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Greetings to you as a Friend and as a Customer. 
This is my opportunity to thank you (each of you) for your 
good orders of last season and I here and now take 
pleasure in doing so. I hope the pleasure is not all mine. 
You make our business possible and I in turn try to see 
that your orders are filled in such a manner that you are 
glad to come again the next season. We try very hard 
to please new customers and doubly hard to please the 
old ones. Our business is built on repeat orders. We 
strive to give quality, service, and "value received" to 
each customer. When our customers are pleased then we 
are satisfied and not until then. 
Roger Babson says "We are now in a period of pros¬ 
perity." Prosperity in these United States means a com¬ 
fortable living, something to lay by for the rainy day, and 
something to spend for the hobbies and luxuries of life 
that really make it worth the living. (May each of you 
have your full share.) 
Gladiolus to some would be a necessity, to others 
they might be a hobby, and to some others they are a 
luxury, but to all they are a beauteous flower that is 
unrivaled as to the variety of color and long blooming 
season. They are of unequaled gorgeousness when placed 
in a vase or basket for home decoration to be admired 
by all.—J. H. 
