OUR FRONT COVER 
NEW TRYSOMIC HI-DOUBLE STOCKS 
85% or more double flowers 
THE FRONT COVER illustration is our sensational new TRYSOMIC 
HI-DOUBLE STOCKS, which will produce 85% or more double 
flowers. This is the highest percentage of double stocks ever ob- 
tained from seedling plants and it is certainly good news for the 
home gardeners. Imagine! 85% or more tall branching plants out 
of every 100 bearing fine big double flowers. For years we have 
watched these wonderful stocks develop in the trial gardens 
under the exacting care of the hybridizer and now at last, we can 
offer them for the first time. You no longer need have the dis- 
appointment of too many singles among your stocks; you can 
now have 85% or more doubles, from our new Trysomic Hi-Double 
Stocks. There are seven colors this year, CHAMOIS, DEEP ROSE, 
LILAC LAVENDER, PURPLE, RED, WHITE, YELLOW. 
Each color—Pkt:. $1.00, ~¢ oz. $5.00, % oz. $17.90. 
COLLECTION 1A—1 pkt. each color of Trysomic Stocks, 7 pkts. for $5.00. 
TRYSOMIC STOCKS MIXED—Pkt. $1.00, 34; oz. oz. $5.00. 
HALLAWELL SEED COMPANY 
San Francisco’s Leading Seedsmen and Nurserymen 
Specializing in the Finest Quality Vegetable and Flower Seeds, Plants, Bulbs, and Garden Supplies 
MAIN STORE AND GENERAL OFFICES: 519 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO 5, CALIFORNIA 
Hallawell’s Blue Glass Nursery: 19th Avenue at Sloat Boulevard 
Telephone SUtter 1-6593 
PLEASE ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO 519 MARKET STREET, SAN FRANCISCO 5 
MAIL ORDER INFORMATION 
MAIL ORDERS are given our prompt and careful attention. Use the 
handy order blank in this catalog. We ship all over the world. 
ORDER EARLY—Send your order in as soon as you receive our 
catalog (we publish two a year). Any items not available when order 
is received will be sent as soon as ready and in proper time for 
planting. 
POSTPAID PRICES—Hallawell's pays the postage anywhere in con- 
tinental United States on all seeds, plants and bulbs offered in this 
catalog; except where otherwise noted. Customer pays transportation 
charges on fertilizers, hardware, and miscellaneous itms listed in 
back of catalog. (Prices subject to change without notice.) 
SALES TAX—California customers, please add 3% State Sales Tax. 
San Francisco orders 342% (see tax chart on order blank). 
TERMS—REMITTANCE WITH ORDER, PLEASE, as we do not ship 
C.O.D. Send personal check, U.S. Money Order, Express, or Bank 
Money Order. Charge accounts are invited, please give customary 
credit references. 
CITY DELIVERIES—Free delivery in San Francisco on all orders for 
$3.00 or more; 50c delivery charge under $3.00. 
RADIO KNBC SAN FRANCISCO every Sunday morning at 
9:15. Hear Norvell Gillespie (Garden Guide) chat informally 
with Hallawell’s Fred C. McNabb and Clarence E. Hoff. You 
will enjoy their timely garden hints—what, where, and when 
to plant. 
HALLAWELL’S BLUE GLASS NURSERY, 19th Avenue at Sloat Blvd., 
in San Francisco is open every day, except Tuesdays. You are cor- 
dially invited to visit the Nursery .. . drive right in, parking is free. 
NON-WARRANTY—We exercise the greatest care to have all of our 
seeds, bulbs and plants of good quality and true to name, but there 
are many contingencies encountered in growing plants, and success is 
dependent on other factors besides the seeds and plants. Therefore we 
operate under the usual Seedman’s Non-Warranty, viz.: 
HALLAWELL SEED COMPANY gives no warranty, express or implied, 
as to the productiveness of any seeds, bulbs, or plants it sells, and 
will not be in any way responsible for the crop. Our liability, in all 
instances, is limited to the purchase price of the seeds, bulbs, or 
plants. 
Jie Up to You 
We sell the best seeds available. They are fresh, have a fine parent- 
age, and good breeding. With proper culture they should give you 
most gratifying results. For nearly 50 years our seeds have brought 
us a world-wide clientele, which proves to us that good gardeners 
everywhere appreciate GOOD QUALITY SEEDS. Actually the seeds 
you sow are the least expensive part of your garden, and the initial 
investment in seeds, may well determine your success or failure. 
WE PROVIDE FRESH DEPENDABLE SEEDS to help you to a better 
garden and we are more than eager to assist you in any way that 
we can. THE RESULTS ARE UP TO YOU! 
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Good Gardew Sol 
Soils need humus; humus is decomposing organic matter, peat moss, 
manure, leaves, leaf mold, etc. Dig these in, mix with your soil to 
decompose and provide humus. A light porous soil that does not 
crust will grow good plants and is best where seeds are to be sown in 
the open ground. 
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Sod Preparation 
To prepare soil for seeds to be sown where the plants are to remain; 
irrigate thoroughly, when sufficiently dry, fork or spade it, then 
level and sow the seeds in the freshly turned moist soil. Firm the soil 
to the seeds and leave a locse soil mulch on the surface. In well 
prepared soil and under favorable conditions, there should be suf- 
ficient moisture to sprout the seeds without sprinkling but if the 
soil becomes dry sprinkle thoroughly to keep the surface moist until 
sprouts show; when plants are established, irrigate for deep moisture, 
if surface crusts, cultivate and mulch with peat or other organic. 
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Continuous growth to maturity is most desirable. If for any reason, 
plants stand. for a time without growth they begin to mature pre- 
maturely. To provide adequate plant food dig in bonemeal, manure, 
or other organic when soil is being prepared. When plants are grow- 
ing apply surface fertilizers frequently but sparingly to encourage 
continuous growth. Quick growth is especially desirable to produce 
tender, well flavored vegetables. 
Flowers 
There is no finer morale builder than freshly cut flowers from your 
own garden, and no finer flowers than those grown from Hallawell’s 
fresh dependable seeds. 
