Champlain View 
Gardens 
BURLINGTON, VERMONT 
In presenting this spring list I do so with many misgivings. Though last 
year I grew about thirty-four acres of glads I am already sold out of a number 
of kinds. Thousands of gladiolus fans are going to be disappointed in not being 
able to get the varieties they want. There is a big shortage of bulbs all over the 
country. Though the selling season is not more than half over at this writing, 
March 21, I am returning a large amount of money every day for varieties 
that I can’t supply and don’t know where they can be obtained. 
Substitutions. 
Though we never like to substitute varieties or sizes and never do unless 
it is late in the season when there is no time to correspond about an order, for 
the balance of this year I wish, when sending in an order, you would give a 
short list of possible substitutions that could be used if necessary. Sometimes 
it might be necessary to substitute size. That is not nearly so serious as variety 
as many times medium or small bulbs will give very fine bloom. It isn’t necessary 
to have the largest ones. Just mention if you are willing for us to substitute 
either size or variety. If we should substitute variety we would see to it that 
as good or better ones were put in in place of those substituted. If you want 
no substitutions just say so and we will refund the money for anything we 
can’t furnish. 
CALLING ATTENTION 
to a few things I want to mention especially. 
No. 1 Collection* 
If you are not a glad fan and are not interested in keeping the varieties 
separate but just want a glorious garden of glads I want to recommend my No. 1 
and No. 1A collection. These collections are not labeled as to name but they 
contain about 45 different kinds in about every color imaginable. I want to 
especially call to your attention that these collections are not to be compared 
in any way with the cheap collections advertised. These collections contain 
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