Dear Glad Fans and Growers 
You’ve been subjected to a lot of ballahoo about new introductions and 
have perhaps made up your mind that most new varieties offered are no 
better than the varieties already on the market. 
Admittedly some mistakes have been made. Seedlings have a way of 
sometimes falling down in performance after a few years and although they 
had performed excellently in the introducer’s garden up to the time of 
introduction. Some seedlings, when subjected to different environments, 
climate and soil did not live up to previous performance. I’ve tried to safe- 
guard against disappointments by having seedlings tested in official trial 
erounds and by experts in different parts of the country before introducing 
them. 
I’ve grown hundreds of thousands of seedlings since 1926. Each year 
during the blooming season the promising seedlings are tagged for further 
consideration. During the following blooming seasons most (once promis- 
ing) seedlings fall out, only a small percentage of original selections finally 
make the grade. 
Considering the time and expense involved in growing large numbers of 
seedlings year after year, it is only reasonable to assume that only those 
are retained that have a reasonable chance to make good. When we con- 
tinue to grow and propagate a seedling from four to six years that seedling 
has proven satisfactory to us. 
I am introducing nine new ones for 1943. These have been tested from 
four to six years and besides being beautiful are also good performers, in 
most cases producing good spikes even from sizes 3 and 4 bulbs. The intro- 
duction price is low enough so people can buy them NOW rather than wait 
several years. 
GUARANTEE ON 1943 INTRODUCTIONS 
Although I am introducing these new ones at modest prices I am so 
confident these will please you that I am willing to allow credit toward next 
year’s list to the amount paid for whichever of these that failed to delight 
you. 
