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. 
Gladiolus will be ready for shipment in December. 
Eastern orders, however, will be mailed between 
December 10 and March 1 only at purchaser's risk 
from freezing in transit. 
Dahlia tubers will be ready March 20. 
All of our dahlia orders will be filled with strong 
divisions of field grown tubers. We give no guar¬ 
antee for tubers used for forcing green plants. 
Dahlia Green Plants — We do not sell green plants, 
for we find that, in the majority of cases, the results 
are unsatisfactory. 
Shipping time for iris is June 1 to October 1, to suit 
customers' convenience and proper planting time. 
The stock we ship is all first quality and rhizomes ore 
of blooming size. Because of our long rainless sum¬ 
mers and our well-drained hillside gardens, the plants 
are well matured and fully dormant before shipping 
time. 
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 15c 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. 
Non-Warranty — We give no warranty, express or im¬ 
plied, 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. 
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. Mop, 
below, indicates the best routes to our gardens which are located in the hills, 
north of Berkeley proper. To reach Spruce Street: North on Shattuck, right 
three blocks on Rose, turn left onto Spruce. To reach Euclid Avenue: College 
Avenue extension, north across U. C. Campus, two blocks left, turn right onto 
Euclid. By street cor — Take No. 4 car, marked Cragmont; transfer to bus at 
end of cor line and ride to Sunset Lane. (Buses run from 6:50 to 9:50 a. m., 
and from 3:30 p. m. to 6:30 p. m., excepting Sundays and holidays, when they 
run from 10:30 a. m. to 5:50 p. m.) 
’■'Most of our standard varieties are planted at our growing fields. 
The gardens are open to visitors on 
week days from 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. 
Sundays, 9 a. m. to 1 p. m. 
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