GENERAL INFORMATION 
and SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS 
SEEDLINGS IN TUBES 
Seedlings in tubes will be shipped dry; that is, removed from the agar-agar 
and put back into the tubes dry. This prevents the stirring up of seedlings 
during shipment. Seedlings in tubes are never offered for sale until they are 
ready for transplanting into community pots. To avoid excessive losses, 
prepare your community pots in advance and plan to transplant seedlings 
upon arrival. 
CUSTOMERS WHO WISH TO GROW ON THEIR SEEDLINGS FOR A 
WHILE LONGER IN THE TUBES SHOULD PLAN TO PICK THEM UP 
HERE AT KIESEWETTER’S ORCHID GARDENS. 
ORDERING 
Orders may be placed early to reserve your selections, but shipments will be 
made only when weather conditions permit safe delivery to your door. 
Orchid plants must be guarded against chilling since they may not recover 
from the set-back suffered. The safe shipping period opens about April 
15th and continues through October. If shipment is made to a cold area, you 
should plan to pick up the parcel immediately upon arrival, thus averting 
delays and exposure in unheated delivery trucks. 
When you place your order, please mention a second choice, if you have one. 
NO SUBSTITUTIONS WILL BE MADE WITHOUT SPECIFIC INSTRUC- 
TIONS FROM YOU. 
PRINT OR TYPE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS CLEARLY. 
INCLUDE DEFINITE SHIPPING INSTRUCTIONS WITH ALL ORDERS. 
Please specify whether you wish your package sent by Air Mail, Air Parcel 
Post, regular mail, Air Express, Air Freight, or Railway Express. 
SHIPPING 
Selection is unfailingly made from the finest and largest plants available in 
each lot of the cross in your order; however, please remember that all 
crosses do not attain the same size at the same time, therefore, do not 
expect to receive seedlings all of equal size when ordering various crosses. 
They may or may not be so, and the explanation is simple: all of the tubes 
are not started at the same time, therefore, the period of growth varies in 
each case placing different crosses at an individual stage of development. 
Furthermore, different parent plants evidence different growing habits often 
reflected in the seedlings produced by these plants. Also, the amount and 
intensity of sunlight during any one season plays an important part in the 
growth of plants: seedling size from the same cross may vary somewhat 
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