MAIL ORDERS 
Through Paul J. Howard’s Mail Order Service, the choicest seeds, plants, 
bulbs, and garden adornments from California and world-wide sources are 
now made available to your garden. 
Paul J. Howard’s selects every article for Mail Orders with the same care 
that you would if choosing your own. 
Prompt attention; careful selection; efficient packing, secure without excess weight, are rigid rules 
of Paul J. Howard’s Mail Order Service. 
FREE DELIVERY—Orders of $1.00 or more . . . Daily to Los Angeles, 
Beverly Hills, Santa Monica Bay District, Hollywood, San Fernando Valley. 
FREQUENT SERVICE to all points in Los Angeles County, free delivery on orders of $10.00 or more. 
A slight charge for orders under $10.00. 
From Santa Barbara to San Diego—Frequent delivery service at charges less than actual cost, during 
the Spring planting season. 
PLEASE OBSERVE WHEN ORDERING 
USE ORDER BLANK. Fill in carefully. The order blanks 
save time and prevent errors. Additional order blanks 
will be furnished upon request. 
PRICES in catalog are F.O.B. Los Angeles. 
SEEDS will be sent prepaid at catalog prices. 
BULBS in quantities less than 50, are sent prepaid; orders 
of 50 or more bulbs, Express Collect unless 10% 
additional is sent for postage. 
PLANTS. We recommend shipment by Express for safety. 
All plants are carefully packed, without excess weight, 
assuring their safe delivery at lowest cost for trans¬ 
portation. No orders for less than $1.00, except for 
seeds can be accepted. 
TERMS. Cash with order, except for customers having 
established charge accounts. 
C.O.D. No plants or perishable articles can be sent C.O.D. 
Seed and bulb orders should not be requested C.O.D. 
because of extra charges collected by the Post Office 
or other carrier. Cash with order saves time and 
money. 
REMITTANCES. Send P.O. Money Order, Express Money 
Order, or Check. Currency should be sent by Regis¬ 
tered Mail. 
SUBSTITUTION. Please state whether substitution will be 
permitted, as we feel at liberty when no instructions 
accompany the order to substitute for varieties out of 
stock others which are similar, or superior. When a 
certain variety is selected which we feel not suited 
to the customer’s locality or when a variety has been 
superceded by another which is superior we feel at 
liberty to substitute. 
GUARANTEE. We guarantee all plants to be in perfect 
condition when delivered to carrier, but accept no re¬ 
sponsibility for the safe arrival after they have been 
accepted and found in good order. Should they be 
received in unsatisfactory condition we must be noti¬ 
fied at once, so that proper adjustment can be made. 
We cannot be responsible for failures resulting from 
conditions beyond our control, and unless notified at 
time of arrival of any injury to or dissatisfaction with 
goods received, no adjustment can be made. 
NON WARRANTY. While we exercise every care to have 
all stock true to name, we give no warranty expressed 
or implied as to purity, description, quality, produc¬ 
tiveness or any other matter of any seeds, bulbs, or 
plants we send out and we will not be in any way 
responsible for the crop. If purchaser does not ac¬ 
cept the goods on these terms they are to be at once 
returned and the money paid will be refunded. 
SALES TAX. All residents of California, whose orders are 
to be delivered within California must add 21/2% 
Sales Tax to their remittance. 
Example: 
SALE:— 
TAX 
.15 to .59 
.01 
.60 — 1.05 
.02 
1.06 — 1.49 
.03 
1.50 — 1.90 
.04 
1.91 to 2.30 
.05 
And lc for each additional 40c. 
PAUL J. HOWARD’S 
HORTICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENT 
250 South La Brea Ave., 
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. TELEPHONE: WHITNEY 1141 
NAME 
Abelia .. 
Abies 
Abutilon 
Acacia 
Acanthus 
Achillea . 
INDEX 
PAGE NAME 
A Aconitum ... 
.32 Acroclinium . . 
.46 African Daisy 
.32 African Golden 
.44,45 African Violet 
.16 Agathea .... 
.16 Ageratum ... 
NAME PAGE 
Ajuga .16 
Akee .49 
Albizzia .44 
PAGE Alectryon ..45 
.16 Almond, Flowering ...41 
.. .55 Aloe .77 
_30,55 Alonsoa .55 
Daisy..56 Alternanthera 
.78 Alyssum .16,55,60 
, ... 16, 60 Amaranthus .30, 55 
.30, 53, 55 Ampelopsis .50, 78 
NAME PAGE 
Anchusa .16,17,60 
Anemone .1 8, 60 
Angels Trumpet .35 
Annual Flowering 
Plants .30-31 
Anona .49 
Antigonon .50 
Antirrhinum (See 
Snapdragons 31,54, 55) 
Apple, Flowering . .42-43 
Apricot, Flowering . . .43 
NAME 
Aquilegia 
Arabis . ., 
Aralia .. 
Araucaria 
Arborvitae 
Arbutus 
Arctotis . 
Arenaria 
Armeria 
Artemesia 
Artillery Plant 
PAGE NAME PAGE 
17, 60 Ash . 44 
...17 Aspidistra . 78 
...78 Aster ..17,30,32,53,55 
46,78 Aubretia .18,60 
.. .46 Aucuba .32 
...32 Australian Bluebell 
30,55 (See Sollya 40) 
...17 Australian Pea 
... 18 Vine.50, 60 
... 18 Avocado .48 
.. .25 Azalea .32 
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