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All IRIS, TULIPS and DAFFODILS 

 are SCARCE this year 



Be sure to read this page 



We DO have the plants NOW 



Last summer and fall we managed to buy a considerable 

 amount of stock — including many new things — to plant 

 for propagation. In addition to this we followed our usual 

 custom of planting back all rhizomes too small for the fill- 

 ing of orders, and at the end of the shipping season all re- 

 maining iris were transplanted to new ground. Thus we will 

 have a crop of about eight acres of well grown iris for 1945. 



Our Tulips, Daffodils and Dutch Iris were contracted for 

 last January and will be shipped by our own packing crew 

 direct from Silverton. They are grown right in this area by 

 reliable and experienced specialists and no finer quality 

 bulbs are produced anywhere in the world. 



We MAY NOT have them LATER 



Here is what happened last year , . . 



Within 30 days after our catalogs had been placed in the mail we 

 were sold out of 25% of the varieties listed. By the last of July we 

 were obliged to refund on a startling percentage of orders. September 

 found us out of almost all Dutch Iris, most Tulips, and many other 

 bulbs. We were unable to fill almost all late iris orders. 



The reason for this is simple enough : the demand in this country for 

 plants and bulbs is the greatest in history — and the available supply 

 is about the smallest. Shortage of labor and difficulty in obtaining 

 cartons and shipping materials has caused many growers to go out 

 of business. Remaining dealers and growers find it impossible to meet 

 the total demand, although all are doing their best. So . . . 



WHATEVER YOU DO, don't wait until late 

 summer or fall to place your order! 



If you want delivery in late summer or early fall, place your order as 

 early as possible and we will ship it at the time desired. And if you 

 do order late, give us a list of substitutions or permission to use our 

 best judgment in making substitutions. 



