Dead carefully every word upon the inside cover pages of this book before making 
»• up your order, so that you may know our rules and terms, and thus avoid possible mis- 
understandings. 
Our Terms 
CASH 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 cover 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 send no plants to any- 
body, 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 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. 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 this point. 
We Employ No Agents 
SCORES 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 repre- 
sent 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. 
Order Early 
/VLL 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 transplant. 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 specific date for shipment. Orders re- 
ceived after April 15 will be shipped according to date of their receipt regardless of special 
shipping dates, provided they have been remitted for in full. 
Transportation of Plants 
p*XPERIENCE has taught us that the best and safest way to ship plants is either by ex- 
press 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 pouiids in the shipment, and carry plants 20 percent, cheaper than 
is done in the case of merchandise. If your plants go by freight you will be charged for 100 
pounds, no matter how small the package. We reserve the right to ship all plants by ex- 
press for which orders are received after the shipping season opens. 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. 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. Re- 
member, 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 experience has been that it is safe to calculate on from twenty-five to thirty 
pounds for each thousand plants when the plants are packed ready for shipment. 
How to Make Up a Club Order 
VOU may 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. 
THE THREE RIVERS PRESS, THREE RIVERS, MICHIGAN 
