
Colonial Dame 
GREETINGS to all you old timers, and to the thousands of new 
addicts, who have joined the ranks during the past few years: 
Thanks for your 1948 orders, and we hope the bulbs grew well, and 
that we will hear from you again this season. Our growing season 
was just about normal, except for some extremely hot weather, and 
drouth in late August and early September. However, our bulbs. were 
planted quite early, and so were well developed before that time. 
In my private Trial Garden, I grew 241 recent and 1948 Introductions 
along with several seedlings from various growers. Practically all of 
them proved to be good, and some were of course outstanding. In 
that way, I am able to compare them with the older proven commer- 
cials and know whether or not they reaily are better. 
All stock is State Inspected. No dips used. Just good clean healthy 
corms. 
