Long Season 
Assortments 
Many who have tried our “LONG SEASON 
ASSORTMENTS” order them year after year. 
Each Assortment will he of one variety hut 
the hulhs will he mixed sizes, from about 
^4-inch up to 1 V& inches or so. 
The idea is that different size hulhs hloom 
at different times. 
So hy planting 1 the assorted sizes you get a 
LONG SEASON OP BLOOM of one variety 
from the one planting'. 
Not knowing* just what sizes we may have 
in stock as orders are filled, we do not state 
sizes or quantities. 
CAN GIVE MORE FOR YOUR MONEY if 
you “Leave it to me—JD” to send extra g*ood 
value mixed blooming* sizes, for the 50c or $1.00 
Assortments. 
PLEASE NOTE that each LONG SEASON 
ASSORTMENT is of one variety, mixed size 
hulhs of that variety, the variety labeled on hag*. 
DO NOT SPLIT ASSORTMENTS in any way. 
This season we offer Assortments at 50c that 
we sold only in $1.00 Assortments before. Not 
so many for 50c as used to send for $1.00, you 
understand, hut g*ood and plenty for the 50c. 
The hig*her priced kinds are offered only in 
$1.00 Assortments. 
Follow these instructions, save correspond¬ 
ence and delay. Thanks a lot. 
These Assortments are listed in the descrip¬ 
tive list of varieties. 
RANDOM REMARKS 
Get the habit. Use the index. Many items 
in this catalogue are not listed in alphabetical 
order. “We planned it that way.” Index 
knows all, tells all. Save time by turning to 
page 64 first off. 
We like to see customers beat our own rec¬ 
ords in growing super vegetables and flowers 
from our seeds and bulbs. Had a letter from 
Albert Luton, landscape gardener for the Ca¬ 
nadian Pacific Railway for 19 years, reporting 
that he had Rewi Fallu even larger than I’ve 
grown it. 
Send in your reports of largest and finest 
Pansy, Marigold, Turnip, Morning Glory, Straw¬ 
berry, Glad, Zinnia, Poppy, Cabbage, Iris, 
Onion, etc. No contest. No prizes. No “rea¬ 
sonable facsimile.” I don’t like contests for 
prizes. Too many disappointments. Don’t need 
to send any specimens. Just jot down a few 
notes and measurements. 
“Time Marches On!” Forty years ago last 
October I landed in Colorado. Frankly, I 
STRANDED. For me, it was “Pike’s Peak 
and Busted.” 
First 17 months I worked for my hoard on 
a ranch at foot of Pike’s Peak. Finally, I 
pulled the saddle off “Old Faithful” for the last 
time, and left the little dogies to get along, 
get along, in their weak and wobbly way with¬ 
out my advice and coercion. 
Next stop was Boulder. In a few months I 
landed a position pitching alfalfa and shock¬ 
ing bristling, bearded barley. That was BES 
(Before Electric Shavers). The time, 10 hours 
a day. The salary, dollar a day, plus dinner. 
Lunch to you. The first 40 years were the 
hardest. “I hope, I hope, I hope.” 
It’s a far cry from cow punching to posy 
growing. “Ain’t Nature Wonderful!” Never 
can tell what’s just around the corner. It’s a 
LONG road that has no corner. 
$10.00 WHOLESALE COLLECTIONS 
One of the problems of large Gladiolus 
growers is to sell out all kinds and sizes as 
evenly as possible. 
No two seasons alike, as to demand. One 
year certain kinds will be called for on most 
every order, while other kinds, even better 
and no higher in price, will be “wall flow¬ 
ers." 
Next year many kinds that sold slowly 
the year before are in great demand. Never 
can tell. Often no reason or sense. Just 
happens. 
Here's my plan to help equalize our Glad 
stocks, and keep many kinds moving more 
uniformly. 
The plan is figured to YOUR advantage as 
well as ours. Otherwise it would be a flop. 
THIS IS THE PLAN: For $10.00 I will 
ship you by express, you pay express, 600 
Glad bulbs, part No. 1 and part No. 2, and 
perhaps some No. 3 sizes, though mainly 
ones and twos. The total value of the 600 
bulbs not less (probably more) than $15.00 at 
my f. o. b. 100 rates. 
We select the varieties, sizes and quan¬ 
tities. All bulbs will be plainly labeled, giv¬ 
ing the variety name, the size and the quan¬ 
tity in each bag. 
There will not be an equal number of No. 
1, and No. 2 or No. 3 bulbs. There will not 
be the same quantity of each variety. 
But there will be 10 or more varieties in 
the Collection. Maybe just a few of some 
kinds, and more of others. But a good as¬ 
sortment of good kinds. 
You can figure the total value in a few 
minutes as soon as you open up the package. 
You are taking one of the “Long” chances 
I’ve talked about in the past, and that many 
have taken—and been “tickled pink." 
ONE COLLECTION: 600 bulbs, value not 
less than $15.00, f. o. b. for $10.00, express 
collect. 
TWO COLLECTIONS: 1200 bulbs, value 
not less than $30.00, for $18.00. 
THREE COLLECTIONS: 1800 bulbs, value 
not less than $45.00, for $25.00. 
HALF COLLECTION: 300 bulbs, value 
not less than $7.50, for $5.50. 
“The Last Round-Up” 
A good mixture of Nos. 2, 3 and 4. 
Mixed sizes, and mixed colors. Not la¬ 
beled. Not so many kinds as in our 
other mixtures. 
Some of the bulbs may be damaged, 
but all will grow and blcom O. K. 
This mixture is the final round-up of 
surplus stocks. The kinds have to be 
good, because we grow only good 
kinds. All prepaid. 
PRICES: (23 Bulbs for 50c) (54 for 
$1.00) (137 for $2.00) (298 for $4.00). 
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