PETER HENDERSON & CO., NEW YORK.— WHOLESALE CATALOGUE. 



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PETER HENDERSON CO.'S BUSINESS PAGE 



REGAKDING ORDERING. REMITTING. ACCOUNTS, PACKING, FORWARDING, FREE DELIVERY, PARCEL POST, SAFE ARRIVAL 

 NON-WARRANTY, ERRORS, CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. 



We Deliver Free of Transportation I According to Weight i By Mail, Express or Freight 



To Any Post Office, R. R. Express Office 01 Freight Station in the U. S. 



All Vegetable and Flower Seeds i^lSn Offered in this Catalogue 



Purchasers Pay — or Allow— for Transportation on Bulk Quantities, viz.: Pounds, Pints, Qyarts, Half-Pecks, Pecks, Bushels and Barrels — Also on Farm Seeds, 



Tools, Implements, Requisites, Fertilizers and Insecticides. For details regarding the Shipment of Plants, see page 63. 

 NOTE. — When desired, we will prepay express charges or postage on such seeds or quantities as we do not offer to deliver free IF 10c. per quart ,or 8c. per pound is added to price. 



Kegarding UNITED STATES PARCEL POST 



The rate of postage on seeds, plants, bulbs and roots mailed within the 

 United States and possessions: Alaska, Canal Zone, Guam, Hawaii, Porto 

 Rico and the Philippines remains the same as heretofore, viz.: one cent (lc.) 

 for each two ounces or fraction though the maximum weight of a mailable 

 package may now be eleven (11) pounds, and the size seventy-two (72) inches 

 for combined length and largest girth. 



OUR FREE DELIVERY OFFER^as above — also the extra amounts to be 

 added for postage on certain bulk quantity seeds, plants, roots and bulbs, as 

 specified under such articles in this catalogue, therefore remains unchanged. 



THE U. S. PARCEL POST MAY ONLY BE OF ADVANTAGE to some of 

 our customers in the United States and possessions — those distant and those 

 living away from Express Offices on Rural Delivery routes will perhaps be the 

 most benefitted — who order from us to go by " Parcel Post " the undernoted 

 merchandise when mailable and within the packed weight and size limit as 

 above, viz.: tools, and accessories, odorless fertilizers, insecticides and fungi- 

 cides (fluids and poisons excluded) . All such merchandise mailable by Parcel 

 Post offered in this catalogue we have marked " P P." and given the packed 

 weight so that extra for postage may be allowed according to Zone distances as 

 follows : 



U. S. PARCEL POST RATES 

 Within the U. S. and Possessions.- 

 (Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, Roots, and Books Excluded) 



-Virst 

 pound 

 or fraction 



Each 

 additional 



pound 

 or fraction 



Local Rate Manhattan and the Bronx only 





5c. 



lc. 



First Zone 



within 



50 miles of New York City 





5c. 



' 3c. 



Second " 





50 to 150 mi. of New York City.. 



6c. 



4c. 



Third " 





150 " 300 " " 





7c. 



5c. 



Fourth " 





300 " 600 " ' 





1 8c. 



6c. 



Fifth 





600 " 1000 " « 





A 9c. 



7c. 



Sixth 





1000 * 1400 " " 





$ IQc. 



9c. 



Seventh " 





1400 " 1800 « « « « 





' ' lie. 



10c. 



Eighth " 



all over 1800 « « « « 





12c. 



12c. 



For small packages, weighing 4 ounces or less, a special rate of lc. per ounce 

 or fraction is provided covering all zones. A patkage weighing over 4 ounces 

 and not more than 16 ounces is charged at the " First Pound " rate. 



BUSINESS RULES 



ORDERING, REMITTING. ACCOUNTS. FORWARDING, Etc. 

 Prices in this Catalogue cancel all previous offers unless accepted by us. 



ALL GOODS IN THIS CATALOGUE are offered subject to being unsold 

 on receipt of order, and the prices quoted are subject to change without notice. 



ADVANCE ORDERS, CONDITIONS OF ACCEPTANCE. All advance 

 orders, for growing crops, are booked by us previous to harvesting and receipt 

 — subject to crops permitting — and accidents or delays beyond our control. 

 Should shortages necessitate it, we reserve the right to fill such orders pro rata. 



WE WILL SUPPLY half a pound at pound rates; half pecks at peck rates; 

 half bushels at bushel rates. 6 bulbs of one variety at the dozen rate, 25 at 

 the 100 rate, 250 at the 1000 rate. 



THE PRICES QUOTED IN THIS CATALOGUE ARE NET, except we 

 furnish Market Gardeners and Florists for their own planting, our retail packets 

 of Vegetable and Flower Seeds at 25% off. All. other quantities (other than 

 packets) are priced net. We offer no premiutns, discounts nor gratuities. 



REMITTANCES should be ,made by Express Money Order, P. O. Money 

 Order, Bank I^raft or Registered Letter. We must declinesending goodsC.O.D. 

 unless 25% of their^jalue accompanies the order. Plants we do not ship C. O. D. 



ACCOUNTS — Jgarties having no .account with us — who order goods with- 

 out remittance — must furnish satisfactory reference. New York City reference 

 preferred on account of the shorter delay pending investigation. 



WE FORWARD AS CUSTOMER DIRECTS by mail, express, freight or 

 steamer. When no shipping instructions are given we send according to our 

 judgment. Some seeds, etc., we deliver free in the U. S., but on other seeds and 

 goods purchaser pays or allows transportation charges when prepaid (see details 

 at top of this page). In regard to the shipment of plants, see page 63. 



WE MAKE NO CHARGE FOR SHIPPING AND CARTING of goods to 

 any railroad station, steamship line or express office in New York City proper. 



WE MAKE NO CHARGE FOR PACKING cases, baskets, packages or 

 barrels except special packing for foreign shipments as tin-lined cases, double 

 sacks, etc., then we charge cost. Cloth bags we charge for, viz.i 1 peck, 10c; 

 Jbushel, 12c; 1 bushel, 15c; 2 bushels, 25c. All Grass seed bags are furnished 

 free excepting for Timothy and Clover. 



WE GUARANTEE THE SAFE ARRIVAL in United States of all goods 

 forwarded by express. We ship plants express at all seasons of the year, even 

 in the coldest weather. 



WHEN SHIPPED BY FREIGHT WE DELIVER ALL BULBS, ROOTS 

 AND POTATOES properly packed and in good condition, into the hands of 

 transportation companies. After that our responsibility ceases. ' Consignee 

 then assumes all risks of heating, freezing and delays. 

 CANADIAN ORDERS — Vegetable and Flower seeds in packets and ounces we mail into Canada, 

 postage free, but for other quantities and goods add lc. per ounce extra for postage, and to Beans, Corn 

 and Peas, 15c. per pint. We can also ship to Canada by express or freight, customer paying the trans- 

 portation charges and assuming any import duties which on most garden and flower seeds is 25%, most 

 flower bulbs are free. In regard to sending plants into Canada refer to our Canadian circular — mailed 

 on application. 



WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THE WELL-DOING of any seeds, plants or bulbs we send out, having 

 no control over conditions — therefore: 



PETER HENDERSON & CO. give no warranty, express or implied as to description, quality, 

 productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds, bulbs or plants they send out, and they 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. 



CHARGES HENDERSON. President 



