Glad Chat 
I still have Blunello and Flamingo, 
those two fine ones introduced three 
years ago by the originator, Mr. Brown¬ 
lee, and myself. The price is lower this 
year, to close out. Reg^ description of 
Sonatine on another page. I had a 
chance to get Sonatine at a low price 
by taking them “as is” and cleaning 
them myself. I pass the saving on to 
you. By cleaning I mean taking off the 
old bulb and roots. One grower sells 
Sonatine this year at 15c per bulb. I 
sell the medium size at 3 for 9c. Picar¬ 
dy, Minuet, Commander, Koehl, Betty 
Nuthall, W. H. Phipps, Bagdad, Mildred 
Louise, Red Phipps, Del Rosa, Mother 
Machree, Marmora, Maid of Orleans 
(“Names to conjure with!”) I still have 
them, not so many varieties as usually, 
but fine ones. As I did not have enough 
mixed ones I bought quite a quantity 
of Kunderd’s Glory Mixture at a bar¬ 
gain. Now I’m selling it at less than 
Kunderd’s price to consumers. Take 
your choice between his Glory Mixture 
and my Radiant Mixture, or get 25 or 
50 bulbs of each. 
How to Grow Gladioli and 
Making Seeds Grow 
On request, I will send to customers 
printed directions for growing Glads, 
and treating them before planting. Also 
for making seeds grow. I would amend 
the directions for treating Glad bulbs 
in one particular. Make the solution 
of Corrosive Sublimate twice as strong 
as I and others have been recommend¬ 
ing. We’ll say V 2 oz. Corrosive Subli¬ 
mate to 2 gal. of water, keeping bulbs 
submerged 3 hours. 
Farewell Present 
I have on hand some nice little cellu¬ 
loid garden markers, showing what you 
plant and where. Just wire them to 
stakes and write the names you wish 
on them with indelible pencil. Wet 
marker before writing on it. While they 
last, one or more goes to each customer, 
the number depending on size of order. 
Suggestion 
Have known J. D. Long about 30 
years, and can recommend him as a 
good man to deal with. “Leave it to 
me, J. D.” he sometimes says, and you 
can do that and be safe. He is a seed 
and Glad man of Boulder, Colo. Try 
him. 
This is not an ad. Long doesn’t know 
I am writing this. 
Business Terms 
Cash with order, please. We growers 
are at expense from spring to winter, 
and appreciate the cash by the time 
orders begin to come in. P. O. money 
orders are preferred. Checks are ac¬ 
cepted, but there is a charge at the 
banks for cashing them. Will accept 
stamps for small orders less than $1.00. 
Currency usually comes through all 
right, but I do not recommend that 
method, and sender must take the risk. 
I fill southern orders as soon as re¬ 
ceived, protecting bulbs from frost. To 
the colder states, I begin shipping 
Gladiolus bulbs about March 1, if the 
weather is not too cold. Five bulbs 
are sold at the rate of ten, and six at 
the 12 rate. I pay transportation cost, 
and in filling orders always put in extra 
seeds or bulbs. To induce early order¬ 
ing I am offering more liberal extras 
for early orders. 
Guarantee 
If you do not consider my Gladiolus 
or Lily bulbs good, clean, live bulbs, 
you have the privilege of returning 
them, at my expense, within three days 
of their receipt. I cannot guarantee 
results, as I do not know what condi¬ 
tions will be. If the seeds I send you 
do not grow under good conditions, put 
in your claim, and I will refund their 
price, provided I have not tested them, 
and found them good. 
My Gladiolus stock has been inspect¬ 
ed by a state inspector and found free 
from disease or injurious insects. When 
I send them, out I inspect carefully my¬ 
self, and send nothing I would not want 
to receive myself. 
