Garden Of The Gods 
Pand af Blachhaush 
AN APOLOGY OF DELAY: Due to a continued in- 
flux of Government printing, we have been unable to — 
get our catalog printed this year. In view of the fact 
that it is getting late in the season, we have found it 
necessary to cancel our 1944 catalog. It is necessary 
to substitute this shorter list of varieties, in order to 
speed up the filling of orders this late in the season. 
While our stocks of these varieties are large enough to 
meet the needs of a normal season, we expect this concen- 
tration of varieties to clean some of them up in a short 
time. Like every other business, we are attempting 
to meet the difficulties of war time conditions, to the 
best of our ability. Urgent Army and Navy printing 
is certainly more important than the printing of our 
catalog. 
Due to the scarcity of labor, there is a tremendous short- 
age of Gladiolus bulbs thruout the country. This short- 
age of bulbs has caused a sharp increase in the price of 
cut flowers. Another sharp increase is due for the com- 
ing summer. This conditiqgn has caused about a 25% 
increase in the price of bulbs. This bulb shortage is 
going to be more acute next year. We are holding a 
large number of varieties off the market this year, in 
order to propagate stock in those varieties. We hope 
to meet next years shortage with a good supply of bulbs. 
All small stock and bulblets are being held for our own 
planting. It will be necessary to concentrate on var- 
ieties that have commercial qualities. 
It has been our policy to be very liberal with extras, in 
the past. With the present bulb shortage, it will be 
necessary to discontinue this practice, for the duration. 
Sorry. 
IMPORTANT: In making out your order, it will aid 
greatly if you mention some substitutes, in case some 
varieties are sold out. Otherwise, a refund will be made 
for any sold out variety. Medium bulbs will be substi- 
tuted for large after large are gone. One variety will 
not be substituted for another without your consent. 
Quantities listed under each variety is in accordance 
with the supply available for that variety. Varieties 
listed per each are very likely to be sold out first. 
