PLEASE NOTE THESE BUSINESS MATTERS 
BEFORE MAKING OUT YOUR ORDER: 
1. All orders accepted subject to stock and prior sales. 
2. All orders except mixtures are shipped prepaid PROVIDING 
that the order amounts to $2.00 or more. If it is for less, please add 
fifteen cents for handling and shipping. . 
3. A down payment is necessary on all C. O. D. orders, mini- 
mum of $1.00, or 25% of order if it amounts to more than $5.00. 
4. Some growers offer cash discounts. I cover this same general 
idea with extras, according to the size of the order. 
5. Please do not split any item that lists two or more bulbs. 
Time and paper bags are too scarce to accept any item less than 
fifteen cents. ihe ate 
6. To those who left orders for bulbs at the Buchanan and 
Jones County Fairs last August: Should any of the prices charged 
you at these Fairs be higher than the prices quoted in this price list 
for any certain variety, I will put in sufficient extras of such varie- 
ties to more than off-set the overcharge. If the prices charged you at 
the Fairs are lower than the prices herein quoted, I will either fill the 
order as written, or advise you and make cash refund for such 
amount as you paid on these undercharged items. 
7. See last pages for SPECIAL OFFERS. 
8. Remember that gladiolus bulbs make superb Christmas pifts 
9. Remember also that gladiolus bulbs are scarce in the coun- 
try—better order early. I have been sold out for the past three years 
long before the planting season arrived. 
SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 
1. In the following listing each variety name is preceded by a 
number. These numbers are from the North American Gladiolus 
Council classification index. Each digit has a meaning and by means 
of these numbers there is obtained uniformity of classification in the 
gladiolus shows all over the United States. The left hand digit refers 
to the width of che floret of each variety. Let us use Aladdin for an 
example. The number preceding the name is 532. The five (5) in that 
number, being the left hand digit, means that this variety has petals 
which measure more than 5% inches across, and is classed as Giant. 
A four (4) in the same position means that the floret measures from 
4%, to 514 inches. A three (3) means that the floret measures from 
3% to 4%4 inches. I do not list anything smaller than a three hundred 
class, but there are varieties which class as 200 and 100. 
2. The first firure in the price listings is the number of bulbs 
‘in the item, and following number is the price. For example, 2—15, 
means that two bulbs constitute the item, and are priced at 15¢. 
38. Rulblet packets will contain from 50 to 75 or more. 
4, The left hand digit in the numbers preceding the variety 
names states the diameter of the florets. 
5. The number following a varietv name is the number of davs 
required for thy variety to come to bloom. This cannot be accurate 
as soil, size of bulb. weather conditions. date of plantine and other 
factors bear upon the time required to bloom. But they give a com- 
parative idea. 
“Have been wanting to write you for some time to tell you about 
the glads I ordered from you this spring. They were simply wonder- 
frl. I never knew glads could have such large blooms, especially 
JEANTE and GUERDON. They were the first to bloom, and such a 
thrill ...I called my neighbors ard friends to come and see them. 
and took many bouquets to the sick and the hospitals, and placed 
bouquets in different stores so the neovle could see them. I want to 
get some more from you next spring.” State Center, Iowa, Sept. 19, 
1946. 
