“CALIFORNIA’S 
FINEST DAHLIA SEED” 
This seed is gathered only from the large exhibi¬ 
tion-type dahlias. No others are permitted to bloom 
during seed time. The garden is planted to obtain the 
best possible crosses. We do not hand-pollenize, but 
use the bees to do this work. We believe there is no 
finer seed produced, and the many letters we have 
from our customers who order each year confirms this 
statement. 
Dahlias grow readily from seed but do not repro¬ 
duce the variety from which the seed was gathered. 
It is not easy to originate and establish a new variety, 
but IT IS a thrill to grow your dahlias this way, and 
always with the hope of success. The plants will 
bloom the first season and will produce a clump of 
roots for the next year's planting. 
To quote from our correspondence: 
"I had wonderful success with your seed last year. A 
commercial grower visiting my garden admired them 
very much and advised me to take good care of them. 
Some of the blooms were 10 to 12 inches across and 
very nearly all were double." 
"I am shipping you some tubers of a very fine seed¬ 
ling to grow in California. The bloom is very large, of 
a semi-cactus type, pink, and as nearly as I can de¬ 
scribe it would be a "Pink Satin." Has a good, strong 
stem. The finest pink I have yet seen." 
"Last year we grew a dahlia from your seed which 
we think ils very, very fine. A two-tone red and white. 
A red somewhat brighter than the Prince of Persia. 
A profuse bloomer and a very large flower. Always a 
tight center." 
"Enclosed find picture of a ROSE PINK grown from 
your 1935 seed, and I hope to have enough to show at 
New York in 1938." 
"I had wonderful blooms from your seed this past 
year, though I was a little late in planting. Only two 
were singles; of the others three or four were really 
outstanding, one a clear lemon yellow, and another a 
very dark red, almost black, but a beautiful live color. 
They were both about 14 inches across, the largest 
blooms I have had and I grow Murphy's Masterpiece, 
California Idol, Hunt's Velvet Wonder, and the rest." 
FROM A GARDEN CLUB; 
"The seedings Mrs. - Obtained from your seed has 
been an inspiration to all of us." 
SEED PRICES 
20 
seed, 
$ 1.00 
100 
seed, 
$ s.oo 
1000 
seed, 
$40.00 
To those who can take 
delivery 
of plants at the Garden, 
we grow seedlings and have them ready to set out 
about May 15. These are grown from our "California's 
Finest Dahlia Seed"—the kind we plant ourselves. 
Price, $1.25 per dozen 
