ROMAINE B. WARE~Lédies 
CANBY, OREGON 



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Dear Friends:- 
As another garden year begins we again extend our sincere 
thanks for your orders and all the friendly letters and good 
wishes. We were not able to supply all the bulbs you wanted 
last year but hope to do better this season. Your cordial 
letters about the lily bulbs purchased the previous year were 
also much appreciated. We send out the very best bulbs to be 
had and when you write and tell us how lovely they are it helps 
a lot. Also for the enthusiastic letters about our packing and 
the condition the bulbs arrive, we thank you. 
WE ARE HAPPY eee 
eee to announce that a heavy percentage of all the lilies 
we offer have either been reduced in price or kept the same as 
last yeare A few have been increased, several quite a bit we 
are sorry to saye Increases are due to conditions beyond the 
control of either Mr. Kline or myself. Of course some lilies 
will probably always be high priced as they are very slow to 
propagate and greatly in demand. Many others will gradually 
come down as the supply increasese In many cases growers are 
now producing three to four times as many bulbs as they did a 
few years ago, but, the demand has increased also. With some 
varieties it seems almost impossible to grow them fast enough. 
We are very sorry the price of Auratum has had to advance 
because so many of you want ite We hoped it would not but had 
no control in the matter. Doubtless the new Auratums are well 
worth even todays pricee They are exceptionally gorgeouse But 
a ten spot does not buy as much of their beauty as it used to 
do and we can not help ite 
However there are many, many very fine lilies that do not 
cost a great deal and you will welcome them to your borders. 
We hope that many more of them will come down in a few years 
and your lily dollars will buy more beauty. 
FORTUNATELY FOR US «ee 
eee and for you, the problem of properly 
packing lily bulbs so they will reach you in 
first class condition seems to be pretty well 
solved. Last November we shipped a package of 
lily bulbs to new Zealand by regular parcel 
poste They were on the way over eleven weeks 
and the customer reported, they reached him in 
perfect condition. Unquestionably the cellophane 
bags and the slightly damp peat maintained just 
the correct moisture conditions to prevent the 
bulbs from drying. 

