HOW TO ORDER 
Please Read Carefully Before Ordering 
Order Early — Early orders are solicited to prevent 
disappointments in case the variety selected should 
be sold out. 
Please write your name and address plainly. 
Stock — All of our dahlia orders will be filled with 
strong divisions of field grown tubers. All gladi¬ 
olus bulbs will be of good healthy stock. 
Time — Gladiolus will be ready for shipment in Nov¬ 
ember. Eastern orders, however, will be mailed 
between December 10 and March 1 only at pur¬ 
chaser’s risk from freezing in transit. 
Seeds will be ready December 1 . 
Dahlia tubers will be ready March 20. We give no 
guarantee for tubers used for forcing green plants. 
Dahlia Green Plants — In general, we do not sell 
green plants. (See note, page 22.) In the four 
cases that we except, plants will be ready in May. 
Substitutions — We do not substitute unless directed 
to do so. If late in the season, we suggest that you 
indicate a second choice, or that you permit us to 
substitute with equal or greater value. 
Cultural Directions — Full directions included with 
every order. 
Terms — Remittance should accompany order unless 
shipment is to be sent C. O. D., or satisfactory credit 
references are given. Remit by Postal or Express 
Money Orders or by drafts on American banks 
when ordering from Canada or foreign countries. 
25% deposit will hold orders until shipping time, 
when they will be sent C. O. D. for balance unless 
otherwise arranged. 
Postage — Seed orders of any amount sent postpaid. 
On bulb orders or combination seed and bulb orders 
of less than $1.00, add 1 5c for packing and postage. 
All retail orders amounting to $1.00 or over will be 
delivered free to all points reached by regular Parcel 
Post. 
Sales Tax — Add 3% to cover tax on all goods de¬ 
livered in California. All sales delivered to other 
states not subject to tax. 
Non-Warranty — We give no warranty, express or 
implied, as to description, quality, productiveness, or 
any other matter of seeds, bulbs, rhizomes or plants 
sent out by us and will not be responsible in any way 
for the crop. If the purchaser does not accept the 
goods on these terms no sale thereof is made and 
purchaser must return them at once, and money will 
be refunded. 
References — For our business standing, please refer to 
' Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association; 
American Trust Co., Berkeley, California; Farmers and 
Merchants Savings Bank, Oakland, California. 
Our finest seedling gladiolus, and our rarest new varieties"' will be in bloom 
during July; our dahlias from August to November; iris April and May. Fol¬ 
low scenic Euclid Avenue, keeping to the right around the turn of Grizzly 
Peak Boulevard (a continuation of Euclid Avenue) turning to the left on 
Creston Road. Follow our garden signs. We are just one mile from the 
end of the No. 4 Cragmont (Euclid) line. 
'''■'Most of our standard varieties are planted at our growing fields. 
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Note to Local Customers: We are open regularly 
for Sunday business from 9:00 a. m. to 1 :00 p. m. 
During the iris season (April 1 to May 30) we will 
be open from 8:00 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. on Sundays. 
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