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PLEASE READ CAREFULLY 
WE GUARANTEE COMPLETE SAT- 
ISFACTION OR YOUR MONEY BACK. 
All bulbs and plants are guaranteed to be 
true to name and free of injurious insects 
and disease. If you have a complaint of 
any kind at any time PLEASE TELL US, 
so that we can make an adjustment or cor- 
rection satisfactory to you. 
ORDERING 
PLEASE SEND YOUR ORDER AS 
EARLY AS POSSIBLE. Use the conven- 
ient order blank enclosed. All orders will 
be acknowledged when received. 
BECAUSE OF A RECENT 30 TO 35 
PER CENT INCREASE IN POSTAGE 
RATES WE CANNOT ACCEPT ORDERS 
FOR LESS THAN $2.00 UNLESS YOU 
INCLUDES 2 5c EXTRAS sLOm COVER 
SPECIAL HANDLING AND _ EXTRA 
POSTAGE. 
YOUSMAY- ORDERSS BULBSSAT THE 
10 RATE, but no single item for less than 
the smallest unit listed. In other words if 
a variety is listed at 2 bulbs for twenty 
cents, we cannot sell one bulb for ten cents, 
as the packing costs and extra work in- 
volved will be too expensive. 
FREE BULBS 
This year we are celebrating over 20 
years of growing gladiolus and our 10th 
year of issuing a retail catalog. We are 
thankful for a large and wonderful crop 
of bulbs and know of no better way to 
say “thank you” for your many splendid 
orders of previous years than to be more 
generous than ever with free bulbs this 
year. 
You are cordially invited to share in our 
success. Yes, the treats are on us, so send 
in your order promptly. We know you 
will be happily surprised when your ship- 
ment arrives and you find out how generous 
we have been. It will help us to please 
you if you will mention varieties you would 
like to try. 
SHIPPING 
ALL RETAIL ORDERS ARE SHIPPED 
BY PARCEL POST. WE PAY THE POST- 
AGE. Your permission to ship as early as 
possible will be greatly appreciated. How- 
ever if you specify a definite shipping date 
we will be guided by your wishes and in- 
structions. 
SPECIAL NOTICE 
If. you wish bulbs shipped during June 
or July, we will be glad to< accom- 
modate you providing you will place your 
order during MARCH, APRIL or EARLY 
MAY. The earlier the better. Then while 
our stocks are complete we can select your 
bulbs and keep them in storage until time 
to ship. All such orders should be: accom- 
panied with at least a 25% down payment. 
Gladiolus 
Listings FOLEY GARDENS 
SELECTING VARIETIES 
Many times we are asked, “What varie-. 
ties should I buy?” or “which ones would 
we recommend?” Such questions are dif- 
ficult to answer, because what would please 
me you may not like at all. A lot depends 
on colors you prefer and for what purpose 
you want the blooms. REMEMBER that 
if we did not think a variety was worth- 
while it certainly would not be listed. 
It has always been our policy to be 
honest, fair and as accurate as possible in 
describing each variety. On this basis you 
can make your selections with full confi- 
dence, that those you choose will perform 
excellently if you will give them reasonable 
care and attention. 
Each year we find it necessary to make 
some changes in varieties. It is impossible 
to list them all or grow them all. If a 
new or old variety will not perform satis- 
factory for us from one year to the next, we 
think it would be most unfair and unethical 
to sell bulbs of such varieties to you. 
Some of the new glads in our 1953 
trial garden were sensational, other very 
disappointing. The terrific and prolonged 
heat was hard on all of them. One thing 
can be said in favor of our hot summer, 
“it quickly sorted the wheat from the 
chaff.” New glads appear in our Catalog 
after we feel they have made the grade. 
We are proud to include a larger number 
of newer varieties this year. Order them 
with confidence, then give them half a 
chance and they will thrill you with their 
size and amazing beauty. 
To grow bulbs that will produce the kind 
of spikes and blooms you want we use the 
most up-to-date methods, modern machin- 
ery and follow carefully, successful cultural 
directions. Our bulb fields are well tended, 
cultivated regularly and kept free of weeds 
and harmful insects. This involves a tre- 
mendous amount of work and supervision, 
but strong, vigorous growing plants which 
will produce good healthy bulbs are of 
first importance to us, and EVEN MORE 
IMPORTANT TO YOU. 
We cannot profitably grow either new or 
old varieties, which will not consistently 
give a high percentage of fancy marketable 
spikes and the choice, strong and healthy 
bulb we must have for filling your orders. 
SIZE OF BULBS 
Bulbs are graded into six different sizes, 
ranging from No. | the largest, to No. 6, 
the smallest. The No. 1 size is 1% inches 
or more in diameter, No. 2 for 14 to 1% 
inches. Sizes 3, 4, and 5 vary % inch down 
to size 6, which is % inch or smaller. 
In the retail list you will notice we list 
large, medium and small. Sizes 1 and 2 are 
