A TIP TO 
Glad Growers 
A RRANGEMENTS have been made with the printing firm 
which is turning out the finest pictures in colors that 
^ we have ever seen, to make cuts for the printing of a 
number of the Ellis Glad Originations in colors. Several 
have been photographed already, with a number more to be 
taken as the season progresses. This means that these origi¬ 
nations will be quite highly advertised in the next few years 
and that the growers who stock early will be reaping a real 
profit; also that a number of the pictures will be available 
tor use in their catalogs. 
Thus far Ellis Originations have traveled simply on their 
merits, with hardly any advertising at all, and several of 
them have traveled far at that. They have won dozens and 
dozens of blue ribbons at various state shows and shows of 
equal or greater rank, some sweepstakes ribbons, a Cham¬ 
pionship at the Century of Progress, and have been largely 
the cause of our winning medals and sweepstake and grand 
sweepstake cups. They have caused a real furore among 
Glad Fans. 
Recently one of the foremost writers of New York writ¬ 
ing for the magazines on the best new Glads, wrote us a 
letter from which we quote the following paragraph: 
“In my opinion the Ellis Originations you 
have turned out in the past few years can safely 
hold their own with those of any other hybrid¬ 
izer in this country or abroad. The percentage 
of really good ones is surprisingly high, and as 
they performed for me without any special cod¬ 
dling many of them were much better than 
others that have been widely publicized.’’ 
We could fill several folders of the size of this one with 
excerpts from the many fine letters received praising Ellis 
Originations. 
On the other side of this folder we are pricing several of 
the newer Ellis Originations. These prices will not be 
changed through this selling season. And as to New Era we 
cannot give overcount or gratis of this one, owing to agree¬ 
ment with the introducer. In the past we have given freely 
of many fine varieties in gratis and overcount in the filling 
of orders and shall continue to be quite liberal, but cannot 
with New Era. 
MERTON G. ELLIS, 
Owner and Manager 
of the 
Merton G. Ellis Bulb Gardens, 
at Canby, Oregon, 
and 
Originator of Golden Chimes, 
New Era, and many other 
Word-famous Glads. 
