_ Some of our kind-hearted readers will again volunteer to send bulbs 
ab order to help out with this work. Send only those to be checked 
please. 
Only spikes that are of show caliber are cut for the boys in the 
hospital. We have offers of unsalable flowers for this purpose but 
somehow feel if we cannot furnish the best, we would drop it.So don’t 
just send us bulbs. We ‘have sufficient of the old timers but know the 
boys do welcome the new and better varieties. With our new patents 
etc.we feel we can work faster another year and give those you send the 
proper checking they are entitled to have. We will have help next 
season with our cutting. 
Our second reason for falling down on our work the last two sea- 
sons is illustrated below. 

Our daughter is making powder and our sons are gone so that we 
can no longer yell] for help when needed. During the rush, this help 
came in handy and is sorely missed. 
The third reason for falling down lies in the fact that the Champ- 
ion Womans Grower of the country, Miss Gladys Sprecher, decided 
that man was not meant to live alone. We do not have a snapshot 
of the present Mrs. Hiller, but many of you will remember her from 
the various shows. throughtout the country.. Most things in the Trial 
Garden were double ‘planted and it was her job to make the second 
check. 
Our fourth and last reason for falling down is the lady of the house 
She refuses the use of any snapshot does insist that if any dieting 
is to be done, she will decide when and how. Rather insistant that 
we bring ‘home a little of the bacon at least. Incidentally, how do some 
of the boys in the Glad business do it? We have to reach elsewhere for 
our eats. 
