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Imported Holland Bulbs Burst into Hundreds of Blooms 
As Early As January — Flower Right Up to May! 
This winter, how would you like to grow 
flowers in your garden that can actually bloom 
in the snow! 
Yes, as early as this January and February, 
when landscapes everywhere are bleak and 
bare, when not a spot of gay color shows up 
anywhere . . . how would you like to splash 
your garden with the colorful brilliance and 
beauty of flowering bulbs that defy wintry cold 
. . . and actually burst into cheery clusters of 
blossoms long before the last frosts of winter 
are over! 
Like all Arctic flowers, a few mild days in 
late winter is all they need to break out in 
bloom. And what bloom! Flowers up to 4 
inches across that burst into almost every color 
of the rainbow! 3, 5 and even 15 flowers from 
each single bulb, massing in gorgeous clusters 
up to 9 inches across! And then, as usually hap- 
pens in late January and February — more 
snow starts to fall! 
Can you imagine the fantastic scene of 
beauty as you look out your window and see 
fresh snows falling on carpets of flowers which 
have already opened their blooms? Can you 
imagine the fantastic thrill of stepping into 
your own garden with your winter coat on — 
of brushing frésh snows from the blossom tops 
. . . and then picking bouquets of flowers? 
Flowers that bloom by the hundreds in daz- 
zling hues of rich blue flecked with white, pure 
purples and golds, peppermint candy stripes, 
fiery tones that reflect pink and red! And flow- 
ers that give you a succession of bloom right 
up to May .. . weeks after the last snows have 
You Plant Them Once — Enjoy Them Forever — Cost Less Than 1/3rd Cent a Bloom 
Think of it! They cost less than “rd of a 
penny per bloom! They’re so easy to plant, 
you can easily set in 100 bulbs in just about 
the same time it takes to plant a single, ordi- 
nary shrub! Yet, for that trifling cost, for that 
trifling effort, you’ll be rewarded with a color- 
ful show of late winter and early spring bloom 
for the rest of your life! 
Bloom in Any Garden Soil — In Shade 
— Among Rocks — Under Trees! 
They’re so tough, so hardy, so practically 
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Plant now, and beginning with the first win- 
try thaws, you'll see your garden erupt into 
“the earliest flowering show on earth!” 
Where earth should be bare, you’ll see heav- 
enly flowers lining your terrace with clusters 
of blue! Flowers to circle your bare trees and 
shrubs with purple ’n gold — while icicles often 
hang from their branches! 
Wherever you look — you'll see Caucasian 
irises that-look like orchids! Winter Aconites 
that burst into golden rings of sun-drenched 
blossoms! “Snow Glories” — with up to 15 
square inches of bloom per bulb — sparkling 
like blue diamonds in the cold! You'll see your 
“Foolish Maidens of January” capering along- 
side your walks, your driveway or patio! And 
as the last snows recede, you'll see your gleam- 
ing red Ixias begin to flame into color . . . dot- 
ting your landscape with fiery patches of 
bloom! 
Oddly enough, the more snow that falls in 
winter — the earlier and fuller your Holland 
bulbs leap into bloom! Why? Because the snow 
forms a warm insulating blanket — encourages 
strong root, stem and flower growth — protects 
the young buds as they nestle just under the 
surface. Then as the mercury lifts above freez- 
ing — as the sinking snows sift down to a few 
inches above ground — you'll often see myr- 
triads of colorful blossoms already peeping 
above the snow — opening their radiant beauty 
foolproof . .. they actually require less skill, 
less care and less work than almost any plant 
you can name. Why, you don’t even need gar- 
den tools to plant them! You can merely take 
a kitchen spoon . . . dig a hole 2 to 3 inches 
deep — drop in the bulb, then fill up the hole! 
You can even plant them upside down and 
they’re guaranteed to bloom. And remember, 
once you plant them .. . they’re a permanent 
investment in beauty . . . multiplying into 
more bulbs, more flowers, more winter and 
spring beauty with each passing year! 
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of wintertime flowering beauty! 
Even the smallest collection of bulbs we 
send you is guaranteed to give you hundreds 
of exquisite flowers! We send you enough flow- 
ers-to-frame your hedges and evergreens with 
rainbow-like clusters of color! Enough flowers 
to flood your rock gardens, line your walks or 
frame your entrances with vivid splashes of 
beauty! Enough flowers to welcome you home 
with a warm, sunny smile while wintry blasts 
still blow! 
And how they multiply! Where you haye 
hundreds of flowers the first season, you'll see 
almost twice as many next year, virtually 4 
times more the year after . . . thousands more 
year after year! 
Instead of ordinary crocus that first open in 
mid-March or April, we send you spectacular, 
winter-blooming varieties that actually open 
their blossoms 4, 6, even 7 weeks earlier — 
right in the midst of snow-time! Instead of 
later-blooming Chionodoxas, we send you only 
the pick of the earliest! And once you see them 
erupt in full bloom — once you see their blue 
blossoms rippling in the bleak, wintry chill — 
you'll know why the Dutch promptly named 
them the “Glories of the Snow!” 
Through selective breeding they developed 
a host of cold-weather beauties! And to cap 
the climax, they took a wild primitive species_ 
of wonder flower they found blooming high in 
the Swiss Alps .. . tamed it, hybridized it .. . 
and perfected the fabulous Christmas Rose that 
bursts into bloom again and again all winter 
long from November to March — and truly 
gives you the winter garden of your dreams! 
The amazing Christmas Rose that’s yours free, 
when you accept any one of our bonus, friend- 
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You Need Send No Money — But Act at Once 
As you know, fall planting time is rather a short season. 
And before you know it, planting time will soon be over 
and with it the opportunity to turn your garden into a wintry 
paradise of beauty! Therefore we urge you to pick out the 
offers of your choice and rush your order to us at once with- 
out delay. This is doubly true this season because it takes a 
few extra days to process your free-gift Christmas Rose 
plants which are flown in fresh from Holland, so that they 
will reach you in tip-top condition for earliest possible 
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