PARCEL POST — SPECIAL 
For most shipments other than airfreight, we recomnyend parcel post witn special 
handling or special delivery. Although there is no guarantee against anything except being 
lost or extreme damage, we have shipped thousands of orders by parcel post during winter 
months and have had only 4 frozen arrivals. 
SPECIAL HANDLING dispatches shipments with the same schedules as first class mail. 
It allows the use of special “OUTSIDE MAIL” stickers so packages are individually handled 
and not placed in mail bags. Traveling as first cass mail, packages are carried in mail 
sorting cars which are cooled or heated in extreme weather. All parcel post shipments made 
by us include special handling. 
SPECIAL DELIVERY includes services of special handling. It also, by law, gets ship- 
ments away from Gardena (1/2 hrs.) jand Los Angeles (4 hrs.) faster. At destination: 4 
hours are allowed at the main distribution area (Chicago); and 12 hours at local post 
office (West Chicago). Special delivery can only be made to addresses bearing a street 
number; but most post offices, especially by arrangement, will phone the addressee _ if 
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 4/2 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 table 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. 
PARCEL POST RATES INCLUDING SPECIAL HANDLING AND INSURANCE 
If Special Delivery Is Wanted, Add 25c 
Number of ZONES 
Cuttings 1-2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
100 fete) OF Wis: 84 BS 1.06 Luz, 
150 Gh i .89 W303 ES 136 os 
200 .80 he 1.08 1.26 1.42 72 1.94 
250 a) 1.00 el le che, Jocy, oy, 2 lee, 
300 10S aes, ss hea, 1.88 2.22 Zee 
400 1.24 1.41 1.66 220) 2.4] 2.88 3.30 
500 133) 1.56 1237 2eA7 Quiles: 3.34 3.84 
CULTURAL NOTES 
Varieties listed in this catalog are not difficult to grow. Any variance with common culture 
is noted with the description. If you are a geranium specialist offering many varieties, your 
operation is diverse enough so that differences of culture are no problem. If you grow a basic 
selection for the bedding plant trade with a minimum of labor, be sure your choice of varieties 
is suitable for your area. Pink Barney is a fine, compact pot-plant for the Pacific Northwest. 
Yet in the warm dry weather of Texas, it soon suffers from the heavy waterings necessary. 
Jean Viaud or Pink Phenomenal would be a better choice in Texas while, conversely, they would 
draw up in the dark spring of Seattle. 
SELECTING BEST STRAINS, rogueing, and successive generations grown under outdoor 
conditions have brought back into the trade varieties which once were considered almost ‘’run 
out’’ due to over propagation and poor stock plant selection. Culture, preparation, and shipping 
are highly specialized and any complaints heard on California cuttings usually arise from inferior 
stock shipped at cutrate prices. 
LIGHT. Full light should be given to all Geraniums and Pelargoniums during cold weather. 
Give up to half shade during the summer. Dirty or shaded glass causes geraniums to ‘’draw up’. 
HEAT. Most geraniums are grown between 50 and 65 degrees, with 50-degree houses 
run a little dryer and fed a little less than the warmer house. However, usually the warmer 
grown, well fed and watered plants produce the greatest profits because of the quicker crop. 
Salmon and pink varieties must be bloomed at over 50-degree minimums; otherwise the color 
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