We take great care in filling and packing your order, 
but if any error is found, please notify us at once. 
If at any time after blooming, you find that varieties 
are not true to name, please notify us. Our plantings 
are examined daily to see that bulbs are true but in 
handling several million bulbs, errors may occur. 
You must be satisfied. 
Sizes of Bulbs 
Bulbs are sold in different sizes, such as large, med¬ 
ium, and small, or by numbers. 
A number one bulb is 1 ^ inches or over in dia¬ 
meter; a number two bulb is 1 J4 to \ l / 2 inches in 
diameter; both are called Large bulbs. A number 
three bulb is 1 to 134 inches in diameter; a number 
four bulb is 24 to 1 inch in diameter. These are 
•called Medium size. A number five bulb is to 24 
inch in diameter. A number six bulb is *4 t° /4 
inch in diameter. These are called Small bulbs. 
Bulbs may be even smaller than }4 inch and are then 
called number sevens. 
When offered bulbs be sure the size is specified as 
all reputable dealers do so. When no size is specified, 
you may receive very small bulbs that are unable to 
bloom in one season and you have no recourse as a 
bulb of any size is a bulb. Many firms advertise bulbs 
very cheap and then send these small bulbs. 
Large bulbs, 1 *4 inches and up, are suitable for 
planting anywhere and will give the best results. 
Medium bulbs will also give good results but will 
usually have smaller blooms and they are not so sure 
to bloom. Small bulbs may bloom in most localities 
but the blooms will be much smaller and some may 
not bloom at all. In any case, small bulbs will pro¬ 
duce larger bulbs suitable for later planting. 
Young and Old Bulbs 
Much is heard in the glad world concerning new 
bulbs, old bulbs, cut flower bulbs, forced out bulbs 
and so on and so forth. Of course we know that old 
bulbs rot away after forming the new spike and a 
new bulb is formed by the spike above the old bulb. 
By a young bulb, we mean one that is grown from 
the hard shelled bulblets that cluster around the bulb 
when it is dug. Some varieties grow quite large from 
bulblets in one year and others have to be planted the 
second year to attain full size. 
Old bulbs are those that are some years removed 
from bulblets. Cut flower bulbs are those which 
have been grown for blooms sometimes year after 
year and from which the spike has been removed so 
close to the ground that the bulb does not mature. 
You may safely cut your blooms if you leave four 
leaves on the stalk. Forced bulbs are those used in 
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