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Suggestions 
Always address all communications to P. J. BERCKMANS COMPANY, Drawer 1070, Augusta, Ga., 
and not to individuals 
Note ^ quotations are for immediate acceptance subject to stock being sold. No liability to 
—_^=-1 attach to us 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 catalogue 
price. Never give local names of plants, as different plants frequently have the same local names. 
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 post office, county and state, also street or post office box number, and the name of your nearest 
express office. 
EXPRESS.—In all cases when possible, we advise our customers to have their goods forwarded by express. 
Plants, trees, etc., are now taken by the leading express companies at a reduction of 20 per cent from the regular 
merchandise rate. 
SHIPPING DIRECTIONS.—Give plain and explicit directions for shipping. If by freight, state route. When 
n .° 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 on application. 
PACKING.—We have every appliance for packing in the best possible manner. A large force of thoroughly 
trained men are entrusted with this labor. 
All domestic orders packed free; but on export orders there will be a packing charge at actual cost, as these 
export orders require large quantities of specially prepared packing material and entail much extra labor and care. 
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. and Sight Draft 
orders we require 25 per cent of the bill remitted before shipment. 
REMITTANCES.—Remittances should be made by Post Office or Express Money Orders, or by checks on 
Augusta or New York. As our banks charge exchange on checks on all points except Augusta and New York, 
please add one-fourth of one per cent on private checks. We cannot be held responsible for losses when remit¬ 
tances are not made as directed above. Cash sent through the mails is at sender’s risk. Make all remittances pay¬ 
able to P. J. Berckmans Company. 
WE 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 delays or exposures 
in transit are at risk of purchaser. 
PRICES.—Orders for 100 or 1,000 trees in the aggregate, but comprising several classes, are billed as follows: 
40 trees of a class, at 100 rate; less than 40, at 10 rate; 400, at 1,000 rate. 
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. 
ERRORS.—We exercise the utmost care in filling orders, and always put in more than is ordered, but during 
the rush of the busy season, an error is occasionally made, and satisfactory correction will be promptly made upon 
notification. 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. 
RESPONSIBILITY.—We have no connection whatever with any other nursery, and our responsibility 
extends only to persons purchasing direct from us. We also disclaim any responsibility for failure arising from de¬ 
fective planting, or from subsequent faulty treatment or cultivation, and we are not in any respect responsible for 
any loss or damage arising from any failure therefrom. While we exercise the greatest care to have all of our trees 
and plants true to name, well grown and packed in the best possible manner, and hold ourselves in readiness to 
replace all trees and plants that may accidently prove untrue to label, free of charge, or refund the amount paid 
therefor, it is mutually understood and agreed between the purchaser and ourselves that our guarantee of genuine¬ 
ness shall not in any case make us liable for any sum greater than that originally received for such trees or plants 
as prove untrue. 
SHIPPING FACILITIES.—Augusta being the terminal point of seven lines of railroad, and two lines of 
steamers upon the Savannah river, enables us to secure low rates of freight to all points. 
SHIPPING SEASON.—This usually commences about the middle of October, or as soon as the plants are 
sufficiently dormant to lift with safety, and for all open-ground trees and plants continues until the middle of 
March, or until the buds begin to swell. Pot-grown plants can be safely sent out any time of the year. 
INSECTS AND DISEASES.—Our Nurseries are free from disease. Certificate of State Entomologist is 
attached to every shipment. 
FUMIGATION.—We fumigate our stock with hydrocyanic acid gas before shipping, as required by state law, 
so that assurance of freedom from insects or diseases of any kind is made doubly sure. 
Distance apart 
each way 
1 foot. 
2 feet. 
3 feet. 
4 feet. 
5 feet. 
6 feet. 
7 feet. 
Number of Trees or Plants on an Acre at Given Distances Apart 
Number of 
Distance apart 
Number of 
plants 
each way 
plants 
8 feet. 
.680 
. . . 10,890 
9 feet. 
.537 
10 feet. 
.435 
. . . 2,722 
12 feet. 
.302 
• • . 1.742 
13 feet. 
.258 
. . . 1,210 
15 feet. 
. . 10^ 
... 888 
16 feet. 
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 
. 17 
