To Intending Purchasers: 
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How to Order. —With this catalogue is enclosed an "Order Sheet” which explains 
itself, and which we request all our customers to use. Please remember to write your 
Name, Postoffice, County and State as distinctly as possible, also the nearest Express 
Office; or, if on a stage route send us the special directions, giving the name of the 
Express Company delivering goods. 
How to Remit.— We decline sending perishable goods, as bulbs and plants, C. 0. D. 
unless a remittance of 50 per cent accompanies the order, to insure us against loss. Or¬ 
ders from unknown correspondents must be accompanied by cash, or satisfactory refer¬ 
ence. Cash may be remitted by Postoffice Order, Registered Letter, Express, or sums of 
less than one dollar in postage stamps. 
Mode of Forwarding. —We will forward, free by mail, to any part of the United 
States, at the retail price annexed, all Vegetable, Tree and Flower Seeds, with the excep¬ 
tion of Beans, Corn and Peas, and where otherwise noted, for all of which 10 cents 
per pound must be added when ordered by mail. We, however, reserve the right to send 
parcels of seeds by Express, prepaid, when it is to our advantage. All Bird, Grass, 
Clover, and other Agricultural seeds, when ordered by mail, will be subject to a charge 
of 10 cents per pound for postage. When postage is not added these goods will be 
sent by Express or Freight at purchaser’s expense. 
Non-Warranty of Seeds. — We exercise the utmost care and vigilance in testing 
all seeds sold by us, but owing to uncontrollable influences and accidents, (such as bad 
weather, improper soil, insects, etc.) the best seeds will sometimes fail. We have, .there¬ 
fore, in common with all other large seed firms in the United States,—members of the 
American Seed Trade Association—adopted the following disclaimer: "While we exer¬ 
cise the greatest care to have all seeds pure and reliable, we do not give any warranty, 
express or implied. If the purchaser does not accept the seeds on these terms and con¬ 
ditions they must be returned at once, and the money that has been paid for the same 
will be refunded.” 
Testing. —Our seeds are thoroughly and carefully tested, by count, and only those 
that grow a very strong percentage are kept in stock and sent out. 
Prices Subject to Fluctuations.— The prices annexed to vegetable seeds by the 
pound, to Beans, Peas, Corn, Grass, and Clover seeds, Bird seeds, Agricultural seeds of 
all kinds, and Onion sets, etc., are subject to market fluctuations, and we reserve the 
right to change them accordingly. The tendency is for prices to advance; hence we 
would advise patrons to order early, as in the press of the busy season it is sometimes 
impossible to fill orders the same day received. We endeavor to avoid delay; still we 
cannot claim infallibility, therefore, should error be detected in the execution of orders, 
purchasers will at once notify us of the fact and we will rectify immediately. 
Auxiliary Catalogues. —In addition to our Seed Catalogue, we publish each year 
two separate catalogues, one on "Dutch, California and other Bulbs,” and one on "In¬ 
cubators, Brooders and Poultry Supplies,” either of which will be mailed free. 
