Please Read Before Ordering 
SMALL ORDERS: Because of the low prices quoted in this catalog, 
and the high cost of filling small orders, we must request that orders 
sent to us be for an amount not less than three dollars. 
PARCEL POST CHARGES: Orders from one to ten roots, can 
generally be shipped cheaper by parcel post. Larger orders should go 
by express or freight. Owing to the multiplicity of Parcel Post rates 
to the various Parcel Post zones, we request all “cash-in-advance’' 
customers who desire shipments to be made by Parcel Post, to remit 
fifteen cents extra for the first-root and five cents extra for each addi¬ 
tional root. With this arrangement, we anticipate that our losses 
and gains on postage will be about equal. We reserve the privilege 
of charging postage at actual cost on shipments going to the far west¬ 
ern states. 
GIVE US SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS: When ordering please 
give full shipping address when different from postoffice, and state 
whether you desire shipment via express or freight. 
SIZE OF ROOTS: Our prices are based on liberal, well balanced 
three to five eye divisions, cut from young, thrifty plants and which 
should not be confused with divisions cut from old commercial cut- 
flower clumps that may have lost much of their vitality. The three 
to five eye divisions, through years of thorough testing, have proven 
to be the most satisfactory and economical size to buy and we recom¬ 
mend them to our customers. 
WHEN WE SHIP: We begin shipping as soon after September 
first as conditions will permit, and we continue shipping throughout 
the months of September, October and November, all of which months 
are equally suitable for successful planting of Peonies. (Fall is the 
natural season for planting Peonies, and they do not give best results 
when planted in the spring). 
TERMS: Remittance in full with order, less five per cent, from 
individuals or companies not satisfactorily rated. Others, five per 
cent for remittance with order or before date of shipment; two per 
cent ten days; net thirty days. Special terms by agreement. All 
quotations f. o. b. Berlin, Maryland, subject to stock being unsold 
upon receipt of order. All contracts and agreements are made sub¬ 
ject to flood, drouth, fire, frost, crop failure or other causes beyond 
our control. 
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PRICES ARE F. O. B. BERLIN, MARYLAND. No extra charge 
will be made for packing or package on orders sold at prices quoted 
in this catalog. We reserve the privilege to make extra charge for 
packages on any orders sold at lower than Catalog prices. 
NON-WARRANTY: We give no warranty expressed or implied 
after plants have passed beyond our control, the purchaser assuming 
all risk and responsibility of planting, growth and life of stock. We 
exercise the greatest care to keep our plants true to name and are will¬ 
ing at any time to replace from our own stock, on proper proof, all 
stock that may prove otherwise, or refund the amount paid, but it is 
mutually agreed that we shall not at any time be liable for a greater 
amount than the original cost. 
COMPLAINTS: Complaints covering packing, quality or count 
must be made to us within five days after receipt of stock. 
HARMEL PEONY COMPANY. 
10% Discount on Early Orders for Fall Shipment 
Early orders are a benefit to both buyer and seller, so as a 
special inducement, we are offering to our customers A Dis¬ 
count of Ten Per Cent from catalog prices, on all orders accom¬ 
panied by remittance in full, which reach us on or before 
August fifteenth. This is a special discount and is not in ad¬ 
dition to the regular discounts named under “terms”. 
