Please Read Before 
Ordering 
SMALL ORDERS: Because of the low prices quoted in this catalog, and 
the high cost of filling small orders, we must request that orders sent to us be 
for an amount not less than $3.00. 
PARCELS POST CHARGES: Orders of from one to ten roots, can gen¬ 
erally be shipped cheaper by parcels post. Larger orders should go by ex¬ 
press or freight. Owing to the multiplicity of Parcels Post rates to the various 
Parcels Post zones, we request all “cash-in-advance” customers who desire 
shipments to be made by Parcels Post, to remit fifteen cents extra for the first 
root and five cents extra for each additional root. With this arrangement, we 
anticipate that our losses and gains on postage will be about equal. 
GIVE US SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS: When ordering please give full 
shipping address when different from postoffice, and state whether you desire 
shipment via express or freight. 
SIZE OF ROOTS: Our prices are based on liberal, well balanced three to 
five eye divisions, cut from young, thrifty plants and which should not be 
confused with divisions cut from old commercial cut-flower clumps that may 
have lost much of their vitality. The three to five eye divisions, through years 
of thorough testing, have proven to be the most satisfactory and economical 
size to buy and we recommend them to our customers. 
WHEN WE SHIP: We begin shipping as soon after September first as 
conditions will permit, and we continue shipping throughout the months of 
September, October and November, all of which months are equally suitable 
for successful planting of Peonies. (Fall is the natural season for planting 
Peonies.) 
TERMS: Remittance in full with order, less five per cent, from individuals 
or companies not satisfactorily rated. Others, five per cent for remittance 
with order or before date of shipment; two per cent ten days; net thirty days. 
Special terms by agreement. All quotations f. o. b. Berlin, Maryland, subject 
to stock being unsold upon receipt of order. All contracts and agreements 
are made subject to flood, drouth, fire, frost, crop failure or other causes be¬ 
yond our control. 
10% DISCOUNT ON EARLY ORDERS FOR FALL SHIPMENT. 
Early orders are a benefit to both buyer and seller, so as a special induce¬ 
ment, we are offering to our customers A Discount of Ten Per Cent from 
catalog prices, on all orders accompanied by remittance in full, which 
reach us on or before August fifteenth. This is a special discount and is 
not in addition to the regular discounts named under “terms.” 
PRICES ARE F. O. B. BERLIN, MARYLAND. No extra charge will be 
made for packing or package on orders sold at prices quoted in this catalog. 
NON-WARRANTY: We give no warranty expressed or implied after 
plants have passed beyond our control, the purchaser assuming all risk and 
responsibility of planting, growth and life of stock. We exercise the great¬ 
est care to keep our plants true to name and are willing at any time to replace 
from our own stock, on proper proof, all stock that may prove otherwise, or 
refund the amount paid, but it is mutually agreed that we shall not at any 
time be liable for a greater amount than the original cost. 
COMPLAINTS: Complaints covering packing, quality or count must be 
made to us within five days after receipt of stock. 
HARMEL PEONY COMPANY. 
