PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING 
Another year has rolled around and we are pleased to report that our 1945 
sales on bulbs were more than satisfactory. We can only regret that our supply was 
not large enough to supply demands. 
We again urge our customers to order early while our stocks are complete. 
We highly appreciate your patronage in past seasons and feel sure that our 
crop for 1946 sales is of the best quality yet offered. By planting yearly on new 
ground, using New Improved Ceresan as a dip and by rigid culling of defective 
bulbs, we are able to maintain an enviable quality of bulbs. 
RETAIL ORDERS PREPAID 
Bulbs from this list will be prepaid anywhere in the United States on orders of 
$2.00 or more. If less than that amount is ordered at one time add 20 cents to help 
pay for packing and postage. Terms are cash in full with order. 
CAUTION 
Don't risk sending currency in payment of your orders. If you do so, it must be 
at your own risk. Last season several customers wrote me that they had sent for 
bulbs but had received no bulbs and no reply. In each case they had put cash in 
the envelope with order. So please send a bank draft, express money order or 
postotfice order. 
DISCLAIMER 
We use every precaution possible to grow high quality stock and keep varieties 
true to name. However, we will not hold ourselves responsible for crop: grown, 
because the conditions of planting, tillage and general care are not within our 
control. However, if bulbs are unsatisfactory upon receipt, they may be returned 
for refund, and if on blossoming they do not prove true to name we will replace 
with same or other variety of equal value. 
We have discontinued some varieties that have appeared in previous catalogs 
but have added many of the more recent introductions of same color and superior 
qualities. These newer varieties will hold many pleasant surprises for you when 
you see them bloom. 
TIME OF SHIPMENT 
When ordering please specify when you wish bulbs shipped. We can winter 
pack and ship safely most any time but unless you have a cool airy storage they 
are better off in our own storage until near planting time. 
It helps the customer and the shipper if a few second choice items are listed, as 
we are bound to sell out on some varieties sooner than others. If we are out of 
large size ordered, we usually send medium (also a blooming size) and add extra 
count to balance. 
DISCOUNTS 
We have sometimes offered cash or bulb discounts. Instead of discounts this 
season we shall add overcount and extras of other varieties in proportion to earliness 
and size of order. We are sure you will be pleased by our liberal treatment of orders. 
SIZES 
Large bulbs contain No. 1 and No. 2 or 1!4 inch and up. 
Medium bulbs contain No. 3 and No. 4 or % to 114 inch. 
Small bulbs contain No. 5 and No. 6 or % to 34 inch. 
QUANTITY PRICES 
If interested in quantities of 25 or more of same variety and size, write for our 
quantity list. We have stock enough of some varieties to sell by the hundred and of 
a few varieties by the thousand. 
INFORMATION 
We receive many inquiries for information on various phases of glad culture. We 
are always pleased to supply such needed information when we know the answer. 
However, to save time and correspondence when possible we have had mimeo- 
graphed copies made of a 3,000-word article of our own on gladioli growing which 
first appeared in the I. G. S. Quarterly, and was later copied in the ‘Michigan Hor- 
ticulturist.”” A copy of this article is available to our customers for 15 cents to cover 
cost of paper, typing and postage. : 
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