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Gladiolus Listings 
FOLEY GARDENS 
nee Ea 
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 INCREASED POSTAGE 
RATES WE CANNOT ACCEPT ORDERS 
FOR LESS THAN $2.00 UNLESS YOU 
INCLUDE 25c EXTRA TO COVER 
SPECIAL HANDLING AND EXTRA 
POSTAGE. 
YOU MAY ORDER 3 BULBS AT 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 is our 21st year of growing Gladiolus 
and other bulbs and our llth year of is- 
suing a retail Catalog. We are grateful 
that the forces of nature gave us a bounti- 
ful crop of bulbs. In appreciation of your 
generous orders of previous years we will 
again be very liberal with free and extra 
bulbs when filling your order from _ this 
catalog. 
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. 
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. 
New varieties grown during 1954 were 
spectacular, some truly sensational, _ still 
others most disappointing. A few that show 
promise will be tested another year. The 
varieties that grew well and behaved like 
eee glads appear in our list because we 
eel they are worthwhile. You may order 
all varieties we list with complete confi- 
dence. Grow them with reasonable care 
and they will thrill you with their height, 
floret 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. 1 the largest, to No. 6, 
the smallest. The No. 1 size is 1% inches 
or more in diameter, No. 2 for 1% to 1% 
inches. Sizes 8, 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 
