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Free Delivery and General Instructions 
Regarding Orders and Shipments 
FREE DELIVERY ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES 
HERE orders are accompanied by Cash, we Deliver Free to any Post Office, Railroad, Express Office or Freight 
Station at our Expense, except where otherwise noted: 
Vegetable and flower seeds at the package, ounce, X-pound, K-pound and 1-pound prices. 
Bulbs at the single and dozen rates. 
Books and other publications. 
in bulk, plants, nursery stock, fertilizers, insecticides, horticultural sundries and agricultural hardware forwarded by Parcel Post, express 
, as purchaser may direct; or in the event of there being given no shipping instructions, w'e will use our judgment and endeavor to ship 
that will best protect our customer's interests. 
taking receipt for goods in good order from transportation company, our responsibility ceases. 
ould impress on our friends the importance of sending us their orders early. Please do not. wait until spring, when we are so rushed that 
ometimes an unavoidable delay in filling orders. Lse the order sheet which we send you with this catalog and giving us, written plainly, 
e, post office address and shipping instructions. 
•commend that all plants and nursery stock be shipped by express; all such orders will be forwarded direct from our Nursery, the Rreck- 
Nursery Co., Monroe Station, Lexington, Mass., and at our customer’s expense, unless special arrangements are made regarding delivery at 
r is placed. 
CING. We make no charge for boxes or packing on orders at catalog prices. W'e charge for cotton bags as follows: 2 bushels, 24c. each; 
15c. each; bushel, 12c. each; ^ bushel, 8 c. each; ,4 bushel, 6 c. each. On flow'er pots and other fragile articles, packages will be charged 
ost. 
ES. Our prices are as low as those of any reliable dealer on the same quality of goods. For large orders, or on orders for export, we will 
d to quote special prices. 
MENTS BY PARCEL POST. Seeds in packages and in bulk, bulbs and the majority of the articles shown in the Horticultural, Sundry, 
e and Hardware Sections of our catalog, can be delivered at your door or post office by Parcel Post. To enable our customers to estimate 
nt which they should remit to cover Parcel Post charges, we give below a table of Parcel Post rates and condensed instructions in regard to 
st shipments. The approximate weights of the seeds sold by measure, including the weight of container, is as follows: Peas, beans and 
h approximately 1 pound per pint, including containers; potatoes, 2 pounds to the quart, 15 pounds per peck and 60 pounds per bushel. 
Zones. 
Weight In 
pounds. 
Local. 
1st 
Up to 50 
miles. 
2d 
50 to 150 
miles. 
3d 
150 to 300 
miles. 
4th 
300 to 600 
miles. 
5th 
600 to 1,000 
miles. 
6th 
1,000 to 1,400 
miles. 
7th 
1,400 to 1,800 
miles. 
8th 
Over 1,800 
miles. 
1 
30 .05 
80.05 
SO .05 
80.06 
80 .07 
80.08 
80.09 
SO.11 
80.12 
2 
.06 
.06 
.06 
.08 " 
.11 
.14 
.17 
.21 
.24 
3 
.001 
•07 
.07 
.10 
.15 
.20 
.25 
.31 
.36 
4 
.07 
.08 
.08 
.12 
.19! 
