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 this will reach you in time for “Glad” planning. In this first full season since the War help 
here has been just about impossible to find at any price, but we have tried our best to get into stride again and have suc- 
ceeded in building up somewhat on the better and newer varieties; however this year again all goes to regular customers. 
No jobbers list. 
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 is actually 
wandering thru the fields of asphodel. Others who stress size might well be picturing a grove of young Sequoia trees. 
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 Blue Triumphatoor at $400 each and Lactinatus that was said to 
have started at $1,000 and many, many others on down the line that were so very disappointing. 
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 limba 
of the forgotten. 
MICHARLOTTE—former seedling No. 38G34A again cante thru uniformly fine. Grown on trial in Winnipeg, it 
produced 16 bud spikes, formal type with six open at once, bottom floret 744 inches (Photo). The largest bloom for me 
here this year was Big Top .(well over 8 inches). Ethel Cave Cole consistently fine for floral work. Intruder outdid all the 
deep full reds. Genghis Kahn grew the most nearly perfect spike, tho Bengasi surpassed everything in beauty of color. 
Ogarita was very tall and fine and Margurite lovely but not quite as tall. Col. Maid, Silentum, Rosa Van Lima, Snow Prin- 
cess and Maid of Orleans all still fine cutters and King Lear aways in demand with the florists. Mrs. Marks Memory un- 
usually good this year which was pleasantly surprising as it has been very tempermental for me. Oriental Pearl bloomed 
here for the first time from small bulbs and was breath taking, if it lives up to its initial performance here it will be away 
out in front of everything in its color class, Hiawath@%m_ Patrician, Christine, Phantom Beauty and other late releases we 
have not bloomed here; but according to all reports these four at least are positively must haves. 
GUARANTEE a=: - 
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 orc »r, orders of $3 and over, 25% with the order and the balance be- 
fore shipment or shipment can be made C. O. D. if yc : prefer. Please do not order for less than $1 as the sorting, pack- 
ing and postage make such orders unprofitable. Extra « unts in proportion to the earliness and the size of the order, As 
stock of most varieties is strictly limited, early ordering v. ‘ insure better selections and avoid disappointments, and I will 
show my appreciation with more liberal overcount and ofi 1 a bulb or two of the newer and more expensive sorts. 
