“No-we-ta” is the Indian 
word meaning Beautiful / 
THRIPS-FREE BULBS 
Before the discovery of DDT (now obtainable at any 
drug store) thrips, minute sucking insects that silver 
the foliage and injure the quality of the blooms, were 
a serious menace to glads. DDT, however, is 100% 
effective. Immediately after digging and washing our 
bulbs, we dip or dust them with DDT and also with 
Spergon to eliminate all thrips and prevent disease. 
This treatment, coupled with rapid curing in heated 
curing rooms assures you of the healthiest and hand- 
somest bulbs we are able to produce. 
Since we grow our stock in fertile corn-belt loam 
and harvest only bulbs grown from small bulbs and 
bulblets, we have only peppy young, high-crowned 
stock to ship our customers—bulbs that produce long 
flowerheads the following year. 
INSTRUCTIONS FOR ORDERING BULBS 
All orders for $3.00 or over are POSTPAID. Prices 
in this list are net. All orders must be accompanied 
by cash in full. All stock is guaranteed true to name, 
disease-free, and thrips-free. All stock is offered sub- 
ject to prior sale. If any of our customers is willing 
to pay the transportation charges on his order, we will 
see that there are bulbs of a value much larger than 
the shipping cost added to the order to offset these 
charges. 
Where bulblets are listed by the packet, 50 to 100 or 
more will be included in each packet. Excellent value 
guaranteed. 
FIVE BULBS WILL BE SOLD AT ONE-HALF THE 
PRICE OF TEN, but no single item will be accepted 
for less than 20 cents, unless quoted. If no 10 price is 
stated, it may be found by multiplying the price of a 
single item by 8. 
We earnestly urge you to order as early as possible 
to avoid disappointment. All orders filled in rotation. 
If you write us about an order previously given, or 
if you send us a second order and wish both orders to 
be shipped together, please mention the date of your 
first order or date acknowledgment was received. 
If your order is partly from the retail prepaid list 
- and partly from the wholesale NOT prepaid list, please 
include extra postage to cover transportation on the 
wholesale items. 
No orders can be accepted after June 1. 
EXTRAS 
We make it our business to put in with your order 
extra varieties. usually the newer ones for you to try 
out. If you like them, there is a good chance your 
order will include some more next year. You see we 
can both win. 
BULB SIZES 
Bulbs are graded into six different sizes. No. 1 size 
is 14% in. and up; No. 2, 1% in. to 1% in. with % in. 
variation down to No. 6 size, which is % in. and under. 
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ST. CHARLES, 
MINNESOTA 
In the retail list where Large, Medium and Small are 
used. Large will consist of No. 1 and No. 2 sizes, or 
No. 1 size as long as they last. Medium consists of 
No. 3 and No. 4 sizes, or No. 3 size as long as they last. 
Small sizes consist of No. 5 and No. 6 sizes. Early 
orders will get preference on the size. If you order 
Medium sizes for instance, and you get part or all 
No. 4 bulbs or 3% in. to 1 in., please do not write us 
that we have given you the wrong size. It’s simply 
because we are out of No. 3 size, and No. 4 bulbs also 
go as Medium size. Medium bulbs will almost invari- 
ably bloom, although not quite as large a spike can be 
expected as from a large size. Small-size usually will 
bloom, but not always. 
PRICE OF CATALOG 
Customers receive our catalog from year to year 
automatically and without charge. If you desire an 
additional copy for yourself or for a friend, kindly 
send 25c. (Catalogs actually cost us much more than 
this nominal charge.) 
If you have sent for our catalog without subsequent- 
ly ordering, your name will be dropped from our 
mailing list unless you request our catalog anew and 
enclose 25c. 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS 
A sheet of complete cultural directions will be sent 
with every order. 
KODACHROME SLIDES 
We have several sets of kodachrome slides each 
showing recent glad introductions, artistic glad ar- 
rangements, famous American gardens, etc. Some of 
these sets are standard 35mm color transparencies suit- 
able for projection if desired. Others are three-dimen- 
sional STEREO kodachromes. Both types of slides are 
accompanied by appropriate hand viewers. There are 
approximately 150-200 slides in each set, including 
many new ones added each year. Rental fee to either 
flower club or individuals is $3.00. Let us know in 
good season the dates on which you would like to rent 
one of these sets. AFTER VIEWING THEM, PLEASE 
FORWARD THEM PROMPTLY SO THAT SOME 
OTHER FLOWER CLUB OR GLAD SOCIETY MAY 
HAVE A CHANCE TO ENJOY THEM ON A SCHED- 
ULED DATE. 
As a special service to our customers, we are 
enclosing an order blank for a subscription to 
POPULAR GARDENING, America’s new all- 
garden magazine, which contains many excellent 
articles on every phase of gardening. POPU- 
LAR GARDENING will help and inspire you to 
have a better garden. Note the attractive in- 
troductory rate. 
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