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Cannell & Sons’ Complete Seed Guide 
Short Notes and Information for our 
Customers. 
FREE CARRIAGE OF SEEDS. — We send all Vegetable and Flower Seeds carriage paid to any place in the United Kingdom, excepting, 
Peas and Beans, Potatoes and Artichokes, when any or all of these are ordered in small quantities, as in many such cases tUe carriage 
nearly, it not quiie, absorbs tbe value ot ttte goons. 
Potatoes and sundries, &c., are only sent free if the value amounts to 20s. in England, and 40s. in Scotland and Ireland, and upwards, when we 
send the whole carriage paid. We do not pay carriage on Pot Plants, Treei, Shrubs, or Bulbs ; but extra plants, &c., arc added gratis in lieu of carriage. 
EMPTY PACKAGES. — We charge at cost price, and allow half price if returned in good condition and carriage paid and must be in all 
cases accompanied with sender’s name and address and advised by post. 
Although every care will be taken in the packing and sending of plants, seeds, &c., risk of every description must be borne by the 
purchaser immediately they are delivered to the Railway Company or Postal Authorities. 
Every article is charged at the very lowest price. Our object is to give the ready-money buyers the advantages 
they are really entitled to. It may happen that prices lower than ours may sometimes be quoted. This invariably 
means false economy in a variety of ways— good things must be looked after by good men, who must be fairly paid, 
and good strains are only procured by unceasing labour and care. 
Full instructions as to the proper mode of forwarding must accompany each order, as it is calculated to expedite transit of goods, and 
gave vexatious mistakes. All goods are advised the same day as forwarded, and the invoice posted as soon as possible afterwards. 
Say by what rail. Please to write the address plain and in full on each order. No complaints entertained unless made immediately on 
receipt of goods. 
The greatest care is exercised, and utmost liberality shown, when the selection of sorts is left to us. 
It is particularly requested that all small orders under 10s. be accompanied with remittance j 
to avoid the necessity of Booking, and very often the trouble of rendering and even I. 
re-rendering; several times to our loss and probable annoyance to our Customers. 
orders by post will be dealt with precisely as if given personally. Those who send above 
their value will have additional put in to make up the full amount. 
We have every facility for keeping a large stock of everything enumerated in this Catalogue, and are therefore determined to adopt the system of 
quick sale and ready money. All who enclose remittances will be most liberally^ dealt with. 
Our establishments are open for business, &o., from 6 o’clock a.m. until 6 p.m., and 6 o’clock p.m. on Saturday. 
Wo visitors admitted on Saturday evenings and Sundays. Closed on all Bank Holidays. 
Customers are particularly requested, when sending orders for friends (with their own), to do so on separate 
papers, with each address written plainly, to prevent mistakes. 
When Si-ecial Qootations are oivex, Costomers are kindly requested to mention such. 
To avoid delay and disappointment, all business communications must be sent direct to the firm, 
addressed “ H. CAJfMELL ^ SOJTiS,” otherwise they will remain unnoticed. Telegraphic .Address, 
" CAJ^JfELL, SWAJfLEY.” 
Post Office and Postal Orders to be made payable at Swanley, Kent, and crossed Co.” I 
All Cheques to be made payable to E CAJTMELL ^ SOJfS. and crossed Martin's Banh. Swanley, Kent. 
Our Terms of Credit are three months ouly from date of invoice or special arrangement. Not as in co-oiierative societies, do we demand payment 
beforehand, unless from unknown correspondents, when satisfactory references to bankers, or some person already known, are equally acceptable. So as to 
encourage ijuick returns and but small profits, we allow 5 per cent, discount on all payments made within 14 days of date of invoice, but after that date 
must be remitted in full When special prices are quoted, accounts are payable one month from date of invoice and no discount. We cannot J 
undertake to send a receipt for payments under 2s. Gc/., unless the return postage is sent us. 
We hope all customers will apprise us of change of address, thus saving the annoyance to them of redirection and surcharge by postal officials and 
lo.-iS of double postage to us when returned; a halfpenny card would thus save us a shilling, and often pounds. Should any Customers not receive our 
Catalogues at the usunl seasons of the year, we shall be pleased to send copies of same upon hearing from them. Many are lost in transit. 
We grow our own Seeds, and every possible pains taken, and the strictest attention is paid to have and 
’ ^ ^ ^ ‘ supply every item as per Catalogue ; but there are so many always anxious to rush into litigation for the 
sake of compensation for any trifle, and failures which may occur over which perhaps we have no control, that we are 
compelled to issue this notice : — 
CANNELL & SONS give no warranty, express or implied, as to description, quality, productiveness, or any other 
matter, of any Seeds or Bulbs they send out, and they will not be in any way responsible for the Crop. If the purchaser 
does not accept the goods upon these terms they are to be returned. These conditions will be found in all Seed 
Catalogues. 
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