SPECIAL COLLECTIONS 
The special collections, found near the back of the catalog, to¬ 
gether with the 50 cent specials, represent the biggest values we 
offer. These collections of unlabelled varieties are just the thing 
for anyone who does not care to bother with names and many small 
lots. For the casual home gardener they provide an abundance of 
truly beautiful bloom at very low cost. We are frank to admit 
that our profit on these items must be charged off to advertising, in 
the hope of making a “glad bug” from a general flower lover. 
50 CENT SPECIALS 
We will put up a collection of all sizes available, in one bag, of 
any variety in our general list, for 50 cents. We wish it clearly 
understood that there is just ONE VARIETY IN A 50 CENT SPE¬ 
CIAL. The idea being to assure you of a long blooming season by 
including some large, medium, and small bulbs, which will bloom 
successively throughout the season. You can depend on getting far 
more than catalog value and a good range of sizes. If you have a 
favorite variety you want to see all Summer, this is the way to order 
it. Any five lots for $2.00, any ten lots for $3.50, all postpaid. 
BULB SIZES 
All sizes given in this catalog are standard grading. No. 1 — 1 
inches and up; No. 2—1to 1inches; No. 3—1 inch to 1^ 
inches; No.‘4—^ inch to 1 inch; No. 5— V 2 inch to ^ inch; No. 6 
—inch to Y-i inch. 
Large bulbs include sizes 1 and 2; medium bulbs, sizes 3 and 4; 
small bulbs, sizes 5 and 6. We put in the larger of the sizes indi¬ 
cated as long as stocks are available. 
If you have never tried the medium size bulbs, you will be sur¬ 
prised at the fine blooms they will make. Usually blooming a week 
to 10 days after the large bulbs, the spikes are often just as tall, 
but thinner and more graceful. Small bulbs often bloom, too, de¬ 
pending on the variety, but are planted principally for the bulb 
growth and bulblet increase. Medium bulbs, also make good in¬ 
crease, while large bulbs are likely to have fewer bulblets and make 
a flat, very large bulb. 
BULBLETS 
The smaller sizes of varieties in the general list can be purchased 
so cheaply that there is very little interest in bulblets of these var¬ 
ieties. We are glad to furnish them, however, to anyone desiring 
to try them, at 10 cents per packet. The packet will contain at' 
least 50 bulblets, many more in most varieties. You can depend on 
getting full value, but we wish it clearly understood that bulblets 
are not guaranteed to grow. 
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