Special Notices. 
Orders. We shall esteem it a favour if our Customers will kindly use the Order Sheet that 
accompanies this Catalogue, and be particular to fill in the full postal and rail address, 
as sometimes Orders reach us without either name or address, and it is impossible to 
trace the senders. 
Free Carriage All Prepaid Orders for Bulbs, over 5s. in value, will be sent Carriage Paid, 
of Bulbs Orders not prepaid, if over 10s. in value, carriage may be deducted at settlement of 
account. 
Prepaid Besides sending Prepaid Orders “Carriage Paid,” we allow ts in the £, 
Orders which may either be deducted by the Customer when remitting, or if this is not done, a 
liberal equivalent in goods will be added to the Order. 
Cash Dis- 
count 5 %. 
Is. in the £ discount may be deducted from all accounts when paid within 
14 days from date of invoice. 
Terms of Our books are made up at Christmas and Midsummer, when all accounts are due 
Credit. nett. 
Remittances. Money Orders and Postal Orders to be made payable at Covent Garden 
Post Office; these and all Cheques should be crossed “London and County Bank.” 
Small amounts may be remitted in Postage Stamps or Coin, in a Registered Letter. 
Packages. 
Boxes, Bags, &c., are charged at cost price, but these may be deducted from our 
account if returned Carriage Paid within a fortnight. Returned empties should 
have the sender's name on the address label for identification, and a notification should 
be sent by post, stating date of despatch and name of Railway Company. 
Catalogues. Our seed Guide is published in January, Hardy Plant Catalogue in February, 
Daffodil and General Bulb Catalogues in August. We are always pleased to forward 
any of these Catalogues, free of charge, to friends of our Customers on receipt of a 
line requesting us to do so. 
Nurseries, Our Nurseries are situated near to Surbiton Station (London and South- 
Long; Ditton. Western Railway). Visitors are invited during March and April to see our magnificent 
“ ’ Collection of Daffodils in flower (see notice of a visit to our Nurseries on page 3) ; in 
April and May, Tulips, etc. ; and during Summer and Autumn to see our Collection of 
Hardy Perennials and Alpines, and many rare and beautiful Bulbous Plants. Cab 
fare from Surbiton Station to Pound Farm entrance of Nursery is I r. ; to main 
entrance, which is within a hundred yards of Pound Farm enhance, 2 s. Cabs are 
always to be had at Surbiton Station. 
Daffodil Prizes 
for 1898. 
See Prize Notice on page 5, and other Daffodil Notices, page 8. 
Irish 
Orders. 
We shall esteem it a favour if our Customers, when ordering goods to be sent to 
Ireland, will kindly state the route by which they prefer them being sent. 
Gardeners. We keep a special Register of Gardeners in want of situations, and shall be pleased 
to put such in communication with any of our Customers requiring either Head or 
U nder-Gardeners. 
Notices to Our Foreign and Colonial Correspondents. 
Prepayment Owing to the difficulty of collecting accounts abroad, we beg that Customers will 
necessary. kindly enclose wi th their Orders a remittan ce, a draft , or an “order to pay,” on a 
London Bank, or Agent ; the remittance should be sufficient to cover cost of carriage 
when the freight is required to be paid in advance. 
Particulars of India. — Seeds and Bulbs can be despatched to all postal towns in India, by Parcel 
Freight. Post, at the rate of 1 lb. for Is., and after the first lb. 8d. per lb. up to II lbs., 
or by “Eastern Express,” at 6d. per lb. up to 30 lbs., after 30 lbs. cheaper 
as cargo. 
Australia and New Zealand, per “ Eastern Express,” at 6d. per lb. 
(minimum 2/) or per Parcel Post at 6d. per lb. (1/ being charged for the first lb. j. 
We recommend the Parcel Post to be used where possible, parcels thus sent being 
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Shipping, &C. In Shipping Bulbs and Plants to India, Australia, New Zealand, America, 
and the Cape, we exercise great care in selecting, preparing, and properly packing the 
same. Still there are so many contingencies that we cannot, in any way, hold 
ourselves responsible for the condition in which Plants or Bulbs reach their 
destination. Our Customers will confer a favour if they report, on arrival, the 
condition of the goods. Our experience in successfully preparing and shipping Seeds, 
Bulbs, and Plants to India and the Colonies extends over a long period. 
