



If Christmas Clubs are any indication, it isntt ee iepbe to ae : 
about NEXT Christmas, and the kind of gifts you would like to give. 
Most of us agree an ORCHID makes a mighty nice gift But an orchid P A 
FULL BLOOM is a gift that would create a sensat neocons af ce Nia 
pecially if the recipient had never had an orchid plant before! 
C. Percivaliana - "THE CHRISTMAS ORCHID" - is the only cattleya orchid I Ae 
which $n Be Sopeniod upon fo burs into bloom during the Christmas season. 
It will avera 6-inch bright lavender blooms elite The oe 
are ca Shag of crisp, heavy texture. The bright ae of the lip 4 
into blood red as it pyramids up into the gold of the throat, faintly marke 
with maroon veins. There is a pale lavender ie fat abe the way around se ie, 
adding a most attractive contrast. te 






These are not "jungle plants" but came dibeutry ait benches of on are ee 
largest growers of cut blooms in the United States. He has a ; them | ae Bl es 
years because he knew they would always supply him with plenty of blooms for 7° 
the Christmas market. But finally his increasing hybrid aNd crowded out the - 
Percy's. : % 
It was Deo. 18th when I visited this orchid range and saw the benches of a 
Percy's coming into bloom. There was not a weak, sad looking bloom in the ot, ae 
and I thought, “What a Christmas present one of these plants would make}" But 
it was too late for that rapidly approaching Christmas, so I arranged to have 
the lot shipped to me as soon as they were through blooming. All were due for 4 
re-potting, so were shipped out of pots. If you can accept them immediately, 
out of pots, you can have them at the following prices: 
Out of 4=in,. pots: each, $4.00; five @ $3.75 eas ten @ $5.50 | eae D a 
Out of 5<in. pots; each, 5.00; five @ 4.75 ea; ten @ 4.50 ea. \ ~_ 
Out of Gein. pots: each, 7450; five @ 7,00 ea; ten @ 6.50 ea. Si 
Add 50¢ per plant if you want them in pots. Delivery after June ist, when 
well established and new leads started. 
Add $1.00 per plant if you'd like them in new cypress crates. June Ast delivery. 
Or, if you prefer to have me keep on growing yours until early next ge ttle 
add another fifty cents per plant and I will guarantee at least one new lead 
on the smallest size; at least two on the next size and at least three new 
leads on the largest size plants. 
When I saw these plants in bloom, even the smallest of them carried three 
blooms. Nine to fifteen blooms were not at all unusual on the largest plants. 
And, as I stated above, there was not a poor bloom in the lot. 
So why not join my ORCHIDS FOR CHRISTMAS CLUB end present your friends with 
gifts they'll never forget? On request I'll enclose a sheet of simple in- 
structions with each plant. But even if the gift goes to one of these persons 
who loves flowers but “can't grow a geranium", don't you believe he or she 
will have had your money's worth by the time the first Christmas' blooms have , 
faded? ie 
Don't think that no one but an orchid grower should receive sucha gift. sny- 
one who likes flowers, would love to ovm an orchid plant! 
