Special Delivery is included. People are interested in plants and are generally concerned 
with their safe arrival. 
Parcel Post—Special Delivery shipments reach most points, Chicago and west, the 
second day; Philadelphia takes 72 to 74 hours. Outlying cities of the Carolinas, Florida 
etc., require 4 to 42 days. Geraniums will stand up to 6 or 7 days shipment without un- 
due loss. Usually the leaves are yellowed on long shipments, but this does not harm ger- 
aniums; in fact, it seems to encourage side-breaching. 
Parcel Post is sent charges collect and may be C.O.D.’d for the value of the shipment. 
Some growers prefer to have parcel post orders sent prepaid and the following tabie will 
assist in determining the shipping cost. You can call your post office to determine which 
zone you are in from Gardena (Los Angeles). Orders of over 500 cuttings require 2 or more 
cartons and should be figured separately. 
— Postal rates on page 3 — 
RAILWAY EXPRESS 
Rail express is more advisable than parcel post during very cold or very hot weather; 
protection against frost is guaranteed, and during the summer shipments are made to 
eastbound points via one of three Santa Fe routes with refrigerator car service. There is 
no extra charge for this service and orders travel with cutflowers. We do not recommend 
Railway Express to the Pacific Northwest. Railway Express shipments are made charges 
collect. The value of the order may be sent C.O.D. 
AIR EXPRESS 
Air Express is expensive (40c to $1.00 per pound), and delays do occur. We would 
advise this method only for special cases. Many growers inadvertantly write Air Express on 
their orders when they mean Airfreight, so please make special note if Air Express is desired. 
AIR MAIL 
Better service than Air Express to most points. Cost is 60c to 80c per pound, plus 
special delivery fee if desired. Special handling fee not necessary. Postage collect fee will 
also cover C.O.D. of order cost. 
CULTURAL NOTES 
Varieties listed in this catalog are not difficult to grow. Any variance with common culture 
is noted with the descriptions. 
LIGHT. Full light should be given to all geraniums and pelargoniums during cold weather 
and up to half shade during the hot summer weather. 
HEAT. Some growers run their houses cool (50 degrees) and others as high as 60 degrees. 
Plants grown at 50 degrees should be kept dryer and fed a little less, resulting plants are 
stocky and solid. The warm grown plant, we!l watered and fed makes the fastest plant and a 
better profit but the plants are softer. Pelargoniums stand cooler night temperature than zonals, 
and 40 degrees does not slow growth appreciably. Salmon and pink zonals must be bloomed 
at 55 degrees minimum, or the color pigment will flood to the center of the florets and leave 
the edges white or streaked. 
AIR. Plenty of air is very desirable. On winter days that go above freezing many growers 
open all ventilators and leave heat on in coils to dry and air the houses, 
WATER. The commonest cause of plant loss is disease or debility encouraged by over or 
under watering. Geraniums should be soaked well and allowed to become reasonably dry but not 
arid or wilted before watering again. DO NOT SYRINGE geraniums. Geraniums are herbaceous 
plants and use lots of water during periods of heavy growth, such as late spring, but can go for 
long periods without watering in cold weather. When an abundance of water is used, the plant 
must be fed so that the water will carry ample food chemicals; otherwise, the plant becomes 
waterlogged. During summer months pots should be plunged. 
SOIL. Geraniums are grown in almost every type of medium, but we find a sandy soil with 
up to 50% peat moss retains moisture and avoids constant wet-dry conditions. Peat moss is 
acid reacting and must be corrected (Geraniums prefer pH 6.5 to 7.0). We find Dolomite (45% 
magnesium, 55% calcium) to be best for this purpose as it is not harsh and supplies two chemi- 
cals important to geraniums. A 4’’ pot to 4 cubic feet (commercial wheelbarrow) should be 
enough. 
A complete fertilizer or fertilizer simples should be added to the soil to correct any food 
deficiency. Light and frequent feedings of liquid fertilizer will aid and control growth. Neo 
geranium should be shorted on any food chemical, but nitrates should not be overdone at the 
blooming period. One factor that will cause delayed bloom in Pelargoniums is too much nitrates. 
IMPROPER CULTURE, At least 90% of plant loss is due to improper cultural methods 
which may be unavoidable, such as loss of cuttings during extreme heat. Controllable condi- 
tions which account for loss of cuttings are such factors as using rooting powders that are too 
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