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THE GLADIOLUS FANCIER’S 
many of them had no Primulinus blood they 
were heretofore made to compete with the 
giants. Being .unable to win on size and 
number open, many of the world’s most out¬ 
standing cut flower sorts, with exceptionable 
color values, have secured scant recognition. 
By simple analysis of the number of stars 
(*), daggers (t) and double daggers ( t ) ap¬ 
pearing in the descriptions (see later full ex¬ 
planation), you are readily able to visualize 
the size of the individual floret, the number 
of them open at once and the approximate 
total number of buds on the flower spike. 
BARGAIN BULBS 
A grower-cataloger of bulbs has certain in¬ 
escapable costs: planting stock, use of land, 
its preparation, planting, cultivating, digging, 
hauling, curing, cleaning, grading, storage 
quarters, fumigating or other processes to 
combat insects and bulb diseases, advertising 
of one form or another, catalogs, postage, 
packing and shipping . There may be addi¬ 
tional items of overhead such as clerical, irri¬ 
gation, spraying, etc. 
Bargain bulbs are made possible by skimp¬ 
ing somewhere along the line, almost inevit¬ 
ably reflected in the quality of the flowers 
they produce. 
PRICES 
We try to quote prices at once as low as 
those of other reputable gladiolus specialists, 
dissolving all complicated discounts and 
periodic price reductions into a simple, lowest 
price possible and yet take all known precau¬ 
tions to supply healthy and pest free bulbs. 
For the most part we price L, M and S 
bulbs at the commonly asked prices for No. 
2, 4 and 6 bulbs but we deliver, as long as our 
stocks last, mostly No. 1, 3 and 5, which gives 
you greater blooming value, particularly 
when buying the M and S sizes. 
Cash orders entitle the buyer to instant 
segregation and protection of their stock 
until proper time for delivery. 
Our practice of overcounting and/or in¬ 
clusion of samples equal or superior to sorts 
purchased, and of oversizing the smaller sizes 
when stocks permit, never fails to more than 
equalize any price fluctuations that may 
develop. A grower is known by the customers 
he keeps. 
WHOLESALE PRICES 
Bulbs and bulblets priced only per each 
are mainly new and scarce sorts and not yet 
commonly priced lower than the dozen rate 
price at wholesale. On such items, where 
stocks permit, to legitimate commercial 
growers, we will add as much additional stock 
as circumstances warrant. Particularly lib¬ 
eral to catalogers. On stocks offered per 100, 
the newer sorts are as low as we can quote 
them, considering our quality bulbs and our 
like promise to be as liberal as circumstances 
warrant. The more common ones, offered per 
1000 by many growers, unless you demand 
our quality bulbs under above terms, these 
you will please order elsewhere. 
OUR KEY SYSTEM A GREAT AID 
TO SELECTION 
Varieties are grouped by color classifica¬ 
tion for your convenience of comparison 
and selection. 
Varieties are critically described. Natu¬ 
rally, in a list such as this, consequential 
faults are few, nevertheless, attention is 
called to them. Show dates and references 
are to first prizes only. Room to mention 
but few. Symposium ratings refer only to 
those last published. 
For nine years our variety descriptions 
have been praised generously, for the accurate 
visualization of the size of individual floret, 
the number open at one time, the total bud 
length of the flower spike, the prominence 
of markings, etc., made possible by the use of 
stars, daggers and other hieroglyphics. 
We will tell you the size florets to expect, 
a * indicating large florets 4)4 to 5)4 inches 
diameter, ** indicating 5)4 to 6 inches and 
*** indicating extreme size 6 to 8 inches. 
We explain the relative quantity of mark¬ 
ing, + indicating with obvious markings, 
i.e., so evident as to arrest attention and 
— indicating without obvious marking. 
We do not list varieties incapable of holding 
five florets open at one time. There are 
thousands of such varieties. We employ f 
to indicate many open (6-8) and ft to indi¬ 
cate an extreme number (9-16). If the total 
of open florets and buds make an unusually 
long spike, we indicate with a double dagger 
t (15-18) and extreme (19-30). 
We furnish the approximate blooming 
dates of varieties in this locality, checked 
to the best of our ability from experience of 
many years. Number after name indicates 
days from planting to blooming of large size 
bulb (L). Medium size (M) usually seven to 
ten days later. Dates not guaranteed since 
subject to change by excessive heat, moisture, 
drought, differing soil fertility and other con¬ 
ditions. 
We furnish sound bulbs free from disease 
or thrips infestation. The large bulbs have 
just arrived for the first time to such size, 
with two years of growth from bulblet. 
Older bulbs and those produced by division 
from other bulbs do not make the best ex¬ 
hibition blooms. A large bulb forced to that 
size from a bulblet in one year’s growth is 
appreciably inferior, too. Grown with ample 
field irrigation. If you paid our electric power 
bill you would have a better understanding of 
that. We have no M bulbs that should have 
grown to L (an old bulb though M in size). 
Plenty such on the market, cheap, unirrigated 
bulbs. They will throw weak spikes and 
propagate as poorly. 
Abbreviations: L large bulb 1)4 in. up. 
M medium size bulb 1)4- S small bulb 
Vs-K- Bits, bulblets, Exh., Exhibition Type. 
