What Coustitutes Zuatity a Gulls? 
Throughout this catalog you will find that we stress the 
quality of “Bulbs in a Class All Their Own.” Just what con- 
stitutes this peculiar characteristic called ‘quality’? What 
causes some bulbs to be more reliable bloomers than others? 
What causes the differences in size besides their age? And, 
finally, why is there so much difference in prices charged? 
To begin with, we handle only extra selected, hand-picked 
bulbs. While being cured and handled in Holland, they are 
treated with the utmost care. 
The results of careful treatment and handling never fail to 
show in our customers’ gardens. Many disappointments and 
failures with tulip bulbs are directly traceable to the careless 
methods employed in curing, sorting, packing and shipping. 
Moreover, we guarantee our bulbs to be true to name; we will 
replace them if proved otherwise. This insures our customers’ 
success with any color schemes they may plan. 
Then there is the matter of size. Naturally larger bulbs, care- 
fully handled, will bear more perfect flowers than those produced 
by smaller bulbs of the same variety. We select for our customers 
just the size bulbs of the different varieties that we feel will give 
the best results. 
To explain sizes and varying prices in still another way: 
Prices vary a great deal. This is understandable if you know 
how bulbs are sorted in Holland. The large size is called No. 1, 
medium size is known as No. 2, while the small ones are No. 3. 
Naturally, No. 1 bulbs are worth more than No. 2 bulbs mixed 
with No. 1 size. Again, straight No. 2 bulbs would be worth 
more than No. 2 and No. 3 bulbs. The illustration will help the 
reader to understand why mixed sizes cannot be expected to 
produce the kind of flowers which straight No. 1 bulbs will 
produce. 
Just as individuals of the human race vary in size, so do bulbs 
of different varieties of tulip vary. The variety Indian Chief, 
for instance, perfects a much larger bulb than the largest Clara 
Butt we have ever seen. Thus as our packages of bulbs reach 
you, you will find that the bags of the various varieties differ 
in size, even though all the bags contain the same number of 
bulbs. 
And what has been said of tulip bulbs holds good in connection 
with all other bulbs and all the classes listed in this catalog. 
You can rely absolutely upon the uniform quality and subse- 
quent performance of every bulb that comes from ‘‘Tulipdom”’. 
BULBS FOR FORCING 
NEW GIANT FREESIAS. 
APPLE BLOSSOM. Plant Patent 486. Delicate pink; strong 
grower. Fine exhibition variety. $1.95 per dozen, $15 per 100. 
GIANT CREAM. Very large; cream-yellow, with a distinct 
orange-yellow throat. Very tall, vigorous grower and very 
fragrant. $1.95 per dozen, $15 per 100. 
BRONZE GIANT. Striking combination of copper and bronze. 
$1.95 per dozen, $15 per 100. 
Finest quality, greenhouse-grown bulbs. 
KING OF THE YELLOWS. Plant Patent 488. An outstand- 
ing yellow variety producing large flowers on a strong stem. 
$1.95 per dozen, $15 per 100. 
MARYON. Plant Patent 32. Violet-mauve, very attractive as 
to color and size. $1.95 per dozen, $15 per 100. 
SNOWSTORM. Plant Patent 487. Pure white, very large 
flower on a tall, strong stem. $1.95 per dozen, $15 per 100. 

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