PLEASE READ CAREFULLY 
BEFORE ORDERING 
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF ORDERS: As soon as your order is received it is booked as an 
original and three copies. The pink goes to you as an acknowldegement of your order. The yellow and 
orange copies go to the warehouse for filling the order. When the order is filled the yellow copy is put in 
the package as a check list for you. This is not a bill, but a packing sheet. The original stays in the office 
as a permanent record at all times. In writing regarding your order, PLEASE mention the number. This 
will save us considerable checking. 
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. 
On retail 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. BUT this does NOT apply on items taken from the quantity or 
wholesale list, nor does it apply on those items marked NO DISCOUNT. Do not select “No Discount” 
bulbs for extras, or figure the discount on “No Discount” purchases. No discount allowed from pages 41, 
42, 43, 44, 45 and 48. If you have a preference for certain varieties as extras, please specify. It helps. We 
try to give orders some extras depending on the size of the order. 

PAYMENTS: Please send check, postal or express money order, or drafts. Do NOT send cash as 
it can easily be lost. If it is lost we could very well be accused, and we don’t want that. 
SHIPMENT: All retail orders are shipped prepaid parcel post to all points on the North American 
Continent. Orders outside this continent are f.o.b. here. We begin shipping March 15th un- 
less otherwise specified. We can ship earlier, but it is at your risk due to freezing conditions. 
WHOLESALE orders are shipped express collect unless otherwise specified, as express is insured against 
frost. These orders we ship as soon as we can from the warehouse after January Ist, unless customer speci- 
fies otherwise. From March 15th to May Ist, however, we are usually rushed and may delay shipment a 
few days. 
BULB SIZES: Bulbs are graded in six different sizes from No. 1 to No. 6. The largest size is No. 1 
which is 1% inches in diameter or over. No. 2 bulbs run from 1% inches to 11% 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 calls 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 Medium. You cannot depend on getting bulblets after 
May Ist. 
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 mis- 
takes do happen in spite of all we can do. Let us know about them and we will try to make a satisfactory 
adjustment. If you tell someone else we may never hear about it directly and cannot rectify our error. We 
have declared war on bulb diseases and feel confident we are winning the battle. Our program calls for 
thorough roguing, pre-planting and post-planting treatments of bulbs, dry kiln storage and hand work 
throughout. This adds to the labor cost materially, but we must do our utmost to give you the best we can. 
But we do not warrant in any way, expressed or implied, the contents or the description, quality, pro- 
ductiveness, or any other matter of any seeds, bulbs or plants sold by us, and we will not in any way 
be responsible for the crop. If the purchaser does not accept these goods on these terms no sale is made 
and goods must be returned in ten days. 
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 so permitted. Very often you win because we send you something 
better than you ordered. 
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