ORDER BY MAIL 
ddress orders to 
French 
LIMA, PENNSYLVANIA 
REMITTANCES—Use Money Orders or Checks. We cannot 
assume risk for currency not sent by Registered Mail. Please 
remit full amount. 
IMPORTANT—We do not ship items in this catalog 
C.O.D. Many items, especially perishables are not suited to 
this type of handling and on others the charges which you 
would have to pay are out of proportion to the cost of the 
goods. 
SHORTAGES—Please open all cartons before reporting short- 
ages. We often enclose small packages within larger bags, 
etc., to save transportation charges. Onion sets, roots, bulbs, 
and plants are often sent separately and later. If you must 
write us about any item please remember to send all order 
papers which are enclosed in package. 
DAMAGE—lInspect all merchandise at time of delivery. If 
damage is apparent, sign for shipment “in bad order" or 
“damaged.” 
MAILING LIST—Write us of change in your home address. 
ORDER BLANKS—Please use our order blanks whenever pos- 
sible. More will gladly be sent on request. Please print your 
name and address. Always put requests for information on 
separate sheet of paper with your full name and address. 
We offer you our warm invitation to visit our 
store and display room. We particularly urge 
your presence the early part of May. We shall 
have numerous varieties of colors and types 
DELIVERY TERMS 
On Items Offered in This Catalog 
BULBS—Prepaid anywhere in U. S. A. when remittance ac- 
companies the order. 
CLOVER SEEDS—Prepaid anywhere in U. S. A. when remit- 
tance accompanies the order. 
FERTILIZERS IN BAGS—Not prepaid except shipmenis totaling 
$7.50 or more, to our Local Delivery Area. If value is less than 
$7.50. or if goods are going beyond Local Area, shipment is 
made via Express, charges collect. 
FLOWER SEEDS—Prepaid anywhere in U. S. A. when remit- 
tance accompanies the order. 
LAWN AND OTHER GRASS SEEDS—Prepaid anywhere in 
U. S. A. when remittance accompanies the order. 
VEGETABLE SEEDS AND ROOTS—(excepi Potatoes). Prepaid 
anywhere in the U. S. A. when remittance accompanies the 
order. 
ALL OTHER GOODS— 
Marked “Prepaid’’—We prepay anywhere in U. S. A. when re- 
mittance accompanies the order. 
Marked ‘Prepaid to a Certain Point’—If beyond that point, re- 
mit postage as specified. 
Marked “Not Prepaid Except Locally’—We prepay $7.50 ship- 
ments in our Local Delivery Area. If shipment totals less than 
$7.50 or is going beyond Local Area, remit postage if ship- 
ment is reasonably small. Heavy shipments are made by 
of tulips in flower. ORDER YOUR TULIPS IN 
MAY FROM OUR LIVING CATALOGUE. Eepress. chat se* colec. 
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Local. Delivery Area 
Greater Philadelphia and Wilmington 
PARCEL POST RATES 
NOTE: For items marked prepaid, we pay the postage when remittance accompanies 
order. For items marked express collect, you pay the shipping charges on arrival. On all 
other items, please include postage according to zone rate and weight when you order. 
The shipping weight is noted beside the price. The postal chart below gives you the rates. 
(Any fraction of a pound is considered another pound.) If one or more of the items or- 
dered are to be sent express collect, then all the items will be sent express collect, and you 
need not include postage. 
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Weight Limitations on Parcel Post Shipments 
Seeds, plants, and bulbs weighing up to 70 pounds can be shipped by parcel post to 
any post office 
Fertilizers. tools, and other garden accessories and equipment, can be shipped 
to any second class postoffice up to seventy pounds, but if shipped to a first class 
postoffice the limit is 40 pounds within the first and second zones, 20 pounds beyond 
that. All shipments to Canada limited'to 15 pounds. 
In case your order will exceed in weight these limitations, and you wish it to be 
divided into several parcels of acceptable size, please figure postage on this basis 
when you are remitting postage charges. 
For each addi- 
tional pound (2 
to 70), add ... 
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