Please Note These Business Matters 
Before Making Out Your Order 
1. All orders accepted subject to stock and prior sales. 
2. Please take notice — All orders from the Retail and Choice Mixture 
listings will be shipped parcel post prepaid IF ORDER AMOUNTS TO $2.00 OR 
MORE. If it is for a lesser amount please add 25c for postage and packing. 
3. In case it is not convenient to make full remittance with order, I will hold 
your order upon payment of 25% of the amount, with a minimum deposit of $1.00. 
4. Orders will be shipped C.O.D. at customer’s request if they have made 
a deposit as stated above. No C.O.D. shipments unless there is the down pay- 
ment. Sad experience necessitates this request. 
5. No shipment will be made prepaid during the winter or when there is 
the possibility of freezing in transit. The Postal Dept. will not insure against 
freezing. Where shipment is wanted during freezing weather, shipment must 
be by express, which fully insures against freezing, but express charges must 
be borne by the purchaser. 
6. Please do not split any item that lists two or more bulbs. Time and cost 
of putting up orders are too great to accept any items of less than 15 cents. 
7. To those who left orders for bulbs at the Jones County Fair last August: 
Should any of the prices charged you at this Fair be higher than the prices quoted 
in this price list, I will put sufficient extras of such varieties to more than off- 
set the overcharge. If the prices charged you at the Fair are lower than the 
prices herein quoted, I will either fill the order as written, or advise you and 
make cash refunds for such amount as you paid on these under-charged items. 
8. I will refund the purchase price of any order found unsatisfactory upon 
delivery if promptly reported, and returned at my request. No guarantee as to 
growth is given. 
GLADIOLUS CLASSIFICATION AND 
PRICE LIST EXPLANATIONS 
Following each Variety name there is a name in parentheses. This is the 
name of the hybridizer or originator. Following these names are two numbers— 
the first one always with three digits. The second one usually has two digits. 
Neither of these two numbers have anything to do with making out your order, 
so please do not write these numbers in your order. 
In order to illustrate the meaning of these numbers, let us look at the first 
variety listed. namely, ABU. HASSAN (Pfitzer) 378-77. The first number is 378. 
The first digit is “3”, and means that the florets measure from 34” to 4%”. 
These are called Medium sized glads. If the first digit is “4”, it means that the 
florets will measure from 41%” thru 538”, and these are called large size glads. 
If the first digit is “5” it means that the flowers measure from 5'%” and larger. 
These are called giant glads. 
As to the second and third digits, they refer to color. Again using Abu Hassan 
as an illustration, we see that the second and third digits are 78. These two 
digits designate the color classification. To illustrate, look at the color groupings 
following this explanation. and turn to “78”. There you see that the number “78” 
means “DEEP VIOLET”. If the last one of the three digits is an “odd number”, 
that means that the variety has a conspicuous marking in the throat. 
Let us now turn to “Abu Hassan” in the price list. There you will see the 
number “77”. This indicates the No. of days required for the bulb to come to bloom 
counting from the day it is planted. These numbers cannot be relied upon too 
much, as the formation of the bloom is affected by weather conditions, moisture, 
temperature, soil, and even cultivation. But these numbers are sort of an average 
for your guidance. They furnish a comparative standard between varieties. 
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