To Patrons and Friends 
^ITH this copy of our Plant Catalogue for the year 1902 we return our sincere thanks 
to the numerous friends whose patronage has been so liberally bestowed upon our 
firm during the last forty-five years, and take pleasure in stating that the stock of 
Plants described herein is unusually large and of the highest standard of purity. 
The Fruitland Nurseries are located west of and adjoining the limits of the 
city of Augusta, on the Washington Road (continuation of Broad Street), and \}4 
miles from the terminus of the Lake View Electric Car Line. In the home tract 
of 400 acres are soils of every texture found in this section of the state, thus enabling every class 
of products to be grown under the most favorable conditions. 
W e have no connection whatever with any other Nursery, and do not employ agents, all our 
dealings being directly with purchasers. 
Our JVursery Department 
Is divided as follows: viz., Roses, 30 acres; Shrubs, 10 acres; Fruit Trees, 260 acres; Grape-Vines, 10 
acres; Evergreens and Deciduous Trees, 15 acres; Small Fruits, 15 acres; Orchard and Test Grounds, 
40 acres. 
The Greenhouse and Plant Department 
Covers over 60,000 square feet of glass, and is conceded to be the largest area of glass in the South that 
is entirely devoted to plant growing. With numerous improvements added to this department, we are 
prepared to offer plants at prices in keeping with progress and the times. 
We do not offer premiums, but guarantee the best possible quality at the lowest prices con¬ 
sistent with the cost of production. We would also state that we offer in this Catalogue only such 
classes of plants as are best suited to southern floriculture, and therefore omit such as are desirable only 
for cooler latitudes, but are seldom successful here. While we purchase all the novelties which we 
believe to possess distinctive merits, and offer these at the earliest date that they can be propagated, we 
cannot guarantee that they will give entire satisfaction in every instance, as much of their success 
depends upon the care they may receive, as well as the character of soil and suitable weather. 
Our Responsibility 
For any business transactions extends only to persons purchasing direct from the nursery. Dealers 
purchasing from us sell upon their own responsibility. We likewise disclaim any liability for results 
arising from defective planting at improper seasons, or from subsequent faulty treatment and cultivation, 
and are not in any respect responsible for any loss or damage arising from any failure thereof. While 
we exercise the greatest care to have all our plants true to name, well grown, and packed in the best 
possible manner, and hold ourselvefe in readiness, on proper proof, to replace all plants that may acciden¬ 
tally prove untrue to label, free of charge, or refund the amount paid therefor, it is mutually understood 
and agreed to between the purchaser and ourselves that our guarantee of genuineness shall in no case 
make us liable for any sum greater than originally received for said plants that prove untrue. 
Address, always, 
P. J. BERCKMANS COMPANY (Incorporated) 
AUGUSTA. GE.ORGIA 
WRITE. FOR OUR SPE.CIAL PRICES ON 
Gould’s Spray Pumps 
They always represent the best value. They 
are made by pump specialists of over 50 years’ 
standing. 
BETTER SPRAYERS ARE NOT MADE 
“ HANDY,” the best Knapsack Spray Pump. 
“ KEROWATERS,” for making and spraying 
kerosene emulsion, are the only accurate Sprayers 
of this kind on the market. We handle every¬ 
thing for spraying. 
“HOW TO SPRAY. WHEN TO SPRAY” 
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