GREETINGS 
I wish to thank all of you for the fine orders received last season and for the 
many nice letters. 
Last season was wonderful except for one major incident. On March 30th 
our warehouse was completely destroyed by fire including our trays, bulbs, office, 
mailing list, sprinkling system, tools and lots of things we had stored for our 
new home we are building. We had several hundred orders on hand as yet 
unfilled and all records of these were lost — What a mess. Mr. Salbach was kind 
enough to fill my later orders as best he could. I had to wait until all of my other 
customers complained about not getting their bulbs before I could refund any 
money or have Mr. Salbach fill the orders. With two or three exceptions, everyone 
was very nice about it. We found we had many really good down to earth friends, 
too. I hope I never have to write so many letters again in 10 years as I had to 
write to get everyone taken care of. We did get two or three letters that were so 
hot the postoffice had to deliver them between dry ice. You can’t blame anyone 
for that, they send in their money and wait home visualizing a glad garden with 
all of them 6 feet tall and 15 blooms open per spike, and then wait and wait and 
wait and no bulbs arrive. The weather is perfect for planting, etc. 
Mr. Salbach had to make lots of substitutions as his stock was quite a bit 
different from mine. So, if any of you are not completely satisfied with the 
varieties you received as substitutes, please let me know and we can still do 
something about it. 
It is my desire to have my customers have a better glad garden than any 
one else’s in the neighborhood. I am anxious to get your neighbor’s name on my 
mailing list, too. 
Our greatest effort is put forth in obtaining for you the best varieties in every 
color class. You can buy any variety listed and be assured that it is one of the 
very top varieties in its particular characteristic and color class, taking price into 
consideration also. I wouldn’t think of listing Black Opal if Mrs. R. G. Erry was 
down to 2 for 25 cents, or of listing Myrna Fay if it wasn’t the earliest lavender 
to bloom, etc. Every variety listed is good — Some are better than others. 
During the past five years I have exhibited glads to more than 5 million 
people. Because of the fire this year I missed the Sonoma County Fair and 
the California State Fair. 
Smokies are in demand above all others 3 or 4 to one — Next comes glads 
with huge florets — Then blotched varieties and deep colors. Then purple, blues 
and lavenders. Trailing in demand are the salmon, white, pink and yellow colors. 
A beautiful, well grown spike with 12 florets open of Spic & Span will not 
receive half as much attention as a poorly grown Vagabond Prince with 3 florets 
open. For this reason we have listed about 20 smoky and odd colored varieties 
for you to choose from. My list contains the greatest range of colors and color 
combinations I have ever had. With one or two exceptions each variety is 
distinctly different. 
PRICES 
Horticulture costs have gone up — paper, printing, cartons, postage, labor, etc. 
have all gone up, yet my base price 3 for 25 cents for large bulbs is the same 
as it was 5 years ago. In order to maintain these same low prices we have 
eliminated pictures from our catalog this year. As our mailing list was destroyed 
in our fire we are printing several thousand less catalogs this season. You can 
help us build it back by sending in names of people who you know would be 
interested in having a real good glad garden. 
SIZE OF BULBS TO BUY 
Large bulbs will give the largest flowers, that is large, young bulbs like we 
send out. However medium bulbs will give you flowers much larger than medium 
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