write for booklet on 



F £ E D 

 FUNDAMENTALS 



A Common Sense Discussion and 

 Solution of Poultry Problems 



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. 



Parcels of general merchandise weighing 8 ounces or less must pay postage to all 

 zones at the rate of 1 cents for 2 ounces; in excess of 8 ounces at pound rates. 



First pound Each additional 

 or fraction pound or traction 



Local rate. Pittsburgh and R. F. D. Routes Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 .$0 07 



1st zone. Within 50 miles of Pittsburgh 07 



2d zone. Over 50 and under 150 miles from Pittsburgh. 



3d zone. 

 4th zone. 

 5th zone. 

 6th zone. 

 7th zone. 

 8th zone. 



Over 150 

 Over 300 

 Over 600 

 Over 1,000 

 Over 1,400 



300 

 600 

 1,000 

 1,400 

 1,800 



07 

 08 

 09 

 10 

 11 

 13 



Over 1,800 miles from Pittsburgh 14 



$0 01 

 01 

 01 

 02 

 04 

 06 

 08 

 10 

 12 



Limit of 

 weieht 



70 lbs. 

 70 lbs. 

 70 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 

 50 lbs 

 50 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 

 50 lbs. 



All goods sent by parcel post are at purchaser's risk, unless insured. Insurance is 

 5 cents for S5 or less, 8 cents for S5 to $25, 10 cents for $25 to $50. This insures delivery 

 only, but not damage to package. 



