Directions to Correspondents 
ORDER EARLY, as orders are filled in rotation. Do not wait until ground is ready to plant before 
sending your order. 
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 name. 
Give your post office, county and state, also street or P. 0 . B. 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. 
V\ hen 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 
on application. 6 
PACKING. We have every appliance for packing in the best possible manner. A large force of 
thoroughly trained men are entrusted with this labor. 
A charge of 25 cts. to 50 cts. for packing is made on all orders under $5. Over this amount packing is 
free, except on export orders. As these require large quantities of moss and extra labor, the packing charges 
are from $2 to #5, according to the size of case. 
TERMS. Cash with order. If for immediate shipment, or orders booked in advance, 25 per cent down 
and balance before shipment, or C. O. D. C. O. D. orders by express or freight must be accompanied with 
one-half the amount of order. 
REMITTANCES. Remittances should be made by Post Office or Express Money Orders, or drafts on 
Augusta, or New \ ork. 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. 
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. 
TREES AND PLANTS IN LARGE QUANTITIES. Prices given for these on application. Orders 
for 100or 1,000trees in the aggregate, but comprising several classes, are billed as follows: 40 trees of a class 
at 100 rates, less than 40 at 10 rates, 400 at 1,000 rates. 
RESERVING TREES. When purchasers desire these to be reserved for weeks or months, after the open¬ 
ing of the shipping season, they must be paid for in full at the time of ordering. 
CLAIMS. . All claims for error must be made upon receipt of goods. Should any error occur at anytime 
we desire to be informed at once, in order to rectify the same without delay. 
CLUB ORDERS. Special rates given on application. 
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. 
RESPONSIBILITY. We have no connection whatever with any other nursery, and our responsibility 
extends only to persons purchasing direct from us. We also disdain any responsibility for failures arising 
from defective 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 our trees and plants true to name, well grown, and packed in the best possible manner, and hold our¬ 
selves in readiness to replace all trees and plants that may accidentally 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 genuineness shall not in any case make us liable for any sum greater than that originally 
received for such trees or plants that prove untrue. 
CLAIMS must be made within five days after receipt of goods, otherwise they will not be entertained. 
SHIPPING FACILITIES. Augusta being the terminal point of six lines of railroads, and a line of 
steamers upon the Savannah river, enables us to secure low rates of freight to all points. 
SHIPPING SEASON. This usually commences about the 1st of November; and open ground stock can 
be shipped until the middle of March. Pot-grown plants can be safely sent at almost any time of the year. 
INSECTS AND DISEASES. Our Nurseries are free from these. See certificate of our State Entomol¬ 
ogist on the last page of catalogue. 
LANDSCAPE, GARDENING 
Plans and specifications furnished for Parks, Cemeteries, or Residence Grounds. We are prepared to 
take contracts for executing the work and for the supply of trees and plants. Correspondence solicited. 
Our long experience in this branch of Horticulture, and intimate knowledge of the trees and plants best 
suited to the various sections of the Southern States, is a guarantee for the satisfactory execution of our 
contracts. 
NUMBER OF TREES OR PLANTS ON AN ACRE AT GIVEN DISTANCES APART 
Distance apart No. of 
each way plants 
1 foot.43.560 
Distance apart No. of 
each way plants 
6 feet.1,210 
Distance apart No. of 
each way plants 
12 feet.325 
Distance apart No. of 
each way plants 
7 “ . 888 
14 .222 
8 " . 680 
4 . 2.729 
9 “ . 537 
2 .. . ’ 
5 .... 1.744 
*0 “ ..... 435 
*8 " .. 
40 .. 27 
