
CHOREWORD ..... 
We believe that in these troubled and uncertain days we can be of greater service 
to you than ever before. The average florist has lost a large percentage of his 
skilled employees. In some cases this loss has been almost fatal to the business. 
In hundreds of instances, owners are deeply concerned as to their ability to 
properly attend to their crops. Many growers will find that they do not have 
enough skilled men to care for their plants and to propagate their stock for 
next season. 
That is where we come to your assistance. For three decades we have been 
propagating and selling carnations. We have introduced many new varieties. 
We have shipped carnation plants all over the world. We know how to do 
the job properly. You will find it to your advantage to let us propagate your 
carnations for next season while you devote your time to caring for the plants 
in your greenhouses. You can purchase your carnation cuttings almost as 
cheaply as you can produce them yourself, and a lot of valuable labor can be 
diverted to other important work. 
Oh, yes! We have had our labor problems, too. However, we have trained 
a large force of young women to do many of the routine tasks in the greenhouses, 
thereby relieving our skilled employees and making them available for the 
important work of propagating. 
Although we expect to propagate more than three quarters of a million cuttings 
this winter, we will not lower our standards, and will take only as many cuttings 
as we can handle properly. Thus it will be to your further advantage to place 
your order early for then if we find that we cannot accomplish quite as much as 
we had planned, and are obliged to turn down some late orders, your order will 
be recorded and will be taken care of. 
Forty of the best commercial varieties available are offered for your selection. 
Every one of these has been thoroughly tested and has been successfully grown 
by enough growers in various sections to warrant it being included in our list. 
Not every one will do equally well with you, but each one is a good variety. 
We guarantee that every cutting you receive will be clean, well-rooted and 
properly packed. 
