BULBS and PLANTS 
IN A WIDE SELECTION OF CHOICE VARIETIES 
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SALE 
Prices are all f.o.b. Benton Harbor, Michigan, or point of shipment. 
3% discount for cash with order, 2% ten days to cusomers of established credit; 
net thirty days. No charge for containers. 
Shipment will be made by express unless instructed to the contrary. If 
delivery by parcel post is desired, add 10% to order. Excess postage will be 
refunded, If amount should be insufficient, you will be billed for shortage 
and may remit after arrival of shipment. 
We guarantee our bulbs and plants to be true-to-name, and cheerfully re- 
place or refund for any that prove otherwise. If stock is not satisfactory when 
received, return same at once and your money will be promptly refunded. 
Owing to conditions beyond our control, we cannot be in any way responsible 
for the crop. Complaints cannot be entertained unless made within ten days 
after receipt of goods. 
In case we are sold out of a variety or size, we shall supply nearest size or a 
variety equally as good or better UNLESS YOU ADVISE OTHERWISE. 
Colored illustrations will be furnished upon request with bulbs ordered for 
counter trade. 
Final Surplus Offer 
LAST CALL LAST CALL 
May I, 1955 
Best Quality - - - Prompt Service 
O 
A. M. GROOTENDORST 
WHOLESALE GROWER 
Mail Address: P. O. Box 123 
BENTON HARBOR :: MICHIGAN 
Home Farm and Office Located on U. S. 12 
Three Miles East of Benton Harbor 
Phones: Office WAlnut 5-2535—Res.: WAlInut 5-2466 
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BEGONIAS, Tuberous Rooted 
Minimum quantity, 6 of a color at dozen rate; 25 of a color at 100 rate. 
Select strain of the best colors. 
Double Camellia Flowered. Red, scarlet, in separate colors. 
Doz. 100 
14-2" diam, $12.00 
GLOXINIAS 
Minimum, 6 of a kind at dozen rate; 25 at 100 rate. 
Defiance. Scarlet. 
Mont Blanc. Pure white. 
Tigrina (Pointille). Spotted and variegated-color hybrids. 
Tigrina Red. Spotted and variegated red. 
Your Choice of Variety or a Mixture of All Colors 
Doz. 100 
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6 of a kind at dozen rate; 
HARDY LILIE 
25 at 100 rate. Doz. 100 
Canadense Flavum (Yellow Meadow Lily). First size ........ $2.40 $16.00 
Secorid (sizer \casoae td etcyenensreuciece eeeie els eel v aerate wc ovals e510) 10.00 
Centifolium. (Olympic Hybrids). Trumpet-shaped flowers of 
glistening white with greenish tints on outside. Blooms July. 
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Henryi (The Golden Speciosum). Beautiful orange. August. 
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YZ MER Ne UIN STANT GOcls 8 Oks Sua OY oe DS ee ee 2.40 16.00 
Regale (Regal Lily). Blooms in July. 
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SUAOUE SeMIITINSS cooo. con nos HAO UE EO es Gos OM OOOe 3.00 20.00 
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(BIH? ALTO ATSNES, <c.quvo0.010 Sorc cao SR oe Ok Sl Oe 1.80 12.00 
Speciosum Rubrum Magnificum. Rich ruby-carmine, margined 
white. Blooms August-September. 
LOZ IMAaCILCUIMCren Comm meena eres etn ce eionre aioiane © a5. s.c Nay 35.00 
Per case (100) $33.00. 
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Per case (140) $40.00. 
8S COMICIEGUIMIELENCe MA Moth «ities sik atsia traits: shes ci sic bie Qo cies oc 3.75 25.00 
Per case (200) $45.00. 
PONE (AqERIN RENTS G.0'G'o.0°0 wc GO LOG DLO III OO Oe 3.00 20.00 
Per case (250) $45.00. 
Doz. 100 
Superbum (American Turkscap Lily). Crimson-orange. July. 
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Tigrinum (Single Tiger Lily). Orange-red, spotted purple. 
Blooms in August. 
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De OMmCILCUIMTETeNCe Mayr cetnue sarenckentrcidl oo sek e a caler® sttiaiet eels 2.00 14.00 
Umbellatum. Crimson. Blooms in June. 
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He-O/CMCIFCUMLETENGE, ee aca eke cotta paartalolke a cusvchepsp ears. sc arerencrete 2.00 14.00 
Umbellatum, Orange Triumph. Bright orange, good forcer, 
long lasting. Blooms in July. 
6”-8” circumference 
NEW HYBRID LILIES Doz. 100 
Bellingham Hybrids. A lovely strain of tall and graceful gar- 
den Lilies. Will grow up to 6 feet tall, bearing dozens 
of recurved, gaily colored, long lasting flowers 
18.00 
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$4.50 $30.00 
Mid-Century Hybrids. A vigorous strain of upright flower- 
ing species, cup-shaped flowers. Colors vary from true 
golden yellow through shades of orange to mahogany-red. 53.00 
Special Trial Collection: 12 each of the above 2 new Lilies, $9.50 value, 
24 bulbs in all for only 
35.00 
