it probably means that I just haven’t enough plants surplus to list. So 
if you want a certain variety that has been listed in a previous catalogue, 
you may include it in your order and I will do my best to supply it. 
Even though I may not have enough to list certain varieties, I usually 
do have a few plants and so could probably help you out. You may 
try it anyway, but give a second choice in case I can’t. 
ROOTED CUTTINGS 
I am often requested to quote prices on rooted cuttings of certain 
varieties some customer particularly desires. Now the plants I ship are 
really ‘‘plants,’ not rooted cuttings. They are usually root divisions 
taken off very early in the spring and set in nursery rows in a specially 
prepared soil, where by shipping time in the spring and early summer 
they have developed an excellent root growth and are from 6 to 10 
inches tall. 
If any of my flower-friends are handling plants and/or blooms on 
a small commercial scale and have found it difficult to get the large 
mum firms to ship small orders promptly, I suggest that you send me 
a list of the varieties you are interested in, and if you wish as many 
as 25 of a variety and do not specify varieties that are new and/or 
“scarce” I imagine I could quote you on transplants of most varieties at 
approximately one half the “each” price; that is around 7 cents per 
plant in lots of 25 or more of a variety, provided of course the variety 
is not a new or scarce one. Such orders will be shipped by express 
COLLECT. 
Rooted cuttings in small lots can be bought cheaper—from 4 to 5 
cents each, but many amateur flower growers and small florists are not 
prepared to pot the rooted cuttings and grow them on until they are 
ready to set in their permanent place—hence the above offer. During 
past years I have shipped some cuttings, but due to the slower express 
shipments we may expect this year I have decided not to ship any 
“cuttings”, but if you want either ‘‘transplants” or ‘plants’? in reason- 
able quantities I will try to supply them, as above indicated. : 
DISCOUNTS 
I have found that nearly all of my flower-mined customers selected 
a plant or two of many varieties, and as a consequence it was quite a 
task to gather, label and ship so many small orders. On top of this I 
discover that while I would work cheerfully every spare minute tend- 
ing to the wants of my mums, I did NOT enjoy gathering and shipping 
them. I have never been able to learn why, but the fact remains that 
I do, so in order to minimize this job I am offering a straight discount 
of 10% to my customers who will pool their orders to where they 
amount to $5.00 or more. ‘If you wish them kept separate in the package 
I will do that for you, but the saving of time will be worth that much 
to me—and you will get the discount for your trouble. 
BEGINNERS COLLECTIONS 
Many people just getting interested in growing mums would like to 
try out a large number of varieties under their own conditions, in order 
to quickly find out what they could and could not grow. The idea is an 
excellent one, but unfortunately to pick out about 200 different varieties 
as carried in the catalogues ot the specialists and buy one each at the 
retail price, runs into real money (I know, I had that idea myself a 
number of years ago). To give the beginner a good start I am willing 
to ship one each of 250 different varieties of mums for the sum of $25.00. 
These will go prepaid, but will probably have to be in 2 or possibly 3 
different shipments due to the different rate of growth of the many dif- 
ferent varieties. The lot will include all the types listed in this cata- 
logue, and perhaps some varieties not listed this year. If you have par- 
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