Special Notices 
Orders. We shall esteem it a favour if our Customers will kindly use the Order Sheet that 
accompanies this Catalogue, and he 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. 
Free Carriage All prepaid Orders for Bulbs, over 5^. in value, will he sent Carriage Paid, 
of Bulbs. Orders not prepaid, if over lor. in value, carriage may be deducted at settlement of 
account. 
Prepaid Orders. Besides sending Prepaid Orders ‘Carriage Paid,’ we allow Is. in the £ 
discount (with exception of the Special Collections offered on pages 2 and 3, which are 
strictly nett), which may either be deducted by the Customer when remitting, or if this 
is not done, a liberal equivalent in goods will he added to the Order. 
Cash Discount, 
5 %• 
Terms of 
Credit. 
Is. in the £ discount may be deducted from ail accounts when paid within 
14 days from date of invoice (excepting Collections pages 2 and 3, which are 
strictly nett). 
Our hooks are made up at Christmas and Midsummer, when all accounts are due 
nett. 
Remittances. 
Packages 
Catalogues. 
Nurseries, 
Long Ditton. 
Money Orders and Postal Orders to be made payable at Covent Garden 
Post Office ; these and all Cheques should ire crossed ‘ London and County Bank.’ 
Small amounts may be remitted in Postage Stamps or Coin, in a Registered Letter. 
Boxes, Bags, Sic. are charged at cost price, hut 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 dale of despatch and name of Railway Company. 
Our Seed Guide is published iii January, Descriptive Catalogue of Bulbs 
and Tubers for Winter and Spring Planting in January, Hardy Plant 
Catalogue in I'ebpmry, Daffodil and General Bulb Catalogues ill 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. 
Our Nurseries are situated within a mile of Surbiton Station (London and South- 
Western Railway,). Visitors are invited during March and April to see our magnificent 
Collection of Daffodils in flower ; in April and May, Tulips, skc . ; and during Summer 
and Autumn to see our Collection of Hardy Perennials and Alpines, and many rare 
and beautiful Bulbous Plants. Cabs are always to be had at Surbiton Station. 
Irish Orders We s * la " esteem ‘ l a l" avour if our Customers, when ordering goods lo he sent to 
Ireland, will kindly state tile route by which they prefer them being sent. 
Gardeners. Wc ' <ee P 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. 
Particulars of 
Freight. 
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 Bank, or Agent ; the remittance should he sufficient to cover cost of carriage 
when the freight is required to be paid in advance. 
Australia and New Zealand, per Parcel Post at 6d. per lb. (Is. being 
charged for the first lb.), or per ‘ Eastern Express,’ at 6d. per lb. (minimum 
2s.) We recommend the Parcel Post to ire used where po ssible , parcels thus sent 
being delivered at the Customer’s house quicker, and without any additional charges. 
India.— Seeds and Bulbs can he despatched to all postal towns in India, by 
Parcel Post, at the rate of 1 lb. for Is.; 2 lbs. for Is. 8d. ; 3 lbs. 2s. 4d. ; 
7 lbs. 3s. 6d. ; 11 lbs. 5s.; or by ■ Eastern Express, at 6d per lb. up to 
30 lbs., after 30 lbs. cheaper as cargo. 
Shipping, &C. 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 Customers will confer a favour if they report, on arrival, the 
condition of the goods. Our experience in successfully preparing and shipping Seeds, 
Ruths, and Plants to India and the Colonies extends over a long period. 
BARR & SONS, 11, 12 & 13 King Street, Covent Garden, London. 
