2 COUCH BROS. NURSERY COMPANY 
Terms and Conditions of Sale 
TERMS: Five percent (5%) discount and free 
boxing and packing when cash accompanies your 
order. This does not apply to balled and burlapped 
items, such charges will be at actual cost of the ma¬ 
terial used. 
All accounts are due sixty days from date of in¬ 
voice. Interest charged on past due accounts. Cash or 
satisfactory reference is required of unknown parties. 
COLLECTED STOCK: We handle each order for 
collected stock individually. All material is dug 
fresh from the forests—on wet days only—after the 
order is received. The plants are selected by ex¬ 
perienced collectors; graded in the woods; the best 
plants brought to the nursery, and regraded there. 
Shipments of collected stock are en route to custo¬ 
mer within a maximum of 48 hours from the time 
plants are taken from the forests. We do not guar¬ 
antee all shipments of collected stock to be satisfac¬ 
tory, but we believe our method of handling this ma¬ 
terial insures better quality plants. All collected 
stock is fresh-dug; nothing kept in storage. Orders 
are booked from special quotations only. Send us 
your want list. 
SHIPPING: Please give us definite shipping in¬ 
structions. In the absence of special instructions we 
use our best judgment without assuming responsibi¬ 
lity. After delivery to forwarders, all articles tra¬ 
vel at the risk of the purchaser, and if loss or delay 
occurs, the forwarders alone are responsible. 
We charge, for boxing and packing at cost of the 
material used. Orders are accepted subject to prior 
sale of stock, crop injury or loss from any causes 
beyond our control. 25 plants at 100 rates; 250 
plants at 1000 rates; 2,500 plants at 10,000 rates. 
CLAIMS: We are careful to keep our stock true 
to name as labeled and will replace on proper proof, 
any stock that may prove otherwise, free from 
charge or refund the amount paid us, but it is mu¬ 
tually agreed that he shall not be liable for any 
amount greater than the purchase price. No claim 
will be entertained unless it is made within ten days 
after stock is received. 
TRUCK SERVICE: We are able to offer delivery 
in private trucks within a radius of 600 miles. 
Charges average about the same as railroad rates 
with the elimination of packing charges and delivery 
to your door. Write for further information. 
LOCATION: McMinnville is located in Middle 
Tennessee, 70 miles East of Nashville, 138 miles 
West of Knoxville on U. S. Highway No. 70 S; state 
highways No. 1, 55, and 56; and the N.C.& St.L.R.R. 
COMMUNICATION: McMinnville is served by 
Western Union Telegraph Co., and Southern Conti¬ 
nental Telephone Co. Our telephone numbers are: 
Day, McMinnville 2304; Night, McMinnville 153-R. 
REFERENCES: Any bank or business house in 
McMinnville, the Commercial Agencies or any of the 
leading nurserymen in the United States. We are 
members of the American Association of Nursery¬ 
men, Southern Nurserymen’s Association and Tenn¬ 
essee State Nurserymen’s Association. 
SAMPLES: We will be glad to send samples of 
any items on request, at the rate for ten plants. 
