STOP Christmas Tree FIRES 
A LIVING REDWOOD Tree Is FIRESAFE 
EVERY Christmas, dead "sawed-off" Christ- 
mas Trees of pine and fir, start fires that kill 
people, destroy millions of dollars worth of 
property. 
A bulletin issued by the National Board of 
Fire Underwriters says: ‘Your Christmas Tree 
is very combustible—being filled with pitch 
and resin, it ignites easily and burns furi- 
ously. It is virtually impossible for a non- 
skilled person to flameproof a Christmas Tree 
successfully with chemicals or paints.” They 
add ELEVEN precautions to avoid fire—few 
of which are followed in homes. 
YOU wouldn't pile gasoline-soaked paper 
and kindling wood in your home, and drape 
electric lights over the pile. Yet the dead pine 
or fir Christmas Tree, in a heated room, with 
hot lights drying the needles—soon becomes 
equally dangerous. 
Neither “flame-proofing’’ chemicals nor 
“Safety Rules” have solved the problem. Just 
as the annual mayhem and murder from 
Fourth-of-July fireworks has been stopped by 
law, so Christmas Tree fire tragedies MUST 
be ended. America — YOU included — CAN 
adopt a NEW TYPE of Christmas Tree, which 
will keep Christmas Merry, and SAFE. 
“REDWOOD TREES Contain TANNIC ACID 
—Which Is Used in FIRE EXTINGUISHERS! 
Why not adopt a tree which contains, in- 
stead of dangerous PITCH and RESIN, a 
TANNIC ACID sap which puts out fires! Red- 
_ wood Trees are hard to burn, even when 
“sawed-off” and dead. ALIVE, they are al- 
most impossible to ignite, except by long 
heating with a blow-torch—and then they 
only char slowly. They NEVER FLARE UP 
like pitch and resin trees. 
YOU can have a FIRESAFE, LIVING RED- 
WOOD Christmas Tree! Get one 3 to 5 feet 
tall, above the tub, which means 41% to 642 
feet tall overall. Use it for SEVERAL Christ- 
mases—by keeping it in the tub on porch or 
terrace, by giving it water but no fertilizer, 
to avoid too rapid growth. After a few years, 
plant it outdoors, and have a rare and beau- 
tiful tree. It has PAID FOR ITSELF, in the 
dollars you saved by NOT buying “sawed- 
off" fire-trap trees for several Christmas sea- 
sons! 
OR, you can begin with a small REDWOOD 
Tree in a pot. Use it as a Table Tree a year 
or two, then transfer it to a tub and use as 
a full-size Christmas Tree for several years 
more! This plan soon gives you a FIRESAFE 
REDWOOD Christmas Tree for no more than 
you pay for a fire-trap tree ONCE! 
You can get your REDWOOD Christmas 
Tree ANY time of year, the sooner the better. 
Keep YOUR Christmas Merry, and SAFE! 
* * * 
We will help Universities, Experiment Sta- 
tions, Nurserymen, ANYONE —to learn to 
grow Redwood Trees for Christmas, or for 
other uses. Seeds and instructions available 
at our cost, to help the good work along. The 
cooperation of fire departments, fire insurance 
companies, etc., requested. 
RARE PLANT CLUB 
A small group of us, native to the Midwest, 
now live in California. We have been de- 
lighted with the hundreds—yes, thousands 
of plants, trees and flowers, native and im- 
ported from all over the world, that thrive 
in this mild climate. We were surprised to 
discover that a number of these plants we 
never saw before would grow in other parts 
of the U.S., with proper care. So we wanted 
to share them with our friends and former 
neighbors back home. What began as a 
hobby soon swamped us with demands—the 
Rare Plant Club resulted. 
Now anyone in the U.S. can get their name 
on our mailing list. From time to time, we 
mail information (like this folder on Sequoias) 
about rare plants they can perhaps grow. We 
try to tell all we can about the climate, soil, 
planting and care each plant requires, so 
YOU can decide whether YOU would like to 
try to grow such a plant, indoors or outdoors. 
No obligation, no dues, no expense—unless 
you decide you want one or more of the plants 
we describe. Then you may order and we 
ship you the plant of your choice with direc- 
tions for growing. We reserve the right to 
stop accepting names for our mailing list, any 
time it gets too big for us to afford the mailing 
expense. Then too, if we don’t hear anything 
from you in a year or so, we drop your name 
from the list, assuming you are no longer 
interested—to make room for someone who is. 
If YOU would like to get on our mailing 
list, just drop us a postcard or letter saying— 
“Put me on your mailing list.” That's all there 
is to it—but BE SURE to spell your name and 
address clearly. 
We will appreciate your cooperation in 
helping the Rare Plant Club increase its serv- 
ice to the thousands of folks who have been 
hoping for rare plants like these to become 
available. We now import foreign plants also. 
We hope, in another year or so, to incor- 
porate the Rare Plant Club as a NON-PROFIT 
Society —to grow, hybridize and distribute 
rare plants. 
GUARANTEE 
We use the utmost care to have all our 
items true to name and as described, all 
plants, seeds, bulbs, etc., healthy, free from 
disease, vigorous, and carefully packed for 
shipment. The Rare Plant Club gives no war- 
ranty, express or implied, as to the growth 
or productiveness of any stock we sell. Lia- 
bility in all instances is limited to the pur- 
chase price. We cannot be held responsible 
for your culture, soil or weather conditions, 
nor for the acts of the transportation company. 
However, we are sincerely interested in help- 
ing you to succeed in growing the rare plants 
we offer, and want to assist you in every as, 
that is reasonable. 
BANK REFERENCE 
Wells-Fargo Bank, San Francisco, Calif. 
RARE PLANT CLUB 
208 McAllister Ave. 
KENTFIELD, CALIFORNIA, U.S.A. 
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