Prices given are for one bulb unless otherwise stated. A dozen costs ten times the 
price of one. Six bulbs are sold at the dozen rate. If not otherwise priced, 100 bulbs 
are sold for the price of 7 doz., or 70 times the cost of one. Not less than 100 are sold 
at 100 rate. 50 are sold for the price of 4 doz. 
Foreign Orders. Postage is prepaid if no greater than to our 8th zone. Best to. 
remit a little extra. If too much we send extra bulbs. We cannot accept foreign orders 
for bulbs at the 100 rate to be shipped postpaid. We have several times filled orders 
from Mexico and other foreign countries, for Gladiolus bulbs at the 100 rate, only to 
find the postage required was almost equal to the price received. 
Errors. Our packers make a few, not many. We want to correct them. Notify — 
us at once in case of shortage or error. Unpack your order as soon as received. Don't 
wait two weeks, then tell us the bulbs were mouldy. 
Partial Shipments. If all bulbs ordered are not included in the first package received, 
a colored slip informing you will be enclosed. Do not discard this with packing 
material. Pay attention and avoid correspondence for both of us. 
Substitution. If out of a variety, we usually substitute one as near like it as possible, 
as good or better and of equal or greater value. If you do not approve this, say, “no 
substitution.” : 
Guarantee. Our bulbs are true to name, and healthy. We do not, however, accept 
any responsibility for their performance since we cannot control the conditions of their 
growth. If, in your opinion, our bulbs are not up to our specifications, please notify us 
at once when you receive them. But do not return them until we explain. Customers 
some times err in judgment and one returned dwarf Baby Callas because they were 
small. Another returned Ranunculus because they were too dry and dead looking. 
“Every Bulb Guaranteed to Grow and Bloom” is the advertising claim of only a 
few dealers. There must be some “Catch” about this claim. What if a- gopher or 
field mouse eats the bulb? Or if attacked by disease or pests due to local surroundings? 
Or no care at all is given the bulbs? In every one of these cases, the dealer guarantees 
the bulb to bloom. Either his prices are so high he can absorb the loss or he evades the 
guarantee. ‘ 
We guarantee our bulbs to be good. We tell you how to grow them. But you 
must study our culture directions, apply them diligently and accept your share of the 
responsibility. 
Culture directions are not sent with bulbs as all necessary information is given in 
this catalog. 
Catalogs. Spring Catalog is mailed Jan. 15. Fall Catalog Aug. 15. Under present 
conditions of shop delays and delay in mails, the catalogs may arrive late. But they are 
worth waiting for. If over 2 weeks late they may be lost in mail. I suggest you notify 
us and also send 3c for first class mail delivery or 16c for air mail delivery. If no 
orders are received for two years, names are dropped from our mailing lists. If you are 
no longer interested in bulbs, permanently or temporarily, please ask your postmaster 
to return this catalog at our expense. 
Correspondence. We enjoy and appreciate the friendly letters we receive. We 
answer these twice a year in our Introductory Letter. I regret that I am unable to write 
individually to each. On some days in the busy season our first class mail will go over 
250 pieces. At this time we must use our too small office force for packing bulbs and 
my time is almost wholly taken by supervision of ranch and my part of office work. No 
day’s work is shorter than 10 hours and sometimes extends to 16 and even more. 
We receive many requests for information about growing bulbs. This catalog is 
written to furnish that as well as to list the bulbs. You will find everything here that 
is necessary. If you just must ask questions make them in the form of a questionnaire 
in which I can check the true answers. Don’t forget to use a self-addressed post card 
or enclose stamped, addressed envelope. 
Identifying Bulbs. We can usually identify your unknown bulbs. The service is 
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