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-he enclosed list of Clads, many of which are quite recent introductions 
have "been grown by us with few exceptions several seasons in succession so 
that we believe them to be worthy of trial by glad fanciers and other growers 
who have not as yet acquired 
ther 
Chile we ourselves are not able to be among those real pioneers in the 
glad field who spend lots of money for high priced varieties when they are 
first introduced, we do give much of our time and attention testing out the 
conparat ively new ones which show promise of being worth while. If a variety 
does not click for us it "goes over the fence’ 1 and thereafter it is a closed 
chapter so far as we are concerned* Clad fans everywhere owe the really 
front rank fanciers a debt of gratitude, he take pleasure here and now in 
expressing our own. 
Our list is hastily prepared at a time when digging is about half over. 
In some instances we can only anticipate what stock' we will have to offer 
of certain varieties, but judging fro results so far we .are go ing to be able 
to supply any reasonable demand. 
In such a large list, sent chiefly to growers who already have 
information available as : jo de script ions, we do n.ot have space here to go into 
details, 'here we do make so: e special comments it is only because of 
observations which we have failed to see elsewhere, 
he are all aware of a vacuous feeling when we undertake to describe 
from an inadequate vocabulary the ethereal beauty and charm of a flower which 
has something more than blend of colors, ‘lake for instance Picardy with its 
soft shimmering sheen, or the rich trailslucency of G-unvor. the concordant 
blend of colors which contain within themselves the elements of light and 
shade found in Sweetheart and ’'the boy friend, m. Outlbertson. And what 
do we pereeive in the usual color description of Pother kachree e think 
the fellow who first associated the atmospheric sunset tints with this fine 
flower, while a bit fanciful, gave a more comprehensive description than the 
one who spke of it as vinaceous. I T e, perhaps, had had a vinaceous nip and 
was seeing things when he first beheld its beauty. 
So ve amice no apology for our own Rescript ions and admit they are vu.it e 
inadequat e. 
As to prices, ve have tried to be kind to the pocketbook. Shop around 
if you will and see how well we have succeeded, e also try to be 1iberal 
in o^ir count and extras. 
he have emitted from this 
will appear in our spring list, 
prices are right. If interested 
we will give special quotations. 
fall list a lot of the old "stand-bys 11 which 
P’e grow these in larger quant it ies and our 
in any of these at this time write us and 
bj 
So far we have had no thrips, but continue to guard against an invasion 
f the use of napththeline flakes on bulbs and spraying the plants with Pot at ox 
