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It will get prompt, courteous 
attention here 
LOCAL DELIVERY 
Our free delivery service covers the suburban 
Philadelphia area. The limits are: PAOLI, RIDLEY 
PARK, CHESTNUT HILL, WILLOW GROVE, 
ABINGTON, RYDAL, SOMERTON, SPRING- 
FIELD, MORTON, and Intermediate points, but 
we do not guarantee to maintain a daily delivery to 
these places. 
SPECIAL ATTENTION 
To our customers in New Jersey: 
Due to the curtailment of motor trans- 
portation and other conditions beyond our 
control, we are unable to make free deliveries 
to Camden and vicinity. 
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 
merchandise they will recetve packed in one piece 
is as follows: 
10 Ibs. and under, 12c. 26 Ibs. to 40 Ibs., 24c. 
11 Ibs. to 25 Ibs., 18c. 41 Ibs. to 50 Ibs., 30c. 
Shipments weighing more cannot be sent 
via Package Service. 
ORDER EARLY 
We would greatly appreciate it if you would send 
orders for seeds, plants, bulbs, etc., during January 
and February whenever possible. Shipments will be 
made when you want the goods. 
GIFT CERTIFICATES 
“Michell’s Gift Certificates”? available in any 
amount and redeemable at any time for our 
merchandise are most unusual gifts for your gar- 
den-loving friends. They are ideal for Christmas, 
birthday and other remembrances. 

WE WELCOME CHARGE ACCOUNTS 
We invite you to take advantage of the conveni- 
ence of a charge account 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. 
HAVE YOU MOVED? 
Please let us know of any permanent change of 
address so that you may receive our catalogs 
regularly. 



CUSTOMERS’ SERVICE 
We endeavor at all times to take care 
of our customers’ requirements. How- 
ever, due to wartime conditions, we are 
not always able to supply just the item 
you order. We ask your permission to 
substitute a similar variety, when the 
supply of the variety ordered is exhausted. 
n this event we feel sure that we can 
render satisfactory service. 
SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS 
Always state by what method you want 
goods forwarded; otherwise we will ship 
according to our best judgment. 
PACKING CHARGES 
No charge ts made for boxes, packing, 
or bags, except for two-bushel seamless 
sacks, which are returnable for credit at 
the market price as charged. 
C.O0.D. SHIPMENTS 
Goods can be sent C. O. D. with the ex- 
ception of perishable items: plants and 
cold-storage bulbs. If shipment is re- 
quested by express or freight, send a par- 
tial remittance with the order. No C.O.D. 
orders accepted for less than $1.00. 
CONDITIONS OF SALE 
All contracts, sales, and acknowledgments of orders are contingent on crop fail- 
ures, our ability to import and make deliveries in conformity with the ‘‘Plant Quar- 
antine Act,” partial deliveries by growers or manufacturers, strikes, or other un- 
avoidable causes beyond our control, clerical errors included; also unsatisfactory 
credit standing. AII quotations are subject to market changes and goods being un- 
sold on receipt of order. 
_ Henry F. Michell Co. give no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the descrip- 
tion, 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 below. 
All 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 
following 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 post- 
age 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) 
First Each 
pound | additional 
or pound or 
fraction fraction 

Packages must not 
exceed 100 inches 
(length and girth 
combined) 
United States Parcel Post Rates 
(Seeds, Plants and Bulbs Included) 
(Subject to Change) 

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1st Zone, within 50 miles of Philadelphia..... 
2d Zone, over 50 and under 150 miles..... 
3d Zone, over 150 and under 300 miles..... 
4th Zone, over 300 and under 600 miles..... 
5th Zone, over 600 and under 1000 miles.... 
6th Zone, over 1000 and under 1400 miles... . 
7th Zone, over 1400 and under 1800 miles.... 
Sth Zones over 1 30 0imiles serine | tericreenatel 
Limit of weight 
to all zones, 70 lbs. 
A fraction of a 
cent in the total 
amount of postage 
on any parcel shall 
be counted as a 
full cent. 

On Seeds, Bulbs, Plants, or Roots not exceeding eight (8) ounces in weight, the postage charge 
is 1c. 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 }4c. 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 17c. 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 transporta- 
tion as first-class mail. ; Z Z 
If remittance accompanies order, a sufficient amount should be included to cover the extra 
charges—if order to be sent by either of the methods as stated above. 
PARCEL POST CHARGES QUOTED 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 in United 
States funds. 
HENRY F. MICHELL CO. 
516-518 Market Street PHILADELPHIA 5, PA. 
WAREHOUSES: 509-11-13 Ludlow St. and American and Dauphin Sts. 
