A WORD TO OUR FRIENDS AND PATRONS 
We take pleasure in presenting to our patrons our price list for 
the season of 1938 thanking them for past favors and soliciting a 
continuance of same. We aim to have every deal a satisfactory 
one. Our stock is first class and will be packed in the best manner. 
How to Reach Our Yard in Oakland —Take any Oakland, Berke¬ 
ley or Alameda car, transfer to Piedmont Avenue car, get off at 
Forty-first Street, near Piedmont Key Route station. Patrons from 
San Francisco take Key Route ferry boat to Oakland, then Key 
Route train for Piedmont Station. 
We also have a nursery and sales yard at Danville, in Contra 
Costa County, where we grow a great deal of our stock, especially 
our hardy perennials. It is reached by auto via Walnut Creek or 
Dublin, via Dublin • Canyon. We invite our customers to visit our 
nursery, which is situated about half way between Walnut Creek 
and Dublin on the main road. 
Planting —We use every precaution to deliver healthy, vigorous 
stock, but the measure of your success will depend upon the plant¬ 
ing and care given, as careless or ignorant handling kills thousands 
of fine trees and plants every season. Avoid unnecessary exposure of 
roots to the air. In the case of evergreens that are "balled," do not 
remove the burlap. Plant as received; only cut the string around 
the top, then loosen the burlap after the tree is set. If you cannot 
plant immediately on receipt, always "heel" in the trees' so their 
roots may be in contact with good soil. An hour's exposure of roots 
to wind or sun may kill any tree; this is especially true of ever¬ 
greens. In planting cut off the bruised or broken roots with a sharp 
knife. 
If the soil is good and properly prepared, only a hole large 
enough to easily take the roots need be dug, but better results can 
always be obtained by digging out a large space and filling in 
with good top soil. In setting the trees, do not put deeper than 
they stood in the nursery, excepting some dwarfs, which go a little 
deeper. But now comes the important detail, the neglect of which 
is responsible for many failures— 
Be sure to pack the earth solidly around the roots. Leaving the 
ground loose after planting has caused tremendous losses that gen¬ 
erally are unjustly blamed to the nurseryman. Another cause of 
great loss is the wind working the newly set trees loose from the soil. 
This kills them. Always stake newly set trees if in a windy situation. 
After trees are set, make a plan of the grounds, marking the differ¬ 
ent varieties; then remove the wire labels, as they may damage the 
growing limbs. 
Warranty —While we exercise the greatest care to have all our 
trees and plants genuine and reliable, and hold ourselves prepared 
to replace, on proper proof, all that may prove untrue to name, we 
do not give warranty, express or implied, and in case of error on 
our part it is mutually agreed between the purchaser and ourselves 
that we shall not, at any time, be held responsible for a greater 
amount than the original price of the trees. 
The California Sales Tax is to be added to the prices quoted. 
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