the seedling. We believe this colored-pic- 
ture service idea is new. If a seedling: var- 
iety proves out, as we believe all we offer 
will, your investment is much better off 
than some | have made in named glads 
which sold for from $10.00 to $20.00 at 
introduction prices and dropped the follow- 
ing year as low as $2.00 and $3.00. You 
have full control and also will or can name 
and introduce it as you please. 
Whoever sends us the first request for 
the pictures of two- or three-year-olds, 
they will be listed first and all others will 
be listed in order received; but first come 
first served, and you will be notified as to 
your number on our list. So get your order 
in early on any two- or three-year-old seed- 
lings we may list. 
Although the Spring weather was radical 
we seemed to get in our stock of bulbs and 
seeds just right. And as far as the glad 
growing is concerned, we have the _ best 
Summer weather with us now that we have 
seen for years. This happens to be July 
21, and we have had a weekly rain up to 
now, and we need little help from _ the 
White Showers System. Wish you might 
be here and see the beautiful two- and 
three-year-olds come in flower . . . it is 
a real thrill! The Everharts and others are 
coming over every few days to see them— 
to drink in their beauty! We have every 
color imaginable from white to red-black 
and every size from three-inch to seven and 
one-half inch flowers; these on stems from 
30-inch up to 6% feet... yes, | wish you 
could be here to talk glads! 
CATALOGUES 
We are trying something else that we 
believe, too, is new. This catalogue is only 
the first part, of which there are three. This 
catalogue is devoted to one-year seedling 
bulbs, with a few two- and three-year-old 
bulbs. Then, in October, we will issue an- 
other part devoted only to two- and three- 
year-old seedlings, and the last catalogue 
will list Gladiolus seeds and supplies. 
Gladly yours, 
Warren R. Perrine 
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