Arthur Cowee : Meadowvale Farms : Berlin, N. Y. 
and to make a harmonious blending of colors when 
in bloom. If you never have grown Gladioli you 
cannot do better than to try one or more of these 
collections. 
Please bear in mind that every bulb I send out is 
mature, sound and of the very highest quality. I 
do not claim to grow the best Gladiolus blossoms 
in the world, because with my bulbs you can grow 
just as handsome, just as perfect, flowers as I can. 
What I do claim is to grow the best-quality bulbs 
oj the best varieties in the world . I grow the bulbs 
that others may grow the flowers, and in the care 
and handling of these bulbs I bring to bear the 
experience of many years of devotion to the grow¬ 
ing of Gladioli exclusively. Quality of bloom is 
wholly dependent upon quality of bulbs, and Cowee 
bulbs are the best it is humanly possible to 
produce. 
From the illustrations in this booklet you may 
know the form of these wonderful blooms; but to 
obtain even a faint conception of their beauty you 
must bring them into bloom in your own garden. 
Try at least a few this coming season. I assure you 
that from then on you will never willingly be with¬ 
out them. Let me have your order early. It often 
happens that those who wait until the very opening 
of the planting season cannot get some of the varie¬ 
ties thay have set their hearts upon. By placing 
your order early you insure getting just what you 
want. I never substitute other varieties for those 
of which I have sold out, unless requested to do so. 
Now is the time to plan your garden, and I sin¬ 
cerely trust that in those plans Gladioli will have a 
place, not merely because I am in the business of 
growing the bulbs of these beautiful flowers, but 
because I know how rich will be the returns in beauty and enjoyment you will reap throughout 
the summer. These alone are sufficient reasons why you should grow Gladioli. 
Your Gladiolus bulbs are the strongest and best bulbs I have seen during my five years 9 experience 
in growing them. —W. D. B., Los Angeles, Cal., February 3, 1915. 
I must add that your Gladioli are the best I have had in the thirty years I have planted them. 
— G. W. B., No. Scituate, R. I., June 5, 1915. 
This is the second season I have bloomed the bulbs bought oj you. Some oj the “Peace” in the 
house now have individual flowers five inches in diameter, clear and crisp as wax. 
— L. S. C., Eugene, Oregon, September 14, 1915. 
Last February I ordered jrom you Peace, War, Dawn and two oj your collections. I am now 
reaping the reward — I have finer blooms and different colors jrom any about the city, and am very 
proud oj the result. —R. M. S., Winston-Salem, N. C., July 12, 1915. 
Bulbs I got jrom you last spring have finished blooming. They were the finest lot I ever saw. I have 
grown Gladioli jor twenty years, but have none that will equal the ones I got jrom you. 
—J. H. B., Akron, Ohio, September 15, 1915. 
Ij I could have but one Gladiolus, it would be Dawn. I would not take $10 jor the two bulbs 
I have, ij I could not get more. —W. L. B., Los Angeles, California. 
La Luna, a brown-throated Gladiolus (see p. 12) 
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