PETER HENDERSON £r CO.'S BUSINESS PAGE 
REGARDING ORDERING, REMITTING, ACCOUNTS, PACKING, FORWARDING, FREE DELIVERY, PARCEL POST, SAFE ARRIVAL, 
--- NON'WARRANTY, ERRORS, CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. -- 
We Deliver Free of Transportation { According to Weight } By Mail, Express or Freight 
To Any Post Office, R. R. Express Office or Freight Station in the U. S. 
All Vegetable and Flower Seeds { Va* Pound and Pound } And Lawn Grass Seeds 
OFFERED IN THIS CATALOGUE 
Purchasers Pay—or Allow—for Transportation on Bulk Quantities, viz.: Pints, Qyarts, Half'Pecks, Pecks, Bushels and Barrels Also on Farm Seeds, 
Tools, Implements, Requisites, Fertilizers and Insecticides. For details regarding the Shipment of Plants, see page 123 
Regarding UNITED STATES PARCEL POST 
(Effective on and after January 1st, 1913) 
The rate of postage on seeds, plants, bulbs and roots mailed within the 
United States and possessions: Alaska, Canal Zone, Guam, Hawaii, Porto Rico 
and the Philippines remains the same as heretofore, viz: one cent (lc.) for 
each two ounces or fraction, though the maximum weight of a mailable 
package may now be eleven (11) pounds, and the size seventy-two (72) inches 
for combined length and girth. 
OUR FREE DELIVERY OFFER—as above—also the extra amounts to be 
added for postage on certain bulk quantity seeds, plants, roots and bulbs, as 
specified under such articles in this catalogue, therefore remains unchanged. 
THE U. S. PARCEL POST MAY ONLY BE OF ADVANTAGE to some of 
our customers in the United States and possessions — those distant and those liv¬ 
ing away from Express Offices on Rural Delivery routes will perhaps be the most 
benefited—who order from us to go by "Parcel Post" the undernoted merchandise 
when mailable and within the packed weight and size limit as above, viz: tools, 
and accessories, odorless fertilizers, insecticides and fungicides (fluids and poisons 
excluded).- All such merchandise mailable by Parcel Post offered in this 
catalogue we have marked “P.P.” and given the packed weight so that extra 
for postage may be allowed according to Zone distances as follows: 
9%^ U. S. PARCEL POST RATES /f 
Within the U. S. and Possessions 
(Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, Roots, and Books Excluded) 
First 
Pound 
or fraction 
Each 
Additional 
Pound 
or fraction 
Local Rate Manhattan and the Bronx only. 
5c. 
First Zone 
within 
50 miles of New York City. . . 
5c. 
Second “ 
U 
50 to 150 miles of New York City 
6c. 
Third “ 
u 
150 “ 300 
* 
u a 
u 
7c. 
Fourth * 
a 
300 “ 600 
u 
u u 
u 
8c. 
Fifth a 
a 
600 “ 1000 
u 
a u 
u 
9c. 
Sixth “ 
a 
1000 “ 1400 
u 
a u 
u 
10c. 
Seventh" 
u 
1400 “ 1800 
u 
a u 
U 
11c. 
Eighth • 
all over 1800 
u 
a a 
a 
12c. 
lc. 
3c. 
9c. 
10c. 
12c. 
For small packages, weighing 4 ounces or less, a special rate of lc. per ounce or 
fraction is provided covering all zones. A package weighing over 4 ounces and 
less than 16 ounces is charged at the "First Pound" rate. 
HENDERSON'S SEEDS OBTAINABLE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES 
BY INTERNATIONAL PARCEL POST 
We can forward seeds to almost any post office in most civilized countries 
by International Parcel Post. Frequent steamships from New York to various 
ports of the world with their postal connections enable our distant patrons to 
obtain Henderson’s Seeds easily, promptly and at a minimum of expense. With 
two exceptions, the maximum weight allowable (including packing), is eleven 
pounds, (5 kilograms) and the size, combined length and girth, 72 inches (182 
centimetres). We make no charge other than for the seeds at prices quoted in 
this catalogue, with the amount for postage added at the rate of twelve (12) 
American cents per pound. Peas, Beans and Corn at 10c. per pint. We make 
no charge for postage on "Packets" of seeds. Remittance covering the value 
of seeds and postage should accompany the order. International Post Office 
Money Order advised. 
