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Priced 
The bulbs are all Top Size (Exhibition Size), the 
largest size on the market. Each variety will be labeled 
and packed separately. 
Regular 
Price 
60 DARWIN TULIPS, in 10 varieties .$3.50 
25 APRIL-FLOWERING TULIPS, mixed. 1.12 
15 BEDDING HYACINTHS, 5 colors . 1.30 
25 GARDEN DAFFODILS, mixed . 1.25 
2 MADONNA LILIES (Lilium candidum).60 
3 REGAL LILIES (Lilium regale). (6 in. cir.) . . . .30 
36 ROCK GARDEN BULBS, in 6 varieties. 1.00 
50 GIANT-FLOWERING CROCUS, mixed . 1.15 
3 JAPANESE IRIS, in 3 named varieties. 1.00 
1 PEONY OFFICINALIS, deep pink.75 
Cost, Selected Separately.$11.97 
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For many decades the Van Bourgondien family has been established in 
the Holland Bulb Growing Center and several generations devoted their 
lives to the perfection of bulb growing. The history of the gradual im¬ 
provement in cultivation and soil requires too much space to include in this 
brief introduction. However, one can readily understand the hardships and 
disappointments our forefathers had to overcome in order that we, their 
sons, might be endowed with the knowledge necessary to produce the high 
grade bulbs we now offer our clientele. 
The large families so prevalent in Holland 
served a twofold purpose. They not only created 
a real home, making the necessity for outside 
diversion superfluous, but also enabled them to 
fill the key positions in their own business with 
responsible men, who forever were endeavoring 
to improve their product and service. 
So, today our entire Holland nursery is super¬ 
vised by members of the Van Bourgondien 
family. Every step in the preparation of soil, the 
planting, growing, harvesting, storage and ex¬ 
port of bulbs is given careful attention. Com¬ 
bining all these efforts, we produce bulbs that 
eventually will give most satisfactory blooms in 
your garden. 
However, one of the very important stages in the life of a flower bulb 
is often neglected. By that we mean the storage conditions to which they 
“When quality is passed up for a 
low price, you are simply mortgaging 
the results which you expect in service 
and thereby assume the risk of losing 
far more in the end than you thought 
you were gaining in the beginning .” 
LOUIS A. HERBERT 
are subjected from the time of their arrival in America, until they are 
packed for shipment to the customer. Our American warehouses are located 
on the south shore of Long Island, where a cool sea breeze helps to main¬ 
tain a moderate temperature during the months of September and October, 
and thus prevents evaporation of the lifegiving sap present in every bulb. 
After cold weather sets in, our warehouses are heated sufficiently to keep 
a temperature of between 45 and 50 degrees, much to the inconvenience of 
those whose duties consist of the counting, packing and shipping of orders. 
Such precautions, however, help to maintain the 
high quality of our bulbs which is reflected in the 
excellence of their blooms at flowering time in 
your garden. 
When purchasing bulbs, one should also con¬ 
sider their size. Of course, some varieties natur¬ 
ally grow a small bulb and others a large one. 
The bulbs we offer in this catalog are Top-Size in 
every respect. They represent the “cream of the 
crop,” yet our prices are no higher than you 
would pay elsewhere for bulbs of uncertain 
origin and inferior quality. 
We will continue to direct our efforts toward 
better service for the American gardeners and 
supply them with bulbs and plants of high quality 
at low cost. 
POINTS TO REMEMBER —PU<ue HeU Goa^cM? 
PREPAID SHIPMENTS. We prepay all carrying charges 
to destination on orders accompanied by payment in full. 
C. O. D. SHIPMENTS. We will book your order on receipt 
of 25 per cent of the amount of the order; the planting material 
will be shipped C. O. D. including transportation charges. 
MINIMUM ORDERS. We cannot fill orders below $1.00. 
Also please omit orders for less than six of a variety unless a 
price on each is quoted. Six or more of a variety are sold at the 
dozen rate; twenty-five or more of one variety at the hundred 
rate; two hundred fifty or more of one variety at the thousand 
rate. 
ORDER BLANKS are enclosed for your convenience. 
EXTRA CATALOGS. We will gladly send copies of this 
catalog to any of your friends upon receipt of their addresses. 
We will include in every shipment free of charge, our own 
most explicit Cultural Directions for indoor as well as outdoor 
culture. 
VAN BOURGONDIEN BROS. 
Growers of Dutch Bulbs 
at HILLEGOM, Holland 
American Offices, Warehouses and Nurseries 
at BABYLON, Long Island, New York 
TRADE/AARK REG. 
