
NORTHERN GROWN | 
GLADIOL 
GEORGE E. MILLEN 
SHEYENNE, NORTH DAKOTA 
LICENSED NURSERY 
We wish to thank all our friends and customers for the steadily increasing business you have given 
us and hope to have bulbs for you again next season. However, war conditions make everything rather 
uncertain. Help will be impossible to get as all labor is needed for the war effort. 







More people are planning on flower and vegetable gardens this year than ever before as the tire 
and gas situation will keep them at home. We are already sold out of several varieties and cannot 
include them in our list. We have been increasing our planting each year to keep pace with sales, but 
any increased planting this spring is out of the question. Many of the younger bulb growers are out 
of business and in the army, if physically fit for that duty, and the large wholesale growers are just 
out of luck. In the big bulb growing districts last fall many millions of bulbs froze in the ground for 
lack of labor. So that is why bulbs are scarce this spring, and next year there will be still less. No 
matter where you buy your bulbs and garden seeds this spring, early ordering is advisable—you get 
the pick of the stock and are more sure of getting what you order. 
This list contains PREPAID prices and short reliable description of Glads found satisfactory in 
our gardens. We believe you will find our prices as low or lower than quoted elsewhere for good 
NORTHERN GROWN Bulbs. 
rhe We grow many Glads not listed here. If you do not find in this list what you wish, we may have 
it in small quantity or can obtain it for you at a reasonable price. Quotations given on No. 5 and No. 6 
planting stock and bulblets; give variety and quantity wanted. 
TRUE TO NAME; HEALTHY YOUNG BULBS 
INSPECTED AND LICENSED FOR SALE BY THE) NORTH DAKOTA STATE NURSERY INSPECTOR 
Trade Sizes of Bulbs: 
Noses sete peel 1144 inch or more Standard trade practice is to list as follows: 
ING Wee ee ig oe 1144, inch to 114 inch Nos. 1 and 2 are large bulbs 
Noir Sea. oo UG inch tovl14.ineh Nos. 3 and 4 are medium bulbs 
INOM A 2 eae wa PN SA. NcChotOeL aanch Nos. 5 and 6 are small bulbs. 
IN Cog ope aa at) See ey 1% inch to 384 inch 
IN Os Oe ee es te under 14 inch 
Our bulbs are graded accordingly, except we do not ship any No. 6’s with the small. If you want 
No. 6 bulbs, you should only pay what they are worth. Largest bulbs of the grade ordered, which we 
have on hand, are shipped. Large bulbs are generally planted for exhibition spike growing. Medium are 
usually bought by the commercial cut-flower growers, and with most of the varieties will give nearly as 
good a spike as the large size; and at a very considerable saving. Small bulbs (No. 5) of most kinds give 
fair bloom and make fine bulbs for next year and yield most bulblets; but bloom later than medium 
and large. Days-to-bloom given for most varieties are for large bulbs, are approximate and for compar- 
ison only. 70 days is a very early Glad, over 105 days is late for this region. 
TERMS: CASH WITH ORDER, PLEASE. NO SINGLE ITEM LESS THAN TEN CENTS, OR 
ORDER LESS THAN ONE DOLLAR. Remittance may be made by Postal or Express Money Order 
and Money Order fee allowed for in extra bulbs. Not responsible for currency in unregistered letters. 
WE ACCEPT WAR SAVINGS STAMPS THE SAME AS CASH. 
All stock offered and orders accepted subject to prior sale. 
5 BULBS at 10 RATE! ALL PRICES in this list are PREPAID to you. Generous count and extras 
on all orders. The larger the order, the more extras. 
NO SUBSTITUTION OF VARIETIES WITHOUT PERMISSION. 
Orders shipped PREPAD after March 30th. Or when weather permits. Orders of $5.00 or more 
may be shipped by EXPRESS PREPAID whenever purchaser desires, as Express is insured against 
freezing. Parcel Post is not insured against frost. 
SOUND NORTHERN GROWN! - THRIPS FREE! - TRUE-TO-NAME BULBS! 
We Appreciate New Names of Glad Growers for Our Mailing List. 
— It Helps Us, and Heips Your Friends ! — 

Join the NORTH DAKOTA HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. $1.00 a year gives you the monthly 
magazine and a membership premium. Harry A. Graves, Secretary, College Station, Fargo, N. Dak. 
Send your dollar to Mr. Graves, or I will gladly forward it for you. 

Transcript Print, New Rockford, N. D. 
