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Weshington customers must include 3, Sales Tax on all orders, unless bulbs are 
purchased for resale or for commercial cut-flowers. 
TDR.S - rlease do not send us orders under »2.00, as smaller orders can be 
handled only at a loss. All orders under $06 OO are cash with order. On orders 
over 35.00, you may if you desire, send 25% with order and the balance before 
shipment, or shipment can be made JOD for the balance. 
DATRAS O% CASH ORDERS - On cash orders of 35.00 or more from the retail list, 
you may select 10% extra in bulbs of your own choice. ‘HIS DISVOUN DOLDS NOT 
AerLY to bulbs purchased at the 100 or 1,000 rate, nor to special collections. 
TRAN S20RTATION COSTS =- All bulbs from the Retail List will be shipped pre- 
paid anywhere in the US. (ie do not accept Janadian orders under 310.00) 
Small orders will be shigped by parcel-post as soon as danger of freezing in 
the mail is past. Larger orders can be sent at any time by express. 
All bulbs in the quantity List are priced f.o.b. here, - customer pays the 
transportation charges ujzon delivery. Bulbs take second class express rate, 
and the charses are nominal. 
If your order is taken from both the Retail and \uantity lists, we will 
ship collect for Sransportation, and enclose enough extra bulbs to pay for the 
charges on the bulbs from the Retail] list. 
OUR GUARATTEE $ If, for any reason, any bulbs purchased from us are unsatis- 
factory ugon arrival, just return them promptly for a full refund, including 
transportation charges. Or, if at blooming time, you feel thet your order was 
not properly filled, just let us know and we will try to adjust any error to 
your satisfaction. Of course we cannot guarantee that every bulb we seli will 
make &@ good spike, nor do we guarantee germination of bulbdlets. 
Large bulbs (L) are size Wo. 1 end 2 ‘These sizes are best for growing ex- 
hibition spikes. i.edium bulbs (ii) are sizes “‘o. 5 and 4. These sizes are con- 
monly used for outdoor cut-flower growing. i.ost varieties will make almost as 
good spikes from this size bulb as they do from larger bulbs. Small sizes (3), 
No. 5 and 6, are used mainly for increase and for growing large bulbs for the 
following season. However, most bulbs of this size will make fairly nice 
spikes the first season. 
Prices listed 2/25¢ means two bulbs for 25¢, and we do not sell less than 
this amount. Varieties listed 10 80¢ means ten bulbs for 80d, and you may 
order 5 for 40d. 
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The 1948 season here in western \ashington was the coolest and wettest on 
record. This, coupled with a late spring, has gee pacific coast growers the 
smallest supply of the larger sized bulbs in many years. in some varieties we 
have only a few large bulbs. ‘These we have not listed in the large sizes, ex- 
cept in some of the higher priced ones. In any case, we recommend prompt or- 
ders, as our stock of large bulbs will not last long. 
The 2etters Gr, Gry ht, LB. etc. that appear in our list immediately after ne 
the name of the Sri nator of the variety, indicate the size of floret and type 
of spike. ‘he first letter indicates the size: G(Giant) a Reso that nor- 
mally has a floret 54 inches and above; L{Large) ¢ floret 45 to 5 3/2 inches; 
(lijiiedium a floret ot to 4 3/2 inches 
The second letter indicates the eater F( Formal) or I(Isformal). The main 
characteristics of the formal type are a large number of open florets( 8 to 
12) regularly spaced in pairs on a good flower-head. ‘The informal type has 
more or less irregular placement of florets, with about 5 to 6 open. 
