Greetings to Glad Fans 
Greetings to all our Glad friends and Customers everywhere, and espe- 
cially to those who have been purchasing some bulbs from us for several 
years. To those folks who might order bulbs from us this season, we extend 
our best wishes and a guarantee that you are to be satisfied with the bulbs 
when they are received by you. We pledge to you our best service and 
generous count in any bulbs ordered. We solicit a share in your patronage. 
We get a great many personal letters from friends and customers who 
have made purchases here. In some cases they write us about seed and 
seedlings, and many fine folks ask us when we will name and introduce some 
of our originations. That seems unimportant to us; for we surely do not want 
to name a glad that might not measure up to the standard we have set for 
ourselves. One fine gentleman set his sights very high—and after growing 
seedlings 20 years he came up with one, and only one, fine introduction. 
We allude to Howard V. Wright, and the great Red Wing he named. It is 
truly a worthy glad in our garden. 
We receive many fine letters from garden people, asking us about 
various problems, such as bulb diseases, etc., and to those people we can 
only say that we would like to solve a lot of these problems if we could; 
but some of them seem un-answerable. The thrip subject is no longer 
serious, so long as we can have DDT dust to use. Tell us about your “top- 
fifteen” or any subject that might be interesting. Three local men have 
grown a batch of glad seeds in 1951, and we do hope to have some seedling 
meetings of our own next blooming season. Visitors are always welcome 
to our garden. 
Do not overlook the BIG CENTRAL INTERNATIONAL SHOW, that 
will be held here August 9-10, 1952. Bring some blooms and take in this 
fine show. We can supply you a schedule about June Ist. 
TERMS OF SALE: 
Orders at the retail price will be prepaid to your address providing they amount to 
$2.50 or more. Kindly do not split quantities as listed in catalog. Cash should accom- 
pany all orders. We usually put in some extra bulbs with every order, usually some- 
thing that is new, or near new, so the customer may see the bloom of a new variety. If 
you have a preference, we would appreciate having it mentioned. Customers in Iowa 
should add sales tax. 
