of sending directions with the plants which may be impossible for you 
to follow. 
In this catalog we are listing many new varieties. In Gladiolus we are 
again able to list Elizabeth The Queen. Many consider this the most beautiful 
gladiolus. Birch Red and Spic and Span are the coming red and pink varieties. 
They have been so expensive that we did not purchase stock until this season. 
Last year Birch Red sold for $1.00 and Spic and Span for 80c ea. Please note 
our prices on these and also other winners, Gold Dust, Huntress, Leading 
Lady, Ogarita, and Oregon Gold. 
Last year we could list only 25 var. of Caladiums. This year we can 
offer 34 var. There are new Species and varieties of Oxalis; Spathiphyllum, 
a close relative of Anthurium; more and better sorts of Gloxinias, Achimines 
and African Violets. In this family of Gesneriaceae we also offer for the first 
time two additional species, Smithiantha (or Naegelia), and Dolichoderia 
tubiflora, usually called an Achimines. : 
Note our African Violet introductions, Ethel, Spoongirl and Sherry Girl. 
I have always liked the Girls. Their crenate foliage adds to the beauty of 
the plants and Sherry Girl, named for our great-granddaughter, is the 
prettiest girl of all. 
If you could spend only $1.00 for bulbs this spring, I would probably 
advise you to spend it for just one bulb of the new named varieties of 
Tub. Begonias, Red Triumph, Rose Dawn, Autumn Glow or Sunset. 
Do you subscribe for a garden magazine? If you do not you should 
subscribe for one at once. If you do, get another for more information on 
the same or additional subjects. I do not believe I have ever before seen any 
enterprise grow up and attain full stature in less than one year’s time. But 
Popular Gardening has done exactly that. Perhaps it is because Paul Frese, 
well known authority on flowers, writer and editor, now edits it; Chas. M. 
Winchester, the publisher, has had long experience; Dorothy Biddle, Garden 
Club Editor, is a writer and lecturer of note. Our friend, Sam Caldwell, The 
Old Dirt Dobber, of Nashville, sometimes contributes an article. There are 
many other noted contributors. It is a bargain at $2.50 per year (12 copies) 
or 2 years for $4.00. Send your subscription to Popular Gardening, Dept. H., 
90 State St., Albany, N. Y. 
We are much interested in the welfare and happiness of people and that 
is why we grow and promote flowers. We think it is an important enter- 
prise. But it must pay its way because every asset that we have is invested 
in this enterprise. It must support itself, us and our employees. If you who 
receive our catalog buy from us, the business will do this and also enable 
us to expand. If you approve of us and of what we are trying to do and are 
satisfied customers (we do not pretend perfection), then send your friends 
to us. Tell them to ask for our useful catalog. 
We hope that all of you may have a fine garden this year, outdoors, in 
your house and greenhouse and that you may be happy and full of hope 
for the future. If plain living and a little harder work for those who can, 
becomes necessary let us be thankful that we can contribute these things to 
our America and to our democratic ideals. ; 
If you are interested in colored slides of our bulbs and plants, with a 
lecture for your club, inquire from Mrs. Houdyshel. 
Sincerely, 
Cecil Houdyshel 
Winter Shipment of Saintpaulias is impossible by parcel post. It may be 
possible by express to milder northern states if customer, dealer and carrier 
cooperate in the following plan: 
If shipped during cold weather we will wrap plants with extra heavy 
cotton around them and place them in the center of a large carton with at 
least 3 to 5 inches of still more insulation of shredded paper. Their perishable 
nature will be noted on carton. They will be shipped so that they do not arrive 
on a week-end and we will notify you when shipped. We will then instruct 
you as to the further procedure. Our advice is that you wait for at least 
moderate spring weather. 
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