500. 2-9-15 
NOTICE TO PURCHASERS. 
This list is intended for Wholesale Buyers only, and the prices are for the stock at the 
Nursery, exclusive of Freight and Packing, and supersedes all previous editions. The prices 
are for the quantities named, and are subject to change without notice. 250, 50 and 5 •will 
be furnished at the 1000, 100 and 10 rates, respectively. On smaller quantities an advance 
of 10 to 25 per cent, above our printed rates will be charged. 
OUR NURSERIES 
Covering nearly 800 acres, with a large amount of glass, are in the immediate vicinicy of West 
Chester, which is situated twenty-seven miles west of Philadelphia, and with which ^we have 
<1- nearly hourly communication by t'wo railroads—one a direct road, the other a branch of the 
Pennsylvania, 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, and at very low rates to distant points. We have 
also half-hourly communication by a trolley from G9th Street, Philadelphia. 
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 regelated, 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 carload lots, are carefully 
packed in bales or boxes, for which a charge is made sufficient to remunerate for the cost of 
material and time. No charge is made for packing cars in bulk. 
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 desire their 
shipments, otherwise we will despatch to the best of ’our judgment. 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 by express C. O. D. must accompany their order with cash 
to one-half the amount, otherwise no attention will be paid to the same. 
NOTICE 
All orders placed with us will be accepted only upon the condition that, should stock be 
injured by fire, drought, frost, or other casualties over which we have no control, they are to 
be void. 
CLAIMS 
All claims for errors and deficiencies must be made within ten days after receipt of the 
stock. 
We desire to be notified of our mistakes as early as possible, so that we may rectify the same 
without delay. 
TERMS CASH 
HOOPES, BRO. & THOMAS COMPANY. 
West Chester, Pa., February, 1915. 
