
Percy Barrett JcmWeellarris 
GREETINGS and BEST WISHES to all you old timers, and to the 
new comers to the ranks, of the greatest little game out of doors. 
Thanks again for your 1949 orders, and we hope they grew well, 
and that we will hear from you again this season. 
Our growing season was certainly a “DOOZY”, as the kids say. 
Spring broke early, and planting started around April 5 to 6th. 
Then in May and June, we got a lot of extremely hot dry weather, 
which pushed the glads too fast, and we cut some spikes on June 
26th. From then on everything went wild, and 90 and 95 day glads 
came in in 75 and 80 days, and the timing for shows was all shot 
to pieces. 
In my private Trial Garden, I grew over 309 recent and 1949 in- 
troductions, along with a lot of seedlings for trial from various 
growers throughout this country, Canada, Australia, ete. 
Most of them were very good, some were outstanding of course. 
Comparison with the older proven commercials, is the only way 
we can determine whether they are as good or better. 
All stock is State Inspected. No dips used. Just good clean healthy 
stock. 
