GREETINGS TO ALL GLAD GROWERS 
I do not know of a better means of expressing my ap;reciation of your 
patronage than thru this catalogue, so let me now say to jou all, “Thanks 
a million” for a fine business. But more than this, I am greatly indebted 
to you for your wonderful letters telling of the joy, happiness and satisfac- 
tion you have gotten out of growing the bulbs which I have furnished. You 
will find excerpts thru these pages from some of them. TALL CORN GLADS 
have made good in a big way all over the United States. I have reccived 
many, many orders from new customers who have told me that they purchas- 
ed on the recommendation of customers of mine. Thanks to all you folk who 
have said a good word for my bulbs. I deeply appreciate your gladiolus 
friendship. 
To those who have asked for and received my catalogue, but have not 
placed an order with me, let me suggest that you send me a trial order this 
season and see for yourself what it means to purchase TALL CORN GLADS. 
They are the kind that make blue ribbon spikes. My business dealings are 
marked by generosity, and a high purpose to give satisfaction. 
I am now wishing you the finest glad season in 1950 that you have ever 
experienced. 
” 
Most enthusiastically yours, 
H. E. Morrow 
A CLASSIC WORTH REPEATING 
I ran across this in Elmer Gove’s catalogue, and, since it did not indicate 
that it was copyrighted, I am presenting it here as a warning of what you may 
expect if you become a real glad fan: 
“There is a fascination about growing glads that becomes a hobby, then a 
craze. There are five stages of interest in growing ‘glads.’ First you just grow 
them as an amateur, same as you would any other flower. Then as your inter- 
est in them increases you become a ‘fan’, then a ‘bug’, then a ‘nut’, then final- 
ly a ‘fiend.’ - When you reach this final stage you are hopeless. You think of 
‘glads’ all day, dream of them at night, spend every available minute of your 
time in the garden, talk of them, visit the shows, read all the catalogs and 
spend all your money on them. You will look lovingly at the last flower in the 
fall, will handle your bulbs in the winter time and will hardly be able 
to wait till you can lovingly plant the bulbs in the spring. From then till the 
first bloom appears is a period of happy anticipation. When finally the spikes 
of bloom begin to appear you are in heaven. 
“In which class are you? I have been in the last class for years. 
“Have just heard of a still further stage of gladiolus interest. A man 
writes me that he is not a ‘fiend’ but a ‘damn fool.’ I think that must be the 
last stage.” 
A NATIONAL FLOWER 
Some years ago I offered a “Toast to the Glad” in my catalogue. In a 
recent issue of the Iowa Glad Tidings, and also the Sept’. issue of the 
North American Gladiolus Council Bulletin, that toast has been printed, ap- 
parently with the thot of underscoring the idea of making the gladiolus the 
national flower. I am still of the belief that there is no other flower that 
would more fittingly symbolize the sterling qualities and beauties of our 
country than the Gladiolus. What other flower can offer as many worth 
while traits and characteristics as the Glad? What other flower has more 
devotees than the Glad? What other flower is more widely grown than 
the Glad? Why not ask Congress, or some august body, to attend to this im- 
portant matter? 
FRONT COVER 
The gladiolus pictured on the front cover is REGAL RED, a 1950 introduc- 
tion of Carl Fischer. This picture does not do it justice. I have never seen 
such a magnificent scarlet. Carl says in a letter to me, “We surely stopped 
cutting other reds when Regal Red came into bloom.” 
