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TUBEROUS BEGONIA — HANGING BASKET TYPE 
See inside page for list and prices 
Pre-Started Pre-Planted 
Unit Assortments 
For the gardener who has limited facilities or one who does not care 
to undertake the details of planting the tubers in their dormant state, 
these pre-started, pre-plantecd units are ideal. They eliminate the fuss 
and bother of preparing the necessary flat and planting soil, coming to 
you already to grow in your window as an interesting window garden 
until they are ready to set into your garden for a full summer of beauty. 
Each unit contains twelve select tubers that have been pre-started before 
planting here in our greenhouse. None are planted until they have shown that 
they will grow. They are then planted in individual compartments in an especially 
constructed flat in specially compounded and fertilized planting media. On arrival 
you have but to unpack and follow directions, growing them as a window garden 
for about seven weeks before planting outdoors. On arrival root growth will have 
started but foliage will not yet have begun to develop. 
The flat in which these units are planted are unique and exclusive with our 
offer. They are so constructed that nearly all the care that is required is that you 
set a sauce dish under the flat and keep it full of water and the plants will be 
kept at just the proper moisture for best growth. This eliminates almost all of the 
fuss and muss of indoor culture and reduces to the very minimum the detail and 
bother connected with their culture WE MUST HAVE ALL ORDERS FOR 
THESE BEFORE MARCH TENTH. 
Units will be supplied ONLY with 12 tubers each in the four assortments list- 
ed below. No changes can be made. Colors will be assorted but are not subject to 
selection. Shipment of all units will be made at proper time for culture in your 
climate. They will all be forwarded by Railway Express COLLECT for the trans- 
portation charges which will probably be $1.00 ver unit. Sale price is cash with 
order the same as dormant tubers. 
COLLECTION 50 — 12 Assorted Double Camellia Flowered. 
COLLECTION 52 — 12 Assorted Double Carnation Flowered. 
COLLECTION 54 — 6 Each Assorted Camellia and Carnation Flowered. 
COLLECTION 56 — Grand Assortment 4 each Camellia, Carnation & Crispa. 
PRICE PER UNIT: $5.00. Shipment by Express Collect. 
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— GENERAL CULTURE CONTINUED — 
before it begins to get hot but afternoon sun, unless in the very late hours after 
the heat has passed, is not advisable. Visualize them as growing in a shaded 
woodland ravine in their natural habitat and you can better understand their 
needs in this respect. Pot, box or hanging basket culture can be most successful 
providing these needs are kept in mind. 
Soil can be built to their needs from several easily obtainable ingredients so 
long as it is light, fiberous and has the ability to retain moisture readily. Good 
under drainage is essential even if it is necessary to grow in boxes or raised beds. 
The basic ingredient of the soil should be sandy loam, (clay and sand may be 
substituted) leaf mould, (for which granulated peat moss may be used) and 
rotted cow manure (rich compost may be substituted for the last two. In the 
event that manure or compost is not available or for the sake of convenience, you 
may use HARROLD’S BEGONIA - GROW as the food element. You see a Satisfact- 
ary soil can easily be built practically anywhere. 
They may be grown in almost any climate with the above described conditions 
but in hot localities some care will have to be given the factor of humidity. They 
appreciate syringing of the flowers and foliage when temperature is high and on 
hot days it is desirable that they be sprayed from one to three times daily. If this 
is carefully done you need have no fear of spotting the flowers. 
Bridge St. & Lower River Rd. P. O. Box 29-R. GRANTS PASS, ORE. 
We have run many tests under widely different climatic conditions, especially in 
places where it was popularly believed that Tuberous Begonia growing was not 
practical. In all cases these tests have been made by home gardeners like yourself 
who followed our regular printed instructions. These tests have been made in the 
dry heat of the upper Sacramento Valley in California; the humid heat of the Mid- 
Mississippi Valley; the dry, high altitude of Utah and many other localities. Those 
mentioned here were those which each posed special cultural difficulties commonly 
believed to be definitely adverse to the culture of this plant. It has been proven 
that satisfactory culture is possible under widely varying conditions if proper 
attention to detail is given and reasonable gardening sense used. 
PLANTING THE TUBERS 
This is a relatively simple process, fully covered in our cultural booklet that will 
accompany your order, Basically there is a wide latitude in this although tubers 
started indoors and transplanted outside after danger of frost is past give a longer 
flowering season because they start earlier. By doing this the flowering season can 
be made to cover a full four months in most places. It is never safe, however to 
plant either started plants or tubers out in the open until killing frosts have pass- 
ed. The tubers may be planted directly into the beds where they are to bloom but 
this will mean it will take 50 to 60 days for them to make the growth required 
to start flowering. Always, if the culture given is as it should be, the plants will 
continue to bloom until the vegetation is cut down by frost in the fall. Indoor 
starting is generally advisable so the plants will have a good start and be in 
robust growth as soon as they may be safely set outside. 
