BULBS for FALL PLANTING 



CROMWELL GARDENS, A. N. PIERSON, Incorporated, CROMWELL, CONN. 



Read Before Ordering 



Order Early. It will enable us better to prepare 

 for the fall trade if we have your order on file. 



Correspondence. W'e endeavor to answer all 

 correspondence; but, owing to the pressure of 

 business du ing the fall months, we request that 

 questions be clearly and concisely stated. 



Cash with Order. Kindl>- send money sufficient 

 to cover the entire bill. We do not make shipments 

 C. O. D. unless remittance has been made on 

 account to guarantee acceptance. 



Remittances. Remittances should be made by 

 Post-Of¥ice Money Order or by New York draft. 

 If money is sent, the letter should be registered. All 

 prices quoted in this list are strictly net. All checks 

 must be made 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 near- 

 est Express Office to which shipment is to be made. 



Errors. Keep a copy of your order. We aim to 

 have our orders correctly filled. Where we are at 

 fault we will make satisfactory correction. 



Express Companies. We have only the Adams 

 Express Company from Cromwell. We make con- 

 nections with the American Express Company at 

 Springfield, Mass. 



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 1,000 

 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 va- 

 rieties 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 cata- 

 logue. If the purchaser is unwilling to accept the 

 goods on these terms, they should be returned at 

 once. 



We make no charge for boxes or packing. 



We do not pay postage on bulbs, except where 

 noted at heading of each variety. 



Bulbs ordered by parcel post should be accom- 

 panied by additional amounts at zone rate, weights 

 being given at heading of each variety. 



Bulb Planting 



Bulbs may be planted in the garden from early 

 October until the ground freezes. The best results 

 are obtained, however, from late October planting. 



In preparation, the ground should be dug to a 

 depth of at least 12 inches, thoroughly pulverized, 

 and enriched with well-decayed barn manure. 



Proper spacing, depth of planting, and winter 

 protection are the remaining essentials. 



Hyacinths should be planted 6 inches deep and 

 5 to 6 inches apart. Double Tulips should be put 

 5 inches deep and 5 to 6 inches apart; Single Tulips, 

 5 inches deep and 4 to 5 inches apart. Narcissi are 

 best placed 5 to 6 inches deep and 5 to 8 inches 

 apart, according to habit of flowering, the Bunch 

 or Polyantha group requiring the most space. 

 Crocuses, Scillas, and other small bulbs may be 

 planted 3 inches deep and 3 inches apart. 



For bedding purposes Hyacinths and Tulips, in- 

 asmuch as the bulbs are inexpensive and flower 



early, may be replaced with bedding plants. Splen- 

 did effects are obtained by grouping the later- 

 flowering Darwin or May-flowering Tulips, in col- 

 onies or groups in the shrub border or among the 

 perennials. 



Narcissi, Jonquils, Crocuses, and Scillas, although 

 splendid for bedding, are more at home when natu- 

 ralized in permanent colonies on the lawn, along the 

 woodland border, or in the meadows and fields. 

 Bulbs planted thus require no winter protection, 

 but those planted in open beds should be covered 

 with a mulch of litter or leaves which, however, 

 should not be applied until late December, after 

 frost has penetrated the ground 2 or 3 inches, and 

 should be removed at the first indication of spring's 

 approach. 



We shall be pleased to quote prices where bulbs 

 are required in quantity, or to furnish estimates to 

 include planting. 



Parcel-Post Rates 



United States Parcel-Post Rates 

 (Seeds, plants and bulbs included) 



First 

 pound 



or 

 fraction 



Each 

 additional 

 pound or 

 fraction 



Packages must not exceed 84 

 inches (length and girth com- 

 bined) 



1st Zone within 50 miles of Cromwell 



So 05 



So 01 



Limit of weight this zone. 50 lbs. 



2d Zone, over 50 and under 150 miles of Cromwell. . 



05 



01 



" 50 •• 



3d " " 50 ■' " 300 



06 





" 20 " 



4th " " 300 " " 600 



07 



04 



" 20 " 



Sth " " 600 " " 1,000 



08 



06 



" 20 " 



6th " " 1,000 " " 1,400 



09 



08 



20 " 



yth " " 1,400 " " 1,800 



II 



10 



20 ■■ 



Sth " All cities and towns over 1,800 miles of Cromwell 



12 



12 



" 20 " 



All small parcel-post packages (seeds, plants and bulbs included), weighing 8 ounces or less, can be sent 

 at the special rate of i cent for each 2 ounces or fraction to all parts of the United States. Over 8 ounces 

 must be sent at parcel-post rates. 



