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Double Hanging Basket or Lloydi. The stems are pendulant. Very attractive 
in pots, hanging baskets or: shaded rock gardens. 8 colors: Red, Scarlet, Rose, 
Pink, Salmon, Apricot, Yellow, Orange. 30c ea. $3.00 doz. All 8 colors for $2.25. 
Giant Single Frilled or Crispa. Large, profusely frilled and ruffled single 
flowers. 9 colors: White, Yellow, Pink, Scarlet, Rose, Apricot, Red, Salmon, 
Orange, 30c ea. $3.00 doz. The 9 colors for $2.50. 
Giant Single Marginata. These are Crispa type flowers but with a border 
of contrasting color. The white has a pink border and the salmon has a copper 
border. They are-in assorted colors only. One may not select any desired color. 
This is a new type. Price assorted colors only, 35c ea. Per doz. $3.50. 
Collection of all 54 varieties listed for $13.50. This will give a complete 
range of Tub. Begonia colors in all the popular types. 
IMPORTANT 
It is important that you read our Terms And Instructions For Ordering, 
which follows the introductory letter. On very many orders our terms are not 
complied with and before we can send the bulbs we must write to explain. This 
delays the order. 
When a letter of inquiry accompanies an order, it should be on a separate 
sheet of paper. Otherwise the entire order must await my attention to answer 
the letter. Always look for the information wanted in the catalog first. It is 
usually there. 
Your name and address, so familiar to you may not be familiar to us or our 
packers. We get many we are almost or quite unable to read. Please print or 
write very legibly. Write the items ordered also in list form, legibly. 
We do not enclose order sheets because we use the last fraction of an ounce 
of weight that we may mail for 1c, in order to print a useful 32 p. catalog. Since 
35,000 are mailed that extra postage expense would be $350.00. Printing and 
placing in cat. would cost about $100. Total costs about $450. That would still 
not make names, addresses and items always legible. Only one in several hun- 
dred are too difficult but please don’t be that one. 
Be sure to read our Personal Letter. We try to make this interesting and 
even instructive. Many look forward to it. Frequently there is some valuable 
information given. 
THE ORCHID FAMILY—Orchidaceae 
We receive many letters stating that the writer’s fondest desire is to possess 
an orchid. They want one that will at least sometime flower, of course. For a 
good many years we have been planning and working to make this possible. 
Many have purchased unestablished orchids. Some have been able to make 
them live but rather few have been able to maintain them in good health or to 
make them flower. This is the hard way to start growing orchids. Therefore 
we sell only established growing plants that with proper culture can be expected 
to flower in their next season, unless our description definitely specifies other- 
wise. 
Orchids are as easy to grow as Tuberous Begonias, Gloxinias or Amaryllis. 
What the amateur grower lacks, if he fails, is reliable and understandable in- 
formation. For that reason we wrote a small booklet, 12 pages with covers, on 
“How To Grow Orchids.” This booklet is not a complete guide to culture of 
all orchids but it will start you and help you to succeed with the more common 
and easier grown ones. Price 25c. 
We are listing very few orchids in this catalog. Little culture advice is given 
here. But with all orders we will send our orchid price list which contains rather 
good culture directions. Still more complete directions will be found in ‘How 
To Grow Orchids,” (Price 25c). 
If interested in purchasing orchids other than those listed here, be sure to 
send for our Orchid Price List. 
Cymbidiums are among the most important commercial Orchids for grow- 
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