'- GREETINGS FROM THE TRIAL GARDEN 
_ To our old Friends, Hello again. To our new friends, Glad to know 
you. We wish to thank all our customers for the orders sent to us and 
also the orders sent through us for the varieties in the Trial Garden. 
Your orders have helped others to realize there are several valuable 
reasons for sending to the garden. 
A word of explanation to those getting this report for the first time. 
_The start of this garden came about in our efforts to have new va- 
rieties from year to year for shipment to the disabled veterans in, the 
hospitals and has grown far beyond that need in a very short time. 
These are the only shipments of flowers we make and have been made 
possible by the patrons of the Trial Garden and bulbs purchased by 
our friends. ate | fetes 
All bulbs sent to the Trial Garden, together with the increase, re- 
main the property of the sender. They will be carefully checked for 
three years. They are returnable. upon request. All sales we make are 
on’ a’ commission basis, the sender furnishing the bulbs. If the bulbs 
are left with us they become our property AS FAR AS SALES ARE 
CONCERNED, when they become “5 & 10” items. We still will re- 
turn stocks and have at times returned large stocks of items whose 
value was not realized for several years by the sender, even though 
they had passed beyond the three years. 
_ Our personal list is also included in this report for the first time. 
Income from this is used for the shipment of flowers to the hospital 
and no profit accrues to us. The expense of printing and postage is 
paid for personally. All items starred in our price list, with the ex- 
ception of the “5 & 10” items, will be sent to us by the owner of the 
variety and forwarded from here. 
- Every effort is made to prevent approval of varieties and seedlings 
which might not perform well for you and should you select some- 
thing that our opinion tells us will not do well in your climate, we will 
inform you of the fact. | 
Our season was exceptionally hot and unusually dry. We have 
every confidence that your results will surpass the figures given ‘in 
the report. If you should be disappointed, won’t you please report to 
us. We want you satisfied and if we have allowed you to purchase 
something that cannot do well in your climate we feel we are some: 
what at fault. . ; a 
_ All. germination tests this season have ‘been thrown into the discard. 
Weather conditions early in the season prevented germination to a 
great extent. However the bulblets which finally did germinate have 
given us the best bulbs it has ever been our pleasure to harvest. 
_ Our dipping and spraying tests have been continued. We did not 
use Lysol this season. Many have and report good results, To them it 
might be interesting to know that creosole compound will make an 
excellent dip. ! 
We used Rototox, Delbetar and Bi Chloride of Mercury, running 
two barrels of Bi Chloride and two tanks each, of Rototox and Delbe. 
tar through the planting season. Any one of the dips mentioned here 
will give a very high percentage of kill - to thrips and _ their eggs, 
Probably 100% but that is hard to be sure of, 
Rototox and Delbetar carry the advantage of being usable in metal 
containers although they have the disadvantage of losing their 
strength by evaporation while Bi Chloride will not. Bi Chloride is 
very poisonous and its presence in the water not easily detectable. 
_ Delbetar at first was made without Rotenone nor Pyrethrum and 
was quite successful for mites, etc. The last’ two. ingredients’ were 
