Introductory 
Again, we thank all those who were so 
kind as to send us orders for seeds and 
seedling bulbs and for your fine, friendly 
letters. Some of the letters we would like 
to print, but have neither the space nor 
have we asked our friends’ consent; so 
we will have to let this stand until a later 
date when’ we have both time and space. 
| will have more time in the near future 
as | have severed my relations with Neil- 
sen’s of Ann Arbor who are the largest 
floral company in this section of the state. 
Here at Nielsen’s was born my love for the 
Gladiolus and its propagation and hybridiz- 
ation. The reason for this is that we used 
such large quantities of this flower for all 
occasions. We used from 150 to 1,000 
dozen each week from spring to late fall, 
and we sold more glads than any other 
flower company during that period. 
Being the head designer, | know that 
no flower can take it like the Gladiolus. 
We used them for homes, churches, stores, 
hospitals, weddings, banquet halls, funer- 
als, births, parties and corsages; and we 
never received a kick on Gladiolus. It is 
the predominant, universal flower for every 
season of the year and cannot be surpassed 
from my viewpoint. We even used hun- 
dreds of dozen, shipped from the deep 
South, during the Winter and early Spring. 
For the past twenty-four years | have made 
investments in many varieties of flowers, 
but only Gladiolus, when grown properly, 
pays back so much when intended for the 
show-table, home, as a cut flower or just 
for the bulb. 
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