
GREETINGS, AMERICAN GARDENERS: 
This year, 1943, we have decided to send you just one catalog, for 
both Spring and Fall. We have done our best to make it informative, 
concise, and instructive. It is mailed only to those who have requested 
it by letter or post card. Should you wish to share it with a fellow 
gardener, you have our hearty thanks. But please do not destroy it, 
for you may wish to identify the varieties of bulbs in your garden. 
TIGRIDIAS should have a prominent place in every garden. They 
require so little and give so much, every gardener, young and mature, 
can share in the enjoyment of them without a lot of hard work. No 
spraying, no thinning of buds, no picking off old blooms, no pruning. 
Planted properly, and given plenty of water, tigridias can be relied upon 
to bloom a longer season than any other {lower. 
LILIES are an old favorite with nearly all flower lovers. They need 
no introduction, since their beauty has been enjoyed for centuries by 
all peoples of the earth. We offer several varieties this year, and hope 
to have: morein iuture.» We started with a clean slate several years 
ago—planted lily seed to insure bulbs that were clean and without 
disease. Our lily beds at blooming timeare a beautiful sight to behold. 
YOU WILL FIND many other items in this,*our New Catalog. 
Please believe us, we endeavor to send you the very finest of our crops, 
for it is you, our customers, who provide us the means to produce 
better and more beautiful flowers. 
While it is just not possible for us to guarantee every plant to do its 
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best in your garden, for soils and climates vary so widely, we do pledge 
you our earnest cooperation and assistance with your garden problems. 
Yours very truly, 
FRANK M. WILSON, Hybridist. 
