GENERAL PRICE LIST, 1946-47 ————_______________- 
ADVICE TO CORRESPONDENTS, DIRECTIONS TO CUSTOMERS 
AND CONDITIONS OF SALE 
OUR NURSERIES are situated adjacent to the city of Naperville, 
DuPage County, Illinois, some 28 miles west of Chicago, on the Chi- 
cago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. Popular automobile routes as State 
Route No. 65, and U.S. Highway No. 34 pass our Nurseries. 
All prices named herein are: 
Limited to 1946-47 and supersedes those of any previous Wholesale 
Price List. 
For goods f. o. b. Nurseries or cars Naperville, Illinois, exclusive of 
any packing, express, freight or transportation charges; packing charges 
are extra in addition to cost of plants. No charge for packing car lot 
orders in bulk. 
Subject to cancellation or change without further notice upon prior 
sale or depletion of our stock of goods. 
In the rush of planting seasons, customers calling at the nursery will 
be better waited upon and served by making an appointment in advance. 
It is difficult to always properly serve customers at the nursery on short 
notice, and especially on Saturdays. 
Orders taken at our Sales Room on Sunday. No stock dug on Sunday. 
ORDERS. Write plainly and give explicit directions as to address and 
mode of shipment, whether by freight, express, etc. 
Orders are accepted and all shipments made subject to delays or in- 
ability to ship or deliver by reason or on account of strikes, accidents, 
droughts, fire, floods, frost, hail, sleet, war conditions and orders, rail- 
road or express embargoes, priority or other transportation orders, prior 
sale of stock, stock shortage, labor or car shortage, or any other cause 
or causes for delay in shipment or delivery of goods which are beyond 
our control. 
Due to general conditions of weather, possible labor shortage and 
other contingencies, during the digging and shipping season, we do not 
guarantee to fill all items of an order or orders placed with us in one 
or first shipment. 
_ Due to current lumber shortage we may not be able to ship items 
that would require boxing. 
GUARANTEE AND CLAIMS. In growing and furnishing all Nursery 
stock, we exercise the utmost diligence and care to have it true to name 
and will, on proper proof, within one year from date to our satisfaction, 
replace in ordered sizes any that will prove otherwise or refund the 
amount paid. Any and all sales made by us do not include any warranty 
expressed, or implied, as to quality, description, productiveness, growth, 
or any other matter or qualifications pertaining to the Nursery stock sold. 
It is mutually agreed and understood between the Purchaser and Our- 
selves, that in any case we shall not be liable for a sum greater than the 
amount originally paid us for any tree or plants, etc., that prove untrue. 
IN MAKING ALL SHIPMENTS WE CAREFULLY CONSIDER CON- 
DITIONS IN GENERAL AND ACT ACCORDINGLY. ALL SHIPMENTS 
AT PURCHASER’S RISK. 
In absence of specific instructions, we are to route all shipments ac- 
cording to our best judgment without assuming responsibility. 
If destination is a Prepaid Station, freight charges will be prepaid by 
us and charged for on invoice. 
