
W. H. ROGERS 
GREENLAWN, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK 
Spring I9D4AS 
In presenting my first price list I would like to state that I started to 
grow glads in 1937. I started with 20 mixed bulbs. The following year I added 
a very few named varieties and from then on I have added and discarded and now 
grow over 400 named varieties — not all in sufficient quantities to be able to list 
them for sale. In the heginning my idea was to have a few nice flowers, then it 
became a hobby and while it is still a hobby it has rather outgrown that idea alto- 
gether. I do not have a large patch and consequently many of the varieties listed 
are available in quite iimited numbers because every bulb I will send you has been 
grown in my own garden. I definitely do not and will not buy bulbs for resale. 
My glads have been inspected and I hold Certificate No. 2602 issued by New York 
State Department of Agriculture and Markets. 
I have never exhibited but select my varieties because of their value to me 
as cut flowers for a select trade among local florists, as well as their beauty to myself 
and Mrs. Rogers. Every bulb is planted, cared for, dug, cleaned and graded by 
hand and the work is all done by Mrs. Rogers and myself, thereby giving every 
operation personal attention. Likewise your order will be attended to by us. 
We have established a very good reputation among local florists for pro- 
ducing highest quality blooms and we believe that no small part of the reason for 
these good blooms comes from quality bulbs. These are the bulbs we grow ourselves 
and now offer to you. 
In recent years I have limited my addition of new varieties to the purchase 
of bulblets whenever possible and my success by this method has been very gratify- 
ing. In this way your new additions are purchased at the lowest possible cost. 
You can purchase varieties which you otherwise might consider too expensive and 
you will be surprised how quickly five or ten bulblets wiJl get you started. By the 
purchase of bulblets you should not expect too many blooms the first year but many 
