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COLONIAL GARDENS 
Please Read Before Ordering 
W E do not issue a wholesale list. Quantity prices 
are included in our regular price list where we can 
supply quantity lots. On orders totaling over S50.00 
we will be glad to submit special quotations. Please do 
not ask for special quotations on smaller orders, as catalog 
prices will apply. Also please do not ask for quotations 
on sizes not quoted in this catalog as we are already sold 
short on many sizes. 
All orders for $1.00 or over are POSTPAID. Please 
do not order single items for less than ten cents. 
No Canadian or foreign orders accepted for less than $10.00. 
Prices in this catalog supersede all previous listings. 
You may have 3 or 5 bulbs at the 10 rate; 25 at the 100 
rate; 250 at the 1000 rate; and pints of bulblets at the 
quart rate. 
Prices in this catalog are net. However, we include a 
generous quantity of extras in all orders. As extras we 
usually include the newest varieties. On large orders extras 
often amount to 33}/$% of your order. 
All orders must be accompanied by cash in full or 25% 
cash may be sent with the order and the balance before 
shipment. 
We have the finest bulbs this season that we have ever 
grown. All slock is guaranteed absolutely disease-free and 
thrip-free. But stock is limited. We are already nearly 
sold out on Heritage. Gladiolus stocks are generally small 
this year on account of unusual weather the past season. 
Most Pacific Coast wholesale growers of standard varieties 
are already completely sold out — a condition very unusual 
for so early in the season. Be sure to get your order in early. 
All stock is offered subject to prior sale. 
Cultural directions will be sent with all orders where 
requested. 
Extra copies of this catalog are available at $.25 each. 
Since we are engaged in remodeling our storage quarters, 
and shipping room we prefer to fill all orders after March 
15. If necessary orders can be filled earlier, however. 
Weather conditions also make shipment after March 15 
pre c erable. 
“I have had wonderful results and gorgeous blooms from 
bulbs purchased from the Colonial Gardens.” 
M. P. Michelz, Illinois. 
“Glad bulbs received O.K. Thanks. I nearly died of 
heart failure when 1 opened them and found what you had 
given me in extras, and such swell bulbs and bulblets. 
W. F. Hemmerling, Iowa. 
“I wish to thank you for the fine stock you sent me and 
for your super-liberal shipment. 
Albert B. Adams, Iowa. 
Kenyan Flower Holders 
(Reprinted from our 1933 Catalog) 
I T IS pretty generally admitted among flower lovers that 
glads are one of the hardest flowers to vase. On ac¬ 
count of their weight, it is difficult to make them stay 
at the right angle in a bouquet. The result is that unless 
one takes considerable time arranging them, the effect is 
likely to be a little “stiff.” 
Since the pleasure derived from flowers in the home de¬ 
pends about half on the vasing and half on the flowers 
themselves, we had been looking for several years for a 
type of vase which would make it possible to obtain artistic 
effects with glads, both easily and quickly. We had tried 
a great many vases without much success and had just 
about decided that difficulty in vasing was a drawback 
that glads were meant to have, when — from an entirely 
unexpected source— came a device which solved the prob¬ 
lem to perfection. Strangely, it wasn’t a vase at all, but a 
device which the Japanese have recently developed as an 
aid to their particular art of floral arrangement. It may 
be placed inside of either a tall vase or basket, or used in 
a shallow container as a foundation for tip bouquets. 
You will see from the illustration that these Japanese 
flower holders resemble in principle the glass or wire “frogs” 
already in use in this country. The latter, however, are 
useless for glads, because they are too light to support glads. 
These Kenzan flower holders, which are from 2p£" to Api" 
in diameter, are made of an alloy of lead so heavy that a 
spike several feet long will be easily held in place without 
tipping. All that is necessary is to have a clean, fresh-cut 
stem to press down on the prongs. And spikes may be 
placed onto the holder AT ANY ANGLE and will stay 
just as put. Glad lovers will be pleasantly surprised at the 
almost magical facility with which this holder enables them 
to get any desired effect. By the use of it any amateur can 
quickly learn to equal the results secured by the expert 
florist. 
The Colonial Gardens takes great pleasure in calling 
this new vasing device to the attention of the gladiolus 
world. We believe that every glad lover will eventually 
want several of these holders for use in his own home. 
These Kenzan holders may be used equally well for iris, 
tulips, dahlias and dozens of other flowers. They will in¬ 
crease immeasurably the pleasure of using flowers in the 
home. Being made of brass and an alloy of lead, there is 
nothing about them to rust, bend or break, so that they 
should last a life-time. 
We offer these holders in three sizes as pictured below. 
The two larger sizes are recommended as being the more 
practical for glads. There has been a strong demand for 
these Kenzan holders. Our price represents their actual 
cost to us plus express from San Francisco to Rushford 
and postage again to you (they are heavy!). We do not 
make a cent of profit on them, but list them solely as a 
service to our customers. All the bouquets pictured in this 
catalog are vased in Kenzan holders. 
No. 1 ($ .60, postpaid) 
No. 2 (interlocking, $1.10, postpaid) No. 3 ($1.25, postpaid) 
(The above illustrations are about one-third the actual diameters.) 
