PLANT AND NURSERY MATERIAL 
FOR SALE AT 
THE CANAL ZONE EXPERIMENT GARDENS, SUMMIT, CANAL ZONE 
The Canal Zone Experiment Gardens maintain a Nursery as a means of 
disseminating economic and ornamental plants. This department can supply 
nursery propagating materials such as budwood, cions, budding tape, and 
soil for the potting of plants, and sowing of seeds, Herewith is a list of 
these plants and materials with prices. The prices quoted are for plants 
to be called for at the Gardens, or to be shipped, at the buyers expense 
and risk. All prices are subject to change, without notice. It will be 
observed that the quotations in many cases are for plants in tin cans. Any 
such plants can be supplied in regular clay pots at a corresponding additional 
charge. Young seedling plants can be obtained in quantities in flats, at 
lower rates per hundred, or per thousand. Arrangements for such delivery 
should be made several months in advance. 
The Gardens can arrange for the forwarding of plants to buyers in 
any regular port of call in Central America, South America, Mexico, or the 
West Indies. Deliveries can be made at the usual transportation charges 
to any representative of the buyer in Colon, or Panama City. Any other 
than Panama or Canal Zone purchasers are strongly urged to consult with the 
Department of Agriculture of their respective countries for information re- 
garding the importation of plants. NECESSARY PERMITS MUST ACCOMPANY ORDERS. 
Further charges may be necessary in the case of large shipments of plants 
that require special packing for export shipment. This charge usually 
approximates 15% of the catalogue value of the shipment. No guarantee can 
be given as to the number of plants available, nor as to the identity of 
varieties, but every effort is made to fill orders completely and accurately. 
Substitutions will be made only when the buyer so requests. 
Full payment must be received with orders. Payment may be made in 
cash, or by postal money order, draft, or check. All payments must be made 
payable to the Collector, The Panama Canal, Balboa Heights, C. Z All re- 
mittances, and all correspondence, should be sent to the Director, Canal 
Zone Experiment Gardens, Summit, Canal Zone, except that buyers who maintain 
deposits with the Collector, may direct that charges be made against such 
deposits. For foreign shipments, where the exact amount of all charges 
cannot be known in advance, it is important to forward an amount ample to 
cover all expenses, and thus avoid delays in shipment. Charges for plants, 
freight, forwarding , etc., will be made against such deposits, and any 
balance due the buyer at the close of the transaction, will be returned by 
the Collector. 
(CB-19583/1000) 
