Greetings i90i. 
There must be a feeling of confidence on the part of the public towards any 
house doing business through the agency of a Catalogue. Otherwise the house cannot 
succeed. We have devoted 25 years to building up a business of this kind. Our 25th 
Anniversary Catalogue last year told all about it from the start in 1875 with a dozen 
customers to 1900 with half a million. Our goods have stood the test of time and 
experience, and enjoy an unprecedented reputation. That we have the largest patronage 
of any house of its kind in the world is because our goods are known, and also because it 
is known that a 25-cent order receives the sa'iiie careful attention as a #25.00 order, our 
object being to please our customers (large or small) in every instance. This year sees 
the beginning of a new century and with our business a new quarter century, this being 
the 26th annual edition of our Catalogue and we have tried to make it the best, and as a 
matter of special appreciation of the long continued loyalty of our customers we have 
made some particularly attractive offers in choice Seeds, Bulbs, and Plants. 
We wish you all a happy and prosperous year. 
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. 
What We Do. 
We Take the Risk.— We guarantee that all money sent 
us shall reach us, if sent by Post Office or Express Company’s 
Money Order, Bank Drafts, Bills or Coin by Registered Let¬ 
ters. We will not be responsible for coin sent in ordinary 
letters, or for postage stamps. 
Free By Mall.— We send Seeds, Bulbs and Plants free 
by mail at the prices named in this Catalogue. This brings 
them to the very doors of our customers without trouble or 
expense. To points where the large express companies 
touch, we can send some orders as cheaply by express as by 
mail. In such cases we send by express, prepaid, and notify 
the purchaser to that effect. 
By Express.— If a package is ordered to go by express 
we do not pay the charges: but larger Plants, Shrubs and 
Fruits can be sent in this way, and we always add extra 
ones, more than enough to pay the cost. All the large 
express companies carry our goods at very low rates. 
We Guarantee that every package we send out shall 
reach its destination in good condition, and that everything 
shall be received exactly as ordered. If a package is lost, or 
any of its contents injured on the way, we will send again. 
We also guarantee everything true to name. 
We Pack all plants carefully in strong boxes, which in¬ 
sures their safe transit through the mails to the remotest 
part of the country or abroad. 
We Fill all orders as soon as received, if the stock is 
ready. Customers, who wish their order, or any part of it, 
booked for shipping at a later date, should state the fact. 
To Canada, IViexico, Hawaii, New Zealand, New¬ 
foundland, Germany, most of the countries of South and 
Central America, and the West India Islands, we can 
send goods in large parcels by mail, prepaid. We can ship 
only Seed to other foreign countries by mail, postpaid. 
England, Ireland or Scotland, Australia and New 
Zealand.— We have so many customers in Great Britain, 
Australia and New Zealand, that we. at frequent intervals, 
fill their orders and ship the parcels in bulk to our agent in 
Liverpool or Auckland, from which point they are forwarded 
to their destination by rail or parcel post. 
Discounts.— We make the following discounts to those 
who will get up a club or order largely for their own use. 
Considering our very low prices, we think them very liberal. 
Please notice that these discounts cover everything offered in this 
Catalogue except Mayflower subscriptions in Clubs. 
Those sending $ l.oo can select articles amounting 
“ 2.00 
4,00 
“ 5.00 “ 
6.00 
“ 10.00 
“ 25.00 “ • 
“ 100.00 
to $ 1.10 
2.25 
4:60 
5.75 
7.00 
12.00 
30.00 
125.00 
We advise the formation of large clubs, and the above 
discounts will certainly pav anyone for some trouble in that 
direction. See, also, our splendid premium to Mayflower 
elubs, on page 2 . 
What Buyers Should Do. 
Forward Money with the order, and at our risk, when 
sent by Post Office Money Order on Floral Park : greenbacks 
or gold or silver coins, by Registered Letter; Bank Draft or 
express company’s Money Order. Post-office Money Orders- 
are by far the cheapest and the safest method for remitting, 
and nearly all post-offices issue them. The fee on a Money 
Order is only 3 or 5 cents for small sums. We send with this 
Catalogue an order sheet, envelope and a blank application 
for a Money Order to us, and earnestly request our patrons 
to remit by money Order if possible. 
Private Checks. — Private checks for small sums are 
not desirable, as it costs us so much to collect them. All 
banks now charge for collecting private checks. 
Stamps.— Please do not send postage stamps in pay¬ 
ment for goods if it can be avoided. Letters often get damp 
in transit, causing stamps when enclosed to stick together 
and to the order, frequently resulting in the destruction of 
both. We shall return such as come in bad order. 
Silver, or Gold coin when sent in letters, should 1 ’■ 
sewed or pasted up in strong paper or cloth, to prevef i . 
breaking through the envelope, which is frequently th 
when enclosed loose. We will not be responsible for Coi. 
to us except in Registered Letter, nor for Stamps. 
Be Sure to write your name 'and address plainly. We 
have on our hands hundreds of orders of last year without 
names, others without post-office or state, and some with, 
the name or post-officewritten in such a careless or illegible 
manner that it is impossible to read them. Keep a correct 
copy of your order, that you may know when the package 
arrives if all is correct, as people often forget what they 
ordered, and complain without cause. 
Please Write your order plainly and distinctly by itself 
and not mix it up with anything else you may wish to say. 
Those Who Send a neat, plainly written order will be 
sure to have it. filled correctly and with despatch, and will 
also receive some valuable '* extras.” Always carry out the 
price of each article, and after adding the amounts together 
and deducting the discount, remit the exact sum. 
Order Early.— We strive to fill all orders within a day 
or two after they reach us. but this is frequently made 
impossible by a great rush of business about planting time. 
Do not wait until you need your seeds and bulbs before 
ordering. Anticipate planting time by getting your orders 
in early. 
Important.— It occasionally happens that an order is 
lost in coming to us or the goods,in going to the customer; 
if any who order do not hear from us within a reasonable 
length of time, they should send a duplicate order, naming 
the date on Avhich the former one was sent, and the amount 
of money enclosed, and in what form. This will enable us 
to investigate the matter and fill the duplicate order with 
despatch. No inquiries will receive attention which do not con¬ 
tain duplicate, etc., as here mentioned. 
