INTRODUCTORY 
Wettest, latest planting season yet, then ten weeks 
very dry and our stock the smallest ever and it has 
taken a lot of time and study to make prices as low 
as possible. 
Considering the bad growing conditions here it 
is amazing how nice and healthy our stock is and 
the fine growth made, tho the season was so short we 
have very few No. | bulbs and a good percentage of 
our bulblet stock died for lack of water. Our late 
planting start prevented us from p!anting enough of 
several of our excellent varieties to allow listing them 
this year, and of several others no bulblets were 
planted. However, we hope to have enough stock of 
those we do list to fill all retail orders from both 
old and new customers, but remember, late orders 
could be a disappointment. 
We grow and handle only our own originations so 
please do not ask us for anything outside this list. 
While our 1947 introductions are all good propaga- 
tors, our stock is not as large as we would like. All 
three are distinct novelties with a blue ribbon start 
and should do their share of winning in their classes. 
Everyone needs some dusky shades in their planting 
to take the monotony off all those whites, pinks, reds, 
etc., so why not get real novelties that are absolutely 
different. Our three dusky maidens is the answer. 
We are not giving show to show reports this year, 
leaving that job to you, and you will find that as 
usual Wilson originations have taken over blue rib- 
bons, special and championships in a most gratifying 
way at most all major shows, not just last year, but 
for years. You ae st amisallie growing our orig- 
inations as we hybridize on a large scale and are most 
critical of all our releases, discarding all those NEAR 
good ones such as some hybridizers are putting on the 
market. In this age they must be tops or nothing. 
CANADIAN ORDERS will be shipped by PAR- 
CEL POST ONLY. 
We gladly rectify any mistakes and wish to fill 
orders as generously as our present small stock will 
allow. Shipments during hazardous winter weather 
at purchasers risk. 