.26 
.33 
.41 
.48 
5 
.07 
.09 
.09 
.14 
.32 
^l -1 
.51 
.60 
6 
.08 
.10 
.10 
.16 
.27 
.38 
.49 
.61 
.72 
7 
.08 
.11 
.11 
.18 
.31 
.44 
.57 
.71 
.84 
8 
.09 
.12 
.12 
.20 
.351 
.50 
.65 
.81 
.96 
9 
.09 
.13 
.13 
.22 
.39 
.56 
.73 
.91 
1.08 
10 
.10 
.14 
.14 
.24 
.43 
.62 
.81 
1.01 
1.20 
11 
.10 
.15 
.15 
.26 
.47 
.68 
.89 
1.11 
1.32 
12 
.11 
.10 
.16 
.28 
.51 
.74 
.97 
1.21 
1.44 
.11 
.17 
.17 
.30 
.551 
.80 
1.05 
1.31 
1.56 
14 
.12 
.18 
.18 
.32 
.59 
.86 
1.13 
1.41 
1.68 
15 
.12 
.19 
.19 
.34 
.63 
.92 
1.21 
1.51 
1.80 
16~1 
.13 
.20 
.20 
.36 
.67 
.98 
1.29 
1.61 
1.92 
17 
.13 
.21 
.21 
.38 
.71 
1.04 
1.37 
1.71 
£.04 
18 
.14 
.22 
.22 
.40 
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1.10 
1.45 
1.81 
2.id 
19 
.14 
.23 
.23 
.42 
.79 
1.16 
1.53 
1.91 
2.28 
20 
.15 
.24 
.24 
.44 
.83 
1.22 
1.61 
2.01 
2.40 
21 
.15 
.25 
.25 
22 
.10 
.26 
.26 
On all sundries, Insecticides, Tools and other merchandise which can be sent 
by Parcel Post, we have given the approximate weights in brackets, thus ( ) and 
by referring to the table of Parcel Post rates you can readily ascertain the exact 
amount to remit to cover cost of postage and delivery to your door. 
TABLE OF PARCEL POST RATES 
Hates of postage on Fourth Class or Parcel Post matter—to be fully prepaid 
— unsealed — are as follows ; 
(a) Parcels weighing four ounces or less, except books, seeds, plants, etc. 
one cent for each ounce or fraction thereof, any distance. 
(5) Parcels weighing eight ounces or less, containing books, seeds, cuttings, 
bulbs, roots, scions and plants, one cent for each two ounces or fraction thereof, 
regardless of distance. 
(c) Parcels weighing more than eight ounces, containing books, seeds, 
plants, etc., parcels of miscellaneous printed matter weighing more than four 
pounds, and all other parcels of fourth-class matter weighing more than four ounces 
are chargeable according to distance zone, at the pound rates shown in the above 
table, a fraction of a pound being considered a full pound. 
The limit of weight of fourth-class matter is 50 pounds for parcels mailed 
for delivery within the first and second zones, and 20 pounds for all other zones. 
Limit of Size. — Parcel Post matter may not exceed 72 inches in length and 
girth combined. In measuring a parcel the greatest distance in a straight line 
between the ends (but not around 
the parcel) is taken as its length, ^ 
while the distance around the par- 
cel at its thickest part is taken as Cf qS /) 
its girth. For example, a parcel 35 
23 
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.27 
.27 
24 
.17 
.28 
.28 
25 
.17 
.29 
.29 
26 
.18 
.30 
.30 
27 
.18 
.31 
.31 
28 
.19 
.32 
.32 
29 
.19 
.33 
.33 
30 
.20 
.34 
.34 
31 
.20 
.35 
.35 
32 
.21 
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.36 
33 
.21 
.37 
.37 
34 
.22 
.38 
.38 
35 
.22 
.39 
.39 
36 
.23 
.40 
.40 
37 
.23 
.41 
.41 
38 
.24 
.42 
.42 
39 
.24 
.43 
.43 
40 
.25 
.44 
.44 
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.25 
.45 
.45 
42 
.26 
.46 
.46 
43 
.26 
.47 
.47 
44 
.27 
.48 
.48 
45 
.27 
.49 
.49 
46 
.28 
.50 
.50 
47 
.28 
.51 
.51 
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inches high measures 65 inches in 
length and girth combined. 
48 
.29 
.52 
.52 
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49 
.29 
.53 
.53 
(Extract from Circular 111, nr»QTr»w maqq 
Post Office Department.) BOSTON, MASS. 
50 
.30 
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.54 
Our Store, opp. North side of Faneuil Hall, is onlp a 
minute's walk from Adams Square Subway Station 
TELEPHONE. RICHMOND 2360 
Private Branch Exchange Connecting all Department 
