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As you may already know, on August the 5th, 1947, I lost my 
fine partner (Scottie) Mr. Charles H. Scott. He passed away as 
he wanted, amid his beloved glads. With these he had worked so 
hard, as in them he believed to be his outlet for his mind’s art. 
Now our stock of gladiolus runs into the hundreds of thousands 
of bulbs, and hundreds upon hundreds of crosses, so I will not be 
able to take care of them all. After this fall we will have’ to cut 
down on our stock as I will be unable to handle the tremendous 
amount; will use about one acre, only, for some of our fine new 
varieties which we are disseminating this year and, also, those we 
will introduce to the trade in the future. 
You will note the drastic cut in our prices for named varieties 
and seedlings. Most of the hybrids we offer as one- and two-year 
flowering bulbs I would not heretofore sell at any price, many 
would only be released at high prices (to cover labor, etc.) which 
would be from 50 cents to $15.00 apiece. Included in this section 
are the named crosses such as Eva Mae, Grace Stewart Peet, Red 
Butterfly (a new flower form), Professor John Nichelsen (a new 
color), Cora (the largest orchid on earth), Dr. Wallace Teed (the 
most beautiful red we have ever seen), Del Riley (the three-toned 
upright rose), and many more. Also Iris glad crosses we have never 
seen in bloom; these are two-year-olds; among them there is a possible 
chance of getting a sky-blue or a true-blue which will be worth more 
than its weight in diamonds. 
Just a word to those who may condemn a new variety after 
growing it only one year (as I once did, only to find I was in error 
on E. C. Cole): Never judge a gladiolus to be bad unless you have 
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