
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 | 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 CHOICES IF IT ‘IS LATE IN BES Se Fa 
SEASON. ‘f 
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 



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Postage — Seed orders of any amount sent postpaid. 3 
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 B 
Post. a 
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 occept _ 
the goods on these terms no sale thereof is made and 
purchaser must return them at once, and money will _ 
be refunded. me 
References—For our business standing, please refer to 
ordering from Canada or foreign countries. 25% Bank of America National Trust and Savings Asso- 
deposit will hold orders until shipping time, when ciation; American Trust Co., Berkeley, California. P 
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. 3 
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. 3 line, marked Cragmont; transfer to bus at end of car line and ride to 
-——f}—: Sunset Lane. (Buses run from 6:51 to 9:51 a. m., and from 3:31 to 6:31 p. m., excepting eae ; 
st, and holidays, when they run from 10:31 a. m. to 5:51 p. m.) fe: 
*Most Pop our standard varieties are planted at our growing fields. a 
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RESERVOIR 5 
EUCLID AVENUE 7 : 
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SPRUCE STREET 5 ; 
Member of :, 
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ALAMEDA COUNTY FLORAL SOCIETY BRITISH GLADIOLUS SOCIETY DAHLIA SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA = 
ALAMEDA DAHLIA SOCIETY 
AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY 
AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY 
BRITISH IRIS SOCIETY 
ASSOCIATION 
CONTENTS 
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ISIOMIOOIN ic Se 8 eee ee 20 and 21 
MPA ONSCHIONS 28.008 Oo i Td BO 15 and 20 
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CENTRAL CALIFORNIA NURSERYMEN’S 
CARL SALBACH 
EAST BAY GLADIOLUS SOCIETY 
NEW ENGLAND GLADIOLUS SOCIETY i: 
FELLOW ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY a 


Gladiolus. 25. 4to12 
New Introductions 0. oi nh 4 and 5 4 
Special Collections 2... 5 and 12, | 
How:to Control Thrips... ae 
How to Grow Gladiolus. 
How to-Grow Seeds... 2508 
Iris Manual 2. ee ee 
Selected Seed Specialties... 251031 
