DILEMMAS OF A GLAD GROWER 
Along about this time of year, 
I moan and groan and shed a tear 
And wish I were some lucky dog 
That never writes a catalogue. 
A thankful fellow I should be 
And also note your precocity 
For purchasing your bulbs from me 
That naturally are top quality! 
I notice, too, how Mother Nature 
Has blessed our planting of every acre, 
So every bulb is sure to be 
Full of Pep and Vitality. 
But a guy must learn to classify, 
Bust into print and tell ’em why 
If he would garner in the dough 
And cop Blue Ribbons in the show... . 
At night I lie awake in bed 
And write about a “cabbage head’’! 
It grows So-o-o Big! as sure as fate 
Easily the size of a dinner plate. 
The Super-Duper, Ain’t it Grand! 
The one best bet in all the land — 
In one short year it’s sure to be 
Twice as popular as Picardy! 
My spiel should move some reader fair 
With Jane Russell form and auburn hair 
To buy a bulb of Noweta Rose 
Instead of powder for her nose. 
Must gild the lily with language fair, 
Yet five buck bulbs amount to a dare, 
Still, men can’t live without a hope — 
Just lamp Page Six for all the dope! 
Since men don’t live by bread alone, 
Their gardens need some color tone 
That glads both new as well as old 
Would furnish beauty for the soul! 
"Tis fun to tell you what is best 
To plant in gardens east or west, 
But when it comes to thrips and lice, 
Ah — let’s stick to talk. of blooms so 
nice! 
aS: 
A little later in the Spring — 
With all your orders pouring in. 
I find I’m out of this or that, 
And going crazy as a bat. 
Trying to ship immediately. 
What I can’t ever possibly — 
Why I just wear a silly grin, 
And thinking back, I’d bet a fin. 
In writing up that catalogue 
Was I such an unlucky dog? 
It couldn’t be as tough as this — 
We'll aim to please, nevertheless! 
Just for a change, thought I would break out in doggerell verse (with apologies 
to the late J. D. Long) instead of my usual formal Foreword. Actually, it’s a 
pleasure and a lot of fun in getting up a glad catalogue except for the lack of space 
and perhaps our lack of proper words. We do not like to praise unduly or criticize 
unjustly, but we do think you will find our list contains a most comprehensive 
listing of the better varieties. We still believe — only the best is good enough! 
Sincerely, 
