PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING | 
ORDER EARLY—Cover Your Wants Fully: 
Never before has it been so necessary as now to 
order as soon as our catalog reaches you if you want 
to avoid the disappointment of not being able to 
secure, anywhere, certain choice varieties that you 
particularly desire. Acute nationwide stock short- 
ages, coupled with unprecedented demand, make 
apparent the great advantage and convenience to 
you of placing your order and reservation now for 
your needs during the coming twelve months. We 
will ship each kind of plant as it becomes available, 
at no extra cost to you. 
SHIPPING TIMES SUMMARIZED: 
Below we give you general shipping times for most 
of the items that we list. In some cases more de- 
tailed explanations will be found in the introduc- 
tions to the respective sections. 
IRIS, Bearded, Dwarfs, Crested, Table, Pogocyclus, 
Siberians, Autumn-flowering, Stylosas: Normally 
shipped from late June to September. On special 
request, early June, October or November. See 
page 4. 
IRIS, Oncocyclus, Regelias, Regeliocyclus, Spurias, 
Oddities: Early fall. 
IRIS, California Natives: October to March. 
GLADIOLUS—December 10 to April 15. 
LILY BULBS, SPRING BULBS, NATIVE BULBS: 
September to December and sometimes January. 
ALL SEEDS: Throughout the year, except as noted 
for seeds of certain trees and Native bulbs. 
GUARANTEE: 
We guarantee all our stock and seeds to be of first 
quality, true to name, and to reach you in first class 
condition no matter where you live. We ship to 
every state. The SIZE of the bulbs and rhizomes 
varies from variety to variety, just as the flowers 
vary in color, so please do not expect all to be the 
same size. Once we place in your hands good bulbs, 
rhizomes or seeds, and suggest how to handle them, 
we feel that it is up to you to take over from there. 
We are interested in your success, but obviously ca- 
not guarantee it. 
WE PAY TRANSPORTATION: 
(Parcel post or express) and make no charge for 
packing, on all seed orders, and on all other US. 
orders of $2.00 or more. On smaller orders, please 
add 25c for packing and postage. Foreign orders 
welcomed if $10.00 or more; we pay the postage 
to any part of the world reached by Parcel Post. 
TERMS: 
Cash with order. Remit if possible by personal 
check, postal or express money order, or bank draft. 
As an accommodation to you, small orders may be 
paid with currency, or even stamps. A 25% de- 
posit will reserve any stock for you for later deliverv 
Please remit balance before shipping time, if pos- 
sible, as C.O.D. shipments represent considerable 
extra expense to you, and extra work in our busy 
shipping department. 
CALIFORNIA SALES TAX: 


Please add 212% to cover state tax on all goods 
de'ivered in California, except vegetable seeds. 
REGARDING SUBSTITUTIONS: 
If sold out of a-variety ordered we do not substi- 
tute if it is a recent introduction or a large quantity; 
but in the case of the somewhat older varieties, and 
small amounts, we find that customers usually pre- 
fer to receive substitutes. Unless you instruct us 
to the contrary, or give second choices, we will, 
when sold out, send another variety of equal or 
better value, of similar color, correctly labeled. 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS: 
Preserve this catalog for reference as it contains 
many valuable cultural hints. Additional cultural 
directions will be sent with all orders for Iris, Gladi- 
olus, Lilies, seeds, and pollen. We believe in helpful! 
service. How else can we be of service to you? 
CATALOG YEARLY for All Who Order: 
We maintain very extensive mailing lists, and you 
will receive our catalog with its new offerings reg- 
ularly without special request as long as you indi- 
cate your interest by sending at least one order, 
however small, each year. Obviously it is not pos- 
sible for us to continue to mail this expensive catalog 
to people who are not interested in acquiring any of 
our numerous offerings. If you are interested, but 
for some reason cannot order in any given year, just 
write and tell us in what you are interested, and ask 
that your name be retained on our mailing list. We'll 
send you another complimentary catalog as soon as 
it is issued. Isn’t that meeting you half way? 
HOW TO GET FREE PERMANENT LABELS: 
The average gardener has no adequate solution to 
the labeling problem, and the labels that are cus- 
tomarily furnished with Iris and other plants are of 
a highly temporary character. Good labels are often 
considered too expensive to furnish free with plants, 
but we make this offer: 
We will furnish free with each Iris or other plant 
or bulbs valued at $2.00 or more per variety (whether 
for | or several) a beautiful dark green permanent 
Simplex label with clear white lettering, and with a 
long-lasting copper wire. When these labels are 
attached to heavy wire stakes (each having a loop 
at the top) and inserted next to the plants, they 
furnish a very artistic, unobtrusive and weather- 
proof means of keeping track of your valuable new 
plant acquisitions. 
We will also furnish these attractive labels for 
less expensive varieties on your order if you will add 
to the back of the order blank, for each such labe! 
desired, the name and address of one friend, neigh- 
bor, or relative anywhere who is really interested in 
Iris or in gardening. 
We can also supply blank Simplex labels that you 
can make up yourself for your present varieties of 
Iris, roses, perennials, shrubs, berries, grapes, fruit 
trees, etc. These labels are Simplex No. 31, green, 
3 x 1/2 inches with heavy copper wires for attaching, 
and are priced as follows, postpaid, including stylus: 
0c per dozen, $2.50 per 100. If you try a dozen 
now, we prophesy that you will be so pleased that 
you will soon order a hundred or more. Your neigh- 
bors will all want some, too. 

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