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FOREWORD 
I F THIS were a world of chance, where things just happened and no amount of individual effort would have 
any effect upon results, seed selection and breeding would be a waste. Fortunately, however, there are fixed 
laws of life for every plant that grows and the tiller of the soil knows that proper conditions secure sure results. 
The first condition is good seed. There may be differences of opinion concerning the effects of heredity 
upon human beings but every one knows that strong, healthy plants of desirable type cannot be expected from 
inferior seeds. 
The gardener, whether for pleasure or profit, can not afford to gamble. He must have the best seeds that 
monev can buy. He has not the facilities tor selecting, breeding and testing but must have seeds that have 
been carefully selected, bred and tested; to insure getting such stocks he buys from those who have these facilities. 
Our stock seed farm and experimental garden are the largest and best equipped in America. They are 
operated with the one idea of furnishing our customers the best that skill and experience can produce. Our 
business is selling critically tested, carefully selected, pedigree seeds. 
We try to make our Seed Annual accurately descriptive of the vegetables and flowers listed, and truly 
helpful by giving plain and easily understood cultural directions. The illustrations are of actual products and 
not fanciful images created from the artist’s imagination. 
With good seeds, good soil properly prepared and the necessary care and attention the gardener may 
expect results because all nature is working for him. Begin right by planting Ferry’s seeds. 
OUR TERMS ARE STRICTLY CASH WITH THE ORDER. 
We do not send C. O. D., as the cost of collecting return charges is 
quite an unnecessary item of expense and the prices being: given, 
we can conceive of no necessity to warrant goods being so sent. 
HOW TO SEND MONEY. Remittances may be made at our 
risk by any of the following methods, viz: Postal Money Order, 
Draft on New York or Chicago, or Express Company’s Money 
Order. 
The rates charged for Postal Money Orders and Express Money 
Orders are now so low that these are the best ways to remit. We 
will bear the expense of sending money in either of these ways, 
or of the cost of a New York or Chicago Draft if no more expensive 
than a Postal Money Order. Deduct the cost of the order from 
amount sent. Express Money Orders can be obtained at all 
offices of the principal Express Companies. They are cheap and 
absolutely safe. 
When Money Orders cannot be obtained, letters containing 
money should always be registered. Money in ordinary letters is 
unsafe. If currency is sent by express, the charges should be pre¬ 
paid, and if local checks are used they must be certified. 
FREE OF POSTAGE OR EXPRESS CHARGES. Packets, 
Ounces, Two Ounces, Quarter Pounds or Pounds, ordered at 
list prices, will be sent free by mail or express. 
Customers ordering enough for a freight shipment, 100 pounds 
or more, or desiring to pay their own express charges, may deduct 
10 cents per pound from prices of this catalogue on all seeds quoted 
by the pound or less. 
PINTS AND QUARTS. Pints, Quarts and Four Quarts, 
or^pred at list prices, fifteen cents per quart, ten cents per pint, 
must be added for transportation and packing and they will then be 
sent free. We do not put up half pints. 
ONE-FOURTH BUSHEL, BUSHEL AND HUNDRED 
POUND LOTS. Where One-Fourth Bushel, Bushel or Hundred 
Pound lots are ordered, we deliver free at depot or express office in 
Detroit, Mich., the freight or express charges to be paid by the 
party ordering. 
Where perishable or other goods are ordered to be sent by 
freight or express to such great distances that the cost of transpor¬ 
tation will nearly or quite equal the value of the goods, we must de¬ 
cline to ship unless purchasers remit us, in addition to the price of 
goods, sufficient funds to prepay transportation charges. When this 
requirement is not complied with, we reserve the right of declining 
the order and returning money to the person ordering. 
SEEDS BY MEASURE. One-fourth bushel and over sold at 
bushel rates; four quarts and over up to one-quarter bushel sold 
at four-quart rates; less than four quarts sold at quart or pint rates. 
SEEDS BY WEIGHT. We supply half pound and over at 
pound rates; less than half pound lots are charged at ounce, two- 
ounce or quarter pound rates; 25 lbs. and over at 100 lb. rates 
when quoted. 
BAGS. To every order for one-quarter bushel and upwards, to 
the amount of two bushels, 25 cents must be added for a new bag 
in which to ship. 
SEEDS IN PACKETS. We offer the following inducements to 
those wishing to purchase seeds in packets: Select packets to the 
value of $ 1.15 and send us $ 1 . 00 ; for $ 2.35 send $ 2 . 00 ; for $ 3.60 
send $ 3 . 00 ; for $ 4.85 send $ 4 . 00 ; for $ 6.15 send $ 5 . 00 ; for $ 12.50 
send $ 10 . 00 ; for $ 26.00 send $ 20 . 00 . The seeds will be sent by 
mail, postpaid, but these low rates apply to seeds in packets only 
and at catalogue prices and not to seeds by weight or measure. 
NAME AND ADDRESS SHOULD ALWAYS BE GIVEN. 
Frequently we receive unsigned letters. Sometimes they contain 
money and orders. Sometimes too, letters are received in which 
the name of the town is left out and the postmark is blurred. We 
cannot fill orders unless we know the name and address of the 
buyer. The easiest way for you is to use our order sheet filling in 
the blanks. 
NON-WARRANTY. Sometimes though not often our seeds do 
not come up after planting. This may be due to one or more of 
several reasons, such as covering too deeply or not deeply 
enough, too much or too little water, too cold weather or a baking sun 
which forms a crust too hard for the tender shoots to penetrate. Some¬ 
times insects destroy plants at the surface before they are seen by 
the gardener. We cannot personally direct the use of our goods 
after they leave our hands; neither can we fully control anywhere 
or at any time the operation of natural law as it affects seeds; 
therefore, we give no warranty, express or implied, as to des¬ 
cription, purity, productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds 
or bulbs we send out. and we will not be in any way responsible 
for the crop. If the purchaser does not accept the goods on these 
terms they are at once to be returned. 
D. M. Ferry & Co. 
Detroit, Mich., January 1, 1915. 
