GLAD SOCIETY MEMBERSHIP OFFER 
With each $10 net retail order a customer who ineludes 
an additional $1 for a new membership in the Michigan 
Gladiolus Society may select retail bulb items with $1 
valuation. 
With each $20 net retail order a customer who in- 
cludes an additional $2.50 for a new affiliate combination 
membership in the Michigan Gladiolus Society and the 
New England Gladiolus Society may select retail bulb 
items with $2.50 valuation. The publications and activ- 
ities of these two societies are progressive and inform- 
ative. No glad grower should be without them. 
TERMS AND DISCOUNTS 
You may select 10% extra in bulbs of your own choice 
on retail orders of $3.00 to $10.00; 15% on orders of 
$10.00 or over. ‘These pice ‘counts do not apply to items 
marked No Discount * 1947 introductions, or whole- 
sale items, nor can irae items be selected as Extras. 
Cash in full with order or 25% to hold, with balance 
before shipment. Orders under $3, please add 15 cents 
for handling. 
SECOND CHOICES 
Please give seccnd choices with your order. May we 
substitute smaller sizes if large are sold out? We will 
include extras to give same value. All retail orders sent 
prepaid in the US. A. You'll be pleasantly surprised at 
the extras we will include. 
GUARANTEE 
We guarantee ail bulbs to be true to name, free of dis- 
ease, and we will replace up to the purchase value of 
any stock that does not meet this guarantee. We can- 
not guaran ee growth as soil may be poor or infected 
with disease. 
VARIETY COMMENTS 
Cur cus.omers often ask our opinion of the best va- 
rieties in each color class. Here is a list we have pre- 
pared, including our notion of the best, both in new 
and cheaper varieties. 
The finest of all white glads is the new WHITE 
MAGIC. This is not our opinion alone, for it was top 
scoring pocdine at the ’46 Michigan Trial Garden in 
which varieties were tested. Other fine whites are 
SILVER WINGS, CASABLANCA, and FAIR ANGEL. 
Roger Arnett, Corunna, Mich., is introducing this 
year a fine new white with marking known as WHITE 
CHALLENGE. Of the older varieties MARGARET 
BEATON is still doing well even in dry seasons. 
LAKE PLACID and LEADING LADY top the 
cream class, while WHITE GOLD still is liked by many 
fans. CORONA, the cream with markings, not only 
is excellent in the north but ships well from the south 
in winter. 
Light yellow CRINKLE CREAM still is very good. 
OREGON GOLD is beautifully ruffled. GOLDEN 
STATE 1s as described, as strong and sturdy as a yellow 
Picardy. GOLD DUST has proven to be a good early 
cutflower but definitely is not for the shows. We have 
grown YELLOW RUFFLES that would crowd any 
other variety for “most beautiful.’ SIR GALAHAD 
and VEE CREAM ean be gorgeous with their red 
blotches on creamy yellow. 
The buff class has been greatly strengthened this 
year. GOLD STANDARD, DEBU TANTE, SUN- 
LIGHT, SUN SPOT and HELEN of TROY are all so 
good I wouldn’t be without one of them. 
DRUM MAJOR and LARIME seem to be the most 
robust. of the oranges. ORVAG, while it has a smaller 
floret, did very well for us this year. BARCAROLE 
still can be beautiful but is neither tall nor uniform. 
