Instructions For Ordering 



PLEASE USE ORDER SHEET found in the catalog in making out your order and retain a copy 

 of the order. If you have occasion later on to write us about the order give post office address under 

 which it was mailed. Orders are filled by post offices, so if you give a different post office address in 

 writing it is difficult for us to find the order. 



WE ACKNOWLEDGE ORDERS when received unless some part of it is to be sent at once or 

 within a day or so. If any part is mailed right out that answers as an acknowledgment or if goods 

 can be sent at once or soon by freight or express we sent acknowledgement and notice of shipment 

 at the same time, enclosing Bill of Lading. 



WE SEND LARGE SHIPMENTS BY FREIGHT unless otherwise instructed. 



CUSTOMERS PAY TRANSPORTATION CHARGES on all goods unless offered postpaid. Small 

 shipments will be sent by express unless ordered by mail or unless the price includes postage. Our 

 garden seed prices in small quantities are postpaid prices, but prices on field seeds and side lines do 

 not include postage unless so stated. There are special express rates on seeds, in the main, 25 per 

 cent less than the merchandise rates. 



NO CHARGE FOR PACKING OR CARTAGE. Everything will be securely packed and labeled and 

 delivered free at the freight, express or post office. 



ORDER EARLY. Do this for two reasons. We can give your orders more careful and prompt 

 attention if received before we get into the rush, and then we will not have to write for permission to 

 substitute for varieties sold out. 



OUR THREEFOLD GUARANTEE. 



1. QUALITY. We guarantee the quality of the seeds, plants, bulbs and potatoes we send out 

 to the extent that shoul they not prove as represented we will refill the order or return the money ; 

 but we give no further warranty, express or implied, as to description, quality, productiveness or any 

 other matter of any seeds, potatoes, bulbs or plants we send out and will not be responsible for the 

 crop. Goods may be returned if not satisfactory. 



2. SAFE ARRIVAL. We guarantee everything we send out to arrive in good order. If potatoes 

 freeze on the road we will refill the order if the time of shipping is left to our discretion. If any 

 goods arrive in bad order, however, bags torn or anything else wrong, have this noted on the freight 

 expense bill which must be sent to us so that we can make proper claim. The bill of lading must be 

 returned also. Therefore do notlose the bill of lading. 



3. RECEIPT OF MONEY. We will be responsible for all money sent us through the mails, if 

 remittance is made by P. O. or Express Order, Draft or Registered Letter. We will accept personal 

 checks at face value. They look good to us. Small amounts, less than $1.00, may usually be sent 

 safely in postage stamps or coin. 



PRICE CHANGES. 



It is impossible to anticipate in advance all our requirements especially in some staple items or to 

 foresee market changes. Accordingly we reserve the tight to change the prices of Field Seeds if neces- 

 sary after Feb. 1st. Beginning with that date we issue weekly price lists of Field Seeds giving the 

 prices in effect each week. These price lists are furnished on application and inserted in catalogs 

 mailed after Feb. 1st. The prices on Garden Seeds and on Side Lines, with just a few exceptions, will 

 remain throughout the season as given in the catalog and we do not expect there will be many changes 

 in the Field Seed prices but there are sure to be some. 



TESTED SEEDS 0ur Seeds are a11 tested as to vitality, and none is sent out from our estab- 

 lishment until we are satisfied that they are absolutely of the best quality 

 and of the highest germinating power, and are certain to grow under favorable conditions and planted 

 at the right time. With bad weather and careless planting the very best Seeds may fail to grow and 

 no seedsman is to blame for this. If any fail to grow when properly tested, we stand ready to replace 

 the same or give value in other Seeds. 



^^ARRANTY Failure of Seeds to produce a good crop is dependent upon so many causes, as 

 every experienced cultivator well knows, that the utmost care with the seeds 

 and planting cannot control it, and the maturing of a crop also sometimes fails from causes that no 

 human power can control. We know that the seeds we offer are unsurpassed in quality, yet with our 

 practical experience of many years as growers we find that crops sometimes fail no matter how good 

 the seed. Hence to guarantee seed to invariably produce a perfect crop would be sheer folly. Under 

 all these circumstances, while we exercise the greatest care to have all seed pure and reliable we give 

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

 seeds or bulbs we send out, and we 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. 



MARKET GARDENERS AND DEALERS who buy seeds in bulk and in large quan - 



tities are requested to send for our Dis- 

 count Sheet. 



OUR RESPONSIBILITY As this Catalogue will go into the hands of many who have 



never dealt with us, we kindly ask for a trial from you, which 

 shall have our best attention. As to our standing, we refer you to the Security State Bank and Pella 

 National, to the Postmaster, or to the Express Agent. 



Sincerely yours, 



DE JONG FLORAL & SEED CO. 



We carry a full line of Farm Seeds not listed in this 

 Catalog. Write for Prices, 



