OUR 1955 INTRODUCTION 
STRAWBERRY SUNDAY—(390) midseason. Parentage unknown. Color an old 
rose or deep watermelon shade, with contrasting golden throat. Somewhat 
marbled in old rose areas. It might possibly be more correctly classified as 
(379). This little glad has attracted much attention in my plantings the last 
years and many visitors have urged me to introduce it, so this season we shall 
see what the verdict is. Any size bulb $1.00 each. No bulblets for sale. 
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SPECIAL OFFERS 
No. 1—7 large bulbs each of 15 different varieties (105 bulbs in all), for $5.00. 
Same offer in medium size—$3.00. 
No. 2—5 large bulbs each of 20 different varieties, all being from large flow- 
ered exhibition type glads (100 bulbs in all) $5.75. 
No. 3—100 bulblets each of twenty different varieties, including all popular 
colors and some blotched and smokey varieties, 2000 bulblets in all—$4.00. This 
offer will include some varieties from the higher priced brackets, and if purchased 
separately at regular retail prices would represent a value of $7.00 or more. Each 
variety separately packed and labeled. 
No. 4— 100 large size, including only dark colored varieties. No white, pink, 
yellow, light lavender or salmon. Large, per 100—$5.50; medium, per 100—$3.75. 
No. 5— For those who like to have a lot of different varieties in their mixture 
we are offering an assortment containing one bulb each of 50 varieties, large bulbs 
for $3.50, or two each of 50 varieties for $6.00. Varieties will be of our choice and 
not labeled. 
RAINBOW MIXED — PRICED PER 100 
A good quality of mixed varieties—if called for $2.75. 
Ask your Postmaster which zone you are in using Chicago as a starting point. 
Large size—Zone 1—$3.00; Zone 2—$3.25; Zone 3—$3.50; Zone 4—$3.75; Zone 
5—$4.00; Zone 6—$4.50. 
If called for, on the same basis as above, cost of medium size mixed is $1.65 
per 100. 
Medium size—Zone 1—$1.85; Zone 2—$2.00; Zone 3—$2.20; Zone 4—$2.40; Zone 
5—$2.60; Zone 6—$2.80. 
Small size will be shipped postpaid @ $1.20 per 100. 
If you figure that you would be better off by paying the postage and C. O. D. 
charges. We will ship C. O. D. for postage, all you send with the order is $2.75 for 
large size ($1.65 for medium) no matter which zone you are in. Then when bulbs 
arrive pay postman or postmaster amount of postage due plus C. O. D. fee. Do 
not estimate or guess at the amount postage will be as weight of parcel will vary 
and seldom would the amount be correct. 
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