P.J.BERCKMANS CO. 
Suggestions 
Always address all communications to P. J. BERCKMANS COMPANY, Drawer 1070, Augusta, Ga., and not to 
individuals. 
fl T’ L’ All quotations are for immediate acceptance, subject to stock being sold. No liability to attach to us 
iv / 1 /> where frost, drought or other casualties beyond our control prevent delivery of stock that may be 
contracted for. 
ORDER NOW — Do not wait until you are ready to plant. Frequently orders sent late in the season cannot 
be filled in full. Send us your order now; it will be carefully filed until you desire it shipped. When making out 
your order, write the full and correct name of the article desired, as given in catalogue. Give size and cata¬ 
logue price. Never give local names of plants, as different plants frequently have the same local names. 
RESERVING ORDERS—When purchasers desire these to be reserved for weeks or months after the opening 
of the shipping season, they must be paid for in full at the time of ordering. 
NAME AND ADDRESS— Always write your name plainly upon order-sheet in catalogue. A lady should always 
sign herself Miss or Mrs., and always use the same initials. 
Give your postoffice, county and state, also street or postoffice box number, and the name of your nearest ex¬ 
press office. 
SHIPPING DIRECTIONS—Give plain and explicit directions for shipping. If by freight, state route. When 
no directions are given, we shall use our best judgment in forwarding: but in all cases shipments are at purchaser s 
risk after receipt is taken from the transportation company. Freight and express rates will be given upon applica¬ 
tion. 
EXPRESS In all cases, when possible, we advise our customers to have their goods forwarded by express. 
Plants, trees, etc., are taken at a special reduced rate. 
PARCEL POST—Owing to the nature of our products, we can send very few plants by Parcel Post, but if order 
can be sent this way, sufficient amount to cover postage must accompany order; otherwise it will be sent by express. 
PACKING is free, except on export orders. These require large quantities of specially prepared packing mate¬ 
rial, and entail much extra labor and care in preparation. On such orders we charge the extra packing at actual cosi. 
\V e maintain a large force of expert packers and only the most experienced men are entrusted with the packing. 
TERMS OF PAYMENT—Cash with order, or satisfactory reference before, shipment: or. if preferred, will ship 
goods with Bill of Lading attached to Sight Draft, through express or bank. On all C. O. D. atid Sight Draft orders 
we require 25 per cent of the bill remitted before shipment. 
PRICES All prices quoted are net. We offer no premiums, discounts, or gratuities. Five trees or plants of a 
class will be billed at the 10 rate; 40 trees at the 100 rate; 400 at the 1,000 rate, viz; Five Pecans will be billed 
at the 10 rate; 40 at the 100 rate, etc. 
REMITTANCES Remittances should be made by Postoffice of Express Money Orders, or by checks on Augusta 
or New lork. As our banks charge exchange on checks on all points except Augusta and New York please add one- 
fourth of 1 per cent on private checks. We cannot be held responsible for losses when remittances are not made as 
directed above. Cash sent through the mails is at sender’s risk. Make all remittances payable to P. J. Berckmans 
Company. 
^3* GUARANTEE every tree or plant to be in a perfectly healthy condition, up to grade and first-class in every 
respect when leaving our hands, but, after delivering to forwarders, all losses resulting from delavs or exposures in 
transit are at risk of purchaser. 
RESPONSIBILITY We have no connection whatever with any other nursery, and our responsibility extends 
on y to persons purchasing direct from us. We are not responsible for failures arising from defective planting, un- 
avoraoie weather conditions, for improper treatment and cultivation. While we exercise the greatest care to have 
a or our trees and plants true to name, well grown, and packed in the best possible manner, and hold ourselves in 
ea mess to replace all trees and plants that may accidentally prove untrue to label, free of charge, or refund the 
nount paid, therefore, it is mutually understood and agreed between the purchaser and ourselves that our guarantee 
genuineness shall not in any case make us liable for anv sura greater than that originally received for such trees 
or plants as prove untrue. 
v , exor< ‘ lse the utmost care in filling orders, and always put in more than is ordered, but during the 
# 01 busy season an error is occasionally made, and satisfactory correction will be promptly made upon notifi- 
( n. Keep a copy of your order for comparison. All claims for errors must be made within five days after receipt 
of goods; otherwise they will not be entertained. 
SHIPPING FACILITIES Augusta being the terminal point of seven lines of railroads, and two lines of steam¬ 
ers upon the Savannah River, enables us to secure low rates of freight to all points. 
SEASON—This usually commences about the middle of October, or as soon as the plants are suffi- 
nr , • w ! ^ sa \6ty> and for all open ground trees and plants continues until the middle of March, 
ie nids begin to swell. Pot-grown plants can be safely sent out any time of the vear. 
INSECTS AND DISEASES—Our Nurseries are free from disease, 
to every shipment. 
any 
Certificate of State Entomologist is attached 
cn ™MIGATION We fumigate our stock with hydrocavanic acid gas before shippi 
so that assurance of freedom from insects or diseases of any kind is made doubly sure 
Number of Trees or Plants on an Acre at Given Distances Apart 
Distance apart 
each way. 
1 foot . 
2 feet . 
3 feet . 
4 feet . 
5 feet . 
6 feet . 
7 feet . 
Number of 
plants. 
-43,560 
.. ..10.890 
- 4.840 
. . . 2,722 
. .. 1,742 
. . . 1,210 
... 888 
•Distance apart 
1 each way. 
8 feet . . . . 
9 feet 
10 feet 
12 feet 
13 feet .... 
15 feet 
16 feet .... 
Number of 
plants. 
. . . . 680 
. . . . 537 
.... 435 
. . . . 302 
. ... 258 
... 193 
. ... 170 
Distance apart 
each way. 
18 feet. 
20 feet. 
25 feet . . . 
30 feet. 
35 feet . . . 
40 feet . 
50 feet . . . 
Number of 
plants. 
. ... 134 
. ... 108 
.... 70 
. . .. 48 
. . .. 35 
. . . . 27 v 
. .. . 17 
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