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HOME of RARE GLADS 
—DISCOUNTS— 
On orders of $2.00 to $6,00, select 10 per cent extra. On orders from 
$6.00 to $12.00, select 15 per cent extra. On orders from $12.00 to $25.00, 
select 20 per cent extra; $25.00 to $50.00, select 25 per cent extra. This dis¬ 
count scale applies only to above retail prices and not to special quotations 
or wholesale prices. Wholsale orders a matter of correspondence; give us 
your list for competitive quoting and you will save money. We will not be 
undersold by any reliable grower. Regarding orders of more than single bulbs, 
you may arrive at price of six by multiplying single price by five, twelve by 
ten, and one hundred by eighty. Six at dozen rate and 25 by the hundred scale. 
All orders are accepted subject to stock being depleted, or otherwise being 
unable to furnish. Please mention possible substitutes. Please also give ad¬ 
dress as plainly as possible, and if you have some friends who are glad fans 
mention their names and addresses and we will include some gifts for this 
service. No guarantee is given as to growth as that depends entirely upon 
your treatment of same. Wc do, however, unconditionally guarantee that we 
will send you true-to-name varieties, free from disease. Should one appear as 
mixed please notify us that we may make correction the next fall or spring. 
We are only human and everyone can make a mistake; however, great care is 
used in segregating our varieties, rogueing followed strenuously. Some germ¬ 
inate easily, and some very hard. All grow better if peeled or soaked. 
Ju£t Gossip 
By H. J. Nitcliman 
It is the habit with most of us fellows who publish these little catalogues 
to put a few pages into plain talk, intending no doubt to sort of relieve your 
feelings after perusing these descriptions of giant glads, gorgeous glads, mon¬ 
sters, etc. It gives us a sort of get acquainted feeling that if you have ever 
attended a glad show of any importance you have felt the moment you walked 
into the hall. We all have something great in common, namely the love of this 
great flower which in a few years has become of world wide importance. Start¬ 
ing with a few bulbs of native species, the industry now is acknowledged by 
millions of dollars trade every year all over the world. Great strides have been 
made in the advancement of this flower and one wonders, each year, how in 
thunder can they get any bigger, any prettier, but still they come, some good, 
some bad—in all though, showing improvement in all characteristics. One needs 
but to attend the shows each year to see the strides being made by the hybrid¬ 
izers of the world. A few words here regarding some of the things the author 
observed at various shows might not be amiss. 
At the National Show at South Bend, Indiana, the most attractive thing 
there was a new seedling, now called A.LAYNE, by Mrs. Kinyon. Running 
along with this was the exhibition of seedlings by Lloyd Zimmer who has been 
rather in the dark until growers saw his work with Dream of Beauty, Bob 
White and others. His most promising seedling, as far as commercial qualities 
is concerned, is the pink Lady Marie mentioned herein. Dr. Pease of Chardon, 
Ohio, demonstrated just what could be done with glads by an amateur when 
he showed the mammoth spikes of McCoy, heretofore somewhat forgotten, and 
Picardy, Red Lory, as well as others. His spike of Gertrude Swenson at the 
Ohio Show was of unbelievable proportions, and his spike of Lindesta there was 
the most perfect spike at the show in the author’s opinion. In fact, it is without 
