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PLEASE READ CAREFULLY BEFORE ORDERING 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ORDERS: As soon as your order is received you will get a pos- 
tal card acknowledging your order. 
ORDERS FOR LESS THAN $2.00 cost us as much expense in labor and trouble as _ those 
over. PLEASE DO NOT SEND ORDERS FOR LESS THAN $2.00. 
In orders of $3.00 to $10.00 you may add 5% of the total order in extra bulbs of 
your choice, Add 10% on orders from $10.00 and up. If you have a preference for 
certain varieties as extras, please specify. We try to give orders some extras de- 
pending on the size of the order. 
PAYMENTS3 Please send check, postal or express money orders or drafts, Do NOT 
Send Gash. 
SHIPMENT: All retail orders are shipped parcel post to all points in the U.S.A. 
We begin shipping as soon as weather permits. 
BULB SIZES: Bulbs are graded in six different sizes from No. 1 to No. 6. The 
largest size is No. 1 which is 13 inches in diameter or over. No. 2 bulbs run from 
14 inches to 14 inches with } inch variation in each size down to No. 6, which is 4 
inch’ or under. These are all diameters. Do not be fooled by offers of bulbs sized 
by circumference. Gladiolus are usually sold by diameter. Retail lists are made up 
of Large, Medium and Small sizes. Large is No. 1 and No. 2 sizes; Medium No. 3 and 
No. 4; and Small No. 5 and No. 6 sizes. We always use the larger of the two sizes 
as long as they last. When they are gone we send the second size. If your order 
calis for Medium and you get part No. 3 and part No. 4, please do not write us about 
it, saying we sent the wrong size. It is simply that we were out of the larger size 
so we sent the next size which is still Mediun. You cannot depend on getting bulb- 
lets after May lst. 
Medium size bulbs will bloom, although the spike will not usually have as many 
buds as the large size bulbs. Small size will bloom if they have a long season in 
which to grow. 
We list in our retail list 5 bulbs at the 10 rate, but we do not send less than 
the smallest quoted unit. If a variety is listed 2 bulbs for 20 cents, we will not 
sell one bulb for 10 cents, as the clerical work, filling and packing orders will be 
too expensive. 
GUARANTEE: Above all, we take great pains to keep our stock absolutely true to 
name, but mistakes do hax,en in spite of all we can dow If bulbs are not satisface 
tory we will do our best to make them so or will refund your money if returned to us 
promptly. 
We can do no moré,. 
Of course we CANNOT guarantee your crop. There are too many conditions over which 
we have no control--soil, weather, rain, etc. 
SUBSTITUTION: We do not substitute varieties unless you give express permission. 
We do occasionally substitute the next size larger or smaller, when we are out of the 
size ordered, and give you value in bulbs to the amount you send, It helps us if you 
will give permission to substitute and we will always try to substitute in color if 
sa permitted. Very often you win because we send you something better than you are 
dered. 
