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 guaran- 
tee for tubers used for forcing green plants. 
SUBSTITUTIONS — PLEASE WRITE IN SOME 
SECOND. CHOIGES IF IT IS LATE IN THE 
SEASON. 
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 other- 
wise 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 delivered 
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 Asso- 
ciation; American Trust Co., Berkeley, California. 
‘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. 

Our finest seedling gladiolus, and our rarest new varieties* will be in bloom during June and July; our dahlias from August to November; iris, April and May. 
Map, 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. 
E By street car—Take No. 4 line, marked Cragmont; transfer to bus at end of car line and ride to 








SALBACH 
GARDENS 

RESERVOIR 
EUCLID AVENUE 

SPRUCE STREET 
Sunset Lane. (Buses run from 6:51 to 9:51 a. m., and from 3:31 to 6:31 p. m., excepting Sundays 
and holidays, when they run from 10:31 a. m. to 5:51 p. m.) 
*Most of our standard varieties are planted at our growing fields. 
Member of 
ALAMEDA COUNTY FLORAL SOCIETY 
ALAMEDA DAHLIA SOCIETY 
AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY 
AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY 
BRITISH GLADIOLUS SOCIETY 
ASSOCIATION 
BRITISH IRIS SOCIETY 
CALIFORNIA GLADIOLUS SOCIETY 
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA NURSERYMEN’S 
DAHLIA SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA 
DAHLIA SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN 
CALIFORNIA 
EAST BAY GLADIOLUS SOCIETY 
NEW ENGLAND GLADIOLUS SOCIETY 
FELLOW ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
CONTENTS 
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Dablinsueeee... Saeen  iont ee he 15 to 20 
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Small Flowering 2 lige BOS A sl eee be 19 and 20 
Special Collections Spe a ean A ae ee 19 
Dahlia? Mantal ... Beye som. sg Se eee 31 
Dahlia'Seediee .... Prges. he ih Gd aS ee ee 22 
Gist ;Suqgestions cS. soe Se eee oe eee ae 3 
Gladiolus 4to 14 

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New introductions 2c0.5 4 eee ee a 4and5 
Special-Collections 2.0 2 ge | Ne 
blow? fo-ControtLhrips:<.2 ana eae oe ts 
How to Grow Gladiolus “2 
How to Grow Delphinium Seeds... = 25 
How to Grow Seeds2 0 cee he 2) 
How: to:‘Ordericc ns 2 8 eee eS 
Iris “Manvalits 22 ee eae a 31 
Selected Seed Specialties. ee 23 to 30 

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