CALIFORNIA SEED AND BULB COMPANY 
FRANK D. VINCENT, “Che Bulb King” 
Bulbs, and we include spring, summer and autumn flowering, are all im- 
portant and indispensable to the home garden. They can be used to great 
advantage in many parts of the garden for thrilling and diversified effects. 
They give greater and longer satisfaction for your money than any other 
class of plants, especially when you consider the little care they actually 
require. They have a distinctive advantage over other plants. Well grown, 
healthy bulbs correctly planted, may be counted on to give results in the 
garden because the flower embryo is within the bulb at the time of purchase. 
It was built there by the bulb the season before and will come to its full glory 
in your garden. Bulbs are comparatively free of diseases, especially the daffo- 
dils which are disliked by rodents and thrive even for several years in one 
location without being lifted and replanted. So for the maximum bloom with 
the minimum in effort and care the inexperienced as well as the experienced 
gardener should look to the bulb flowers for his best buy in color, fragrance, 
beautiful form. 
































Large Trumpet Daffodils 
This group of daffodils is by far the most famous and popular of the lot. 
All have large flowers with broad petals and glorious trumpets, which in 
early spring form the basis of color in the garden. Many kinds are very 
suitable for growing in pots or in bulb fibre. The following are all yellow 
varieties. In a separate classification we have listed the bicolors below. 
Yellow Trumpets 
Dawson City. Really a showy garden type and prized for exhibition purposes, 
this beautifully formed Daffodil with its perfectly symmetrical perianth 
of large broad petals, greatly overlapping and a soft clear yellow and long 
straight trumpet is really a thing of beauty in the spring garden. 
= bulbs for SOE 2 torn $3 2a, 25 10m 55.5 Os lOOn om 2 0100 
King Alfred. One of the most dependable of the Daffodils is the very large 
and very shapely King Alfred whose great flowers are of the purest deep 
yellow and held aloft on strong stems. It is deservedly popular and is 
grown wherever Daffodils are planted. It is by far the best buy in its 
price range. 
3 bulbs for 60c, 12 for $2.00, 25 for $3.75, 100 for $14.00 
Hints on Growing Daffodils 
Like all other bulbs, daffodils repay us for giving them 
the proper care by producing more and better flowers. See 
that the soil is well prepared. This means deep digging and 
plenty of plant food, especially phosphates and potash. Early 
planting is advisable. September is the best month for most 
parts of the country. Cover the tops of the bulbs about 6 
inches, and in cold climates mulch well after the ground has 
frozen. It is a mistake to leave the bulbs too many years 
without resetting them. They become crowded and fail to 
bloom. About every third year, dig the bulbs when the tops 
have ripened. Store in a cool, airy place and reset in the 
fall. Never move the bulbs before or during blooming time 
as it will injure their growth severely. 
Forcing of Daffodils 
Daffodils are very easily forced and if a little care is exer- 
ey cised you can have beautiful flowers in mid-winter. Pot up 
the bulbs in September or October in any good garden soil. 
Place pots in trench out doors, covering top of pots at least four inches. 
Be sure that they have plenty of moisture at all times, but with good 
drainage. Do not bring the pots in very early—December 20th to Janu- 
ary Ist is usually early enough for the first ones, then at intervals through 
January and February. Do not give daffodils much heat—-50 to 55 de- 
grees F. is enough at night with 60 in the daytime. 
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KING 
ALFRED 
