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, the day it is received: throughout the year we have maintained a strictly twenty-four 

 hour 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 forty-five 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. 



titled to special express rates, which are considerably lower than on 



Send Us Your Order as Early as Possible. 



Use the Enclosed Order Sheet, listing your requirements con- 

 secutively 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 en- 



general merchandise. Consequently, 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. 



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

 and bulbs. No bonest 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; they are guaranteed to represent full value for money received. Beyond that we cannot go, so, in common with all re- 

 sponsible houses, we do not warrant in any way, expressed or implied, the contents or description, quality, productiveness, or any other matter oj 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 tbem 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. 



Parcels of general merchandise weighing 4 ounces or less must pay postage to all zones 

 at the rate of 1 cent per ounce; in excess of 4 ounces at pound rates. 



We deliver postpaid at catalogue prices all seeds in packets, ounces and quarter-pounds. 



zone, 

 zone. 



Pittsburgh and R. F. D. Routes Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 . 



Within 50 miles of Pittsburgh 



Over 50 and under 150 miles from Pittsburgh 



Quick, economical service from our door to 

 yours via U. S. mail 



Local rate. 

 1st 

 2d 



3d zone. Over 150 " " 300 

 4th zone. Over 300 " " 600 

 5th zone. Over 600 " " 1,000 

 6th zone. Over 1,000 " " 1,400 

 7th zone. Over 1,400 " " 1,800 

 8th zone. Over 1,800 miles from Pittsb 



All goods sent by parcel post are at purchaser's risk, unless insured. Insurance is 5 

 cents for $25 or less, 10 cents for $25 to $50, This insures delivery only, but not damage 

 to package. 



rst pound 



Each additional 



Limit of 



r fraction 



pound or fraction 



weight 



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$0 01 



70 lbs. 



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06 



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50 lbs. 



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10 



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