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Ff * U. S Penariment of AgricuRure 
; Our Friends and Customers and all who hav Me vi aye Wine ere ee 
us during the past year requesting our price lists,suggestions or advise 
or order plants from us, 
We have been making it a policy to send these lists to 
you ahead of our regular advertizing season in order to give you first 
choice and first chance of securing our offcrings which are limited in 
number, before they are offered to the general Public, 
Within this list you will find SEVMRAL NEV HYBRIDS 
which we believe are OUTSTANDING and HAVE NEVER BEEN OFFERED BEFORE, 
and respectfully suggest that you reserve those you want now as the number 
available is very limited and we may not have any left to advertise to 
the general trade, 
oe We do not recomend shipping Orchid Plants until the 
Winter is over and there is no longer any danger of damage to the plants 
in transit. Our Experience with shipments via Express @uriu- tie «st 
PO Lijovs los been  unsatisfactoryand the Express vompany has written 
us saying they cant cofttrol the weather so we highly recomend that you 
let us set aside the plants you want and send them to you as soon as it 
re pan to do so, The early orders get the largest and best plants avail- 
able, 
In regarcs to Growing Orchids in the Average Home wit 
the Proper Equiptrient and enclosed case for them,We certainly do not advise 
that you attempt it ,in spite cof what some Magazine Articals tell you, 
ORCHIDS ARE NOT GERANIUMS, And most Orchids are native to sections of 
the Womlc where there is very Humid air Conditions and Temperatures are 
more uniform than the average Home, Once in a very long time I find some 
one who is growing orchids,({I should say flowering Orchids) in their 
home but in every case I have seen the plants are not in as good condition 
as they would be if grown in a greenhouse of even a Wardian Case, 
Orchids do not Grow without proper care no more than 
most other plants and it always hurts me a little inside to sce someone 
take a plant home and slowly Murder it,even if they dont blame the Nursery 
man they bought it from, However they usually co blane hin, 
A good book on Orchid Culture willusually enable one 
to start off on the right track but EXPERIENCE must be acquired before 
you can secure the results you see at Florists and at the Orchid Shows, 
I think it is a dirty shame that some growers are 
naking misleading statements regarding the requirements of growing Orchids 
and are really hurting allsevery one concerned with the business or 
pleasure of Growing Orchids, The More Orchids Suce8$fully Grown by those 
who do it as a hobby,the more Orchid Flowers the Florists will sell as 
more people see them and learn to appreciate their beauty and kecping 
qualities, 
I am always glad,when my time allows it,to give advise 
or suggestions on any phrase of Orchid Culture but sone people expect me 
to give then a complete course in orchid cultvre for the price of a postag: 
stamp and frankly I cant afford to do that, If you want the names of any 
publisher of good orchid books Ill be glad to send them to you, And when 
you find a question which is not answered in the book,I1l attempt to give 
you as much inforriation in answer to the question as I can, 
In spite of what some pscopie think,Most Orchid 
Growers are Not Millioniars,they are just common everyday people, 
; Thanking you. for your time required to read this 
and trusting that you will find sonething of interest which you will be 
able to grow successfully, I remain Sincezly 
Franklin W. Gamble. 
