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Title: Childs' rare flowers, vegetables, & fruits
Identifier: childsrareflower00john_9 (find matches)
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: John Lewis Childs (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Commercial catalogs Seeds; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; John Lewis Childs (Firm); Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture); Seeds; Flowers; Vegetables; Fruit trees
Publisher: Floral Park, N. Y. : John Lewis Childs
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Our Enormous Brick Bulb House, 40 x \ 00 Feet, 4 Floors* GENERAL: INSTRUCTIONS What We Do. We Take the Risk.—We guarantee that all money sent us shall reach us, if sent by Post Office or Express Company's Money Order. Bank Drafts. Bills or Coin by Registered Let- ters. We will not be responsible for coin sent in ordinary letters, or for postage stamps. Free By Mail.—We send Seeds, Bulbs and Plants fkee by mail at the prices named in this Catalogue. This brings them to the very doors of our customers with- out trouble or expense. T points where the large express companies touch, we can send some orders as cheaply by express as by mail. In such cases we send by express, pre- paid, and notify the purchaser to that effect. By Express.—If a package is ordered to go by express, we do not pay the charges; but larger Plants, Shrubs and Fruits can be sent in this way, and we always add extra ones to partly or wholly pay the cost. All the large express companies carry our goods at very low rates. We Cuarantee that every package we send out shall reach its destination in good condition, and that everything shall be received exactly as ordered. If a package is lost, or any of its contents injured on the way, we will send again. We also guarantee everything true to name. We Pack all Plants carefully in strong boxes, which insures their safe transit through the mails to the remotest part of the country or abroad. We Fill all orders as soon as received, if the stock is ready. Customers who wish their order, or any part of it, booked for shipping at a laterdate, should state the fact. To Canada, Mexico, Hawaii, New Zealand, New- foundland, Germany, most of the countries of South and Central America, and the West India Islands, we can send goods in large parcels by mail, prepaid. We can ship only Seed to other foreign countries by mail, postpaid. England, Ireland or Scotland, Australia and New Zealand.—We have so many customers in Great Britain, Australia and New Zealand, that we. at frequent intervals, fill their orders and ship tin1 parcels in bulk to our agent in Liverpool or Auckland, from which point they are forwarded to their destination by rail or parcel post. Discounts.—We make the following discounts to those who will get up a club or order largely for their own use. Considering our very low prices, we think them very liberal. j'i<,i<i mttieethat these discounts cover everything offered iti tliis Catalogue except Mayflower subscriptions in Cluhs. Those sendiug S l.oo may select articles amounting to $ 1.10 2.00 " 2.25 4.00 " " 4.00 5.00 " " 5.75 6.00 M " 7.00 10.00 " M 12.00 •2.",. no ' " 30.00 100.00 *' " 125.00 We advise the formation of large clubs, and the above discounts will certainly pay anyone for some trouble in that direction. See. also. <.ur splendid premium to Mayflower clul)s. on pages 2 and 3. Address all orders, etc., JOHN What Buyers Should Do. Forward Money with the order, and at our risk, when sent by Post-Offiee Money Order on Floral Park : greenbacks or gold or silver coin, by Registered Letter; Bank Draft or express company's Money Order. Post-Office Money Orders are by far the cheapest and the safest method for remitting, and nearly all post-offices issue them. The fee on a Mney Order is only 3 or 5 cents for small sums. We send with this Catalogue an order sheet, envelope and a blank application for a Money Order to us, and earnestly request our patrons to remit by Money Order if possible. Private Checks.—Private checks for small sums are not desirable, as it costs us so much to collect them. AH banks now charge for collecting private cheeks. Stamps—Please do not send postage stamps in pay- ment for goods if it can be avoided. Letters often get damp in transit, causing stamps when enclosed to stick together and to the order, frequently resulting in the destruction of both. We shall return such as come in bad order. Silver or Cold coin when sent in letters, should be sewed or pasted up in strong paper or cloth, to prevent its breaking through the envelope, which is frequently the case when enclosed loose. We will not he responsible for Coin sent to us except in Reyistcred Letter, nor for Stamps. Be Sure to write your name and address plainly. We have on our hands hundreds of orders of last year without names, others without post-office or state, and some with the name or post-office written in such a careless or illegible manner that it is impossible to read them. Keep a correct copy of your order, that you may know when the package arrives if all is correct, as people often forget what they ordered, and complain without cause. Please Write your order plainly and distinctly by it-elf I and nt mix it up with anything else you may wish to say. Those Who Send a neat, plainly written order will he sure to have it filled correctly and with despatch, and will also receive some valuable "extras." Always earry out the price of each article, and after adding the amounts together and deducting the discount, remit the extra sum. Order Early.—We strive to fill all orders within a day or two after they reach us. but this is frequently made impossible by a great rush of business about planting t i me. Do n«>t wait until vou need your seeds and bulbs before ordering. Anticipate planting tune by getting your orders in early. IMPORTANT—It occasionally happens that an order is lost in coming to us. or the goods in going to the customer; therefore, if any who order do not hear from us within a reasonable length of time, they should send a duplicate order, naming the date on which the former one was sent and tin- amount of money enclosed, and in what form. This will enable us to investigate the matter and fill the duplicate order with despatch. A«< inquiries will red irr attention which not contain du))licate, etc., as here mentioned. LEWIS CHILDS, Floral Park, N. Y.

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