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The beautiful art of Flower Growing plays an important part in the life of 
many people. Very often it takes away discontent, and brings satisfaction; 
takes away disappointment and brings many pleasant surprises; takes away 
sorrow and brings joy and cheerfulness. It brings more satisfaction than many 
miles of traveling or the reading of many books. 
Flower Growing is not only a pastime for children or grandmothers, but is also 
real up-lifting recreation, for the man or woman who has monotonous dreary 
tasks to perform throughout the day. 
Have You Failed in Growing Flowers? 
If you have failed in the past, and continue using the same methods under the same conditions, 
successive failures are certain. 
Do not act as the lady, who was working with an electric iron and burned out a fuse. She 
replaced it with a good fuse, which also burned out. She continued this, until her supply of 
half-dozen fuses were used. Now what would she do to make the iron heat? She went to the 
store and bought a new supply of two dozen fuses. The store keeper was surprized at the order, 
and asked her what she intended to do with so many fuses? She informed him that she had 
already burned out six, and her iron still would not heat, and that she intended to continue 
replacing the fuses until the iron would begin heating. “My good lady,” said the store keeper, 
there is no defect in the fuses, but there must be something wrong with the iron.” 
You may laugh about this lady and her knowledge of electricity and fuses, but if we would 
analyze repeated failures in raising Flowers, we would find that faulty methods are frequently 
being used. 
Weeds are the lazy man’s crop, but good flowers are Hybrids, between patience and intelli¬ 
gence. If the Hybridizer would give-up, after raising his first generation of intermediate Hy¬ 
brids, without working-out the products of independent Assortments, you would say, that he did 
not know his business, and would not be deserving of success. The flower lover acts in a similar 
manner if he abandons the art of raising flowers, on account of weeds, insects, or other difficulties. 
What to do? First, insist on getting good seed, and strong healthy plants, or bulbs. Secondly, 
use scientific methods, and analyze your failures for all possible causes. Perhaps you will find 
insects working against you, or that the soil has been robbed of its plant food, by the roots of 
trees or large shrubbery, or that your plants have not been sufficiently watered. Whatever cause 
you find for failure, remove it at once, and your joyful success is assured. 
OUR GUARANTEE 
We ship only good healthy stock, and guarantee same to reach you in good condition. After 
arrival, examine and count your plants and bulbs, and if an error has been made, notify us at 
once, and proper adjustments will be made. This guarantee is not effective if we are not imme¬ 
diately notified. We cannot guarantee continued growth of plants or bulbs, because we cannot 
control conditions in the customer's garden. 
PARCEL POST. Allow 25c for postage if orders amount to $2.00 or less; on orders over $2.00, allow 
10c for each dollar's worth ordered. 
Gladiolus bulbs, Dahlia Tubers, Lily bulbs, and Seeds, will be shipped prepaid. 
Potted Roses will be shipped express collect. 
TERMS. Net cash with order. For large orders, 25% deposit, will hold order. 
DISCOUNT. (On Gladiolus Bulbs Only.) On varieties selected from the catalog at the regular price, 
we offer a discount of 20% on orders from $10.00 to $20.00; a discount of 25% on orders 
over $20.00. No Discount on Collections or Mixtures. 
