Greetings! 
I am happy to greet you with a copy of my 1947 Catalog. Wish 
I could sit down with all of my customers and talk about our experi- 
ences, surprises, disappointments and conclusions of the past season. 
It has been a grand season for me in spite of a prolonged drought 
covering many weeks. Rains came in time to produce one of the fin- 
st fall crops of bloom that I have ever seen, and many varieties out- 
did themselves with the fall rains and cooler weather. 

H. E. Morrow, Pastor Winthrop Methodist Church 
Come in! Be seated! Let us chat for a few minutes! 
Let me first of all say that I am a small grower, interested more 
in the newer introductions than commercial growing. I have less 
than two acres planted, which is about as much as I can personally 
manage along with my parich work. Glads have been my hobby now 
for 23 years, during which time I have tried out hundreds of intro- 
ductions, many of which I have discontinued. When a variety comes 
to the point where I do not care to stop and look at it, and cuta 
spike, I let it go. Consequently, I have a collection of the very chcic- 
est varieties, which are proving also to be the choices of huncreds of 
customers. I do not have enough stock to offer at wholesale. Have 
been sold out weeks prior to planting time for the past three years. 
Now, before we get into our conversations about glads, bulbs, 
prices, and numerous other matters of interest to my customers, let 
me thank everyone who has had a part in making this a very good 
year for me, and for the many hearty appreciations of the bulbs 
which I sent out last spring. If all the enthusiasm that has been re- 
flected to me by word and pen could be brought into one package it 
would blow off the roof. And why all this enthusiasm? Because my 
customers have been furnished with as fine bulbs as can be gotten 
anywhere. I give personal supervision to the growing, storage and 
care of my bulbs. My stock is treated when planted, sprayed in the 
field, fumigated in storage, and car-fully watched and inspected for 
disease. My fields have been inspectcd by the State Nursery Inspec- 
tor of Iowa, and each shipment bears a copy of the Certificate of In- 
spection. The Inspector pronounced my crop as being as healthy and 
clean as any he had seen during his travel over the state. I guaran- 
tee bulbs to be true to name, and will do my best to satisfactorily 
adjust any complaint. : 
