1 PATHFINDER GLAD GARDENS 

PLEASE READ BEFORE ORDERING 
SIZE OF BULBS—Gladioli bulbs are usually graded into six sizes for whole- 
sale offerings. They are graded into three sizes for retail sales. Sizes 
one and two constitute what is called the large size, and are one and one- 
fourth inches in diameter, or larger. Medium bulbs are made up of sizes 
three and four, and measure from three-fourths of an inch to one and one- 
fourth inches in diameter. Small bulbs are made up of sizes five and six, 
and measure from one-fourth inch to three-fourths inch in diameter. Large 
bulbs give the best flowers; medium bulbs always bloom, but usually the 
flower is smaller, and the spike is shorter. Medium-.bulbs generally produce 
large jumbo bulbs for the next year. Small bulbs do not always bloom, but 
produce fine large bulbs for the following year. 
RETAIL ORDERS—This year all orders will be considered retail orders— 
and all orders will be prepaid if they total one dollar or more. All orders 
for less than one dollar, please add twenty cents for postage. 
WHOLESALE ORDERS—This year I am offering you a quantity, or whole- 
sale list, but I am prepaying all bulbs ordered from it. In the past, 
many orders were part F.O.B., and part prepaid, and created a problem. 
Also, many wholesale orders were too small, causing the express to be more 
than the cost of the bulbs. And the C.O.D. charge on parcel post was just 
as bad. So I am giving you my wholesale list on a prepaid basis. Buibs 
from this list are a real bargain. . 
SUBSTITUTIONS—When sold out of a variety I will not substitute another 
variety without your permission, unless it is a very small part of your 
order. However, if sold out of large bulbs, I will put in more bulbs of a 
smaller size of the same variety unless you specify otherwise. 
SHIPMENTS—AIU offers are priced prepaid. But I reserve the right to ship 
either Parcel Post or Express, unless you request a certain method. Express 
is safer in cold weather, and bulbs shipped via express are insured against 
damage or loss. However, on small orders it is much higher in cost than 
Parcel Post. 
TERMS—Terms are strictly cash with order. Send your remittance by per- 
sonal check, Post Office money order, or bank draft. Currency is not safe 
and you send it at your own risk. 
DO BULBS RUN OUT? 
Bulbs do deteriorate in quality. The first year after reaching large size 
is their best year. Each succeeding year one finds that the flowers get a 
httle smaller. Some varities deteriorate faster than others. After about 
three years of use it usually pays to replace the old divided bulbs with young 
bulbs grown from bulblets or small bulbs. This is good economy, consider- 
ing the low cost of the bulbs as compared to those items of expense such as 
rent, labor and fertilizer, which continue even for inferior bulbs, and the 
results will be much more satisfactory. 
There are some people who think that varieties run out, in the sense 
that red ones turn to yellow, ete. This is not true. Some varieties are more 
hardy than others and multiply very rapidly; others are not so hardy and 
decay very easily. Thus you can see that a mixture, in a few years’ time, 
can run to several colors only. But if each color had been planted separately 
you would find that no one color had turned to any other color. 
