'Remarks to Purchasers 



READ CAREFULLY BEFORE ORDERING 



Name and Address. Write, your Name, Post Office, County and S^ate 



as distinctly as possible. Some orders reach us which give neither name nor 

 location. In such cases it is impossible for us to fill orders until we again 

 hear from the senders. 



Use the Order Sheet. Make out your list of requirements consecutively 

 in the order as given in the Catalogue, placing the quantity wanted before 

 the article, and the price of the same in the column to the right; and always 

 keep a copy of your orders. 



Correspondence should not be intermingled with the body of the order, 

 but either written at the bottom of the Order Sheet, or on a separate sheet 

 of paper. 



Remittances. The safest method of sending money is by Post Office 

 Orders; where they are not obtainable, it can be sent by Express Money 

 Order, Registered Letter, or Draft on New York. For small amounts, postage 

 stamps will be acceptable. 



When the Remittance is not sufficient to pay for the quantity of seeds 

 ordered, we will reduce the quantity to correspond with the remittance. 



Errors. All possible precautions are Jtaken to avoid their occurrence. 

 Notify us at once if your order is not properly filled, and we will promptly 

 make the necessary corrections. 

 Substitution. As the season advances some stocks of seeds are exhausted, so it is advisable when 

 late orders are sent to name a few substitutes. We make substitution only when requested to do so, sending 

 varieties that will as fully cover the indicated wants as our stock will permit. If not so instructed, the remittance 

 will be refunded. 



Send Us Your Order as Early as Possible. It will facilitate the prompt execution of same, and you will have 

 your seed when you are ready to plant. 



We Pay Postage on seeds only in packets, ounces and quarter pounds. For larger quantities postage must 

 be added by the customer. See notes, page i, on postage on seeds. 



Seeds by Express. Seeds can now be forwarded at 20 per cent less than merchandise rates; a saving to the 

 buyer of one-fifth over previous rates. 



Shipments by Freight. Seeds in bulk, implements, and other heavy goods are shipped by freight, and unless 

 there is a freight agent at point of destination, the freight must be prepaid, the purchaser advancing the same, 

 unless otherwise arranged. Our facilities for shipping to points south of Pittsburgh on the Ohio River and connect- 

 ing streams are excellent, steamers plying daily between this and southern points. 



Catalogues are sent free to all our customers of the past year. Should any change their place of residence, 

 we desire to be informed, that we may correct the address in our Catalogue list. Our local customers, who pur- 

 chase over our counters, will please give their correct address when making their first annual purchase; this will 

 insure their receiving Catalogues the following year by mail. Many of our patrons who desire our Catalogues 

 fail to receive them because their post-office address is unknown to us. 



NON- WARRANTY. I use all possible care and precaution to send out only seeds that are pure and reliable ; 

 but I give no warranty, express or implied, as to description, quality, productiveness, or any other matter of any 

 seeds, bulbs or plants that I send out, and I will not be in any way responsible for the crop. If the purchaser does 

 not accept the goods on these terms, they are to be returned at once. 



W. C. BECKERT 



BELL PHONES 



9 and 236 Cedar 



101 and 103 Federal St., North Side, Pitt.- 1 



