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ELL WANGER <(• BARRY'S 
ADVICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
1st — All orders should be legibly written out on the order sheet herein enclosed. 
This will save us much trouble and at the same time prevent mistakes. 
In case budded plants are ordered, state whether we shall send the same varieties 
on own roots, in case we cannot supply them budded. This is necessary where 
parties ordering have any preference for either mode. When nothing is said we exer- 
nm our best judgment , and if out of budded plants send those on their own roots , and 
"’vice versa .” Budded plants, however, cannot be sent by mail — they are too large; 
they can only go by express. 
2d — To secure tine plants it is advisable that orders be sent in as early as possible, 
as late in the season the strongest plants will have been selected, and the stock of 
some varieties exhausted. We till orders in strict rotation. 
3d. — Amateurs, in ordering, will do well to leave the selections to us so far as 
possible, but our list is open to all to make their oxen selections. Purchasers, however, 
will please say if they wish us to substitute in case all the varieties ordered cannot be 
supplied. In such case we always endeavor to send something better where it is 
possible, than the kind called for. We do not substitute without being requested to do so. 
4th—It is requested that explicit directions for marking and shipping packages 
accompany each order. All articles are at the risk of the purchaser after being 
shipped, and if delay or loss occurs, the forwarders alone must be held responsible. 
5th — Our customers are requested to notify us immediately of any errors that 
may be committed in filling their orders so that we can at once make ample amends, 
as we desire to conduct our business, in all respects, satisfactorily to those who favor 
us with their confidence. 
6th — All orders from unknown correspondents must be accompanied with a draft on 
some oj th<'-principal cities, or a Money Order for the amount. When neither can be 
had, enclose bank bills in registered letter. 
<th — Ladies, in ordering, will please always sign the same name; it often causes 
us much trouble to receive a letter from Mrs. Mary Smith, and shortly after another 
from the same party signed Mrs. James T. Smith. 
3th ’Plants by Express. When no directions are given (is to what way the 
plants are to be sent , we always forward by Express at the purchaser's cost . The plants 
which we send in this way (except the new and very scarce varieties) are one year old 
buds, or one to two year old plants on own roots, and in the case of hardy sorts, are 
generally dormant. They are, of course, very much larger and more valuable than 
those sent by mail, and all who can afford it will do much better to get their plants 
in this way. 7 hese plants are the only ones suitable for immediate effective results. 
9th. — Plants by Mail. There is a large number of our customers who, liv¬ 
ing at remote distances from the Railroad or Express Offices, cannot conveniently 
receive packages by Express. There is another and larger class, whose means do not 
admit of extensive purchases, but who cannot and will not be without flowers, and 
