TO OUR PATRONS 
We are indebted to you who have contributed to our 
success in business and made it possible for us to experi¬ 
ment with breeding and improvement of plants on a 
larger and larger scale. . . . The process of breeding, 
selecting and eliminating is naturally slow, and no spec¬ 
tacular achievements can be had overnight. The higher 
the standard, the harder and costlier it is to bring fur¬ 
ther improvement_Our appreciation can best be ex¬ 
pressed by giving you each year better value and higher 
quality for your money than we have been able to do 
before. 
TERMS.. . Cash with order or satisfactory references. 
Seed and tubers are shipped prepaid within the United 
States. Add 25c for postage and packing on orders of 
plants or tubers amounting to less than $2.50. Plants 
are shipped by express, charges collect. Canadian cus¬ 
tomers will kindly procure permit from the Depart¬ 
ment of Agriculture, Ottawa, before any plants or tu¬ 
bers can be imported. No permit is required for seed. 
All stock guaranteed true to description but no guar¬ 
antee for the result of growing, over which we have no 
control. California state sales tax of 3 per cent must be 
paid on all retail orders from California. 
It 
JOIN AMERICAN BEGONIA SOCIETY 
Descriptive bulletins on culture of all Begonias are 
issued monthly. Membership, $1.00 per year. Write to 
AMERICAN BEGONIA SOCIETY 
1732 Temple Avenue Long Beach, California 
HOW TO GET THERE 
VISITORS are cordially invited to inspect our plant¬ 
ings during the season. The Polyanthus Primroses are 
at their best during March and the first part of April. 
... In April and May the first crop of Delphinium seed¬ 
lings is at its height.... Breeding stock of tuberous Be¬ 
gonias and Gloxinias in our greenhouses is at its best in 
June and July_In August and September over a mil¬ 
lion seedlings of tuberous Begonias can be seen in full 
bloom in our lath houses ... New crops of Delphinium 
seedlings are brought into flower during August and 
September .. .We are situated four miles out of Santa 
Cruz, as can be seen on the map. When coming from 
Santa Cruz, take the first side road to the right when 
past city limits and follow it to our nursery.... If com¬ 
ing from Watsonville, turn left in Soquel, as indicated 
on map. 
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