Hornberger’s—Flower—In —Bulbs 
“NONE BETTER CROWN” 
TO ALL OUR MANY PATRONS AND FRIENDS: Who have sent us so many 
fine letters of approval in the last year, thanking us for good service, extra count, high 
quality and many other things. We wish we had the space to publish all of your nice 
letters, however we have selected a few which we print, trusting these will give some 
indication, of the kind and variety of letters we receive. 
WE SINCERELY THANK YOU: Below we print some of these letters taken at 
random: 
Well Known Grower Likes AFLAME 
“Your Aflame last year was the sensation of my whole planting. Wish I could 
say the same for some of the other varieties.’’ J. Ivan Boss. 
May 2, 1932. 
From Arkansas 
Dear Sir: 
1 had on trial almost 300 varieties of “glads” last season and your AFLAME 
was the most striking one in the garden. The smallest No. 7 size that I picked 
out of the bulblets bloomed and the 5 No. 2 bulbs sent me all made spikes, just under 
six feet tall without forcing in any way. The florets are all over six inches across and 
thirty inches from the bottom floret to the bud at tip of spike. SOME GLAD 
I call it. Yours truly, J. L. H. 
From England 
A reprint from, “WESTERN DAILY PRESS AND BRISTOL MIRROR”, August 
4, 1933. Issued under “Notes of the day” Gladioli: 
“Lieut. Col. S. Smith of St. Anne’s Park brought to this office yesterday a very 
beautiful example of the new gladioli, “Aflame”. This was the finest specimen of 
gladioli bloom the writer has seen. The color was gorgeous and the bottom flower 
measured seven inches across. Col. Smith is an enthusiast for this particular flower.” 
AN INVESTMENT, $ 2.25 
South Carolina. 
Dear Mr. Hornberger: 
I am writing you this letter with the thought that you might be interested in the 
results I had with some Gladiolus bulbs that I bought of you last spring. 
Not having too much money to put in new bulbs I sent you an order for 300 
No. 5 Minuets at a cost of $2.25, and planted them with the intention of growing 
them on to larger size for next year, without any thought of getting any blooms worth 
cutting. You can imagine my surprise when they made as fine spikes as any of my 
large bulbs, and sold in my yard at five cents each for the entire lot. 
I dug them the other day and have never seen a finer lot of No. 1 size and over, 
with loads of little bulblets. Signed —H. 
November 5, 1933. 
From France 
September, 1933 
The bulbs you sent to my friend, Madame de Moussac, at the Chateau de Bois- 
morand, proved to be wonderful. I wish you would send her an order of additional 
varieties. — Countess de Fries. 
From Cuba 
Towns, noted Horticulturist, says “We have found glad, Mrs. F. C. Hornberger, 
to be the finest white we have ever seen.” —T. T. 
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