Foreword 



O all my fine customers I wish to take this opportunity to thank 
S@you for your orders the past season. I hope you have all had great 
| pleasure from the varieties you purchased, and know you still 
treasure the memory of their beauty. 
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We are now located on our new farm, where we have the facilities to 
grow the finest bulbs, with plenty of room to rotate, on high sandy loam 
soil. The Belle river which runs through our farm will furnish a continu- 
ous supply of water for irrigation. We have a new large storage where we 
can store up to 5 million bulbs. 
Due to the problems and work entailed in moving our stocks and 
equipment 50 miles this year, we were unable to attend as many shows as in 
the past years, but we did show at some of the shows in Michigan where we 
did quite well, having 2 Reserve Champions, namely Spic and Span and 
Sunspot, two very fine glads. We won Recent Introduction Sweepstakes 
and quite a few section Champions and many Blue Ribbons. Blue Lagoon 
continued its winning ways, as did Klondike, Poinciana, and Chief Pontiac. 
We wish to state at this time that due to the high cost of printing, etc., 
our catalog is sent for no more than 3 years to those who request it. If we 
have an order from you during this period you will continue to receive it 
without a new request. If we do not have an order though, we must of 
necessity drop your name from our files unless a new request is made. 
Catalog costs average at least $1.00 for every order we receive so you can 
see we cannot continue to send them out to those not interested enough to 
purchase, since this cost must be passed on to the purchaser of bulbs. 
Just a small order will continue your name for future catalogs. 
I wish to thank particularly all those who have written me nice letters 
the past year, regarding the quality of our stock and of the fine blooms 
they had. This is one of the most enjoyable parts of our business, and I am 
sorry that I could not answer all of them personally this year. 
Our varieties listed are carefully selected to give you the ultimate in 
color and bloom. Our motto has been and still is: 
“The Finest Bulbs of the Finest Varieties.” 
‘Thank you, 
G. V. SNYDER. 
