GREE I LNGS 
to my many customers for a fine business this past season. Tho I have heard of a 
few who had trouble thru thrips or bad weather or something else the great majority 
seem to have had wonderful results judging from the many fine letters I have had. 
Many have been greatly surprised 
at the fine blooms they got from 
small bulbs. Many people seem to 
think that they can’t get satis 
factory blooms from small bulbs. 
But this 1s all wrong. 
This has been a peculiar and 
rather difficult season im this part 
of the country and many other 
parts also. It rained all the season 
till August, thus delaying plant- 
mg, and after that we had only two 
or three rains and a long hot dry 
fall. Yet many blooms as nice as 
ever were brought to the shows. 
This goes to show how adaptable 
the glad is. No matter what the 
weather good glads can be produced 
if you are a real glad fan. 
This year my crop 1s the largest 
and cleanest I have ever had. I 
don’t know if clean looking stock 1s due to soaking in New Improved Ceresan or 
to the warm dry fall but think they are both largely responsible for the fine crop. 
However No. 1’s are scarce and I think they will be short in many places. But it 
isn't necessary to have No. 1 bulbs to produce mice flowers. 
Varieties of glads come and go and often it 1s not the fault of the variety that 1 
goes. I have retained the best of the older ones 1n my general list. Any variety that 
remains on the market for several years must have its good points. Many fine 
varieties were introduced last year. And this year I have rounded up a grand lot 
for introduction. Not so many as last year but I believe they are all first class and 
will make names for themselves. Among these I have four new mimatures and some 
small flowered ones. Tho these classes are not so popular yet as compared with the 
larg ones there definitely is a growing demand for these smaller and daintier blooms 
as people are coming to realize more and more how much more satisfactory these 
smaller ones are for table or other small decorations than the larger ones. They can 
be used where large ones would be out of place. 
Remember that tho glads like other plants can often be grown well by just sticking 
them in the ground and leaving them alone, to be sure of really good results, and 
only such are satisfactory, they should be given a chance to show what they are capable 
of. If you do this you will be richly rewarded for your work. I know of nothing 
that can give you the thrill that well grown glads can give. 
Here’s wishing you the very best of luck for the coming season. 
Elmer Gove 

