contain two or three times as many as ours does. Our answer to all such questions is the 
same, that if we could see any real advantage in it to our customers would gladly cata¬ 
logue every variety known to growers. But the fact is that different growers have different 
names for practically the same Bulb, and very frequently the only real .difference is in the 
name itself. Consequently, to our way of looking at it,the only purpose that couid be served 
by filling our Catalogue with long lists of named varieties would be to confuse our customers 
in their endeavors to spread the amount of money they wished to spend over the various 
classes,so as to secure worthy representatives in each,and to bring us larger orders from 
those who as yet have not acquired practical experience in picking out what is best-for their 
particular purpose. 
Our Descriptions Are Very Full 
Sometimes we are frankly told that our descriptions are too long, and that if we would 
write less we would have space for far more varieties. But more frequently the mail brings 
us letters of thanks for the great fund of information furnished by our Catalogue, informa¬ 
tion not to be had in catalogues as a.rule. When I, personally, am buying anything I want 
to know all about it, and if the seller is not willing to give 'me full information 1 do not 
feel satisfied that his article is what I want, and 1 go elsewhere. I may be wrong, but 1 
have a feeling that the majority of people are about the same as I am in this particular.. 
And so I shall continue to describe each varietv just as I know it, and I believe this feature 
is one that is helping to increase the number of homes in which the Lapark Catalogues 
are looked upon as dependable guides in everything about flowers and flower growing. 
We Advise Our Friends That TMs Is An Unusually Advantageous Year 
For Planting Dutch Mbs 
Prices are lower than they have been for years, and we are rather inclined to believe 
they are about as low as they will be for some years to come. Let us tell you why we are 
of this opinion. In Holland the planting of Bulbs was very greatl}"* curtailed during the 
War, and it takes a number of years to dgain build up adequate planting stocks of quite 
a number of varieties of Bulbs. In the meantime Germany is quickly getting into condi¬ 
tion, so that she will again become a heavy buyer of Bulbs, and it at last seems as though 
Russia was also headed towards the time when she, too, will begin to re-stock herself with 
the Bulbs she has been deprived of for so many years. Coupled with this is the fact ap¬ 
parent to us that the people of our own country’have at last begun to realize seriously 
the marvelous beauty and great desirability of Dutch Bulbs, and that it will take an in¬ 
creasing quantity of these Bulbs every year to supply America’s demand. Do you know 
that if we, in this country, were buying as many Bulbs per capita as they have been for 
many years in Great Britain and Germany we would be importing nearly twice as many 
as we have in any year so far! 
Balbs Last For Years, Aid Many OS Them Increase In Number 
This is one great item of economy with Bulbs. Nearly all sorts of seeds have to be 
purchased fresh every season, but nearly all Bulbs will flower a life-time. 
Another item Is The Saving OS Time And Trouble 
Bulbs are planted in the Fall, are up and have bloomed and died down again before 
any cultivation is necessary. If you do not care to take the trouble to lift them, they may 
be left right in the ground to bloom year after year, but the same bed may be used all 
summer long for flowering Annuals. Or the Bulbs may be planted among Perennials, 
the foliage dying down and being out of the way before these later growing plants are 
ready to branch out. 
.One Must Plant Mbs Dr Ms Darden Is Without Flowers During The 
Firs! Two Months Of Spring 
I can hardly bear to think of a garden without at least a few Dutch Bulbs. Just 
imagine having to wait for flowers until Memorial Day! If you set out no Bulbs in the 
Fall this is just exactly what you will have to do, wait until the Paeonies bloom. As a. 
matter of fact nothing plays the part of Bulbs in your plan to have always something in 
bloom from earliest Spring, even while the snow is yet on the ground, until it flies again 
in the Fall. 
