Nineteen Hundred and Fourteen 
WATCH US GROW 
In 1912 I published 40,000 catalogues, and did not have enough. For 1913 I did not intend to run short, 
so I ordered 60,000 catalogues, but had to get out a second edition of 15,000. For 1914 I am sending out 
85,000, with colored covers, making a total weight of 21,000 lbs., or io }4 tons, costing $1,700.00 for postage 
alone. I am not doing this to brag about it, but because the demand for Allen’s plants makes it necessary. 
There must be a reason! Those who have used my plants send me hundreds of new customers every 
year. I endeavor to make a friend of every customer for two reasons: First, because I like to do business 
that way; and, second, because it pays. 
Thanking you for many past favors, and hoping to merit a continuance of your good will, as well as 
your patronage, I remain 
Yours faithfully, 
W. F. ALLEN 
IMPORTANT NOTICE. PLEASE READ TWICE 
I fill Strawberry plant and other small-fruit orders any time after November 1, during November, 
December, January, February, March and April, until May 1. From May 1 to May 10 I will fill a limited 
number of orders on any stock that is unsold, and put it in the very best possible order, but at purchaser's 
risk as to results. 
After May 10, and during June, July, August, September and October, I most positively will not 
fill any orders, because the plants are not sufficiently rooted and matured to transplant before November 1, 
and I do not consider it to my advantage, nor yours, to send out stock until it is in the best of condition 
to give results. 
During March and April, the great planting season, almost my entire attention, and that of over 
one hundred employees, is given up to filling plant orders. I am willing to answer any questions during 
the summer months as promptly as possible, if communications are short and to the point. Long letters 
are subject to long delays. This notice is made necessary from the fact that I receive hundreds of orders for 
Strawberry plants during the summer months when I have no plants in fit condition to transplant, and when 
not one in ten could make even good plants grow if I could send them, unless it were potted plants, which 
I do not grow at all. 
IMPORTANT TO CUSTOMERS 
Orders should be sent in just as soon as possible after receiving this catalogue. It is better for you 
as well as for the nurseryman. 
Remit by Money Order, Registered Letter or Bank Draft; Postage Stamps will be accepted for the 
fractional parts of a dollar, the larger denominations preferred. Foreign customers will please send Money 
Order on Salisbury, Md., or Bank Draft payable in New York. 
Time of Shipment. From the time you receive this catalogue to May 1. By far the larger part of 
my shipments are made during March and April. Bermuda, Cuba, Florida, California and other similarly 
located sections are supplied any time in the fall and winter after November 1. 
True to Name. While I use every precaution to have all plants, etc., true to name (and I believe I 
come as near doing this as any one 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. 
Guarantee. I guarantee plants ordered by mail or express to reach customers in good condition when 
promptly taken from the express office and opened 
at once. 
Claims, if any, must be made on receipt of goods. 
I cannot become responsible for stock that is allowed to 
lie 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 caused by 
droughts, floods, frosts, insects, etc. These things are 
entirely beyond my control. 
At Purchaser’s Risk. Plants shipped by freight 
will be at purchaser’s risk, and all plants shipped 
after May 1 will be packed and shipped in best 
condition possible, but always at purchaser’s risk. 
Packing. I make no charges for boxing or packing 
at rates quoted in this catalogue. Everything is de¬ 
livered f. o. b. trains at rates named. 
Prices include the packing and the package. 
Twenty-five. 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 may seem, plants 
that are not paid for seldom do well. 
MARYLAND'S— 
CERTIFICATE OF NURSERY INSPECTION 
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TH/S IS TO CERTIFY^ Th, 
the Nursery Stork of 
growing —nurseries at. 
County ofrV'c „&.£.State of Maryland, in aecordanee with ike fas of Maryland. 189*. Chaptei 
289, Section J8. and that said nurseries and premises are apparently free, so far as tan be determined try 
inspection, from Ike San Jose Seale. Peach Yellows. Pear Blight and other dangerously injurious insect Pests 
and plant diseases. __ -— 
This Certificate-is invalid after - I9iyjand does not include nursery stork 
not grown within this Slate, unless such stjck^ A previously covered ly certificate and accepted by the State 
Entomologist and State Pathologist 
Pa«*. Md , SyQ: 
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Copyright 1913, by W. F. Allen 
