MAIL ORDERS 
Through Paul J. Howard’s Mail Order Service, the choicest seeds, plants, 
bulbs, and garden adornments from California and world-wide sources are 
now made available to your garden. 
Paul J. Howard’s selects every article for Mail Orders with the same care 
that you would if choosing your own. 
Prompt attention; careful selection; efficient packing, secure without excess weight, are rigid rules 
of Paul J. Howard’s Mail Order Service. 
FREE DELIVERY—Orders of $1.00 or more . . . Daily to Los Angeles, 
Beverly Hills, Santa Monica Bay District, Hollywood, San Fernando Valley. 
FREQUENT SERVICE fo all points in Los Angeles County, free delivery within 40-mile radius of Los 
Angeles on orders of $10.00 or more. A slight charge for orders under $10.00. 
From Santa Barbara to San Diego—Frequent delivery service at charges less than actual cost, during the 
Spring planting season. 
PLEASE OBSERVE WHEN ORDERING 
USE ORDER BLANK. Fill in carefully. The order blanks 
save time and prevent errors. Additional order blanks 
will be furnished upon request. 
ALL PRICES in this catalog subject to change without 
notice. 
SEEDS will be sent prepaid at catalog prices. 
BULBS in quantities less than 50, are sent prepaid; orders 
of 50 or more bulbs, Express Collect unless 10% 
additional is sent for postage. 
PLANTS. We recommend shipment by Express for safety. 
All plants are carefully packed, without excess weight, 
assuring their safe delivery at lowest cost for trans- 
portation. No orders for less than $1.00, except for 
seeds, can be accepted. 
TERMS. Cash with order, except for customers having 
established charge accounts. 
C.0.D. No plants or perishable articles can be sent C.O.D. 
Seed and bulb orders should not be requested C.O.D. 
because of extra charges collected by the Post Office 
or other carrier. Cash with order saves time and 
money. 
REMITTANCES. Send P.O. Money Order, Express Money 
Order, or Check. Currency should be sent by Regis- 
tered Mail. 
SUBSTITUTION. Please state whether substitution will be 
permitted, as we feel at liberty when no instructions 
accompany the order to substitute for varieties out of 
stock others which are similar, or superior. When a 
certain variety is selected which we feel not suited 
to the customer’s locality or when a variety has been 
superceded by another which is superior we feel at 
liberty to substitute. 
PRICES in catalog are F.O.B. Los Angeles, subject to change 
without notice. 
GUARANTEE. We guarantee all plants to be in perfect 
condition when delivered to carrier, but accept no re- 
sponsibility for the safe arrival after they have been 
accepted and found in good order. Should they be 
received in unsatisfactory condition we must be noti- 
fied at once, so that proper adjustment can be made. 
We cannot be responsible for failures resulting from 
conditions beyond our control, and unless notified at 
time of arrival of any injury to or dissatisfaction with 
goods received, no adjustment can be made. 
NON WARRANTY. While we exercise every care to have 
all stock true to name, we give no warranty expressed 
or implied as to purity, description, quality, produc- 
tiveness or any other matter of any seeds, bulbs, or 
plants we send out and we will not be in any way 
responsible for the crop. If purchaser does not ac- 
cept the goods on these terms they are to be at once 
returned and the money paid will be refunded. 
SALES TAX. All residents of California, whose orders are 
to be delivered within California must add 3% Sales 
Tax to their remittance. 
Example: 
SALES :— TAX: SALES :— TAX: 
to .49 01 2.84 — 3.16 .09 
50— .83 02 3.17 — 3.49 10 
84 — 1.16 .03 3.50 — 3.83 ll 
1.17 — 1.49 -04 3.84 — 4.16 12 
1.50 — 1.83 -05 4.17 — 4.49 13 
1.84 — 2.16 .06 4.50 — 4.83 14 
2.17 — 2.49 .07 4.84 — 5.16 15 
2.50 — 2.83 .08 
Add 1c for each additional 33c. 
PAUL J. HOWARD'S 
California Flowerland 
11700 National Blivd., Los Angeles, California 
—TELEPHONES— 
Los Angeles—AShley 4-2951 
West Los Angeles—ARizona 3-1171 
Santa Monica—4-2755 
