PLEASE OBSERVE WHEN ORDERING 
How to Order. Write plainly your name, town, county and 
state, giving street numbers and postoffice box when ex- 
pedient. 
Terms. Cash with order, except for customers having estab- 
lished charge accounts. No plant orders shipped C.O.D. 
Remittances. Send postoffice or express money order, bank 
draft or check. 
Sales Tax. All customers residing in California please add 
215% sales tax. Those living in Los Angeles add 3%. 
Prices. All prices in this catalogue are subject to change with- 
out notice. Where large quantities of plants are required we 
shall be glad to quote special prices upon request. 
Shipping. All plant orders forwarded at purchaser’s expense 
and risk by express or freight. Orders for Wild Flower Seeds 
mailed free anywhere in the United States. 
WILD FLOWERS OF 
CALIFORNIA 
The wild flowers of California are un- 
rivaled by those of any other State for 
beauty, color and romance. 
These are the flowers the padres found 
when first they set foot on California soil. 
The flowers Nature herself, the first of all 
gardeners, placed here. Flowers from the 
fragrant chaparral belt, from the moun- 
tains, from the valleys, from the seacoast, 
all can be grown luxuriantly in your own 
garden. 
We have brought these flowers out of 
their native habitats from all parts of the 
State; from foothills, from plains, from 
deserts, from mountains, from seashore. 
We have propagated and grown therm in 
our grounds so that you may enjoy them 
in your “own garden.” 
Many species are being grown success- 
fully in the eastern States and many other 
parts of the world. You will be well repaid 
for the little care and time it is necessary 
to bestow upon them. They will beautify 
your grounds and will bring to your sur- 
roundings some of the lure and the ro- 
mance of the California of early days. 

Price Twenty-five Cents 
Local Deliveries. We deliver free all orders for plants amount- 
ing to $5.00 or more to points within a reasonable distance 
of our nursery. 
Out of Town Deliveries by Truck. Where plants are purchased 
in quantities we can often make arrangements to deliver by 
truck for a charge less or not exceeding the ordinary freight 
rates. 
Packing. On all orders for plants to go by freight or express, 
please add 15% to cover cost of packing. 
Guarantee. We guarantee all plants to be true to name and 
in good condition when shipped. We do not, however, hold 
ourselves responsible for their growth, as that depends on 
the care they are given. In cases where our landscape de- 
partment does the planting we guarantee the plants for a 
period of 60 days. 
WILD FLOWERS 
I think that God must love the flowers, 
He makes them as He wills; 
He makes a lot more than we need 
And hides them in the hills. 
Yes, in the hills they are hiding 
As sweet as they can be, 
Hiding far from the sight of man, 
Where only God can see. 
The gardener takes the flowers 
And makes them rich and grand; 
A sort of aristocracy, 
I think you'll understand. 
But the wild flowers, they are different, 
In the desert wind they nod, 
And look as only things can look 
Fresh from the hands of God. 
—Epson C. Harris. 
RAINBOW MIXTURE 
Special Gift Packet 
Large packet Rainbow Mixture California Wild 
Flower Seeds as described on page 3, enclosed in 
beautifully colored envelope, reproduced from water 
color painting of California Wild Flowers. Makes a 
very pleasing gift package. 
Price 25c 

Copyright 1947 by Theodore Payne 