Full details in our “International Parcel Post Circular" mailed on application. 
We prefer not to forward plants, tubers nor roots to foreign countries on 
account of their restriction by many governments and the possibility of loss or 
Injury in transit. 
BUSINESS RULES 
ORDERING, REMITTING. ACCOUNTS, FORWARDING, Etc. 
PLEASE ORDER EARLY, thus enabling us to forward promptly— as a 
rule the day after the order is received. During the March and April rush 
we may fall a day or two behind, but if any delay is likely, we will advise. 
THE ORDER BLANKS accompanying this catalogue will be convenient 
for customers and facilitate our filling orders (extra ones^mailed on request). 
Use the plant sheet when ordering plants—pages 123 to 176—these being filled 
at our Jersey City greenhouses, seeds and all other goods being collated at 
our New York stores, though all can be shipped together when advisable. Give 
full shipping instructions in every order sent, and write address legibly. 
THE PRICES QUOTED IN THIS CATALOGUE ARE NET. We offer 
no premiums, discounts nor gratuities. 
REMITTANCES should be made by Express Money Order, P. O. Money 
Order, Bank Draft or Registered Letter. We must decline sending goods C. O. D. 
unless 25% of their value accompanies the order. Plants we do not ship C. O. D. 
ACCOUNTS — Parties having no account with us — who order goods without 
remittance — must furnish satisfactory reference. New York City reference 
preferred on account of the shorter delay pending investigation. 
WE FORWARD AS CUSTOMER DIRECTS by mail, express, freight or 
steamer. When no shipping instructions are given we send according to our 
judgment. Some seeds, etc., we deliver free in the United States, but on other 
seeds and goods purchaser pays transportation charges or allows for same when 
prepaid (see details at top of this page). In regard to the shipment of plants, 
see page 123. 
WE MAKE NO CHARGE FOR SHIPPING AND CARTING of goods to 
any railroad station, steamship line or express office in New York City proper. 
WE MAKE NO CHARGE FOR PACKING except special for foreign ship¬ 
ments as tin-lined cases, double sacks, etc., then we charge cost. Cloth bags we 
charge for, viz; 1 peck, 10c.; X A bushel, 12c.; 1 bushel, 15c.; 2 bushels, 25c. All 
Grass seed bags are furnished free excepting for Timothy and Clover. 
WE GUARANTEE THE SAFE ARRIVAL in United States of all goods for¬ 
warded by express. 
CANADIAN ORDERS — Vegetable and Flower seeds in packets and ounces 
we mail into Canada, postage free, but for other quantities and goods add lc. 
per ounce extra for postage, and to Beans, Corn and Peas, 15c. per pint. We 
can also ship to Canada by express or freight, customer paying the transportation 
charges and assuming any import duties which on most garden and flower 
seeds is 25 %, most flower bulbs are free. In regard to sending plants into Canada 
refer to our Canadian circular—mailed on application. 
QUESTIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE—We endeavor to answer 
promptly all letters of inquiry — which should be on separate paper from orders— 
but we cannot undertake the planning of gardens and grounds. 
ERROR IN THE FILLING OF ORDERS—We use the greatest care in filling, 
checking and packing orders. Yet should anything be omitted we will promptly 
forward when advised. Keep a duplicate copy of your order for comparison. 
WE CANNOT GUARANTEE THE WELL-DOING of any seeds, plants or 
bulbs we send out, having no control over conditions — therefore: 
PETER HENDERSON & CO. give no warranty, express or implied, as 
to description, quality, productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds, bulbs 
or plants they send out, and they will not be in any way responsible for the crop. 
If the purchaser does not accept the goods on these terms, they are at once to 
be returned. 
GARDENERS’ AND HEAD-FARMERS’ SITUATIONS—We have at times 
the names of practical gardeners and farm managers in want of situations on 
our books. If parties desiring such will write us wc shall be glad to put them in 
communication with men that we deem suitable. To aid us in making a selec¬ 
tion wc ask full particulars. We make no charge for this service. 
FOR INDEX 
OF CONTENTS OF THIS CATALOGUE 
SEE PAGE 198 
CHARLES HENDERSON, President, 
JOHN C. RANKIN CO., 64 & 56 OEY ST., NEW YORK 
