To Our Friends 
and Customers: 
W E take pleasure, with the advent of another 
planting season, in presenting this instructive 
booklet listing the hardy and tested varieties of 
plants suitable for this district, with proper instruc¬ 
tions for their successful cultivation. 
VISITORS are always welcome to inspect our store and nursery, 
situated in a garden district where there is plenty of parking-space 
for cars. Since we have a seed-store and nursery combined, patrons 
will find it convenient to make all their garden-supply purchases at 
one time. Courteous and expert advisers are always on hand 
to help. 
THANK YOU. We thank the many patrons who favored us 
with orders during the past season, and trust that everything we 
supplied came fully up to expectations. 
PLEASE ORDER EARLY. The best time is just as soon as 
this Catalog reaches you. The stock may not be ready by then, 
but your order will be given immediate attention, and be filled 
just as soon as the stock is available. 
TERMS. Cash must invariably accompany order. Our prices 
are very low—as low as consistent with honest treatment and 
first-class stock—and we cannot, under any circumstances, open 
an account or do a credit business, regardless of how responsible a 
customer may be. Our liberal terms of prepayment and low prices 
will not admit it. All postpaid items are delivered free within the 
Fourth Zone, except where stated otherwise. 
On all plant orders to be sent Parcel Post for less than $1, add 15c. 
to cover cost of packing and postage. Do not forget to add the 
State Sales Tax of 3 per cent within the State of California. 
C. O. D. ORDERS. We do not send goods “Collect on Delivery” 
outside of San Francisco. 
MAKING OUT AN ORDER. Please write all orders plainly. 
Be sure to sign your name to the order, and give your post-office 
address, county, and state, also express office address if different 
from that of the post office. Please keep a copy of your order to 
check up stock on arrival. Make remittance by Bank Draft, Post 
Office or Express Money Order, or personal check, payable to the 
Sunset Seed & Nursery Co. Stamps will be accepted on small orders. 
SUBSTITUTIONS. As a rule, we do not substitute unless 
given permission to do so. Occasionally a variety may be sold 
out, and on small items it is generally better to make a good sub¬ 
stitution than to send the order short. When ordering late in the 
season, it is always best to name a second choice—but it is always 
the customer’s privilege to order “no substitutions.” We rarely 
have to substitute except at the end of the season, but it is best to 
provide for the contingency. Our advice is to order early. 
SAFE ARRIVAL GUARANTEED. We guarantee all stock to 
reach customers in good condition. Any just complaint should be 
made at once upon receipt of shipment. We ship to nearly every 
state in the Union, and with many years’ experience in packing 
and shipping, we can safely agree to deliver stock to the most 
distant points in good condition. In case of unreasonable delay 
in arrival of stock, notify us, send copy of order, when originally 
mailed, how remitted, and amount. 
NON-WARRANTY. Most of the failures with seeds, plants 
and bulbs are due to causes entirely beyond our control, such as 
unfavorable weather, too deep and too shallow plantings, slugs, 
etc., therefore we give no warranty, expressed or implied, as to 
description, purity, productiveness, or any other matter of any 
seeds, plants, bulbs, etc., we send out, and will be in no way re¬ 
sponsible for the crop. 
Nursery Department 
We offer only the highest quality 
nursery stock obtainable. It is clean, 
healthy, and always gives satisfaction. 
Inspection invited. 
When our busy season commences, 
we are rushed with orders, but there 
will be no unnecessary delay in ship¬ 
ping. We aim to ship orders the same 
day as received. 
GUARANTEE. We warrant all trees 
and plants to be good and thrifty, but 
having no control over them after de¬ 
livery to the transportation companies 
or over the planting and care after 
they are received by the buyer, we will 
not be responsible any further than 
stated. We exercise great care to have 
our nursery stock true to name. Never¬ 
theless, should any stock prove other¬ 
wise, we shall not be liable for any 
sum greater than that paid us for only 
such stock as shall prove untrue. 
NURSERY INSPECTION. Our 
nursery stock is inspected by Govern¬ 
ment inspectors, and our nursery is 
regularly inspected by county and state 
inspectors. Nevertheless, it is necessary 
by a state law that all shipments be 
inspected again when entering another 
county or state. If you have no local 
inspection service, the postmaster will 
forward the parcel to the nearest in¬ 
spector. Ask your postmaster for par¬ 
ticulars. 
All nursery stock shipped at pur¬ 
chaser’s expense, except where marked 
f >ostpaid. We deliver all nursery stock 
ree in San Francisco. Items marked 
postpaid are delivered free within the 
Fourth Zone. 
Add 10 per cent for postage charges 
for points outside of California; over 
payments will be refunded. 
Our References 
ALL PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE 
WITHOUT NOTICE 
Bank of America, Ocean-Faxon 
Branch. 
SPECIAL NOTICE. If you do not have regular horticultural inspection service in 
your locality, kindly mention this in your order. This is very important. 
SUNSET SEED AND NURSERY CO. 
“ALWAYS RELIABLE ” 
1720 Ocean Avenue (Westwood Park) » » SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 
Open Sundays 9 A. M. to 1 P. M. Phone: RAndolph 4098 
Members of the Central California Association of Nurserymen 
