sharing dividend. Always these are newer varieties which we especially like, as yet not 
widely distributed — and the value received by you naturally is based both on the size 
of your order and your variety selection. 
SAVE 10% IN CASH BY PLACING YOUR ORDER BEFORE DECEMBER 15 
For the past three years we have offered cash or a bulb bonus for orders received 
before Dec. 15, which were accompanied by cash remittance. As a result, not only did 
we receive a substantial income when we most needed money, but the earlier customers 
were able in almost every instance to obtain exactly the varieties they wanted in the 
sizes they requested. Here-to-fore we have allowed bonus bulbs or discounts on a basis 
that your savings increased with the amount of your remittance, but this involved for us 
extra office time which we could ill spare. 
For this fall your cash discount, regardless of the size of your remittance, if mailed 
before Dec. 15 will be 10%. You simply remit 90% of the amount which your order totals 
—shipment will be made when you request. You will receive exactly the same percentage 
of bonus bulbs as though you had not taken advantage of cash discount earning. The 
value of the bonus bulbs will depend wholly on the size of your order and the varieties 
ordered — for as we explained in a former paragraph — many varieties in which we 
price bulbs according to the schedules set by original introducer carry a greater profit 
margin and consequently earn a greater profit sharing bonus than varieties in which we 
have reduced prices to our production costs. The cash saving is fixed and tangible in 
amount, and you may be sure that we are going to add all of the extras that your selection 
affords. 
SUPERIOR VARIETIES 
Gladland Acres have for many years been active in growing only the better, newer 
varieties. We do not believe that any other grower is growing and offering a more 
extensive list of superior sorts. 
Our list is like the Blue Book of Society. Many older names are listed because they 
still fill a garden need — and the newer names are shown, not because they are new, 
but because they seem to us at this time to be varieties that are either definitely superior 
to similar color types, or have such originality that they merit space with every gardener 
who is concerned that his gladiolus section is an outstanding one. One thing is certain: 
THAT THERE IS NOT A SINGLE VARIETY THAT DOES NOT POSSESS SPECIAL MERIT — 
NOT A SINGLE VARIETY THAT, WHEN WELL GROWN, DOES NOT HAVE PRIZE- 
WINNING POTENTIALITIES IF EXHIBITED IN A GLADIOLUS SHOW. Even if you know 
absolutely nothing of Gladiolus varieties by name — you may be assured that the very 
fact that it is included in our list is prima-facie evidence that it can produce a flower spike 
that of its color, size and type is an outstanding one. With our segregation of varieties 
into their color classes, it is a simple matter to be sure of having in your garden next 
summer every shade and size that you desire simply by selecting from these classes, 
varieties which in size and form appeal to you most. You may not pick what the advanced 
gladiolus ‘Fan’ considers the best, but you can’t pick a poor or indifferent variety 
from our list. 
COST IS NOT THE MEASURE OF BEAUTY 
Cost is no criterion of the charm and beauty of a gladiolus. In most cases prices 
are not reduced to a low level until the variety has proven its worth to an extent that an 
expanded propagation program has been necessary to keep up with the demand — and 
in such case the cost level reflects only the cost of growing and marketing, without the 
necessity of having to add to the price of each bulb sold, a percentage of the oftentimes 
heavy investment in the original starting stock of a new introduction. 
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