Dear Violet Friends and Customers: 
We have prepared this new 1953 catalog with only 
one purpose in mind; to serve you, the customer, with 
choice violets—grown, packed, and shipped direct from 
our state and federal certified greenhouses, where we 
maintain constantly a growing stock of 100,000 African 
violets of more than 75 standard varieties. 
In order to help you make correct selections of your 
choice we have arranged this catalog accordingly. So 
many of you are familiar with older standard varieties 
that we have given more description space to the newer 
ones. 
The modern African violet, as we recognize it today, is 
a plant of living beauty available in many colors of dis- 
tinct flower and leaf formations. We have had a constant 
demand for our own hybrids and introductions. However, 
being specialists, we grow not only our own varieties 
originated here but also any other worthwhile variety 
available on the market that has proven worthy of grow- 
- ing here at our greenhouses. 
We invite you to visit our greenhouses. Our motto is, 
“A Blooming Violet in Every Window.” 
(PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING) 
In ordering please PRINT full name and address. All 
orders of $10.00 or over are sent insured, postpaid in 
U.S. A. Orders under $10.00, please add 60¢ to cover 
high cost of shipping and packing. We have lowered 
plant prices wherever possible to give you the benefit of 
standard prices and fine quality. Money order (preferred) 
or personal check accepted. No C.O.D. 
Canadian customers must secure import permit from 
your Dept. of Agriculture and forward to us. Postage at 
cost. 
Order with confidence.’ All plants are shipped in 
approximately 2” clay pots. Plants 3’’ to 5’’ high. Please 
do not mistake our well established growing plants in pots 
for rooted cuttings. We ship only well established growing 
plants. Many in bud and bloom. 
May we suggest you have on hand or order some of 
our certified sterilized soil when plants arrive, as many 
are ready to shift into 3”’ size pots and need only sterilized 
soil added to their already established pot growth. 
All packages leave here well packed and all orders are 
fully insured against damage. 
- Please Note—Damage includes crushed or broken box, 
’ plants crushed or broken. Orders are very carefully 
packed under modern tested and tried methods and if 
orders arrive broken or damaged, you are entitled to place 
a damage claim. Claim must be made promptly with your 
P. O. Clerk in your favor, then write us giving details of 
damage and insurance number on package, accompanied 
with statement of bad order report. 
Postal Department — Does not recognize any frozen 
claims. There is no insurance to protect a loss of this 
kind, only damaged or broken claims are recognized. 
When placing your order with us, please give a second 
choice of a plant or two, so we can give you the benefit of 
best plants available at time of order. We maintain a 
stock of more than 80 standard varieties, and there are 
times when plants of a certain variety are not as large as 
we should like to send. However we will only substitute 
with your permission and knowledge of varieties wanted 
and sent. 
We ship the year round, orders acknowledged and 
booked during freezing weather. 
Allow a reasonable time for delivery! 
All accessories are sent postpaid! 
Our reference: Huntingdon Valley Trust Co., Hunt- 
ingdon Valley, Pa. 
Copyright 1953 Tinari Floral Gardens 
