PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE ORDERING 
Write your NAME and ADDRESS plainly. 
ORDER EARLY. Early orders are solicited to prevent 
disappointments in case the variety selected should 
be sold out. 
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 
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 21/, per cent to cover tax on all goods 
delivered 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 
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 ASSOCIATION; AMERICAN TRUST CO.., 
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA. 
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. 
used for forcing green plants. 
SUBSTITUTIONS. Please write in some second choices, 
as stock is very scarce this year. 
TERMS. Remittance should accomrany 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. Twenty- 
five per cent deposit will hold orders until shipping 
time, when they will be sent C.O.D. for balance un- 
less otherwise arranged. 
: By street car—Take No. 7 line, marked Criamont transfer to bus at end of car line 
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.) 

*Most of our standard varieties are planted at our growing fields. 
RESERVOIR 

EUCLID AVENUE 

SPRUCE STREET 
MEMBER OF 
BRITISH GLADIOLUS SOCIETY DAHLIA SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA 
BRITISH IRIS SOCIETY EAST BAY GLADIOLUS SOCIETY 
CENTRAL CALIFORNIA NURSERYMEN’S NEW ENGLAND GLADIOLUS SOCIETY 
ALAMEDA COUNTY FLORAL SOCIETY 
ALAMEDA DAHLIA SOCIETY 
AMERICAN DAHLIA SOCIETY 
AMERICAN IRIS SOCIETY ASSOCIATION FELLOW ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
CONTENTS 
Begonias. (Tuberous Rooted) 2%... ee ee ee 17 
Dethliag /2. fie oh A, oe ore ra et eee 12-16 
Large. Flowering 22847... pa er es et ee 12, 13, 14 
SmcllsFlow errs cess ea oa ee ca ee eee or ee 15, 16 
Dahlia “Mamuell 35g ee ta ced oie came ae 3 
Dahlia. Seeds 25) ce Ne set, ss oe ee et en 16 
Flower: Seedio so. ge Fe eae et cree ge Re 19-23 
Gilt Suggestions 235,525.75 es ee ie 37. 4411218 
Gladiolus 0. aie SACO GROOMERS 2: F.8-LURO ES dey ALE MN ORs Sota me Te eRe 8 rE 4-1] 
New: Introductions Ge fe aera et tee Pa Pn ye ee 4 
Special Collections e507... eee ee ee eee 11 
How: ito Comtrol Tar ips 2 cee a ee 10 
How -to-Grow: Gladiolus iis G00 cs Se ea Na nl ese 11 
How to Grow- Seeds. 42020) a5 ...c..J ape ee en ee ee ee 17 
Tris Manualss.220 ee SI RR ee cere pee ate eee 3 

Bi peerate sg a Carl Salbach - 
