Special Notices and Terms of Business. 
FREE CARRIAGE OF BULBS. 
All Orders for Bulbs to value and upwards sent Carriage Paid to any Railway 
Station in the United Kingdom. 
Prepaid Orders for Bulbs to value tor. and upwards sent Carriage Paid to any Railway 
Station in the United Kingdom. 
5% Cash Discount on Bulb Orders of 20s. and upwards. Is. in the £ discount 
is alluwecl fur Cush with Order (v\iih exception of the special Collections offered on page 3, which are 
strictly net/), and this may either be deducted by the Customer when remitting, or a liberal ecpiivalent 
in goods will be added to the Order. The same discount may also he deducted from all Bull) accounts 
of 2or. and upwards when paid within 14 days from date of invoice (excepting Collections on 
page 3, which are strictly nett). 
Terms of Credit.— Our books are made up at Christmas and Midsummer, when all accounts are 
due nett. 
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 ; sometimes Orders reach us 
without either name or address, and it is impossible to trace the senders. 
Remittances. Money Orders and Postal Orders should be made payable at Bedford Street 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, etc , are charged at cost price, but these may be deducted from our account 
if retun ed Carriage Paid within a fortnight. Returned empties should have the sender's name on the 
addn ss label for identification, and an advice sent by post, stating date of despatch and name of Railwa v Co. 
Catalogues. Our Seed Guide is published in January, Descriptive Catalogue of Bulbs and 
Tubers for Winter and Spring Planting in January, Hardy Plant Catalogue 1st of March, 
Daffodil an 1 General Bulb Catalogues in August. We arc always pleased to forward any of these 
Catalogues, free of charge, to fiends of our Customers on receipt of a line requesting us to do so. 
Nurseries, Surbiton. — Our Nurseries are situated near to Surbiton Station (London and South- 
Western Railway'. Visitors are invited during March, April, and May to see our magnificent 
Collections of Daffodils and Tulips in flower ; and during Summer and Autumn to see our collection 
of Herbaceous Plants and Alpines, and many rare and beautiful Bulbous Plants. Cabs arc always to 
be had at Surbiton Station. 
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 Head Gardeners. 
Notices to our Foreign and Colonial Correspondents. 
Prepayment necessary. —Owing to the difficulty of collecting accounts abroad, we beg that Customers 
will kindly enclose with their Orders a remittance, a draft , or an “order to pay,” on a London Hank, 
or Agent ; the remittance should be sufficient to cover cost of carriage when the height is required to 
be -paid in advance. 
Cash Discount 5%. — In the case of Prepaid Orders we allow a discount of is. in the £ from the amount 
of Seeds or Bulbs ordered, which may either he deducted by the Customer when remitting, or 
if this is not done, a liberal equivalent in goods will be added to the order. 
Carriage.— No allowance for Carriage can he made in the case of Foreign Orders ; the extra attention 
necessary precludes any kind of allowance in this respect. 
Parcel Post Rates. AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH : 6d. per lb. (ij. for the first lb.). 
NEW ZEALAND : under 3 lb. is. ; 7 lb. 2 s. ; 11 lb. 3.?. TASMANIA : 6d. per lb. (ij. first lb.). 
CAPE COLONY and NATAL: gd. per lb. TRANSVAAL: ij. per lb. 
INDIA : 3 lb. for ij. ; 7 lb. for 2j. ; 1 1 lb. for y. J APAN : 3 lb. ij. I0(/. ; 7 lb. 3J. 6d ; 1 1 lb. y. 2d. 
CANADA : 6d. per lb. (8 d. for the first lb.). CHINA : 3 lb. is. ; 7 lb. 2 j. ; n lb. y. 
UNITED STATES of Ameiica {Official Sendee) : 2j. for each parcel not exceeding 4 lb. 6 oz. in weight. 
1 1 'e recommend the Parcel Post to be used where possible , parcels thus sent being delivered at the Customer's 
house quicker , and without shipping agents' additional charges. 
Shipping, etc.— In Shipping Bulbs and Plants to Australia, New Zealand, America, India, 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 Cus outers wilt confer a favour if they report 
on arnval , 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. 
BARR & SONS, 11, 12 & 13 King Street, Covcnt Garden, London. 
