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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT 
ORDERS SHOULD BE SENT IN JUST 
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER RECEIV¬ 
ING THIS CATALOGUE. IT IS BETTER 
FOR YOU AS WELL AS THE NURSERY¬ 
MAN. 
TIME OF SHIPMENT_ From the time 
you receive this catalogue to May 1 st. By far 
the larger part of our shipments are made dur¬ 
ing March and April. Bermuda. Cuba, Florida, 
California and other similarly located sections 
are supplied anytime during the fall and winter 
after November 1 st. 
GUARANTEE_ I guarantee plants ordered 
by mail or express to reach customers in good 
condition when promptly taken from the express 
o-fice and opened at once. 
CLAIMS, IF ANY. MUST BE MADE ON 
RECEIPT OF GOODS. I CANNOT BE¬ 
COME RESPONSIBLE FOR STOCK 
THAT IS ALLOWED TO LAY AROUND 
YOUR STATION OR EXPRESS OFFICE. 
FOR NEGLECT OF PURCHASER OR 
HIS EMPLOYEES TO CARE FOR STOCK 
AFTER IT HAS BEEN RECEIVED, OR 
FOR MISFORTUNES PERPETRATED BY 
DROUGHT, FLOODS, FROSTS, INSECTS, 
ETC. THESE THINGS ARE ENTIRELY 
BEYOND MY CONTROL. IT WOULD 
SEEM UNNECESSARY TO MENTION THE 
ABOVE. BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE 
OCCASIONAL “FREAKS” WHO ORDER 
PLANTS AND THINK THAT I SHOULD 
BECOME RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR 
OWN MISMANAGEMENT, FOR ALL UN¬ 
FAVORABLE CONDITIONS OF THE 
WEATHER AND FOR ALL THE INSECTS 
THEY HAPPEN TO BE HARBORING ON 
THEIR PREMISES. I WISH TO SAY, 
HOWEVER, THAT WHEN THERE IS A 
JUST CLAIM PROMPTLY REPORTED, I 
ALWAYS TRY TO MAKE IT RIGHT WITH 
THE CUSTOMER. 
AT PURCHASER’S RISK.—Plants ship¬ 
ped by freight will be at purchaser’s risk, and 
all small fruit plants shipped after May 1st will 
be packed and shipped in best condition possible, 
but always at purchaser’s risk. 
PACKING_I make no charge for boxing or 
packing at rates quoted in this catalogue. Every¬ 
thing is delivered f. o. b. trains at rates named. 
OUR PRICE INCLUDES THE PACKING 
AND THE PACKAGE. 
TWENTY-FIVES_All plants are tied 
twenty-five in a bundle. 
PAYMENT_ Invariably cash in advance. 
It is my desire that all customers should have 
the very best of success and, strange as it mav 
seem, plants that are not paid for seldom do 
well. 
REMIT by Money Order, Registered Let¬ 
ter or Bank Draft. Postage Stamps will be 
accepted for the fractional parts of a dollar, the 
larger denominations preferred. Foreign cus¬ 
tomers will please send Money Order on Salis¬ 
bury, Maryland, or Bank Draft payable in New 
York. 
TRUE TO NAME_While I use every pre¬ 
caution to have all PLANTS, SEEDS, etc., true 
to name (and I believe we come as near doing 
this as anyone in the business) I will not be 
responsible for any sum greater than the cost 
of the stock should any prove otherwise than as 
represented. 
THE PRIZE AWARDS £or best dozen and 
second best dozen Strawberry plants sent me 
in 190S to fruit in 1909 has been paid as per 
offer in tqoS catalogue as follows: 
Twilley & Huffington (W. J. Twilley of Acco- 
mac Co., Va., and E. Parker Huffington of 
Wicomico Co., Md.,) $200.00 * for best dozen 
Strawberry plants of new variety now named 
“TWILLEY.” 
Thos. J. Custis of Northampton Co., Va., 
$100.00 for second best dozen Strawberry 
plants of new variety now named “LEA.” 
For further information see descriptions. 
EMARYLAN 
VIOBtMU PATMOfcOO r 
CERTIFICATE OF NURSERY INSPECTION 
M-o 
t&o Ifflbom It flDas Concern: 
'HIS IS TO CBBTJFY. That on the cfy day of » Tqofwe eeammed 
BTIFY. r._ .... - _ 
thf Nursery Stock of . 
grntnn£ in nurseries at t 
County of 1 ftJSiate of Maryland, in oecorianct with thf Jtws of Maryland, 1898,'Cnxr 
TCT jig. Suction 58. and that told nnrserict and premntt art apparently free, to far at can bt deter 
united by inspection, from the San fate Seale Peach Yellows, Pear Blight and other dan frostily nfnnmo 
mtret petti and plant disrate 1 _. 
TUi certificate it inualid after Ctc^Kj^r7 ifftCt and does not include nursery stock 
not groom within tbit Stale. 1 mien neb tbch ityrevumtly covered by certificate and accepted by the State 
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NUMBER OP PLANTS REQUIRED TO SEFT AN 
ACRE OP GROUND AT A GIVEN DI9TANCE. 
Rows 24 inches apart, plants 12 inches in row 21,780 
-- 17,424 
14,020 
12,440 
10,300 
17,424 
13,930 
1 * 1,016 
9,953 
8,712 
14*520 
10,016 
9,080 
8^07 
7,200 
10,890 
8,712 
7,280 
0,223 
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8*712 
0,069 
4*970 
4*956 
strawberry plents first place In my cata¬ 
logue and so I intended this time. The 
catalogue was to be 56 pages but when 
it was put in type there were 64 pages 
and the middle section had been printed 
before att the type was set. This left no 
other alternative except to put four pages 
of other matter in front, which explains 
why our Shrubbery Department prereeds 
our Strawberry Plant Department. 
Awaiting your orders, I remain, 
Very respt’ 
W. F. ALLEN. 
