OUR GUARANTEE 
All bulbs are guaranteed to be healthy, vigorous, true to name 
and free trom dangerously injurious insect pests and plant diseases. 
If any stock is unsatisfactory either when received or at planting time, 
write us immediately. We guarantee satisfaction or your money back. 
We cannot, however, guarantee results after planting. 
ORDERS 
Orders are filled as they are received. These prices cancel all pre- 
vious price lists. All quotations are subject to prior sale and terms are 
cash with order. We suggest that you order early to avoid disappoint- 
ment. All orders will be promptly acknowledged showing your order 
number. Kindly reter to this number in any correspondence. On or- 
ders for !ess than $2.00, please include a fee of 25c to cover the cost 
of postage and packing. Orders from the retail list amounting to 
$2.00 or more will be prepaid to any point in the United States. Prices 
in the wholesale list are not prepaid, but are F. O. B. Valparaiso, Nebr. 
If you order part from the retail and part from the wholesale, your 
bulbs will be sent transportation collect and overcount or extras will be 
included to make up for the transportation on the retail items. When 
all or part of your order is from the wholesale list, please do not send 
money to cover transportation. We cannot estimate the charges so 
please wait and pay the transportation charges when the shipment 
arrives. 
When a variety is listed at 2 for .20c or 2 for .25c, etc., please do 
_ not order a smaller number at a lower price. 
We feel our prices are low enough so that additional discounts 
are not necessary. Generous overcount and extras will be found in 
proportion to the size of your order. 
There is a space on the order blank for you to check giving us 
your permission to substitute the nearest size of the same variety or a 
similar variety giving equal value in either case. 
A SUGGESTION 
We suggest you take advantage of the FREE Aluminum Weather- 
proof Tag offer shown inside back cover. 
FREE BULBS 
Free bulbs will be sent with your order for sending us the names of 
friends not receiving our catalog who are flower lovers. 
BULB SIZE AND COLOR INFORMATION 
Our bulbs are listed by color to simplify your ordering. Large bulbs are over 
114, inches in diameter, medium from 34 inch to 114 inch and small bulbs 1, 
inch to 34 inch. | 
The following arrangement is standard for all gladiolus shows and are 
grouped according to size as follows: 
Miniature florets—size 100, under 21% inches. 
Small florets—size 200, 214 to 314, inches across. 
Medium florets—size 300, 314, to 444 inches across. 
Large florets—size 400, 414 to 514 inches across. 
Giant florets—size 500, 514 inches and up. 
The last two figures in the number denote the color, in other words a 5006- 
is a giant cream, a 352 is a medium deep red, etc. 
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