




On wholesale orders do not ask us to prepay the carrying charges and take out enough 
bulbs to offset the express or parcel-post. This disrupts the whole office routine and makes 
us a lot of extra work. On wholesale orders which are not prepaid let us send them C.O.D. 
for the postage or express collect but.no C.O.D. for the order itself. We do not ship 
gO. for the bulbs without a deposit. 
ON FAIR SIZED ORDERS, EXPRESS is safest and best especially in the winter time; | advise 
express if you are situated so as to get free delivery by the express company. 
C.0.D. ORDERS—Please do not ask. us to send an order C.O.D. without your making a de- 
posit on it. If it is a smal! order we shall have to ask for a deposit of at least a dollar. Larger C.O.D. 
orders should be accompanied by 25% of the value. We cannot send out any more C.O.D. orders 
without at least some deposit. 
EXTRAS. It is the practice of most growérs to give extras on orders | always put in some 
myself. So it will help me if you will mention whether you want extras of the same varieties that 
you order or in other kinds. And if you have a preference it will help me still more if you can name 
the varieties in which you want your extras and if you want large, medium or small bulbs or bulblets. 
Just give us a list of varieties from which to select your extras. We will put in what we think the 
order rates. . 
PLEASE give me a list from which to select your extras. Extras are given for orders from the 
retail list—not from the wholesale though | usually put in something new to try anyway. 
SPECIAL QUOTATIONS. Don’t ask us for special quotations on anything this year. There is 
going to be a tremendous demand for bulbs and a great shortage, especially of large sizes. The 
large commercial growers have picked up large quantities of. bulbs for cut flower growing and 
this year it will be a case of getting the bulbs at any price. 
WHEN CORRESPONDING ABOUT A PREVIOUS ORDER, PLEASE GIVE ORDER 
NUMBER. IT SAVES US A LOT OF TIME. 
F.O.B. ITEMS. When an order contains both F.O.B. items and retail items unless you give 
instructions to the contrary we ship them all together in one package F.O.B. but put in extra count 
. and enough extras to more than offset the carrying charges on the retail items. If the order is large 
and you want the two different classes shipped separate we can do that if you ask us to, but many 
orders contain both retail and wholesale items and it is usually simpler to send them all together. 
ORDER EARLY. Though we have a lot of bulbs and a fine selection we are bound to get 
sold out of some kinds later, and these are always the kinds that people want. So to be sure of 
getting the varieties that you have been planning on getting, send in your orders as soon as possible. 
AIR MAIL. If living ata distance use air mail if you are in a hurry. We will get the order so 
much sooner and will often save days in time. Do not send letters by special delivery. We get reg- 
ular mail quicker. 
RUSH ORDERS. We always do our best to ea out rush orders as soon as possible but this 
year it is going to be more difficult because of labor shortage. So don’t get too impatient if you 
oon slg your order quite so soon as you want it. We shall do out best to get out all orders 
right on tick. 
If you are unknown to us and want a rush order be sure to send a certified check or money 
order along with the order of bulbs. We got caught one too many times by a rush order accom- 
panied by a rubber check. 
CREDIT. Please don’t ask us for credit. Due to labor shortage and other causes we have had 
to discontinue all credit business except with a few old customers who have had credit with us 
for years. This year we have got to do business with the least amount of office work possible. 
CORRESPONDENCE. Though we want to help everyone we can with information about 
growing glads we have to keep our correspondence down as low as possible, due to shortage of 
office help. We send'out an instruction sheet which answers almost every question about growing 
glads and also we give information about varieties and other things in the catalogue yet every 
year we receive hundreds of letters asking questions that are already answered in either the 
catalogue or instruction sheet. Please help us to carry on in these difficult war times. 
BULBS FOR CANADA 
You have to send to the Destructive Insect and Pest Act Advisory Board of Ottawa, Canada, 
for a permit. In sending remittance do not send a bank money order. . 
