A FEW WORDS 
The writing of a catalogue is a very interesting, although a some- 
what, laborious task. It involves consiuerable reference work, a creck- 
ing to see that the listings are correct as to size, color classification, 
etc. and it calls for an expression of an opinion, as far as our own 
ideas are concerned, as to the relative value of a varietv. The opin- 
ions we express are those of our own. and are called as we see the 
flower, not because somebody said that such and such a variety was 
very good. Maybe it was good for him, but we want to see it in our 
own fields. 
The growing season this year was on the whole, rather on the cool 
side. Ample rain except for about a three week spell in August, kept 
everything growing nicely. A dusting of Arasan was made on all 
bulbs before planting and the results were so good that we intend to 
try it again this year. It is so much easier than soaking the bulbs— 
both from a time point of view and from the ease in handling. Bulbs 
are paced in a large bag, with several spoons full of Arasan and 
shaken good, resulting in a. dusting of the bulbs with the powder. We 
have dug the cleanest set of bulbs this year that we have ever seen. 
No trace of scab has been found. Our fi¢lds are rocued regularly and 
all suspicious bulbs are dug and burned. Both the fie'ds and the stock 
after digging are state inspected. - : | 
Our stock is quality stock—we do not go in to raise bulbs by the 
millions. We can quote some varieties in thousand lots, aad it you 
are interested in such quantities, please drop us a line, asking for 
quotations. 
Please note that all bulbs as shipped have been dusted with a mix- 
ture of DDT and Arasan, so be sure to wash your hands after hand- 
ling them. Most of the bulbs will not show any trace of the dusting 
when you receive them, but nevertheless, everyone has been treated. 
NEW DEPARTURES 
During the past season, we raised a considerab'e number of min-. 
iatures and a special section of the catalogue has been set aside to 
cover them. We have listed some of the 300 sized glads as miniatures. 
and left others of the 300 sizes in the regular catalogue. Some of the 
300 glads, take Vagabond Prince for instance, do not class as min. 
iatures due to the build of the spike, while others. such as Lavender 
and Gold. have natural qualifications for miniature work. Our stocks. 
of miniatures are. not too big, although on some . varieties we can 
quote by the hundred. Full comments are found under varieties. 
We have been somewhat sold: on. the miniatures for several years— 
finding that they work up in arrangements very nicely—particularly 
so. for table work, small arrangements such as your wife wants for 
her dinner party, her club meeting, etc. We think that the schedul- 
ing committees for the various shows should emphasize arrangements 
calling for miniatures, more than they do. Then, when you..go a show, 
you could appreciate their possibilities. True, most of us like the big 
massive display, but just the same, some very beautiful work. can. be 
done with the miniatures, if the proper encouragement is given. 
We also tried an experiment this year with Australian varieties, 
shipped direct from Australia after digging in February or March. 
The bulbs and bulblets were received about the middle of May and 
were planted at once. We got anywhere from two to ten of a variety, 
and where we had enough, placed some of them with other growers 
to try. Mest of the bulbs bloomed but as most of them received were 
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