COLUMBIA NURSERY CO. — PORTLAND, OREGON 
READ CAREFULLY BEFORE PLACING ORDER 
GUARANTEE—All plants shall be true to name, well grown, properly dug and packed and 
delivered to the transportation company in good order, after which our responsibility ceases. 
We assume no responsibility for failure due to after conditions over which we have no control. 
In case any plant through error proves untrue to name, we will replace without charge or 
refund not more than the original purchase price. 
THE LIVING OF TREES AND SHRUBS is largely dependent upon conditions of soil, 
weather and after care beyond the nurseryman’s control; therefore, we do not guarantee any 
stock to live after leaving the nursery in good condition. If in any instance stock is found to 
be unsatisfactory on arrival from causes over which we have control, please notify us within 
10 days of its arrival and we will, under proper proof, replace with satisfactory stock or return 
amount paid. 
It must be plain to everyone who gives the matter the slightest thought that it is entirely 
to our best interests to send out only such nursery stock as will not only grow, but prove true 
to name and description and entirely satisfactory to our customers, and any fair and con¬ 
sistent complaint, should there be any, will have our sympathetic attention. 
OUR POLICY IS TO GROW THE BEST. Quality nursery stock cannot be grown without 
extra care and expense. Therefore, look out for cheap stock, as quality, condition or cleanli¬ 
ness must be sacrificed. 
PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS 
PLANTING SEASON —Stock should not be planted until dormant in the fall nor after 
growth starts in the spring. Under ordinary weather conditions, therefore, our digging and 
shipping season begins in late October and continues until early May, the winters generally 
being sufficiently mild to permit safe handling of nursery stock, with but few short interrup¬ 
tions. Early fall planting is preferable as a rule as roots form all winter and stock is ready 
to grow as soon as warm weather begins. 
It is advisable to order early, as a better selection and more complete assortment can be 
had. Orders placed early are generally planted early. Orders can be placed early with instruc¬ 
tions to ship at a given tune, when you are ready to plant. 
TERMS—For orders of less than $1.00 send cash in full with order. For orders over $1.00 
send 20% deposit. (Minimum deposit 50 cents.) 
By sending full amount of cash with the order, as the balance C. O. D. entails a fee to the 
express company, or a U. S. money order, which the customer pays, you save expense both 
to yourself and to us. It often happens that the truck lines will deliver to your door, but in 
this case better send in balance due before delivery date, as truck lines usually do not handle 
C. O. D. shipments. 
DISCOUNT—A 5% discount will be allowed for full amount of cash with the order. 
WE DO NOT QUOTE PRICES IN THIS CATALOG 
ON FRUIT AND NUT TREES 
The uncertainty of conditions in the nursery field, owing to such items as labor, packing 
material and other items that govern prices on nursery stock; also because of the fact that 
the supply on many varieties is so limited, makes our old time custom of putting permanent 
price on every item in catalog as heretofore, impractical and impossible. 
So we have enclosed a price list with this book which you can use in making up your order. 
SUBSTITUTION —We reserve the right, in case we are out of a variety, to substitute 
another one of equal merit when it can be done (always labeling each substitution with correct 
name) unless party ordering says “no substitution” in which case we will fill order as com¬ 
pletely as we can, and refund balance of remittance. 
PREPAID TRANSPORTATION 
WE PAY TRANSPORTATION CHARGES to any point in the Pacific Northwest (Ever¬ 
greens and Evergreen Shrubs, balled and burlaped, excepted) where cash accompanies order, 
and to all other points in the U. S. A. one-half the transportation charges, cash to accompany 
order. 
REFERENCES—U. S. National Bank of Portland, Livestock Branch; any Commercial 
Rating Agency, or our thousands of satisfied customers. 
