Read Carefully Every Paragraph Appearing on This Page 
Before making up your order, so that you may know our 
rules and terms, and thus avoid possible misunderstandings. 
Our Terms 
CASH should accompany each order. If the 
amount of the order is $5.00 or over, you 
may remit not less than one-third of the 
amount when ordering. When the amount of the 
order is less than $5.00, remittance should be 
made in full. The balance due on any order must 
be paid before plants are shipped. ( After March 
15 all orders should be accompanied by full pay- 
ment to insure prompt delivery. ) We send no 
plants to anybody, no matter what his financial 
standing, until plants are paid for. We do not 
ship plants to anybody C. 0. D. Do not ask us 
to do so. 
Our Guaranty 
WITH our careful methods of labeling plants it 
would seem quite impossible that a mistake 
should occur in the matter of varieties, but we 
guarantee our plants to be true to label with the 
express understanding that, if a mistake occurs, 
we are to be held responsible for no damages be- 
yond the amount paid us for the plants. 
How to Remit 
ALL remittances should be made by postoffice 
or express money order, or by bank draft or 
registered letter. No other way by mail is safe, 
and we shall not be responsible for any currency 
or coin sent in a letter. The clearing house as- 
sociations all the country over have adopted a 
minimum rate of 10 cents for exchange on all 
personal checks, and we shall be pleased to have 
you comply with above request and thus save 
this expense. 
Order Early 
ALL orders are booked in the rotation in which 
they are received. The earlier they come in 
the more certain will be the patron of securing 
the plants of his choice. Orders for early ship- 
ment are best, too, for the reason that the plants 
when dormant are in better form to transport 
and transplant. No order will be filled for less 
than $1.00, as the cost of handling is too great 
when the amount is less. Plants will be shipped 
at the proper time, as nearly as we can judge, 
for setting out in your locality, unless you give 
specific date for shipment. Orders received as 
late as April 15 will be shipped according to date 
of their receipt, regardless of special shipping 
dates, provided they have been remitted forin full. 
We Employ No Agents 
/^OMPLAINTS come to us every year to this 
^ effect: "The plants I bought of your agents 
are worthless." Tree peddlers secure copies of 
this book and represent themselves as our agents, 
and then deliver common stock, to the loss and 
disgust of purchasers. You can get the genuine 
Thoroughbred plants only by sending direct to us. 
Should anyone represent himself as our agent, 
ofliering to sell our plants, compel him to show 
his credentials. 
Substitution 
'lAT'HEN we come to ship your order, is it your 
'''' wish, should we be sold out of any varieties 
that you have selected, that we substitute some 
other varieties of equal merit in their place? In 
making out your order be very explicit on this 
point. Note that two lines are provided on the 
order sheet for this purpose. If you give us per- 
mission to choose substitute varieties, simply say 
' 'Yes. " If you prefer to select substitutes, please 
name them on these lines. If you positively say 
"No," we shall return your money for any va- 
rieties we are unable to supply. In case you write 
neither "Yes" or "No, "we shall understand it is 
your desire we use our judgment in the matter. 
Plants by Parcel Post 
TN order to save our customers the annoyance 
and trouble of determining the amount of post- 
age required for their order, we have decided to 
make a special flat rate on all plants which are 
ordered shipped by Parcel Post. Our experience 
in the matter of postage on Parcel Post shipments 
has made it possible for us to determine a rate 
that is fair to both our customers and ourselves, 
and therefore we have decided upon a flat rate 
for all customers in the United States of 12 cents 
on each 100 plants. While this flat rate will not 
cover the postage expense in all cases, it repre- 
sents a fair average, and we can better afford to 
lose something in the postage cost on distant 
shipments than to take the time required to fig- 
ure out the postage on the great number of orders 
which we ship by Parcel Post during each season; 
and we are confident that our customers will real- 
ize the fact that this plan will save them lots of 
trouble. Therefore, we ask that all customers, 
when sending orders that are intended to go by 
Parcel Post, to include in their remittance a suf- 
ficient sum to pay for postage on same at the rate 
of 12 cents for each 100 plants ordered. 
This uniform rate is made for the convenience 
of our customers in the United States in estimat- 
ing postal charges. Charges sometimes will be 
much more than the sum remitted. It is there- 
fore understood that we shall return no excess 
postage unless the sum overpaid amounts to as 
much as 10 cents. 
Calculate the cost of postage on the basis of 
three pounds for each 100 plants. 
Always include postage when plants are to go 
by mail. 
The rate on Canadian and foreign Parcel Post 
shipments is uniformly 12 cents per pound. 
Plants by Express 
I TNDER the present rates charged by express 
companies for strawberry plants the cost for 
transportation by this method is greatly reduced 
as compared with former rates. Heavy ship- 
ments always should go by express (under no 
circumstances should strawberry plants, which 
are perishable, ever be shipped by freight). In 
the case of small packages of plants that are to 
be delivered beyond the fourth Parcel Post zone, 
the cost for expressage will be found to be much 
cheaper than Parcel Post rates. 
In all cases where there is no express office 
please give us the name of express office nearest 
you. 
Remember also that it never is necessary to 
prepay express charges, as the charges will be 
the same whether they are prepaid or paid at the 
point of delivery. As there is wide variation in 
the weight of plants at different seasons and in 
the case of different varieties, it always will be 
best to pay express charges at point of delivery 
except in cases where no agent is to be found and 
the plants are therefore ' 'put off at owner's risk. ' ' 
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