NOTICE TO PURCHASERS. 
This list is intended for Nurserymen, Florists and Dealers only, and supersedes 
all previous editions. The prices are for the quantities named. Five Hundred, 
Fifty, and Five, will be furnished at the Thousand, Hundred, and Teh rates, re¬ 
spectively. 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, 
£15, 7 * J 5 . &30, 9.45, 11.45 a. m. ; 12.45, 2.40, 4.20, 4.45, 5.40, 6.45, S.15 and Ti.45 P- M. 
Return, 5.55, 6.23, 6 . 41 , 7.36, S.43, 9.15. 10.23, n .55 A • M * ; 2.01, 4.51, 6.25 and 10.25 
i'. m. Leave Broad Street Station for West Chester, 6.15, 6.49, 7.15, 7.17, 8.30, S.46, 
9.45, 11.i2, 11.45 a. m. ; 12.45, 1-28, 2.40, 2.53, 3.4S, 4.20, 4.32, 4.45, 4.55, 5.40, 5.44, 
6 . 19 , 6.45, 8.15, 8.23, 10.32, 11.43, and 11.45 P. m. Return, 5.15, 5.54, 6.00, 6.22, 6.40, 
r M 7 , 7 * 35 , 8.25, 8.42, 9.10, 9.14, 10.22, it. 25, 11.54 a. M. ; 1.05, 2.00, 3.00, 4.50, 6.05, 
6.24, 7.15, 10.20 and 10.24 p. M. 
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 expresss except in car-load lots are care¬ 
fully packed in 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 desire 
their shipments, otherwise wk will despatch to the best ok our judgment. 
After delivering to the forwarders, all articles are entirely at the 
RISK OK THE PURCHASER ; AND SHOULD ANY LOSS OR DELAY OCCUR, THE FOR¬ 
WARDERS ALONE MUST HE 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 receipt 
ol 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 application, viz. : 
No. 1. Illustrated and Descripti ve Catalogue of Fruits, three 2-cent stamps. 
No. 2. Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Ornamental Trees, etc., 10 cts. 
No. 3. Wholesale Trade List, free. 
West Chester, Pa., August, 1S98. Hoopes, Brother <fc Thomas. 
