PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING 
Again we have selected for listing the varieties which we consider the cream of the newer ones we grew 
last summer. Our 1949 catalog contains about 175 varieties, including over 150 of the best recent introductions 
— we suspect the most selective and complete list available in any current catalog. As in previous years, we 
have removed varieties when better ones become available. for we feel that no good purpose is served by con- 
tinuing to list varieties when they are supplanted by superior and very similar ones. 
While tastes are bound to differ, there are certain outstanding varieties which in our opinion are worthy 
of special mention as being at the very top of the gladiolus world. The names of these are underlined. There 
are several brand-new varieties which probably belong in this select class, although our experience with them 
is too limited to make us willing this year to assign them this definite top rating; these are indicated by an 
asterisk (*) placed before the name. The color class of each variety is given in parenthesis. In general, the 
NAGC and NEGS classifications have been followed, although a few apparent inconsistencies have been 
adjusted. 
We are again offering seeds from selected crosses made this past summer. If you haven't grown seeds and 
seedlings, you have missed what is probably the most fascinating aspect of our hobby. Plant seeds an inch 
deep about two weeks after frost is out of the ground, never allowing the ground to thoroughly dry out at any 
time during growth. Packets of 20 seeds of any of the crosses below are 50 cents each. Please mention at least 
one substitute cross, for while we have a good quantity the demand for seeds in recent years has been such 
that our supply of some items is usually exhausted before all orders can be filled. 
Helen of Troy x Daisy Mae 
Jack Pot x Dorothy Armstrong 
Kathy Lee x Mid-America 
Ladrone x Daisy Mae 
Lady Jane x Gold Standard 
Lady Jane x Java 
Abu Hassan x Paul Robeson 
Alice Ayer x White Goddess 
All Glory x Daisy Mae 
Athlone x Evangeline 
Blue Lagoon x Blue Bonnet 
Blue Lagoon x Ravel 
Buckeye Bronze x Daisy Mae 
Color Marvel x Daisy Mae 
Daisy Mae x Chief Pontiac 
Daisy Mae x Red Wing 
Dorothy Armstrong x Mid-America 
Eliz. the Queen x Greta Garbo 
Eliz. the Queen x Venida 
Florence Nightingale x Mary Odell 
Golden State x Orange Gold 
Golden State x Queen Charlotte 
Golden State x Sparks 
Gratitude x Daisy Mae 
Lake Placid x Sun Spot 
Lipstick x Skyway 
Madeleine Brown x Salman’s Glory 
Maid of Orleans x Maxa 
Martha Deane x Color Marvel 
Mystery x Evangeline 
Mystery x Phantom Beauty 
On the Beam x Sun Spot 
Peggy x Evangeline 
Purple Supreme x Ruth Ann 
Spotlight x Sparks 
Tunia’s Mahomet x Eliz. the Queen 
Greta Garbo x Lipstick Wedgwood x Evangeline 
Greta Garbo x Red Wing Yankee Lass x Dieppe 
43M U-7 (Blue seedling) x Blue Bonnet 
Mixed seeds are also available in case you want the same quality, but with greater variety —25 seeds 
for 50 cents. 
Our bulbs are clean and high-crowned, and you will find that we fill orders generously. We never sub- 
stitute without your permission. Orders will be filled and set aside in the order received. Payment in full will 
be expected before shipment. We send out orders postpaid the last half of March. 
Ten bulbs or bulblets will be sold at 8 times the single price and 100 bulblets at 8 times the rate for 10; 
5 at the 10 rate and 25 at the 100 rate. Because our growing space is limited, we do not undertake to supply 
over 10 bulbs or 100 bulblets of a variety to a customer. 
Cash discounts are given for all orders over $3. On orders from $3 to $7, subtract 5% discount; from $7 
to $15, subtract 10%; frou © 15° to $25, subtract 159%; and over $25, subtract 20%. If you prefer not to deduct 
your discount, we will make it up in extras that will please you. 
Indications are that the demand for certain varieties will be such that our supply in them may not last 
out the selling season. We therefore suggest that you send in your order early. While anything we ‘still have 
available is always at your service, March 15 is about the last date we are in good position to accept orders. 
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