Midland, Michigan, 
May 9, 1945. 
Van Bourgondien Bros., Inc., 
Babylon, N. Y 
My dear Sirs: 
Last fall I bought of you one hun- 
dred Parrot Tulips (Fantasy). They are 
perfectly beautiful and I want to order 
one hundred more for fall planting. 
I am ordering early so if you have 
these I will be able to have more to 
plant in the fall. 
Do you have any other unusual Tu- 
lips? If so, kindly let me know. I have 
five acres set out in borders, formal gar- 
den, etc., and I am very much inter- 
ested in unusual varieties. 
Thanking you, sincerely, 
MRS. 
D. K. REINHART. 
Williamsport, Pa., 
May 27, 1945. 
Van Bourgondien Bros., Inc., 
Babylon, Long Island, N. Y. 
Dear Sirs: 
May I please have your bulb catalog 
as per your ‘‘ad’’ in May issue of 
““The Home Garden.”’ 
I planted your collection of Daffodils 
for naturalizing last fall and this spring 
had a most beautiful display of blooms. 
I was more than pleased with them and 
would like to order more this fall. 
Respectfully, 
MRS. SARAH B. WILLIAMS. 
Aurora, IIl. 
Van Bourgondien Bros., Inc. 
I sent you a trial order last fall for 
Tulip bulbs and I am very well satis- 
fied with them. 
I planted your bulbs at the same time 
and under the same conditions as other 
Tulip bulbs I bought from other firms. 
Your bulbs and the blooms were so 
far superior to the others that all who 
saw them remarked that they did not 
know there could be such a marked dit- 
ference in Tulips. 
Yours for bigger and better Tulips. 
Yours truly, 
ALVIN D. ECK. 
Baltimore 12, Maryland. 
Van Bourgondien: 
I intended writing you in the spring 
to tell you how much we enjoyed the 
Multicolor Tulip Mixture then. I am 
re-ordering them and a few Iris bulbs. 
My place is not very large but never 
too small for those fine bulbs. 
Thanking you again, 
EDITH G. CONFER. 
Please let me know if you do get 
Hyacinth bulbs. My four bloomed 
again this spring from 1943. 
190 Rolling Rd., 
ynwyd, Pa. 
Van Bourgondien Bros., Inc., 
Babylon, N 
Dear Sirs: 
Last fall I ordered a small quantity 
of bulbs from you. This spring the 
flowers were lovely, much better than 
we had expected. They were much ad- 
mired by our neighbors and friends. 
The only ones that didn’t turn out 
were the 3 Parrot Tulips which blasted. 
I am enclosing a check and order form 
for more bulbs. I trust that these will 
turn out as well as the others. 
We received two catalogs from you 
this spring due to my mother’s name 
also being on your list. We passed one 
on to our neighbor and believe that you 
will receive an order from him. 
Yours very truly, 
ELIZABETH ENGLEHART. 
Harrisburg, Pa. 
Van Bourgondien Bros., Inc. 
Enclosed find order also check for 
bulbs. Was very much pleased with 
the Daffodils I received last year, hence 
the reason for another order. The Tu- 
lips I had ordered last fall were not 
quite the shade I thought they would be 
but were very nice when they were in 
bloom. Should the check not be suffi- 
cient, kindly let me know. 
Respectfully, 
MRS. MILES W. SHOPE. 
P. S.—Will be looking for bulbs in 
time for fall planting. 
Mountain Lakes, N. J., 
July, 1945. 
Mr. Peter Van Bourgondien, 
A Note of Pleasure to You: 
Of all the Tulips we bought, yours 
were by far the best—such beautiful 
color and especially long stems. All the 
bulbs bloomed. Every year we have 
some stolen, and they make us furious. 
It's always what we call our ‘‘Van 
Bourgondiens.”’ 
: MRS. ELIZ. HERRON, 
