PRICE SCALES FOR 1952 RETAIL LIST 
SCALE "A" - Lerge 10 for 80¢; Medium 10 for 50¢; Smell 10 for 35¢ 
SCALE "B" ~ Lerge 10 for $1.00; Medium 10 for 60/7; Smell 10 for 354 
SCALE "C" - Lerge 10 for $1.20; Medium 10 for 75/7; Smell 10 for 40¢ 
HOW [0 USE THE PRICE SCALE: After the description of eech of the inexpensive 
verieties, you will find in perenthesis "Price Serle A, B, or 0". To find the 
price of that veriety, refer to the approprisete scele above. 
On the varieties thet ore slightly more expensive, the price is given efter 
the description. EXAMPLE: (L 35¢, 10/$2.80; M 25¢, 10/}2.00; etc.) This means 
one lerge bulb is 35¢, or 10 large bulbs for $2.80. One medium bulb is 25¢, or 
10 medium bulbs for $2.00. 
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PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE MAKING OUT YOUR ORDER 
We shington customers must include 3% Sales Trx on all orders, unless bulbs 
ere purchesed for resale or for commericel growing. 
TERMS - Plersse do not send us orders under $3.00, os smaller orders con be 
hendled only «t a loss. All orders under $5.00 are cesh with order. On orders 
over $5.00, you mey if you desire, send 25% with order and the bolence before 
shipment, or shipment can be made COD for the balrnce. 
TRANSPORTATION COSTS - All bulbs from the Retail List,- but not from the 
100-Rate List,- will be shipped prepaid anywhere in the U. S$, Smell orders will 
be shipped by parcel-post es soon as danger of freezing in the mails is pest. 
Pacific coest or Texes orders can, as e rule, be sent at sny time. Lerge orders 
can be shipped nt ony time by express. 
All bulbs priced by the 100 or 1,000 are shipped f.o.b. here,- customer proys 
the transportation cherges upon delivery. 
If you order is token from both the Retail end 100-rate Quantity Lists, we 
will ship collect for trensportetion, and edd enough bulbs to pey for the 
charges on the bulbs from the Retail list. 
In the Reteil list you moy order 5 bulbs et one-half the price of 10, except 
thet we sell no item from the Retail List for less than 25¢. Increased labor 
costs meke this minimum necessary. 
Lerge bulbs (L) are size No. 1 end 2. These sizes ere best for growing ex- 
hibition spikes. Medium bulbs (M) mre sizes 3 end 4. These sizes ore common- 
ly used for out-door cutflower growing. Most verieties will meke almost as 
good spikes from this size os they do from lerger bulbs. Smell sizes (S) are 
sizes 5 end 6, end ere used mainly for increrse end for growing large bulbs 
for the following senson. However, many bulbs of this size, if given good 
oar es will make spikes the first seeson, 
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OUR GUARANTE# ! If, for ony reason, eny bulbs purchesed from us are unsote 
isfoctory upon oerrivel, just return them promptly for o full refund, including 
trensportetion cherges, Or, if at blooming time, you feel that your order 
wes not properly filled, just let us know whet is wrong and we will try to 
adjust eny error to your setisfeetion. Of course, we cannot guarantee thet 
every bulb we sell will make © good spike, ©s your growing conditions ore be- 
yond our control. Nor can we guarentee germination of bulblets (cormels). 
Please use the Order Blenk enclosed with this list. It assists us a greet 
deel in promptly handling your order when you use this blank. If you care to 
write the names of e few of your gladiolus~growing friends on e seperate sheet, 
end enclose with your order, we will show our appreciation by adding na free 
bulb or two that we think you will like. Keep © copy of your order! 
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THE SUBURBAN GARDENERS NUMBER 1 PROBLEM 
One of the most trying problems of the suburban ond city gled fen is his 
neighbor's thrips. Seems most people don't know they have thrips, until the 
flowers fail to open end the florets eppesr burnt. Actuelly, the thrips have 
probobly been on the plants for weeks building up forces to go to work on the 
spikes when they eppear. Foliege damage is quite noticeoble on the plants if 
any number of thrips sare present. The area of foliege nesr the base of eoch 
leaf will heve a silvered appearance end on closer examination will be some- 
what sticky. Pull back the overlap st the bose of the leaf end if thrips are 
present, you'll find them here. Thrips are very smell, about 1/16 in. long 
and quite nerrow. The young ore orenge in color, while the adults are grayish- 
brown with o white merking on the beck. Control is easy if started in time. 
THRIPS CONTROL If thrips sre prevelent in your neighborhood it will be best to 
dust your gleds with 5% DDT dust when the plents ere about six inches high, ond 
repeat every 10 days or 2 weeks. Wettable DDT powder can also be used effect- 
ively es a spray. 
THRIPS IN STORAGE Thrips usually winter over on the bulbs in storege. If bulbs 
are stored in « warm plece, the thrips feeding on the bulbs all winter will 
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