L> EAD CAREFULLY every word upon the inside cover pages of this book before making up your 
•••^ ord er, so thflt you may know our rules snd terms, and thus avoid possible misunderstandings. 
Our Terms 
/^ASH must accompany each order or it will not be booked. If not convenient to remit the entire 
^ amount at the time order is sent in, remit not less than one-third of the entire sum required to 
coyer order, and your order will be filed and plants will be reserved for you; the balance due to be 
paid, however, before plants are shipped. We ;end no plants lo anybody, no matter what his 
financial standing, until the cash is in hand. We send no plants C. O. D. to anybody under any 
circumstances. Do not ask it. 
How to Remit 
A LL remittances should be made by postofiice or express money order, or by bank draft or regis- 
tered letter. We shall not be responsible for any currency or coin sent in a letter. When 
private checks are sent, add 15 cents to cover cost of collection. This for the reason that the 
clearing-house associations all the country over have adopted a rate of 15 cents for exchange on all 
personal checks, and the great volume of business done by us makes it necessary to insist upon 
tills point. 
We Employ No Agents 
C CURES of complaints 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, 
offering to sell our plants, compel him to show his credentials? This will reveal his true character 
at once, for he will be unable to show any authority to sell our plants. 
How to Make Up a Club Order 
"Y^OU can join with your neighbors in getting up a club and get the benefit of thousand rates on 
■'• all varieties of which 500 or more of each variety are ordered. The club order must be shipped 
to one address. Each bundle of 25 plants being labeled, the division is easily made. Catalogs will 
be sent to any of your neighbors, on request, to aid in making up the club. 
Order Early 
A LL 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 shipment 
are best, too, for the reason that the plants when dormant are in better form to transport and trans- 
plant. No order will be filled for less than $1.00, as the cost of handling is too great when the 
amount is less. 
Orders sent in after March 15 must be accompanied by full payment to insure proper position 
in the files. Plants will be shipped at the proper time, as nearly as we can judge, for setting out 
in your locality, unless you give us special date for shipment. Orders received after April 15 will 
be shipped according to date of their receipt, providing they have been remitted for in full, regard- 
less of special shipping dates. 
Transportation of Plants 
p*XPERIENCE has taught us that the best and safest way to ship plants is either by express or 
^ mail, and it is cheaper by far when you come to figure up actual results. We recommend 
express even when the order calls for a large number of plants. And with small orders the cost by 
express is cheaper than by freight because express companies charge only for the exact number of 
pounds in the shipment, and carry plants 20 per cent, cheaper than is done in the case of merchan- 
dise. If your plants go by freight you will be charged for 100 pounds, no matter how small the 
package. Do not send money to pay express or freight charges. You will pay these charges when 
you get the plants. The rate will be just the same. Although we have shipped and do ship plants 
by freight, we do not advise that method of transportation. Out of 17,000 orilers shipped last season 
about Icn only were transported by freight. What we desire to do is to get the plants to you at the 
earliest moment possible and in the best condition. If your order calls for less than 200 plants we 
would advise you to have them go by mail, as it would be cheaper than by express. Remember, when 
plants go by mail you should add 25 cents above the cost of plants for each 100 plants ordered. 
Estimated Weight of Plants 
TT is impossible to give the exact weight of plants, because plants of some varieties are much 
larger than others, and plants steadily increase in weight as the season advances. But our experi- 
ence has been that it is safe to calculate on from 25 to 30 pounds to each thousand plants when 
packed ready for shipment. 
MANZ ENODAVINO COMPANY, THE KOLLISTeR PHEBS, CHICAGO 
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