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VAN BOURGONDIEN Fine Bulbs 
Dear Customer: 
Our front cover this year is a picture taken in 1945 while our Tulips were in full bloom on our farm 
in Long Island. We have gradually become more successful in producing bulbs as good as the Nether- 
lands produced before the war. 
At the time this catalog is going to press we do not know what has happened to our bulb fields 
in the Netherlands. Some may be under water after the Germans broke the dike; some fields on higher 
land may have been saved. We can assure you that on the first report we receive from Charles H. 
Van Bourgondien in the Netherlands, who took care of our plantings over there, we will publish a 
special folder offering merchandise such as Crocus, Hyacinths, etc., not obtainable in this country. 
As in the past, we will guarantee all our bulbs to give satisfaction. 
We thank our customers for all their business given in the past, and the patience they have had with us, 
as it was not an easy matter to fill orders during the war with insufficient and inexperienced help. How- 
ever, we tried to do our best under the circumstances. 
VAN BOURGONDIEN BROS., Inc. 
PC-VAN B 

Lilium Testaceum 
One of the choicest of all Lilies. Very fragrant. A 
true yellow with orange-red anthers. Base rooting. 
Cover the bulb about 2 inches, and protect its roots 
from the sun with a low ground cover. 4 to 6 feet. 
Flowers June or July. Each $2.50; $25.00 per doz. 
Clan Ian Pee 
President. 

Lilium Candidum 
This is the exquisite Madonna Lily, which produces 
a large mass of snow-white flowers on straight stems. 
Plant these bulbs in the open in September or October. 
For this Lily no orders accepted after October 1st. 
Jumbo bulbs, 65c each; $6.50 per doz.; $50.00 per 100. 
First size bulbs, each 45c; doz., $4.50; 100, $33.00. 

PREPAID SHIPMENTS: We will prepay all carrying charges 
to destination on orders accompanied by payment in full. 
NO C.0O.D. ORDERS PLEASE—AII over-payments promptly 
refunded. 
MINIMUM ORDERS: We cannot fill orders below $1.00. Six 
or more of a variety are sold at the dozen rate; twenty-five or 
more of one variety at the hundred rate; two hundred fifty or 
more of one variety at the thousand rate. 
CATALOGS: If you do not intend to plant bulbs this year, 
please give this catalog to a friend or return it to us, due tc 
paper shortage. Thank you. 
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CULTURAL DIRECTIONS: We will include in every shipment, 
free of charge, our own most explicit cultural directions for 
indoor as well as outdoor culture. 
VAN BOURGONDIEN BROS., Inc. 
Babylon, Long Island, New York 
TELEPHONE: Babylon 264 
For those visiting our farm, we are located on Route 109, 
Farmingdale Road, south of the Sunrise Highway at Babylon. 
