~~ ~~beautiful biooms you will produce with very littie effori. 
Our Specialty— Daffodils por Naturalizing 
Dear Friends and Gardeners: 
We hope your bulb garden was a big success this spring, and we 
know you are looking forward to next spring with the expectation of 
even more beautiful blooms. Many of you have bought bulbs from 
us so many seasons that we think of you as old friends. We are happy 
too to know that you have taken the bulbs we have grown and have 
made beautiful borders in your gardens or golden, white, and scarlet 
carpets on your hillsides and in your lawns. 
Until a couple of years ago, we sold only our own daffodils. The 
people who bought them always seemed to like them and fre- 
quently recommended our bulbs to their friends and came back for 
more themselves too. In the fall of '47 we started carrying Holland- 
grown tulips, hyacinths, iris, crocus, and minor bulbs for the convenience 
of those who wanted a variety of bulbs. But we still think no other 
bulbs can compare with daffodils in the rich rewards they will give 
you for your efforts. Starting out with healthy bulbs—and ours are 
state inspected and certified—you can hardly fail. Pests will not attack 
them, and the blooms are already inside the bulbs in miniature form 
when we sell them. Just take a couple of simple precautions: don't 
plant bulbs where water stands in wet weather, and don't mow the 
tops before maturity in the spring. Your friends will rave over the 
se EOL 
To make a naturalized planting of daffodils, just select a spc. w <ce 
the bulbs can remain undisturbed for an indefinite peridd anu set 
them out. Our customers write us they naturalize our daffodils in 
vacant lots next door, in light woods, by lakes, on hillsides, in 
meadows. All the varieties which we list by the bushel and peck nat- 
uralize well. The larger types may not bloom quite as many years 
without being moved, but they are so handsome they are worth a little 
extra trouble. 
We hope you're going to buy our bulbs this season, and we know 
you're going to be very successful with them. Write and tell us about 
anything you like or don't like about our bulbs or service. We appre- 
ciate your letters. 
Sincerely yours, 
(MRS.) SELINA L. HOPKINS. 
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amined. Any molded bulbs reported within 10 days of receipt will 
be replaced free of charge. 
PRICE LISTS: If you do not intend to plant bulbs this year, you will 
do us and one of your friends a favor by passing this list on to 
another gardener. 
WHEN TO PLANT ALL BULBS: Daffodils may be planted from Sept. 
1 to Nov. 15 or until freezing weather sets in, but early planting is 
an advantage to them. Oct. 1 is early enough to start planting 
tulips, iris, crocus, hyacinths, and minor bulbs, and these also may 
be planted up until time for the ground to freeze. In order to insure 
that a good selection of bulbs will still be available you should 
place your order as early as possible however. 
DELIVERY: We start to fill our accumulated orders of daffodil bulbs 
about September 1. The tulips, iris, crocus, hyacinths, and minor bulbs 
which we are offering for sale are Holland-grown. Orders for them 
will be filled as soon as possible after we receive our shipment from 
Holland, which should be by October 1. For the past two years iris 
have arrived later than our other Dutch bulbs; so that we were 
unable to ship them out until about Oct. 20. 
DEPTH TO PLANT: Daffodils and hyacinths base 6 or 7 in. Geep; © 
tulips 4 in.; crocus and minor bulbs 3 in. deep. 
COMPLETE CULTURAL INSTRUCTIONS will be inclosed in each 
order. Bulbs are easy to grow and will reward you richly for your 
effort. 
LABELING VARIETIES. All varieties sold individually or in collections 
are separately packaged and labeled. Varieties sold in mixtures are 
not separated. 
DAFFODILS BY THE PECK 
(See also ‘‘Best Buy’’ peck and bushel offers inside folder.) 
A peck contains from 80 to 120 blooming-size bulbs. 

. Per Doz. Per Peck Per Bu. 
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peck offers, to all points EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE PRE eT Tee CIneairehol ah once 
CUSTOMERS LIVING WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER will please shes Hirst: blooms Gate ten areer ane. ne Sark ns 1.20 5.25 19.50 
add ten per cent to our prices for DAFFODILS to help with transpor- BRIGHTLING, (Incomparabilis.) Primrose petals, crown 
tation charges. (This is necessary because daffodil bulbs are heavy, large and flat, of rich orange with a wide double oe 
and the cost of transporting them is quite high.) Tulips and all other frilled margin of fiery orange-red, blooms midseason.. 1.55 6.25 22.5 
bulbs will be sent an lace in this countr ostpaid. CROESUS. (Incomparabilis.) Lovely flower with canary 
ele peal yellow petals, crown of deep red, blooms midseason... 1.00 4.75 18.00 
MINIMUM ORDERS: One-half bushel may be bought at the bushel SIR WATKINS. We recommend Helios instead. 
rate. Six or more bulbs may be bought at the dozen rate and 25 BONFIRE. (Barri.) Very pretty; lemon yellow petals, with 
bulbs at the 100 rate. brilliant scarlet center, blooms late .........--.++++ 1.00 4.75 17.50 
: CHEERFULNESS. (Double.) Several small carnation-like 
GUARANTEE: Our bulbs are guaranteed to reach you in first class ie AeA om ee = ae wiieqitenten sue 
condition. Packages should be opened at once on arrival and ex- = | _—~—_—s sounded by white petals, blooms late ............5. 1.20 6.25 22.50 
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(Mrs. S. L. Hopkins) 
Nuttall, Gloucester County, Virginia 
Telephone: Gloucester 17111 
Our 1949 List of 
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Daffodil Rulbs 
also Tulips, Hyacinths, Crocus, Iris, 
and Minor Bulbs 
Postmaster: If not delivered please return. 
Return postage guaranteed. 
Discount 5% on all 
orices for orders 
railed by Aug, 15th, 
