GOLDEN GATE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION 
in San Francisco Bay 
FROM FEBRUARY TO NOVEMBER, 1939 
There will be a continuous Flower Show during the entire period in the great Horticultural 
Building on Treasure Island. 
T. o our friends and customers on the Pacific Coast our recommendation is . . . PLANT 
DAHLIAS FOR COLOR DURING THE EXPOSITION YEAR. 
To you all who plan to come to California during 1939 we extend a cordial invitation to 
visit us at our gardens on El Camino Real, the original Spanish-California Coast Highway, three 
miles south of Stanford University. Here you will see together with our own creations, many of 
which are still undisseminated, most of the best known dahlias from other sources, growing under 
average weather conditions. This we think is America’s best Trial Garden. 
To commemorate the 1939 Exposition, we have named our new giant introduction this year 
“San Francisco”, the City by the Golden Gate, which is sponsoring the Exposition. 
The dahlia is San Francisco’s official flower and the past year the 24th Annual Show of the 
Dahlia Society of California was the guest of the City at San Francisco’s magnificent City Hall, 
the first time an exhibit of any kind has ever been permitted in the City Hall. 
For the eighth successive year at the San Francisco Show we were the winner of the Best 
Twelve Dahlias of California Origin (Mayor of San Francisco Trophy). This collection included 
Leland Stanford, Grand Marshal, California Idol, California Peach, Azura, Coronado, Miss 
Glory, Pacific Splendor, Grandee, Satan, Sonoma and Mona Lisa. 
SPECIAL DAHLIA COLLECTIONS: 
$10.00 per dozen and $25.00 per dozen Net. 
These collections of extra value and liberal count represent a real bargain in dahlias especially for 
those not familiar with named varieties. Their popularity in the past prompts us to continue 
offering these collections. 
DAHLIA SEEDS: 
Hand-pollenized seeds from the largest and best varieties, $10.00 per 100 Net. 
We make no spectacular claims for our seeds but these seeds are the best that it is possible to pro¬ 
cure. Growing dahlias from seeds is solely a matter of experiment. New varieties of real com¬ 
mercial value are not easily obtained. Some of the leading introductions of past years have been 
grown from seeds purchased from us. The better the seed, the better the chance. 
We are the originators of the world-famous “GIANTS OF THE SHOW ROOM” strain. 
This is our Eighteenth Annual Catalogue. 
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BALLAY DAHLIA GARDENS 
R. D. 1, Box 675 
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 
Telephone: Palo Alto 3570 
