your mums, if you won’t (or don’t) then you will still be 
able to read the variety name in the fall—and incidentally I 
won’t get nearly so many letters asking me to identify a 
certain bloom. 
CORRECT LABELING OF PLANTS 
I realize that there seems to be a kind of “racket” in 
the mum business, and that quite often when you order a 
very definite variety, and give the plants unusually good 
attention during the growing season, you may be rewarded 
in the fall by very inferior blooms—undoubtedly not the 
variety you ordered although the plant bore the correct 
name on the label. Unfortunately nature seems to have 
unintentionally aided in this “racket,” as with few exceptions 
it is impossible to tell one variety from another in the young 
plant or cutting stage. Fully realizing this I have resolved 
to make my little mum business unique in that you will get 
what you order, or if you permit substitutions to correctly 
label the plant or plants I ship. Most of my business now is 
repeat orders—so that policy must be appreciated by discrim- 
inating flower-friends. 
To carry out this policy it is necessary that I personally 
gather, label, pack and ship each order myself (which nec- 
essarily limits it to a small volume), and in return I would 
appreciate a postcard stating the condition of the plants on 
arrival, as well as any suggestions you may have towards 
improving my packing methods. (I have received some good 
suggestions from customers.) 
However, being human, an occasional error will occur, 
and in such cases I would prefer to know about it—rather 
than be judged guilty of deliberate mis-labeling. 
PACKING AND TRANSPORTATION COSTS 
Now this careful packing takes TIME, MATERIAL and 
STAMPS for parcel post, as all small orders will go forward 
by prepaid parcel post (large orders at special prices will go 
by express, COLLECT). To cover this expense I am asking 
each customer to add 50c to the total of the order when the 
same is $5.00 or less to cover transportation and packing 
costs. In cases where the order runs from $5.00 to $10.00 
please add 75c to the order, and $1.00 when the order 
amounts to more than $10.00. I practically always include 
a few plants gratis with each order, so you will be well 
repaid for this small additional charge. 
QUANTITY PRICES 
If interested in quantity, most standard and _ not-too- 
scarce varieties can be furnished in lots of 25 or multiples 
thereof of one variety at around 15 cents each, but please 
write me first the varieties you want and how many of each 
variety, before you order in quantity as some varieties are 
slow propagators and I could not supply them in quantity at 
any price. Similarly, dozen lots can usually be shipped at 
$2.00 per dozen but again I must know in advance what 
varieties you wish. Also, please remember that the above 
quantity prices apply only when you order the 25 or 12 
plants of one variety—when ordered a plant or so of many 
different varieties the “each” price prevails no matter how 
many plants are included in the order. 
ENGLISH VARIETIES 
Now about the English chrysanthemums we have been 
hearing so much about the past year or two. It seems they 
came over from England to western Canada a few years 
ago, and from there spread over the United States. Even as 
late as 1941 few varieties were outside the State of Wash- 
ington, Since then they have moved fast and with ever 
