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 guarantee for tubers 
used for forcing green plants. 
SUBSTITUTIONS. Please write in some second choices 
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 otherwise 
arranged. 
POSTAGE. Seed Orders of any amount sent postpaid. me 
On bulb orders or combination seed and bulb orders ~ 
of less than $1.00, add 15c for packing and postage. — san 
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 deliv- 
ered in California and any other tax that may be in 
effect at the time. No tax on vegetable seed. 
NON-WARRANTY. We give no warranty, express or 
implied, 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 
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. 
: By street car—Take No. 3 line, marked Cragmont; transfer to bus at end of car line : 
GARDENS 
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purchaser must return them at once, and money will 
be refunded. tol 
REFERENCES. For our business standing, please refer q 
to BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND 
SAVINGS ASSOCIATION; AMERICAN TRUST CO., 
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA. 
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and ride to 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.) eS 
*Most of our standard varieties are planted at our growing fields. oe ce 
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SPRUCE STREET 
ALAMEDA COUNTY FLORAL SOCIETY 
ALAMEDA DAHLIA SOCIETY 
AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY 
AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY 
MEMBER OF 
BRITISH GLADIOLUS SOCIETY 
BRITISH IRIS SOCIETY 
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA NURSERYMEN’S 
ASSOCIATION 
DAHLIA SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA oe 
EAST BAY GLADIOLUS SOCIETY re. 
NEW ENGLAND GLADIOLUS SOCIETY 
FELLOW ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY ee 


CONTENTS 
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Large Flowering... hte ter ke, ieee bai Mela ey Sa 15-18 
Small Flowering! ene ott”: eee Nt chi toe Merten eatin ree cee 19 
Special Collections (2 2.25... eee 2, 2 oe ee oe eer arnneed 8 
Dahlia: Manwclac 28 oR oe, il a Soll Ree gn ac ea Ye 3 
Dahlig Seed 20.28 Set rr. i: rs ake ene VE re hy ea ae ane 20 
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