“IT COSTS NO MORE TO GROW THE BEST” 
You can’t insure your garden — but a very few additional cents invested 
in Salbach seeds or bulbs will bring you the next best thing — assurance 
that you are starting with the finest stock obtainable. 
An advertisement of a few years ago carried the title, “What a whale of 
a difference a few cents make,” but in terms of your garden, this statement 
wouldn’t tell half the story. After all, it takes just as much garden space, 
just as much water, and just as much weeding for you to grow a poor plant 
as for a prize-winner. But those few extra pennies on your original purchase 
determine whether your garden is one that your neighbors truly envy, or 
whether it is “just another garden.” 
As an example of the excellence of Salbach stock, we quote from a letter 
sent, not to us, but to a customer who had chosen to send our merchandise 
abroad — “The gladiolus you sent me are the biggest happiness I ever had. 
They are the richest things I ever saw in my garden. No one here has ever 
seen such fine flowers. Many people from way off, including nurserymen and 
commercial gardeners, came to see them” — this from far-off Denmark. 
The bulbs and seeds we send out are the finest that can be obtained, and 
are free from pests or injurious diseases. Our gladiolus are given special 
precautionary treatment, and our dahlias and seeds are carefully inspected 
for any sign of sickness or insects. 
Member of 
Alameda County Floral Society 
American Dahlia Society 
American Gladiolus Society 
American Iris Society 
British Gladiolus Society 
British Iris Society 
California Gladiolus Society 
Canadian Dahlia Society 
Dahlia Society of California 
Dahlia Society of Southern California 
East Bay Gladiolus Society 
Fellow Royal Horticultural Society 
CONTENTS 
Christmas Suggestions ... 
Dahlias . 
Large Flowering . 
New Introductions . 
Small Flowering ...... 
Special Collections 
Dahlia Seed . 
Gladiolus . 
Large Flowering . 
New Introductions . 
Small Flowering . 
Special Collections 
How to Order. 
Selected Seed Specialties 
1 0 and 26 
1 7-23 inch 
.18-23 inch 
18 
.17 
23 
.24-25 
. 2-15 inch 
. 2-14 inch 
3 
15 
14-15 
.16 
.26-32 inch 
