Dear Friends: 
I really feel a profound sense of gratitude toward the thousands of men 
and women who patronized me during these several trying years. You not 
only were patient and understanding, but proved yourselves to be just grand 
folks to put up with the many delays and inconveniences caused by the war 
effort. I feel highly honored to have gained your trust and personal friend- 
ship. I thank you. 
With this catalog I wish to announce the removal of our gardens to a 
new location. You will find the address on the front cover page. We are 
near the Santa Anita Race Track in the famous Rancho Santa Anita. The 
grounds include the finest grove of Oak trees in Scuthern California. There 
are nearly two hundred Live Oaks, some estimated to be over five hundred 
years old, and several specimens of the rare Engelman Oak which are con- 
fined to this section exclusively. These trees were the pride and joy of the 
fabulous “Lucky” Baldwin, as indeed they are of all who walk among them. 
As can be expected, because of the post war conditions we find it very 
difficult to obtain materials to build and landscape the grounds. However, 
in time we expect to build a garden that will be worthy of your visit when- 
ever you are in Southern California. It will probably take a full year to 
make any real showing in the garden. 
In order to be able to handle our mail order business with the least con- 
fusion and most efficiency, we are having the gardens open to visitors and 
customers according to the following schedule. We respectfully ask you to 
please confine your visits to these days and hours. 
Grounds open daily except Mondays and Tuesdays, 9 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. 
Sundays 2 to 5 P.M. by appointment only. 
With this issue we are listing many new and rare items and will en- 
deavor to add to the collection additional rare items as we are able to work 
up stock or make importations. Please note that we confine our sales to 
plants having bulbs, tubers, rhizomes and corms. We do not handle annuals, 
perennials, trees or shrubs. 
Again I want to express my thanks to you for your grant support and 
encouragement. 
Very sincerely yours, 
J. N. GIRIDLIAN. 
