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HIGHLY COMMENDED GLADIOLUS 
SPRING 1944 
C. C. VAN VOORHIS 
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R. E. WHEELER 
KINGSTON NEW JERSEY 
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PROSPECTIVE PATRON: Our originations have won so many 
awards at the Shows and Trial Gardens where they have been exhibited 
or tesved that we believe many of them will become great favorites 
with show tans and other Glad tovers when these varieties become better 
known. AS AN AID VO THE WIDER DISSEMINATION OF OUR 
VAKIETINS, WE WILL GIVE FOR EACH FIRST PRIZE WON IN A 
1944 STATE OR REGIONAL GLAD SHOW WITH ANY OF OUR OR- 
IGiINA'LTIONS, ONE DOLLAR VALUE IN GLAD BULBS, WINNER’S 
CHOICE. PLEASE SEND A PRIZE CERTIFICATE OBTAINED 
FROM THE SHOW COMMITTEE, AND STAMPS TO COVER 
POSLAGE ON PRIZE BULBS. 
Our varieties have been developed on fairly heavy soil which assures 
that they should do well on almost any type of soil; this not being 
true of many varieties developed on light soil. 
In the records of the varieties in this catalog the following key is 
used tor the awards at shows within the last six years: N, Metropolitan 
at New York; R, Hastern New York at Rheinbeck; M, Maryland; 
W, Wisconsin (shown by. E. A. Ling and Miss Sprecher); V. West 
Varginia (shown by W. Va, Trial Garden); C, midwest at Chicago. 
Very few of our varieties have been shown at any other shows, 
PRICES GIVEN ARE FOR ONE BULB, 6 BULBS WILL BE 
SUPHLIED AT 5 TIMES, AND 25 BULBS AT 18 TIMES THE SINGLE 
PRICK. 10 BULBLETS FOR THE PRICE OF A LARGE BULB. 
FrOSTAGE PAID ON PREPAID ORDERS OVER $2.00. 10% DIS- 
COUNT ON ORDERS OF $5.00 TO $10.00; 20% DISCOUNT ON 
ORDERS OVER $10.00. NO SINGLE ITEM LESS THAN 10 CENTS. 
Some varieties will not be availabie after May 15, but others will 
be until July Ist. 
Because Mr. Wheeler is in the Army and I (Van Voorhis) am 
busier than ever in my regular work as Research Associate in the 
Physics .Department of Princeton University, we hope you will pardon 
any tardiness in our responses. We will do the best we can. 
TS ae ead Birscdlis 
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