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D. M. FERRY & CO’S 
TERMS OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
Our TERMS are Strictly CASH WITH THE ORDER. 
FREE OF POSTAGE or EXPRESS CHARGES.—Where Packets, Ounces, Two Ounces, Quarter 
Pounds, Half Pints or Pounds are ordered at list prices, they will be sent free by mail or express (except Bird 
or Flax seeds, to which sixteen cents per pound must be added for postage), unless Congress alters the present 
postal law to our prejudice. 
PINTS AND QUARTS.—Where Pints, Quarts and Four Quarts arc ordered at list prices, thirty cents 
per quart, fifteen cents per pint must be added for postage or express charges ; and they will then be sent free. 
PECK, BUSHEL AND BARREL LOTS.—Where Peck, Bushel or Barrel lots arc ordered, the freight 
or express charges must be paid by th party ordering, as they have the advantage of our bushel rates, even when 
ordering only one-quarter bushel. 
In those cases where perishable or other goods arc ordered to be sent by freight or express to such great dis¬ 
tances 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 not filling 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, pint or half pint rates. 
SEEDS BY WEIGHT.—Half Pound and over at pound rates; less than Half Pound lots are charged 
at ounce, two ounce or quarter pound rates. 
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. 
DO NOT ASK US TO 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.—Thw money must always accompany the order, and can be sent safely by P. 
O. Order, by Draft on N. Y., by Express, and usually (though not always) by Registered Letter. The expense of 
sending cither way can be deducted from amount sent, and we will return full amount in seeds. It is unsafe to send 
currency in ler ; r, and only small amounts of one dollar or less should be so sent. 
SIGN YOUR NAME.—There is scarcely a day that wc do not have more or loss letters containing orders 
and money, which we cannot fill, because the party has failed to sign any name ; again, they often neglect to 
give P. O. add ess ; and the.post mark being b *rrcd, 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, and fill up the blanks and sign your 
name, and you wi'l have no occasion to censure us- 
CLUBS. Persons desiring to form a Club, or to order in larger quantities than usual, or even for their own 
use in large or s aal! quantities, will be supplied at the following liberal discounts, and the seeds sent by mail, post 
paid. This a '•plies to vegetable seeds in packets only, and at catalogue prices, and not to seeds in bi/l/c : 
Send us $1.00, and select packets to the value of. .$1.15 
“ 2.00, 44 “■ 44 “ .. 2.35 
“ 3.00, 44 44 44 44 . 3.60 
u 4.00, 44 44 * 4 44 .. 4 83 
Send us $5.00, and select packets to the value of. $6.15 
41 1000, 44 44 44 44 . 12.50 
44 20.00, u 44 44 14 ..26.00 
GUARANTEE.—Complaints frequently made that seeds are not go d. may quite as often be attributed to 
other causes as to the quality of seeds. There are hundreds of contingencies con nually 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 des¬ 
criptions destroying the plants as soon as, or befor' they appear ; wet weather, cold weather, frosts, chemical 
changes in the properties of seeds induced by temperature, &c. For the above reasons, it is impractacable to guar¬ 
antee seeds under all circumstances; and we wish it distinctly understood that while 7 ve exercise the greatest 
care to supply every article true to name and of the very best quality , it is hereby mutually agreed that we 
are not in any respect responsible for the seed sold by us y either as to quality or kind , or for any loss or damage 
arising from any failure thereof. 
