that most of the Seedling Bulbs which have 
bloomed so far (nearly 200 of them) were 
of a much deeper and clearer color than 
all but two or three of the named varieties. 
We had many that were five inches and 
six inches in size and the most beautiful 
that we have ever seen. We _ displayed 
most of them in our store window, put- 
ting a seedling sign on them, and believe 
it or not, people came in and wanted to 
order bulbs of lots of them. Of course, no 
soap, we told them, maybe sometime. 
|! would like very much to give you ex- 
planations of some of them but know you 
are very busy, so will call that sufficient 
for now. By the way, nine out of ten of 
the people who saw our seedlings didn’t 
even know glads could be raised from seed, 
what a shame! 
We are enclosing an immediate order 
and hope to be able to place another order 
later on. Do you have any special crosses 
of yellows X blues or blues X yellows? 
We would like to have the order enclosed 
sent as soon after harvest as possible. 
Yours very truly, 
VIRGIL L. BOWKER, 
Bowker’s Gardens 
Hicksville, Ohio 
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