THE BAY STATE NURSERIES, NORTH ABINGTON, MASS. 3 
Packing House of The Bay State Nurseries 
General Directions to Customers 
Please Read Carefully Before Ordering 
Order Do not delay until the last moment before sending in your order. The reason is apparent. It is 
Early to our mutual advantage that you order early. 
How to All orders should be written plainly (this will insure against mistakes), stating the method of transit, 
Order. whether by express or by freight. Write plainly the Post Office, express or freight stations, as the 
case may be, and sign your name plainly. 
Packing All trees and plants are labeled and carefully packed and delivered to the forwarders here at North 
and Abington at the prices herein given. If no instructions as to method of shipment are given we shall 
Shipping use our best judgment. On account of the perishable nature of all nursery stock, and the reduced 
Directions, express rates for nursery products, we recommend that all small orders be shipped by express. All 
evergreens are lifted with a ball and are bur lapped, and can be so packed, together with all deciduous 
trees, shrubs, roses and vines, as to go safely by freight. But all Herbaceous plants should be 
sent by express and never by freight. In all cases the stock when it has been packed and deliv- 
ered to the forwarder is at the purchaser's risk, and should loss occur by delay in transit or accident 
by the forwarders, they and not we, must be held responsible. 
Terms. All orders from unknown customers must be accompanied with cash or its equivalent. 
Claims. Claims for reductions must be made immediately upon receipt of the goods. On account of weather 
and soil conditions and after treatment it would not be possible for us to give any guarantee that 
the plants will grow. No claims will be allowed for losses that are the result of the forwarders. 
Prices. Quality and not price should be the guiding factor in purchasing nursery products. _ Cheap nursery 
stock is dear at any price. Our prices are not cheap, neither is our stock. Our prices are reason- 
able for first-class stock. We will make special prices when stock is wanted in considerable quantity. 
In such case send list of requirements, and we will quote prices according to the amount required. 
Shipping Our spring shipping season begins about the 25th of March, and continues until the last of May. 
Season. In the fall we begin with evergreens and perennials in August, and keep at it until the ground freezes 
up for Winter. 
Non- We give no warranty, expressed or implied, as to description, quality or productiveness or any 
Guarantee, other matter of any nursery stock or plants we sell, only that it is alive and healthy when it leaves us. 
Location The Bay State Nurseries are located in North Abington, Mass., 18 miles south of Boston, on the 
of Our N. Y., N. H. & H. R.R., half way from Boston to Plymouth. Trains leave the South Station at 
Nurseries, frequent intervals during the day. Visitors are always welcome. When notified, we meet visitors 
at the station with an automobile, and take them to the office, and through the nursery. 
Quick Our nurseries are so located that consignments arrive in Boston and New York the morning after 
Transpor- the shipment is made. Shipments leaving here at noon for New York and points beyond, arrive 
tation to in New York the following morning. Shipments leaving here for Boston and points beyond in 
Boston, the evening, arrive in Boston the following morning. 
New York 
and the 
West. Inspector's Certificate Accompanies Every Shipment. 
Important. It is impossible to give in a catalog of moderate size an adequate idea of the stock contained in a 
large nursery like ours. We have given prices on ordinary commercial sizes of the 
varieties listed. Should larger sizes be required, we can furnish them at correspond- 
^rSBKfeingly increased prices. The stock is growing from year to year, and if at any 
time we are not able to furnish the size called for, we will furnish the 
next size thereto and charge accordingly. 
THE BAY STATE NURSERIES, 
W. H. WYrtAN, Proprietor NORTH ABINGTON, MASS. 
