
FREMONT, NEBRASKA 1 

PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING 
SIZE OF BULBS—Gladioli bulbs are usually graded into six sizes for wholesale 
offerings. They are graded into three sizes for retail sales. Sizes one and 
two constitute what is called the large size, and are one and one-fourth inches in 
diameter, or larger. Medium bulbs are made up of sizes three and four, and meas- 
ure from three-fourths of an inch to one and one-fourth inches in diameter. Small 
bulbs are made up of sizes five and six, and measure from one-fourth inch to three- 
fourths inch in diameter. Large bulbs give the best flowers; medium bulbs always 
bloom, but usually the flower is smaller, and the spike is shorter. Medium bulbs 
generally produce large jumbo bulbs for the next year. Small bulbs do not al- 
ways bloom, but produce fine large bulbs for the following year. 
RETAIL ORDERS—Retail orders are all orders made up from my regular Des- 
criptive Price List and the page of Special Offers. All retail orders, if they 
total one dollar or more, are prepaid. All orders for less than one dollar, please 
add twenty cents for postage. 
WHOLESALE ORDERS—Because of necessity I have reduced my plantings to 
the point where I have to discontinue my wholesale offerings. However, I am 
listing many items by the hundred bulbs, prepaid, in the regular “RETAIL LIST.” 
These are really much cheaper than the wholesale offerings of many growers. 
SUBSTITUTIONS—When sold out of a variety I will not substitute another va- 
riety without your permission, unless it is a very small part of your order. 
However, if sold out of large bulbs, I will put in more bulbs of a smaller size 
of the same variety unless you specify otherwise. 
SHIPMENTS—Retail orders will be shipped by prepaid Parcel Post or Express. 
Express is safer in cold weather and bulbs are safely shipped by this method 
all winter if properly packed. Bulbs shipped via Express are insured against dam- 
age or loss. Those shipped by Parcel Post are not. Due to Wartime postal de- 
mands, I believe it is better and safer to use Express service more extensively. 
TERMS—tTerms are strictly cash with order. Send your remittance by personal 
check, Post Office money order, or bank draft. Currency is not safe and you 
send it at your own risk. 
GUARANTEE—Bulbs must be satisfactory upon arrival, if not, I will gladly re- 
fund your purchase price. I take all possible precautions to keep varieties 
true to name and free from disease, but I cannot be responsible for results after 
planting. Too many elements, over which I have no control, enter into the process 
of growing good glads. 
EXTRA COUNT—Dtue to a general shortage of bulbs I must discontinue any spec- 
ial gifts for early orders. I expect to be sold out again long before the sea- 
son is over. Retail orders will receive extra bulbs for trial. The number of extras 
will depend upon the size of the order. 
DO BULBS RUN OUT? 
Bulbs do deteriorate in quality. The first year after reaching large size is their 
best year. Each succeeding year one finds that the flowers get a little smaller. 
Some varieties deteriorate faster than others. After about three years of use it 
usually pays to replace the old divided bulbs with young bulbs grown from bulb- 
lets or small bulbs. This is good economy, considering the low cost of the bulbs 
as compared to those items of expense such as rent, labor, and fertilizer, which 
continue even for inferior bulbs, and the results will be much more satisfactory. 
There are some people who think that varieties run out, in the sense that red 
ones turn to yellow etc. This is not true. Some varieties are more hardy than 
others and multiply very rapidly; others are not so hardy and decay very easily. 
Thus you can see that a mixture, in a few years’ time, can run to several colors 
only. But if each color had been planted separately you would find that no one 
color had turned to any other color. 
