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D. M. FERRY A CO’S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
TERMS. 
Our Terms are Strictly Cash with the Order. 
Kree of Postage or Express Cliarjjes.— Where Packets, Ounces, Two Ounces, 
Quarter Pounds, or Pounds are ordered at list prices, they will be sent free by mail or express. 
Pillt& and Quarts. —Where Pints, Quarts and Four Quarts are ordered at list prices, fifteen cents 
per quart, ten cents per pint must be added for postage or express charges, and they will then be sent free. 
Peck, ISusliel and Barrel I^ots.— Where Peck, Bushel or Barrel lots are ordered the freight 
or express charges must be paid by the party ordering. 
W In those cases where perishable or other goods are ordered to be sent by freight or express to such great 
distances that the cost of transportation will nearly or quite equal the value of the goods, we must decline to- 
forward goods 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 toy Weijjllt.— Half-pound and over at pound rates; less than Half Pound lots are charged at 
ounce, two-ounce or quarter-pound rates. 
IlagS. -To every order for one-quarter bushel and upwards, to the amount of two bushels, 20 cents must be 
added for a new bag in which to ship. 
We do not Send O. O. !>., 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 either of the following methods, 
viz: Post Office Order, Draft on New York, Express Co’s Money Order, or by Registered Letter. 
The rates charged for Post Office Orders and Express Money Orders are now so low that this is the very best 
way to remit where they can be obtained. We will bear the expense ot sending money in either of these ways. 
Deduct the cost of the order from amount sent. We desire to-call particular attention to the fact that Express 
Money Orders can be obtained at all offices of the following Express Companies: American, United States, 
Wells, Fargo & Co., and Northern Pacific. They are cheap and absolutely safe. 
Postal Notes afford a cheap and convenient mode of remitting small sums, but without security, because they 
are payable to bearer. We cannot be responsible for money sent in this way. 
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 prepaid, and if local checks are 
used, 25 cents must be added to cover the cost of collection. 
^i^ll your Xume. 1 here is hardly a day that we do not receive letters containing money and orders> 
which we cannot fill, because the sender has failed to sign his name. Again, the P. O. address is frequently 
omitted, and the post-mark, being blurred, we are unable to fill the order, no matter how much we desire to do so. 
Use our Order Sheet and Envelope, in all cases where you can, fill out the blank and sign your name, and you will 
have no cause to censure us. 
Clubs. We offer the following liberal inducements to Clubs or those wishing to purchase seeds in packets. 
1 he seeds will be sent by mail, post-paid; but these low rates apply to seeds in packets only, and at catalogue 
prices, and not to seeds by weight or measure. 
Send us $ 5.00 and select packets to the value of $ 6.15 
10.00 
20.00 
12.50 
26.00 
Send us $1.00 and select packets to the value of $ T .i«; 
“ 2.00 “ “ “ M 2.35 
“ 3-oo “ “ “ “ 3.60 
“ 4-00 “ * “ “ “ 4.85 1 
Guarantee.— Complaints made that seeds are not good, should quite as often be attributed to other causes 
as to the quality of the seeds. There are hundreds of contingencies continually arising to prevent the best seeds 
always giving satisfaction, such as sowing too deep, too shallow, in too wet or too dry soil; insects of all descriptions 
destroying the plants as soon as, or before they appear; wet weather, cold weather, frosts, chemical changes in the 
seeds induced by temperature, etc. For the above reasons, it is impracticable to guarantee seeds under all circum¬ 
stances. and, while we exercise the greatest care to supply every article true to name , and of the very best 
quality, and believe our seeds to be the purest and best to be found, we 7 uish it to be distinctly understood 
that we sell no seeds with any warranty, express or implied, and we will not be in any way respon¬ 
sible for the crop. * r 
-* FOIR, PRICES OF »- 
VEGETABLE SEEDS, see pages 121-128 inclusive. 
FLOWER SEEDS, in Packets, see pages 69-114 inclusive. 
FLOWER SEEDS, in Bulk, see page 115. 
SUMMER BULBS, see pages 116-118 inclusive. 
BOOKS, see page 119. 
DPIi_ -»S and other GARDFN TOOLS see pages xii to xvi c f Suonlerren* 
