Greetings: To all friends and Glad fans. All the requests that have been coming in for weeks and months are cer- 
tainly appreciated and I hope all you folks who have been waiting so long for this modest little list will realize we are 
really “up against it” with no help awailable and just cannot hurry things along. This year again all stock is for regular 
retail customers, and we cannot quote on wholesale lots. 
Now a word about policy. It seems to be the customary procedure, at least with a great many originators, to in- 
troduce each new seedling with a great bally hoo, with all the superlative adjectives Webster provides, initially priced 
just as high as it can be hoped to put it over, then followed up with recommendations galore, rosy trial reports and all 
the other high pressure methods at hand. Some descriptions almost make one feel that one has passed on, and up, and 
is actually wandering thru the fields of asphodel. Orhers who stress size might well be picturing a grove of young Sequoia 
trees. 
It is my intention to go about the marketing of my originations in a most unorthodox manner. First in describing 
to avoid superlatives and stick just as closely to plain facts as possible. Second: Not to make use of flambouyant, expen- 
sive or unnecessary advertising, wasteful of both your money and mine. Third: To price introductions in reason with the 
realization that while each honest originator feels sure that every one will reach the “Glad” Hall of Fame very few really 
do. Fourth: Not to spend countless hours and all that it entails nurturing specimens to unnatural or should I say unusual 
or extraordinary growth for the sole purpose of collecting a drawer full of blue ribbons and competing against the very 
customers I expect to purchase my stock. 
Any “Glad” that I ever put on the market must win acclaim thru its own merits alone or be relegated to the limbo 
of the forgotten. 
Having grown Glads for over twenty years, hybridizing over half of that time naturally I have tried out a large 
number of seedlings and inview of my later experience believe many very good ones were discarded due to too short a 
trial. However several seedlings have now shown such merit that I believe I owe it to the public as well as to myself to 
introduce them to the trade. My red seedling offered last year will be the only one as yet; followed next year by a very 
fine Lilac lavender (Takina x Lila) with others of good promise now under observation. 
My red seedling was the most outstanding bloom in my garden last season, it pleased me immensely, just that “im- 
mensely.”? Growing right beside Big Top, King William and Beautiful Dream, it proved its ability to outsize these big 
fellows. Ethel Cave Cole was the next best doer for me, it simply out did itself. Bingo came thru with about everything to be 
desired. Margaret Beaton was very tall and lovely. Big Top stood up like a light house. Silentum never showed a crook. 
Vista Bonita and Treasury Gold both giants, but not my idea of real beauty. Mother Kadel and Harvest Moon very good 
yellows. Beautiful Dream crooked badly as did Golden Chimes. Col Maid as strong and straight as ever. Takina extra 
heavy, with plenty of moisture. Bengasi, Golden State and many of the very late ones grown in insufficient quantity to 
evaluate. 
A very large percentage of new varieties fail to meet expectations for one reason or another. This happens even 
to our most distinguished originators. We all remember BlueTriumphatoor at $400 each. Lacinatus was said to have start- 
ed at $1,000 and many, many others on down the line that were very disappointing. 
GUARANTEE 
Stock guaranteed to be free of disease and insects at the time of shipment, thrifty and true to name. 
Occasional errors are humanly possible, therefore, if any of the bulbs shall be found not as represented I will 
replace them, together with something extra to compensate for disappointments; or refund your money; BUT in no case 
will I be held responsible beyond the actual purchase price of the bulbs. Fine exhibition blooms are the result of a com- 
bination of superior heredity with perfect environment during growth; as I have no control over cultural treatment, fer- 
tility, climatic conditions, etc. No guarantee as to final results can be given however, great care has been taken to insure 
each bulb being clean, vigorous and true to name, ready under the proper conditions to produce for you some truly mag- 
nificent blossoms. 
TERMS 
Orders from $1 to $3, cash in full with the order, orders of $3 and over, 25% with the order and the balance be- 
fore shipment or shipment can be made C. O. D. if you prefer. Please do not order for less than $1 as the sorting, pack- 
ing and postage make such orders unprofitable. Extra counts in proportion to the earliness and the size of, the order. As 
stock of most varieties is strictly limited, early ordering will insure better selections and avoid disappointments, and I will 
show my appreciation with more liberal overcount and often a bulb or two of the newer and more expensive sorts. 
