LOUIS R. FISCHER 
Minneapolis, Minn. 
Key to Classification 
The tabular headings at the top of each page enable you to easily deter¬ 
mine the substance, kind of floret, season of bloom and the type of flower 
of each variety. I have tried to be as accurate as possible in giving this 
information together with a brief description but please bear in mind that 
this may be altered somewhat by difference in soil, locality and weather 
conditions. 
SUBSTANCE— This is the thickness of the petals and is indicated by 
“E” for excellent substance, “G” for good substance and “F” for only fair 
substance. 
FLORET —The type of floret is indicated by “PI.” for plain petals, 
“Ruf.” for ruffled petals and “Lac.” for laciniated petals. 
SEASON —This is divided into five sections giving the approximate 
number of days required to bloom from time of planting and is indicated 
by “E” for early (60-70 days), “EM” for early midseason (70-80) days), and 
“M” for midseason (80-90 days), “LM” for late midseason (90-100 days), and 
“L” for late (over 100 days). 
TYPE —I am using the type classification as adopted by most Gladiolus 
Societies which classify gladiolus as to size and to number of florets open 
at one time. There are three groups which are indicated by “Ex.” for exhibi¬ 
tion, “Dec.” for decorative and “Sm.Dec.” for small decorative. Exhibition 
varieties have very large florets and many florets open at one time. The 
decorative type is not hampered by demands for extreme size and many open, 
the florets usually being about four or five inches in diameter. Beauty of form 
and color are the important features of this type. Some of our finest cut 
flower varieties come under this class. The small decorative flowers have 
florets three inches or under, the smaller the better. This new classification 
gives us a truer and more accurate idea as to the type of flower and the 
smaller and more decorative varieties are now given their proper recog¬ 
nition at the shows. 
Discounts 
These discounts apply only when cash is remitted with your order. Please 
note that you have a choice of either taking the discount in extra bulbs of 
your selection or deducting the cash from the order. 
Extra Bulbs, Your Selection 
15% on orders from $ 3.00 to $10.00 
20% on orders from 10.00 to 20.00 
25% on orders from 20.00 to 40.00 
30% on orders from 40.00 and up 
Discounts do not 
Cash Discounts 
10% on orders from $ 3.00 to $10.00 
15% on orders from 10.00 to 20.00 
20% on orders from 20.00 to 40.00 
40.00 and up 
25% on orders from 
apply on Special Collections. 
Terms 
Please send cash or 25% deposit; balance before shipment. No orders 
accepted for less than $1.50. 1 ransportation charges prepaid. Five bulbs sold 
at the 10 rate and 25 or more at the 100 rate. Minimum charge for any item, 
10c. As the planting and care of all bulbs and plants sold by us are beyond 
our control we can not be in any way responsible for the results after planting. 
Large bulbs are 1(4 inches or more in diameter but in most cases will 
be l/ 2 to 2 inches. Medium size will be from Y to \Y inches and small 
bulbs from Y to Y inch. When there is a figure before the price such as 
2-.15 it means 2 bulbs for 15c. 
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