• IMPORTANT TO CUSTOMERS 
SPECIAL 
TELEPHONE 
SERVICE 
Telephone your order. 
It will get prompt, cour¬ 
teous attention here. 
BELL: Lombard 5620 to 5627 
KEYSTONE: Main 1631-1632 
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We Welcome 
Charge Accounts 
We invite you to take advantage 
of the convenience of a charge ac¬ 
count with us. So that no time 
will be lost in executing your first 
order, please send us the names of 
two or more business houses with 
whom you have had past or present 
credit relations. 
Shipping Instructions 
Always state by what method 
you want goods forwarded; other¬ 
wise we will ship according to our 
best judgment. 
Packing Charges 
No charge is made for boxes, 
packing, or bags, except for two- 
bushel seamless sacks, which are 
returnable for credit at the market 
price as charged. 
LOCAL DELIVERY 
Our free delivery service covers Philadelphia and vicinity, also 
Camden, N. J., and near-by points, but we do not guarantee to main¬ 
tain a daily delivery to these places. 
Please note the free delivery service does not include bulky quan¬ 
tities of fertilizers in over V^-ton quantities. Special arrangements can, 
however, be made for delivery of these at a reasonable charge. 
Shipment of goods can also be made by package service from Market 
and Chestnut Street Ferries, Broad Street Station, Reading Terminal, 
and B. & O. R. R., at 24th and Chestnut Streets. 
The tariff for shipments that can be made by this method on mer¬ 
chandise they will receive packed in one piece is as follows: 
10 lbs. and under, 12c. 26 lbs. to 40 lbs., 24c. 
11 lbs. to 25 lbs., 18c. 41 lbs. to 50 lbs., 30c. 
Shipments weighing more cannot be sent via Package Service. 
C. O. D. SHIPMENTS 
Goods can be sent C. O. D. with the exception of perishable items, 
including plants and cold-storage bulbs. Where the shipment is to be 
made by Express or Freight, it is necessary to send a partial remittance 
with the order. We are sorry but we are unable to accept C. O. D. orders 
for less than $1.00. 
CONDITIONS OF SALES 
All contracts, sales, and acknowledgments of orders are contingent on 
crop failures, our ability to import and make deliveries in conformity 
with the “Plant Quarantine Act,” partial deliveries by growers or manu¬ 
facturers, strikes, or other unavoidable causes beyond our control, clerical 
errors included; also unsatisfactory credit standing. All quotations are 
subject to market changes and goods being unsold on receipt of order. 
Henry F. Michell Co. give no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the 
description, purity, or productiveness of any seeds, plants, or bulbs they 
send out, and they cannot be in any way responsible for the crop. If the 
customer does not accept the goods on these terms, he must notify us at 
once, and we will give instructions for disposition of the goods. 
Forwarding Service 
We pay postage charges on all orders for Vegetable Seeds, 
Flower Seeds, and Grass Seeds in quantities up to 5 pounds 
(unless otherwise noted) to the first and second zones. If 
larger quantities of the above, also Bulbs, Plants, and 
Sundries, are wanted by Parcel Post, remit for postage 
the amount named in connection with the item to the first 
and second zones; for other zones add additional postage 
or at the rate quoted in table opposite. 
AH Plants, Roots, and Bulbs are forwarded by Express 
(or Parcel Post when possible), purchaser paying charges, 
unless otherwise noted. 
For those of our customers who prefer to receive such 
goods by Parcel Post, we will be pleased to forward in this 
manner such plants as can be sent in this way at the follow¬ 
ing additional cost, which must be added to the value of 
each order for Plants, Roots, or Bulbs unless otherwise 
noted. 
To all points east of the Mississippi River, add 10 per 
cent to cover postage and packing charges; to all points 
west of the Mississippi River, add 15 per cent. 
SAFE ARRIVAL. We guarantee the safe arrival of all 
goods sent to points within the United States except when 
shipped to points where there is no Express or Freight agent; 
to such points the purchaser must assume any claim for 
loss or damage. 
PARCEL POST RATES from Philadelphia (subject to change) 
United States Parcel Post Rates 
(Seeds, plants, and bulbs included) 
(Subject to Change) 
First 
pound 
or 
fraction 
Each 
additional 
pound or 
fraction 
Packages must not exceed 
100 inches (length and girth 
combined) 
Local Rate, Philadelphia. 
$0 07 
$0 01 
1st Zone, within 50 miles of Philadelphia. . . . 
08 
01.1 
Limit of weight to all 
2d Zone, over 50 and under 150 miles. . . . 
08 
01.1 
zones, 70 lbs. 
3d Zone, over 150 and under 300 miles. . . . 
09 
02 
A fraction of a cent in 
4th Zone, over 300 and under 600 miles. . . . 
10 
03.5 
the total amount of 
5th Zone, over 600 and under 1000 miles. . . . 
11 
05.3 
postage on any parcel 
6th Zone, over 1000 and under 1400 miles. . . . 
12 
07 
shall be counted as a 
7th Zone, over 1400 and under 1800 miles. . . . 
14 
09 
full cent. 
8th Zone, over 1800 miles. 
15 
11 
On Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, or Roots not exceeding eight (8) ounces in weight, the postage charge is lc. 
for each two (2) ounces or fraction thereof; on Sundries or other Merchandise not exceeding eight (8) 
ounces in weight, the postage charge is 1 Yic. for each two (2) ounces or fraction thereof. Seeds, Bulbs, 
Plants, Roots, Sundries, etc., weighing over eight (8) ounces are sent at zone rates. 
If Special Delivery is wanted, an additional 15c. is required on packages weighing up to two (2) pounds 
—25c. on packages weighing more than two (2) pounds and up to ten (10) pounds—35c. on packages 
weighing more than ten (10) pounds, which also includes special handling and transportation as first- 
class mail. 
If remittance accompanies order, a sufficient amount should be included to cover the extra charges— 
if ordered to be sent by either of the methods as stated above. 
PARCEL POST CHARGES QUOTED BY US ARE FOR DELIVERY IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY 
Notice to Customers in Canada and other Countries outside of the United States 
In remitting for purchases at the time of ordering, or when paying accounts, by reason of the exchange we ask that you please send Post Office 
Money Order in United States funds or a check or draft on a New York or Philadelphia Bank in par United States funds. 
HENRY F. MICHELL CO., 516 and 518 Martel St., PHIL A. 
WAREHOUSES: 
509-11-13 Ludlow St. and 
American and Dauphin Sts. 
CEXItC BULBS, PLANTS, GARDEN SUPPLIES, FERTILIZERS 
INSECT DESTROYERS, POULTRY SUPPLIES, ETC. 
