FRUITLjIND NUKSEK.IES 
ESTABLISHED 1856 
PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE ORDERING 
IN ORDERING, write your orders plainly upon the Order Sheet attached to this Catalogue, and 
address all communications to P. J. Bcrckmans Company and not to individual members of the firm; this 
will save delay. A lady should always sign herself “ Miss ” or “ Mrs.,” to enable us to direct our 
answer properly. The same name should always be used. 
FILLING ORDERS. — Orders are filled as soon after reception as practicable—seldom later than two 
days. Should certain varieties of plants be exhausted at the time the order is received, or if they are 
not in proper shipping condition, the order will only be filled so far as our assortment will allow. We 
never substitute unless fully authorized. Patrons are respectfully requested to state if substitution is 
allowed, should plants first ordered be exhausted. 
NO PLANTS BY MAIL .—As a rule these are so seldom satisfactory, and require more time to prepare 
for safe carriage than they are worth, that we are compelled to decline this class of orders. 
PACKING AND FORWARDING.—We pack all our greenhouse plants free of charge, and in such a 
careful manner that no complaint on that score can possibly be made. In every instance have your 
plants forwarded by express, as rapid carriage is of the utmost importance. We guarantee every plant 
to be in a perfectly healthy condition and fully graded to standard when leaving our hands, but after 
delivery into the hands of forwarders, all losses resulting from delays in transit are at the risk of 
the purchaser. 
TERMS. — Invariably cash with order, or C. 0. D. (collect on delivery), by express, with collection 
charges added. No plants sent C. O. D. unless one-half the amount is remitted before shipment. Our 
prices are too low to allow any deviation from this rule. 
DURING THE BUSY SEASON to make out bills, charge, and often failing to receive remittances to 
full amount, to send in monthly statements entails more work than we can readily perform. Therefore, 
please send money with the order sufficient to cover the whole bill. 
REMITTANCES, payable to order of P. J. Berckmans Company, by Postal or Express Order, 
Registered Letter, or Bank Draft on Augusta, or New York, are the safest. Money sent through the 
mail in ordinary letters is in all cases at sender’s risk. 
ATTENTION TO CUSTOMERS. — It is our earnest desire that all the requirements and directions of 
our customers be scrupulously attended to by our assistants, and we practice the utmost personal 
supervision to see that this is carried out. We would, therefore, respectfully request that we be 
informed if, at any time, there is cause for dissatisfaction, that we may have it rectified at the earliest 
possible moment. 
WHAT WE CANNOT SUPPLY.—Bouquets, 
Cut-Flowers, Flower, Vegetable or Tree 
Seeds, Horticultural Implements, Labels, 
Wire, Rustic Work, Hyacinths, Tulips, Cro¬ 
cus, Gladioli, Lilies, Pansies, Violets, and 
other plants which can be kept in stock but 
a short period. Orders for some of the above- 
named articles are received almost daily, 
and much needless correspondence may be 
avoided if our friends will kindly omit such 
items from their orders. 
NO SAN JO St SCALE AT FRUITLAND 
All our nurseries are absolutely free from this pest. 
They are inspected every twelve months by the 
Georgia State Entomologist, and a certificate of said 
inspector is attached to every package that leaves our 
establishment. 
Shipments for such states as require all nursery 
stock to be fumigated with hydrocyanic acid gas 
before being allowed within their borders will be so 
treated, and for other states where these requirements 
are not enforced, we will also so treat stock before 
shipment when requested by our customers. 
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OFFICIAL CERTIFICATE. NO.-Z_ 
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This is to Certify That in accordance with an Act of Assembly 
approved December 20,1898, I have, Qtothf _ ^ 9% A^p^\ 
-made an inspection of the miseries 
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and fnJA I have found the stock in these nurseries apparently free from the 
le and all other insects and diseases of a seriously injurious 
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Si.lc Entomologist. 
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Wo have secured for our customers from EXPRESS COMPANIES 
20 PER CENT REDUCTION IN EXPRESS RATES ON PLANTS. 
CATALOGUES 
The following Catalogues will be mailed free on application: 
No. 1. Descriptive Catalogue of Fruit Trees, Grape-Vines, Strawberry Plants, Evergreens, Flow¬ 
ering shrubs, etc., issued in August. 
No. 2. Spring Catalogue of Bedding and Greenhouse Plants, etc., issued in February. 
Address always, 
Copyright, 1902 P. J. BERCKMANS COMPANY (Incorporated) 
By P. J. Berckmans Company 
_AUGUSTA, GEORGIA 
Telegraphic and Cable address: BERCKMANS, Augusta, Ca. 
