The War and Flowers... 
Your home garden is more important each day. There has never been a time when 
mental and physical recreation, excluding the use of vital war materials, was so 
necessary to us as a great Nation. Your work in a garden, provides the extra 
relaxation needed to renew your vigor in the work for Freedom. 
There will be no rationing of Gladiolus bulbs nor the pleasure that can be derived 
from their blooms. A home with a bright cheerful bouquet could well be a national 
symbol of courage. Buy Stamps and Bonds for Offense and Gladiolus bulbs for 
fortitude. 
1942 Jutreduction... 
TAHITI, reproduced on the cover, is a new deep rose pink, a first introduction of 

Professor Chester F. Kuhn. There is no more conscientious hybridist. He 
has bloomed thousands of seedlings, keeping complete scientific records and pains- 
takingly studying the why and wherefores of the results of each cross. We uncon- 
ditionally guarantee complete customer satisfaction or full sale price refunded. With 
the selective breeding technique employed by Professor Kuhn, he is bound to start 
off with a top notch glad. 
