Foreword 



E send you our Annual Catalogue, trusting that it may interest you in Cromwell 

 Gardens and its product. This publication, being a Catalogue, is a plain 

 statement of what we have to offer. We have endeavored to keep descrip- 

 tions accurate and to abet these written descriptions with photographs showing varieties 

 and types as true to nature as is possible. 



Back of the plants offered are over forty years of a business reputation for honesty 

 and fair dealings, which reputation we shall maintain. 



The following simple rules will be of assistance to us and eventually to our cus- 

 tomers: 



ORDER EARLY. It will enable us to better prepare for the Spring trade if we have 

 your order on file. 



CORRESPONDENCE. We endeavor to answer all correspondence, but owing 

 to the pressure of business during the Spring we request that questions be clearly and con- 

 cisely stated. 



CASH WITH ORDER. Kindly send money sufficient to cover the entire bill. We 

 do not make shipment C. 0. D. unless remittance has been made on account to guarantee 

 acceptance. 



REMITTANCES. Remittances should be made by Post-Office Money Order or 

 by New York drafts. If money is sent, the letter should be registered. All prices quoted 

 in this list are strictly net. All cheques must be payable to A. N. Pierson, Inc. 



CREDIT. If credit is desired, give references and allow us time to look them up. 



SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS. Give your name, post-office, county and state, and 

 the name of your nearest express office to which shipment is to be made. 



EXPRESS COMPANIES. We have only the Adams Express Company from 

 Cromwell. We make connections with the American Express at Springfield, Mass. 



ERRORS. Keep a copy of your order. We aim to have our orders correctly 

 filled. Where we are at fault we shall make satisfactory correction. 



QUANTITIES. Three of a variety will be sold at the dozen rate; 25 of a variety 

 will be sold at the 100 rate; 250 of a variety will be sold at the 1000 rate. 



NON-WARRANTY. We aim to give the best possible service and to ship stock 

 that will be up to our high standard of excellence. We endeavor to keep varieties true to 

 name, but do not guarantee this, nor do we in any way guarantee the success of the 

 grower purchasing the stock offered in this Catalogue. 