For the best results we suggest that the tubers be planted in a flat or pots in 
the house at common home temperatures seven to nine weeks before usual date 
of last frost in your climate. The plants will then be of nice transplanting size 
and some will probably be showing husky buds by then. Handled in this manner, 
bloom may be had in May or June and they should reach their stride rapidly. 
PLANTING TOO EARLY NOT ADVISED 
While it has been common belief that planting must be done in January or 
February, this is not so with AMERICAN BRED and GROWN Tubers. In fact it 
is not advisable. With imported stock, yes, possibly! The reason it is not advised 
for American Grown stock is that it is more mature than that imported and there- 
fore in a more natural condition for replanting. Any bulb or tuber may be dug 
during the late weeks of the growing season and still maintain life but when dug 
before it has completed its natural growing cycle it loses its vitality. Most of the 
imported Tuberous Begonias sold in the U. S. are grown in N. Europe where the 
growing season is relatively short. The crop is usually harvested in Sept. - Oct., 
after having been set in the growing fields in May. Because of the climatic neces- 
sity for harvesting so early, it is of course advantageous to the grower and dealer 
to encourage early planting to reduce warehouse loss and shrinkage. Also this 
stock starts more slowly. 
AMERICAN BRED and GROWN stock presents an entirely different picture. 
It is mostly grown in a very small district having an ideal climate and a long 
growing season. Located on the California Coast the seasons are long and frost 
free, somewhat duplicating the Central and South American wilds where the fore- 
bearers of this family is native. Planting in the open is started in March and the 
plants stay in full growth until November. Harvest is seldom under way until 
early December and is progressive, like spring planting, extending well into 
January. This means nearly 30% longer growing time and observation of the tubers 
growth shows there is a decided increase in quality of the tuber during the last 
40 days of the growing season. 
The invariable morning fog, very slight fluctuation in night and day temperature 
and overhead irrigation supplying the foliage and soil moisture required give the 
most ideal conditions for commercial culture. Growing is done in open fields without 
special protection. This cultural condition results in a tuber that is ready to give 
maximum results when properly planted and cultured. 
From the cream of these cultures we supply young, vigorous tubers of a size 
best suited for easy culture and at prices in the popular range. They are of inter- 
mediate size 1} to 2 inch diameter (334 to 614 inch circumference). Every one will 
bloom under proper culture because they have already flowered in the growing field. 
Even tubers of less than one inch diameter have bloomed in the growing fields so 
it is certain that it will be only under the most unsuited conditions that all tubers 
we send out do not flower. You may pay considerably more for larger sizes and as 
much for smaller You will find none giving more satisfactory results if properly 
cultured. 
ABOUT SHIPPING 
The shipping of these tubers is a mass operation in our shipping department. 
Last season we sent out nearly 5,000 individual orders, Shipping is started as soon 
as this American Grown stock can be processed for replanting and earlier than it 
should be planted in most climates. This year shipping will be divided into four 
climatic zones in an effort to get the tubers to everyone at the earliest practical 
time for their climate and still protect the shipments against loss in transit from 
freezing. Shipping to the milder zone will be commenced first and dispatch to the 
colder will be progressive with the weather. 
In each zone shipping will be strictly in rotation of the booking of your order 
here in our office. This makes ordering early advisable and necessary where early 
delivery is desired. The promptness of delivery is entirely in your hands and 
dependent on your ordering. Help us to serve you well by placing your order for 
the tubers you want NOW! TODAY!! 
NO GUARANTEE:— The material offered here has all been handled by an ex- 
perienced staff and grown by the latest methods. We have grown into it every 
thing that should make it a satisfactory product. However, it will be supplied to 
thousands of gardeners with varying degrees of skill. Culture supplied by them will 
range from perfect to unsuitable. Also the stock itself, due to its hybrid nature, is 
subject to some variation beyond human control. Because of these known variable 
factors we make all sales of the material offered herein under the standard seed 
trade disclaimer as follows: 
We, Harrold’s, give no warranty, express or implied, as to the productiveness of. 
any seeds, bulbs or plants we send out and we will not be in any way responsible 
for the crop. Our liability, in all instances, is limited to the purchase price received 
for the seeds, bulbs or plants. In all cases where any form of adjustment is made, 
for any cause, this shall be in accord with instructions given in full on our invoice 
and it shall be entirely at our option whether such adjustment is by replacement in 
kind and variety ordered, credit memo issued against future purchase or by cash 
refund. 
