Foreword 
The season of 1945 produced without exception the finest quality of blooms of 
any year that I can recall in my 16 years of growing Gladiolus. 
by the quality seen in all Eastern shows, as well as in the maze of color in our own 
35 acres. Even stock grown from bulblets bloomed freely and with no damaging 
freezes until about November Ist, and have a crop of very fine well-developed bulbs. 
This is borne out 
On the other hand the season has 
b2en extremely hard and discouraging. 
The very difficult winter of ’44-’45 was 
followed by a cold, wet spring which 
delayed all early cut flower plantings, 
and the early and mid-season plantings 
bloomed together, resulting in a sudden 
slump in the cut flower market. However, 
the late plantings made up for the loss 
with several reports from growers in this 
area of fancy Glads reaching a high of 
from $3.50 to $5.00 per dozen. 
The bulb buying and selling season is again in full swing. Orders have been pour- 
ing in since early fall and some in very large quantities. A great deal of business. is 
now arriving from across the water from the foreign countries, which is naturally 
going to reduce a sizable percentage of available bulbs for home plantings. Again 
the supply of available bulbs is far short of the demand and eS, late purchasers | 
will be disappointed. 
We sincerely appreciate the many fine orders our customers entrusted to us this — 
past season. 
Early Orders 
Many people like to order in the Fall, 
and many more than ever before now 
want to order because of the bulb short- 
age. Naturally we like early orders, but 
oftentimes we have to refuse certain 
items and quantities, as we have nothing 
but a field estimate to go by. For in- 
stance, our field estimate may call for 
5,000 No. 1, 6,000 No. 2, and so on, in 
some certain variety. When our inven- 
tory of orders shows these figures as 
sold, we have to refuse further orders, at 
least until stock is cleaned and graded. 
On the field inventory we have to be 
conservative as we never know just how 
sizes will run. You see there are many 
problems confronting us on exceptionally 
early orders, as we certainly dislike writ- 
ing possibly two months later and saying 
we are unable to supply this or that. 
Remember, if we accept your order you 
are fairly certain of getting it, but if we 
refuse it early in the Fall we might have 
it later in the Winter when we have a 
complete check of stock. All orders wilt 
be filled in order received. ww 
Early Shipments 
We are seldom in a position to start 
shipping before the latter part of Novem- 
ber at the earliest. Southern growers and 
gardeners need their bulbs early, and we 
try to accommodate them, but everyone 
Terms and 
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We sell 5 bulbs at the 10 rate. We 
do not sell-less than the smallest quoted 
unit. For instance, if a variety is listed 
2 bulbs for $.20, we will not sell one bulb 
for $.10, as the clerical work, filling and 
packing orders is too expensive. On orders 
of $3.00 to $10.00 you may add 5% of the 
total in extra bulbs and 10% on orders 
from $10.00 and up. Please make your 
who is in real need of his shipment will _ 
be taken care of, if possible. But PLEASE 
be reasonable; if you don’t need them, 
give us a little time. 
Discounts 
own selection. These discounts do not 
apply to assortments, collections, to items 
marked “No Discount” or to orders from — 
the quantity price list. We make it our 
business to include some extras for trial 
in proportion to the size of your order. 
All retail orders are shipped prepaid by — 
parcel post or express. 
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