General Information 
When Ordering Plants and Other Material: 
TERMS—Whatever is most agreeable and convenient for purchaser: check, money order or draft 
with order, or payment by check, money order or draft after receipt of hill. Eor Gift Packages we pre¬ 
pay postal or express charges, hilling Donor afterwards. 
SHIPPING— For Plants: We ship railway express collect, unless otherwise arranged. We prefer not 
to ship hy parcel post. If parcel post is required postage will be billed afterwards. Packing charges at 
slight cost will be billed, when size of shipment and care required warrants it. 
For Dried Herbs and other material purchased in Herb House: Shipments generally made by parcel 
post. Postage extra. A reasonable allowance can be estimated by purchaser, any surplus being refunded, 
or exact amount may be billed afterwards. 
DATE OF SHIPMENT—An acknowledgment of a plant order or other order will be sent, together 
with approximate date of proposed shipment—date suggested by us according to probable favorable 
planting season in your locality, unless greenhouse facilities are available for immediate receipt of per¬ 
ishable plants. Date sometimes governed by time when particular plants ordered will be available for 
shipments. 
CLAIMS—Claims, if any should be necessary, should be made "within one week after receipt of 
plants or other goods. 
If perishable material suffers through undue delay in transit, claim should at once be made on trans¬ 
portation company. We cannot, of course, be responsible for stock not being taken from express office 
for several days after arrival. 
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