NOTICE TO PURCHASERS. 
This list is intended for Nurserymen, Florists and Dealers only, and super¬ 
sedes all previous editions. The prices are for the quantities named. Five Hun¬ 
dred, Fifty, and Five will be furnished at the Thousand, Hundred, and Ten rates, 
respectively. On smaller quantities a discount from our retail prices will be made 
to the trade. Dealers will be furnished at the lowest rates, when their bills for 
stock purchased at one time exceed two hundred dollars. 
OUR NURSERIES, 
Covering 600 acres, with a large amount of glass, are in the immediate vicinity of 
West Chester, which is situated twenty-seven miles west of Philadelphia, and with 
which we have nearly hourly communication by two railroads—one a direct road, 
the other a branch of the Pennsylvania Central, and from which we have a siding 
to our packing-house. By the latter route we are enabled to ship to all parts of the 
country, without transfer in Philadelphia, and at very low rates to distant points. 
OUR OFFICE, 
Situated at Maple Avenue Station, is ten minutes’ walk from the Main Station in 
West Chester. Trains leave Broad Street Station, Philadelphia, for Maple Avenue, 
6 - i5. 7- x 5. 8.40, 9.45, 11.45 a. m.; 2.40, 4.05, 4.42, 5.40, 6.45, 8.35, 10.45, *>• M. 
Return, 5.55, 6.23, 6.41, 7.36, 9.09, 9 51, 11.55 a. m.: 2.19, 4.51, 6.38 anrl 10.55 v. M. 
Leave Broad Street Station for West Chester, 6.15, 6 49, 7.15, 7.17, S. 18, 8.40, 9.45, 
H. 12, 11.45 a. M.; 1.32, 2.40, 2.50, 3.48, 4.05, 4 - 3 2 > 4-42, 4 - 55 . 5 - 4 ° 5 , 44 . 6.19. 6.45, 
8.15, 8.35, 10.32, 10.45, aud H -43 p - M. Return, 5.15, 5.54, 6.00, 6.22, 6.40, 6.45, 
7 - 35 . 8 25. 9.08, 9.10, 9.50, 11.23, 11 54A.M.; 12.50. 2.18, 3.05, 4.50, 4.50, 6.05, 6.37, 
7.15, 10.24 and 10.54 p - m. A trolley car (fare, 25 cents) leaves Sixty- 
Third and Market Streets every 30 minutes for West Chester. 
THE PACKING SEASON 
Generally commences from the first to the middle of March in the Spring, and 
about the first of October in the Autumn. The season is not regulated, however, 
by any definite date, nor by the state of vegetation at the locality of the planter, 
but by the condition of the trees when received. Parties south of us may receive 
our trees some weeks after their season has opened, yet when planted they' will 
give entire satisfaction. 
PACKING. 
All orders for forwarding by freight or express except in car-load lots are care¬ 
fully packed ill bales or boxes, for which a charge is made sufficient to remunerate 
for the cost of material and time. 
SHIPPING. 
Our shipping facilities to the West by fast freight lines, and to New England 
and the South by various steamship lines, are unexcelled in rapidity of transit and 
low rates of freight charges. 
Purchasers are requested to name the mode of conveyance by which they de¬ 
sire their shipments, otherwise we wide despatch to the best of our judg¬ 
ment, After delivering to the forwarders, all articles are entirely 
AT THE RISK OF THE PURCHASER; AND SHOULD ANY LOSS OR DELAY OCCUR, THE 
FORWARDERS ALONE MUST BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. 
All packages delivered free of cartage at the Freight and Express Offices in 
West Chester. 
Parties desiring stock shipped per express C. O. D., must accompany their 
order with cash to one-half the amount, otherwise no attention will be paid to the 
same. 
CLAIMS. 
All claims for errors and deficiencies must be made within TEN days after re¬ 
ceipt of the stock. We desire to be notified of mistakes as early as possible, so 
that we may rectify the same without delay. 
TERMS CASH. 
The following Catalogues will be mailed on applicatieu, viz: 
No. 1. Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Fruits, three 2-cent stamps. 
No. 2. Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Ornamental Trees, etc., 10 cents. 
No. 3. Wholesale Trade List free. 
West Chester, Pa., August, 1900. 
HOOPES, BRO. & THOMAS. 
