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HYBRID BACK BULB CUTTINGS 
This is what many of you have told me you've been waiting for -- a new offering of 
HYBRID BACK BULB CUTTINGS. If you want your share of back bulbs from top quality Late 
Fall and Winter blooming Hybrids, please do not delay in ordering. There are never 
sufficient really good back bulbs to keep pace with the demand for then. 
More and more Orchid Growers are discovering how simple and economical it is to in- 
crease their stocks of fine, blooming size Orchid plants via the back bulb route. 
If you have never tried to propagate back bulb cuttings, the enclosed "Let's Talk About 
Back Bulb Fropagation" article should be of help to you. 
While every cutting is carefully labelled with the correct hybrid name, it is imprac-~ 
tical to compile the same type of listings used for the sale of Mature Plants or Seed- 
lings. The reason is simple: back bulbs are acquired as the mature plants from which 
they are taken need repotting. Not all plants of any given hybrid will bloom simulta- 
neously, nor will they require repotting simultaneously, Neither do all of them have 
bask bulbs that should be removed. It follows that, among any 500 Hybrid Back Bulb 
Cuttings, not more than three to five will be hybrids of the same name. 
Moreover, it is wise to sell these cuttings practically as rapidly as they accumulate, 
for they cannot be kept in their unrooted, dormant stage indefinitely. Thus, any list- 
ing would need to be changed constantly, as cuttings are soid and replaced by others. 
Therefore, while I will do my best to send you a good assortment, the actual selection 
of your cuttings will have to be left to my judgment. 
Each cutting has one or more live eyes; each is tagged with its correct name. All are 
husky Cattleya. Le, Be or Ble hybrids, and if you follow the enslosed instructions, you 
should be successful in starting every one of them. Most should bloom in two years. 
But, as I will have no personal. contrcl over your methods of handling the cuttings, I 
can make no positive guarantee as to how well they will perform for you. 
WHILE THEY LAST, THESE HYBRID CUTTINGS ARE PRICED AS FOLLOWS: 
Single Hybrid Cutting (colored)....$2.00; (white or White-col.-Lip)...$2.50 
Five Hyerid Cutcines (ineluding one WHITE }s.ccacveusctscnsecrcnvesracne Ls¥o Sach 
Ten Hybrid Cuttings (including 2 Whites; 1 White-col.-Lip).....ssseseoee 1.50 " 
25 Hybrid Cuttings (including 4 Whites; 3 White-Col.-Lip)..sesssseooee 1625 " 
Typical of the Hybrids from which these back bulbs are being cut are such famous names 
as, Le George Baldwin, Le Clint McDade, C. Florence Patterson, C. St. Petersburg, Ls 
Louella Parsons. How else, for two dollars or less, can you acquire such TOP QUALITY 
hybrids that will bloom in two years? 
Daniel Ryerson, Box 805, Homestead, Fla. lease ship Hybrid Back Bulb 
Cuttings (your selection) via Express(_] Parcel Post[_| Air Parcel PostllAir Freight 
(If I have checked Express, charges will be collect. Otherwise, I will refund charges.) 
Enclosed is check or money order for $ : 
Name 
Street, City & State 
