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RIVERVIEW GARDENS, ST. PAUL, MINN. 
Greetings 
Another year has rolled around and we again wish to express our 
appreciation to ail of our friends and customers for their wonderful co¬ 
operation during the past year. You have made it possible for us to 
continue to give you the best of quality and service. As business con¬ 
ditions are improving and everybody is more cheerful, we are hopeful 
of the beginning of a new era of closer mutual understanding and may 
it prove to be so for all of our flower-loving friends. Here is hoping 
that this year of 1936 will bring you health, prosperity and much pleas¬ 
ure to you who love beauty in flowers; and at the close of the day you 
will find in your garden rest and refreshment in the wonderful things 
that God has given us. 
Foreword 
With the presentation of our 1936 Gladiolus catalog, we have col¬ 
lected such information pertaining to the wonderful new Glads that will 
be of interest to you. If you have already received one of our 1936 cat¬ 
alogs, will you please pass it on to one of your Glad-loving friends. 
“It costs no more to grow the best.” In the many years we have 
been growing Glads it has been our aim and desire to grow only the 
best and what a difference a few cents will make when it comes to out¬ 
standing varieties. Our greatest ambition is, and always has been, to 
treat our customers as we like to be treated, and my hope is that we may 
continue to merit your patronage. Whenever you are traveling through 
St. Paul we will be glad to have you call on us and see the new wonderful 
varieties growing at our place. Here's hoping we may have a call from 
you. Our season starts with Iris which are at their best from June 1st 
to 15th; Peonies from June 15th to 25th; and the Glads, August 10th 
to September 1st. You may spend an entire day among them if you 
desire. They are all correctly labeled. There is only one request that 
we would like to make and that is to leave the small children at home. 
You will enjoy the flowers more by doing so. 
We have expended considerable effort in attempting to make our 
prices right so that every purchaser may be able to afford those varieties 
that he desires. We anticipate that later prices will be higher and that 
a number of the best-selling varieties will be sold out early in the season. 
We would like to say something about the quality of our bulbs. Never 
before have we had the good fortune to harvest such a fine, clean, healthy 
lot of corms that are free from insect pests and diseases. The weather 
last fall was ideal for the curing of bulbs, and no time or expense has 
been spared to insure the highest quality. It is with much pride that 
we offer these bulbs to our customers. 
We wish to thank again our many friends and customers for their 
kind letters we received during the past year. It has been a pleasure 
to read them and to really know what success our customers are having 
with our bulbs. One customer writes that her Glads were envied by 
all her friends and neighbors. We, therefore, feel confident that our 
strict adherence to the code of ethics and to policy enables you to get 
greater value for your money than is possible elsewhere. 
Sincerely, 
A. J. WILKUS, President. 
